A vibrant gay coming-of-age story set in Geraldton

Kate and Cassie read W.A. writer Holden Sheppard's King of Dirt, a vibrant, gay coming-of-age story set in Geraldton. Plus, Australian author Jennifer Mills' new one, Salvage, in which we enter a very well drawn post apocalyptic Mad Max-ish world; and, Florence Knapp's The Names has been named one of the most anticipated fiction releases of the year, a sliding doors story leading to three different versions of one family's life. Does it live up to the hype? BOOKS Holden Sheppard, King of Dirt, Pantera Press Jennifer Mills, Salvage, Picador Florence Knapp, The Names, Phoenix GUESTS Johan Gabrielsson, documentary maker currently working on a film about architecture and modernism Seth Robinson, writer, producer, and lecturer at the University of Melbourne OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Tim Winton, Juice James Bradley, Landfall Charles Dickens, works Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales Hisham Matar: A Month in Siena; The Return: My Friends Asako Yuzuki, Butter Dominic Amerena, I Want Everything CREDITS Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Roi Huberman and Tim Jenkins Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown

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