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David Marr

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DOB: 13 July 1947  

Ethnicity: White

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Hear Queerstories at the Sydney Writers Festival this week

The Sydney Writers Festival is holding three LGBTQIA+ themed events at Carriageworks this week, plus a comedy debate at the Sydney Town Hall that can’t be missed.

The already sold out Drag Queens Down Under event on Friday is billed as a “drag story time for grown-ups” and is being hosted by Art Simone from the first season of Drag Race Down Under.

She is being joined by Etcetera Etcetera, Space Horse, Coco Jumbo, Maxi Shield for what they promise will be a “camp evening of storytelling that celebrates nails, hair, hips and heels.”

Queerstories

Tickets are still available for Queerstories which will follow Drag Queens Down Under on the Friday, May 23 from 8pm to 9.30pm in Carriageworks’ Bay 17.

An Australian LGBTQIA+ institution, Queerstories has been held in cities across the country over the last ten years, with an award-winning podcast that features an archive of nearly 400 queer tales.

Hosted by Queerstories producer Maeve Marsden, speakers include Rumaan Alam, Sarah Firth, Hasib Hourani, Daniel Nour, and Torrey Peters, with each guest invited to share a story that they’ve always wanted to share but have never been asked to.

Rumaan Alam is the author of a The New York Times bestselling novel Leave the World Behind.

Sarah Firth is a cartoonist, artist, writer and graphic recorder.

Hasib Hourani is a Lebanese-Palestinian writer, editor, arts worker and educator whose debut book, rock flight, was released in 2024.

Daniel Nour is an award-winning Egyptian-­Australian writer and journalist whose debut memoir, How to Dodge Flying Sandals is being released this month.

Torrey Peters is the author of the novel Detransition, Baby.

Tickets are available from $35 through the Sydney Writers Festival website.

Torrey Peters: Stag Dance

Torrey Peters’ solo event at the Sydney Writers Festival, Torrey Peters: Stag Dance is being held the following day at Carriageworks’ Track 8 on Saturday, May 24 from 5.30pm to 6.30pm.

Peter’s new book Stag Dance is the follow up to the above mentioned Detransition, Baby, which won the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and was named one of the 100 Best Books of the 21st century by The New York Times.

Peters is being interviewed by writer and historian Dr Yves Rees and the event will explore the author’s “eye for the rough edges of the LGBTQIA+ community and her desire to push the limits of trans writing in this new work about womanhood, trans identity and queer relationships.”

Tickets are available from $30 through the Sydney Writers Festival website.

True Friends Stab You in the Front

Also of interest to LGBTQIA+ festival goers will be Thursday night’s SWF Great Debate: True Friends Stab You in the Front where queer favourites Rhys Nicholson and David Marr will join Annabel Crabb, Jennifer Wong, Justine Rogers and Matilda Boseley to explore the theme of Oscar Wilde’s famous quote that “true friends stab you in the front”.

Marr and Crabb will head the opposing debate teams while Yumi Stynes will judge the winners and keep both teams in order.

The event is taking place from 8.15pm on May 22 at the Sydney Town Hall with tickets available from $25.