TextaQueen

welcomed guests for Riff Raff Reading Room over the weekend. Open next on Sat 4 April & Sun 5 April, and then the first full weekend of every month.

Make a free booking to browse the BIPOC library in a COVID-safer space - alone or with people you bring - for up to 2 hours at https://cal.com/textaqueen/riff-raff

Riff Raff Reading Room shares TheySwarm’s library of titles by First Nations, Black, and people of colour (especially q***r and trans) authors and artists with a focus on disability justice, Indigenous and other radical resistance, speculative fiction, memoir, self publishing, picture books and poetry.

Many immuno-compromised, disabled, and other COVID-realist people continue to live in ongoing isolation in a world where most people and places have abandoned pandemic precautions. Happy that I'm able to offer my studio at TheySwarm in Collingwood - Narrm, as a sensory-friendly space with few social expectations, for us to connect with a rad collection of literature and each other.

Thanks again to everyone who’s donated to the ACF fundraiser. More info via links in bio. Sign up to newsletter to learn about future events including hybrid writing and read-a-loud sessions.

Access: N95 Masks required and provided. Air-purifiers and UV. Step-free but bathroom not *yet* wheelchair accessible. Low-stimulation, quiet-ish space with natural light + dimmable lighting. Lounge chairs, low sofa, armless ergonomic chairs, floor mat. Fragrance-free. More access info at link in bio. ⁠

ID: photo of chalkboard in front of colourful bookshelf. Chalk on board reads "RIFF RAFF READING ROOM - A COVID-safer space - TheySwarm's BIPOC Library open-by-appointment - SAT 7 & SUN 8 MARCH - 11am-3pm