Tolcher writes about power, desire, and what people do when they think no one is watching.

A vanguard of queer literature—and described as Australia’s enfant terrible—his work explores the raw mechanics of control: who wields it, who submits, and what happens when the lines blur.

His debut memoir, Poof, was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance.

His latest book, Sublimate, pushes even further, transforming repression into revelation, pleasure into performance, and the self into something newly made.