Queeries

Jared Richards is an arts critic living on Gadigal Country in Sydney who has written for The Guardian, NME, The Big Issue, The Monthly, Junkee, The Age and more. He's also the brain and brawn behind Queeries.

Omar Sakr is the son of Arab and Turkish Muslim migrants. He is the author of three poetry collections, including The Lost Arabs (UQP), which won the 2020 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry, and a novel, Son of Sin (Affirm Press, 2022). In 2023, he was awarded the Bess Hokin Prize by Poetry Magazine. His latest book is Non-Essential Work. He lives on Dharug land, where he was born and raised.

Madeleine Gray is a writer and critic from Sydney. She has written for the Times Literary Supplement, the Guardian, BBC, Electric Literature, Sydney Review of Books, and other publications. In 2019 she was a CA-SRB Emerging Critic, and in 2021 she was a finalist for the Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism, a finalist for the Woollahra Digital Literary Non-Fiction Award, and a recipient of a Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund grant. She has a MSt in English from the University of Oxford and is a current doctoral candidate at the University of Manchester. Green Dot is her first novel.

Angharad 'Rad' Yeo is an award-winning television and radio presenter, MC, and critic. Her deep passion for technology, science, arts, and culture puts her in a unique position to dissect the rapidly changing landscape we find ourselves in - including the rise of AI - with insight, intelligence, and an energetic spirit. Her credits include pop culture podcast Game For Anything, Double J, ABC ME's Good Game Spawn Point, Catalyst, Queens of the Drone Age, ABC Science's Elevator Pitch.

Dr George Haddad is an award-winning writer, artist and academic practising on Gadigal land. His novella, Populate and Perish, was the winner of the 2016 Viva La Novella competition and his short story Kátharsis was awarded the 2018 Neilma Sidney Prize. George’s novel, Losing Face, was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award, the Small Press Network’s Book of the Year, and The Readings Prize. In 2023 he was named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist. He is a lecturer and researcher at the Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University. George’s text, sound, performance and installation based art has been exhibited at Firstdraft, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, ReadingRoom and Metro Arts.

Kween Kong, founding director of the House of Kong and drag superstar, is known for her standout performance as a finalist on Drag Race Down Under Season 2. Recognising her rising star, Kween Kong received a Logie Nomination in 2023 for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent. With her diverse talents, influential partnerships, and commitment to various causes, Kween Kong is making her mark as a drag superstar, breaking barriers and redefining the world of drag.

Dylin Hardcastle is an award-winning author, artist and screenwriter based on Gadigal Land. They are the author of four books. Their most recent novel, Below Deck, was published to critical acclaim in ten territories and translated into eight languages. Their forthcoming novel, A Language of Limbs won the Kathleen Mitchell Award through the Australia Council for the Arts in 2023 and has been optioned by Curio (Sony Pictures).