Bastian Fox Phelan

Bastian Fox Phelan is a writer, musician, zinemaker and citizen scientist. Bastian’s debut memoir about female facial hair, PCOS and gender identity is forthcoming from Giramondo. They are a PhD student at University of Newcastle, working on an eco-memoir of Mulubinba Newcastle. They live on Awabakal land. You can follow Bastian's rockpooling adventures on Instagram @rockpooling or on iNaturalist.

Works By Bastian Fox Phelan

Perambulating
My daughter is nine weeks old, and I am strong enough to push the pram a short distance. The movement of her limbs as she lies in the pram bassinet is more controlled now, and she turns her head to listen to the sound of passing cars and low-flyin...
1 May. 2023
‘I Know Such A Hidden Pool’
I can’t quite recall why I stepped off the path on that particular day and headed towards the rocky southern end of Newcastle Beach, where nobody goes.
11 Aug. 2021

Works Featuring Bastian Fox Phelan

A Communal Genre
I don’t think good queer memoir needs to have a didactic relationship to ideological representation. But there is, here, a more sophisticated understanding of representation than we’ve seen in Australian memoir recently. It can be important and ne...
13 Nov. 2022

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Bastian Fox Phelan

Works By Bastian Fox Phelan

Perambulating

‘I Know Such A Hidden Pool’

Works Featuring Bastian Fox Phelan

A Communal Genre