Celebrating ‘Invisible Boys’ (fully booked)
Featuring
- Holden Sheppard
See more about Holden Sheppard
Nov 26, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Centre for Stories
Join us during Pride Week for an evening celebrating Holden Sheppard’s debut novel, Invisible Boys published by Fremantle Press.
Start the evening off with a bit of mingling and nibbles before Holden Sheppard discusses Invisible Boys in conversation with Jay Anderson. Following their discussion will be readings from Perth’s LGBTQIA+ all-inclusive AFL 9s team, the Perth Hornets. Finish the evening with a reading from Holden himself and a quick Q&A session for any burning questions.
Copies of Invisible Boys will be on sale at the Centre for Stories courtesy of Westbooks.
About Invisible Boys
In a small town, everyone thinks they know you: Charlie is a hardcore rocker, who’s not as tough as he looks. Hammer is a footy jock with big AFL dreams, and an even bigger ego. Zeke is a shy over-achiever, never macho enough for his family. But all three boys hide who they really are. When the truth is revealed, will it set them free or blow them apart?
‘Sheppard pulls no punches in this story, challenging expectations and taking the reader on a dark journey through each boy’s life, with only a sliver of light at the end providing hope for a brighter future. This book feels somewhat unmoored from time, with a raw edginess … which brings to mind books like Puberty Blues and the work of Tim Winton.’ Junior Books + Publishing
‘… this debut novel is one of those books that only comes around once in a generation … to think that a whole new generation of young queer readers will have the opportunity to see themselves in this book: that’s a powerful thought.’ Out in Perth
Although this event is free, RSVP is essential.
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Holden Sheppard
Collapse BioHolden Sheppard is an award-winning Young Adult author born and bred in Geraldton, Western Australia. His debut novel, Invisible Boys (Fremantle Press, 2019), won the 2018 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award, the 2019 Kathleen Mitchell Award and the 2017 Ray Koppe Residency Award. It was also shortlisted for the 2020 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.Holden’s novella ‘Poster Boy’ won the 2018 Novella Project competition and was published in Griffith Review. His other writing has been published in Westerly, page seventeen, Indigo Journal, Ten Daily and the Huffington Post, and his true story featured in the Bright Lights, No City anthology (Margaret River Press, 2019). Holden serves as the Deputy Chair of WritingWA, and as an ambassador for Lifeline WA.Holden has always been a misfit: a gym junkie who has played Pokemon competitively, a sensitive geek who loves aggressive punk rock, and a bogan who learned to speak French. He lives in Perth with his husband.
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