My Body is My Home with Jasper Peach and Beci Orpin

Jasper Peach is a trans and disabled author. They are passionate about equity and inclusion, dismantling misplaced shame across written word, visual and audio mediums. My Body is My Home, a picture storybook for young readers is illustrated by beloved Naarm artist Beci Orpin. In their current work in progress, mosaic memoir A Thousand Spinning Plates on Fire, Peach playfully nudges the elasticity of form while exploring the intersections of queer, disabled, fat-bodied, transgender, parent, non-binary, neurodivergent and activist identities. Jasper can usually be found in the beautiful chaos of life with their partner, children and pets.

Beci Orpin is a multidisciplinary artist, designer and illustrator based in Brunswick, Melbourne, known for her signature use of colour, shape and optimism. She has collaborated with Apple, Google and The Australian Ballet, and led workshops for NGV, Craft Victoria and Melbourne Design Week. Her work has been exhibited locally and internationally, with solo shows at Lamington Drive and Shepparton Art Museum. In 2024 she completed her largest installation — a giant soft toy rabbit for the Immigration Museum. She has also authored and illustrated 12 books.