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SUMMARY:Holden Sheppard - King of Dirt 
LOCATION:Geelong Library and Heritage Centre (The Dome)\nGeelong Library a
 nd Heritage Centre (The Dome)
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DESCRIPTION:A gritty and heartfelt gay coming-of-age story set in the worl
 d of FIFO workers and tradies in Western Australia\, from the author of th
 e bestselling Invisible Boys..\nhttps://grlc.libnet.info/event/13265095
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Giacomo Brolo\, aka Jack\, is a mess. He w
 orks piecemeal construction gigs in remote&nbsp\;WA\, drinks himself to ob
 livion and is estranged from his family and friends. He's&nbsp\;consumed b
 y a self-loathing all too common for&nbsp\;closeted&nbsp\;men who have gro
 wn up in a world of hate and shame.</p>\n<p>But then Jack returns to his&n
 bsp\;regional hometown of Geraldton for a family wedding. He hasn't been b
 ack since he fled at the age of eighteen\, and his past soon catches up wi
 th him.</p>\n<p>Turns out&nbsp\;Jack's deeply conservative Italian family 
 would prefer he remained in the closet. Then he finds out he may have conc
 eived a son with his teenage girlfriend\, and now Jack needs to convince h
 er and her new husband that he's fit to be a father figure.&nbsp\;And what
 ever happened to Xavier\, the former schoolmate who Jack was in love with 
 and&nbsp\;whose rejection spurred him to leave Geraldton in the first plac
 e?</p>\n<p>Is Jack doomed to live a dead-end life &ndash\; or can he open 
 himself up to the possibility of love\, found family and connection?</p>\n
 <p>Author Holden Sheppard will be in conversation with Mark Smith.</p>\n<p
 ><strong>About the author:</strong></p>\n<p>Holden Sheppard&nbsp\;is a Wes
 t Australian author whose debut novel&nbsp\;<em>Invisible Boys</em>&nbsp\;
 won multiple awards\, including the 2019 WA Premier&rsquo\;s Prize for an 
 Emerging Writer.&nbsp\;<em>Invisible Boys</em>&nbsp\;has now been adapted 
 as a ten-episode television series with Stan Australia which premiered in 
 2025. Holden&rsquo\;s second book&nbsp\;<em>The Brink</em>&nbsp\;won sever
 al accolades\, including the 2024 Ena&nbsp\;No&euml\;l Award.&nbsp\; <em>K
 ing of Dirt</em> is Holden's first adult fiction book.</p>\n<p><strong>Thi
 s is a free event but bookings are required.</strong></p>\n<p><em>Book sal
 es and author signings will be offered at this event.</em></p>\n<p><em>If 
 you require any assistance with attending this event\, please notify us of
  your access requirements via&nbsp\;events@grlc.vic.gov.au&nbsp\;or 4201 0
 600 at least two weeks prior to the event date.&nbsp\;</em></p>\nhttps://g
 rlc.libnet.info/event/13265095
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