Publications
Versus Versus
The word versus means one thing pitched against another. To be versus versus, therefore, is a paradox, but paradox can be helpful – it can open a space for deeper thought. This anthology aims to be such a space. It brings together one hundred deaf, disabled and neurodivergent poets from across the international arena, from emerging voices to world-renowned authors, and offers an urgent redress, unpicking many misapprehensions and misrepresentations.
Building on the work of decades of disability justice advocacy, Versus Versus offers a poetry of assertiveness and immense vitality.
Published May 2025, Bloodaxe Books, UK
Raging Grace
Australian writers speak out on disability
When your body-mind is in upheaval or is deemed troublesome, how do you find a way forward? In the shadow of ecological and social crises, whose voices do we need to pay attention to? The poems, essays and artworks in this groundbreaking anthology answer both these questions. Written collaboratively and in conversation, they harness rage and grace to speak back to unhealthy, alienating systems and experiences. Both prophetic and celebratory, Raging Grace affirms disability and neurodivergence as unique sources of truth-telling and collaboration as a radical model for collective health.
Published October 2024, Puncher and Wattmann
Not Quite Right For Us
An Anthology
Defiant, humorous, empathetic and insightful, Not Quite Right For Us is a singular collection of stories, essays and poems by a dynamic mix of established and surging voices alike. Edited by Sharmilla Beezmohun, foreword by Linton Kwesi Johnson, including Aminatta Forna, Xiaolu Guo, Johny Pitts, Rishi Dastidar, Tim Wells and Rafeef Ziadah, this remarkable anthology marks the tenth anniversary of the live-literature organisation Speaking Volumes. Part cri du cœur, part warning shot, part affirmation, this is the book we need now.
Published May 2021, flipped eye publishing, UK
My Longest Round
Wally Carr & Gaele Sobott
The life story of Australian and Commonwealth champion boxer Wally Carr. A powerful biographical story about the journey of a young Wiradjuri boy, Wally Carr, escaping the dreaded Aboriginal Welfare Board – a journey from the heartbreak and crushing loneliness of childhood to the mean streets of Sydney’s Redfern. From hunting goannas, Jimmy Sharman’s boxing tents, rugby league, professional boxing and the first Aboriginal Tent Embassy to present-day struggles and lifestyles, My Longest Round offers a vital snapshot of Aboriginal and Australian history.
Published March 2019, Magabala Books
Botswana Women Write
An Anthology
The anthology features about 55 Botswana female writers, as well as archival documents and articles from newspapers. The project is aimed at documenting works of Botswana women who write, appreciate literary talent and share the experiences of local women with book enthusiasts. With more than 570 pages, the volume includes extracts from novels, short stories, poems, plays, memoirs, interviews, court testimonies and judgments, non-fiction and historical material for future reference.
Published 2019, University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Colour Me Blue
Gaele Sobott
A collection of short stories of everyday life in southern Africa: experiences of oppression, the politics of personal relationships, tenderness of human affection and the rhythms of African myth.
First edition published 1995, Heinemann African Writers Series