Curriculum – Edith Mina Lyre

Summary

Writer and researcher completing a fictocritical PhD on trans authorship at Monash. Independently designs and builds community-facing tools at the intersection of language, AI systems, and trans health infrastructure. Editorial and event-organising background in literary communities in Adelaide and Melbourne.

Education

2023 — current

PhD, Creative Writing School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics · Monash University

Doctoral thesis: False Cows: Reports of a Trans Imaginary.

2022

MPhil, Arts Department of English & Creative Writing · University of Adelaide

Thesis: Numbers by Paint: Quantifying Aesthetic Receptions. Originated fictoanalysis as methodology.

2016

Bachelor of Arts, First Class Honours University of Adelaide · Creative Writing and Anthropology

Honours thesis: In the Dreams of Bedlam.

Scholarships & awards

2023

Monash Graduate Excellence Scholarship

2022

Dean’s Commendation for Master by Research Thesis Excellence

2016

First Class Honours

Publications

“President Oedipus, or, The Democratisation of Schizophrenia.” Overland 239 (Winter 2020).
Numbers by Paint: Quantifying Aesthetic Receptions. University of Adelaide, October 2021.
In the Dreams of Bedlam. University of Adelaide, November 2016.

Public work

2024 — current

ElfSurgery.com Independent web project

Comprehensive, privacy-first database of gender-affirming surgeons worldwide. Covers FFS, top surgery, bottom surgery, and related procedures. Hand-maintained; no advertising; no payment from surgeons or clinics for placement; community contributions and verified pricing data. Hosts the Elfcyclopedia triptych as a methodological apparatus alongside the directory.

2024 — current

The Elfcyclopedia Methodological triptych · hosted on ElfSurgery.com

Three connected projects on trans-relevant evidence and infrastructure. What Actually Works: a systematic evidence review of passing interventions for trans women (March 2026). Elfvaluation: seventy-six gender-critical and anti-trans claims scored on a fifteen-variable, four-category algebra (Evidence, Method, Consensus, Logic) with 1,216 citations. The Rankings: 749 trans-supporting organisations evaluated against a dollar-for-good test — whether a dollar given to the org does more good than the same dollar given directly to a trans person in need.

2023 — 2025

Healthbased Monthly reading night · Red Betty, Brunswick

Founded, curated, wrote, and MC’d a monthly poetry and prose reading night at Red Betty across twenty-six consecutive months. Twenty-six events; fifty-seven-plus writers featured; one-hundred-fifty-plus reader introductions written and delivered live.

Editorial & community

2015 — 2019

Hum Journal Editor and contributor

Evaluated and edited submissions; provided detailed written feedback to contributors.

2012 — 2019

Adelaide University Writers’ Group Founder, Treasurer, Co-Manager

Founded and ran a peer writing community at the University of Adelaide. Led workshops; managed schedules; organised events; provided analytical critique on peer work.

Employment

2024 — current

IT Support Officer Monash University

Technical communication; documenting solutions; troubleshooting.

2020 — 2022

Interviewer Social Research Centre

Structured research interviews; data recording.

Methodological work

Fictoanalysis. Originated in the MPhil thesis and extended in the doctorate. Treats artefacts as analysands; extends trajectories already present in a text rather than imposing external frameworks. Key concepts: haecceitic minimum and maximum; the artefact as greater-or-lesser than its text.

Machine-readable authorship standards. Implemented llms.txt, agents.txt, and a canonical index.json at edithminalyre.com as practical experiments in managing how language models ingest creative work.

Note

A summary document. Full publication list, conference presentations, teaching record, and references available on request.