S5 E5 QWS Holden Sheppard and Troy Hunter – YEAH THE BOYS – Adult content

In QWS S5E5, Troy catches up with his old mate Holden Sheppard. Holden is country boy, a weightlifter and a self-proclaimed “bromosexual”, who has found literary acclaim with the raw, blokey honesty of his contemporary gay fiction. Holden’s latest adult novel YEAH THE BOYS – a sequel to 2019’s INVISIBLE BOYS – came out earlier this year and has just been optioned for TV!

While discussing YEAH THE BOYS, Holden and Troy also yak about masculinity and brotherhood, male only spaces, footy, influencer culture, writing YA vs adult books, as well as what actually happens when a book is optioned for adaptation.

Books discussed in this episode:
– Holding the Man by Tim Conigrave
– Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas
– Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley
– Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin

Note, this episode features adult language and themes.
You can find Holden on the Gram at @holdensheppard and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HoldenSheppardAuthor/ and at http://www.holdensheppard.com

Hosted by Troy Hunter who you can find on the Gram @troyhunterwriter and at http://www.troyhuntwriter.com
Troy is the author of Gus and the Missing Boy and Gus and the Burning Stones