2026 Artists

Lay Maloney

Lay Maloney is a young genderfluid storyteller of the Gumbaynggirr and Gunggandji nations and South Sea Islander heritage based on Dunghutti Country.

They are the recipient for the black&write! Fellowship with the State Library of Queensland for their LGBTQIA+ YA manuscript titled Weaving Us Together published in 2025 by Hachette.

They were the Emerging Producer for the 2024 Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival.

Lay is published in ‘NANGAMAY dream MANA gather DJURALI grow – First Nations Australia LGBTQIA+ Poetry collection’ edited by Alison Whittaker & Steven Lindsay Ross, Cordite Poetry Review ‘Tell It Like You Mean It, Australian Poetry Journal, Tomorrow Club – PEN International and Soft Stir issue 3.

Featured events

Eat Read Zine

Food, Poetry and Love.

Sunday 23 August, 5:30 pm

Gap View Hotel

Shadows Between the Stanzas

As the sun sinks and the first stars appear, gather by the fire for an evening of darkly beautiful words.

Saturday 22 August, 7:00 pm

Gap View Hotel

Come As You Are

Four of our poets take on the topic of thinking beyond the restrictions.

Saturday 22 August, 1:30 pm

Gap View Hotel