Chenai at Q-Lit Festival 2025

Afternoon of Stories: A Celebration of Queer Voices, Creativity & Connection

This June, Chenai is honoured to be part of something truly special: the Afternoon of Stories, a beautiful evening of queer storytelling, connection, and creative resistance. Curated by the Q-Lit Festival and held at the Fringe Common Rooms, this event brings together an incredible lineup of storytellers, artists, and dreamers who believe in the power of words to both soothe and shake us.

Chenai will be speaking on a panel titled “Write or Wrong: Living through Capitalism” a conversation about the tension between writing for love and writing for money.

This panel will be an honest look at what it means to be a writer in a world that commodifies our pain, our identities, and our joy. Chenai will be alongside brilliant humans we deeply admire: Mama Alto—jazz singer, cabaret star, and storyteller of many kinds and Alison Evans—award-winning writer and editor of Avast! Pirate Stories by Trans Authors

Later in the evening, the space will transform into an intimate storytelling showcase—Sharing Our Stories—featuring deeply personal narratives from Nevo Zisin, Katerina Gibson, Artemis Muñoz, Bebe Oliver, Maiah Stewardson, and Troy Hunter

It’s the kind of night that reminds us why stories matter. These stories, not the polished, performative ones, but the messy, honest, brave ones, are what make us feel less alone.

At Rainbow Muse Collective, we believe in care that doesn’t come with a clipboard. We believe in telling stories that honour lived experience. We embrace all our intricacies, avoiding the necessity to downplay or interpret ourselves for the ease of others. This event embodies all of that—and more.

You can grab your tickets here: https://www.q-lit.com.au/q-lit-festival-afternoon-of-stories or here: https://events.humanitix.com/q-lit-festival-panel-write-or-wrong-living-through-capitalism

Check out the programme here:

Afternoon of Stories. Social Story.pdf

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Come as you are. Take what you need. Maybe I’ll see you there.