Otherhood: Essays on Being Childless w/ Alie Benge: 10 May, 2024

Otherhood is a book of essays that explores the little talked about experience of being childless, childfree and child-adjacent in Aotearoa. It is composed of essays by contributors across Aotearoa about identity, the oppressiveness of heteronormative values and the experience of otherhood.

Co-edited by authors Lil O’Brien, Alie Benge, and Kathryn Van Beek, Otherhood began as a conversation on Twitter and was released in book form yesterday, May 9th, two years later.

I caught up with Alie about the book, the process of putting it all together and upcoming events surrounding Otherhood.