Sexuality, masculinity and mental health: Holden Sheppard bares all in the latest episode of the Fremantle Press Podcast.

Episode 7 • October 17, 2019 • 00:59:46
Sexuality, masculinity and mental health: Holden Sheppard bares all in the latest episode of the Fremantle Press Podcast.
The Fremantle Press Podcast
Sexuality, masculinity and mental health: Holden Sheppard bares all in the latest episode of the Fremantle Press Podcast.

Oct 17 2019 | 00:59:46

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Hosted By

Claire Miller Helen Milroy Georgia Richter Brooke Dunnell

Show Notes

Fogarty Literary Award winner Rebecca Higgie joins Holden Sheppard at the mic for this month’s episode of the Fremantle Press podcast.
Holden talks about his gritty debut YA novel Invisible Boys, which won the 2018 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award. He explains how men play a part in shaping the concept of masculinity, touches on the importance of addressing mental health issues in young people and discusses how his own experiences as a gay man growing up in country Western Australia shaped the novel.
 
Mastered and edited by: Aidan d’Adhemar
 
Music: ‘Letter to a Daughter of St George’, from the Meat Lunch EP: Songs from Floaters. Written by Alan Fyfe. Performed by Trevor Bentley (guitar and vocals – @trevormb) and Chris Parkinson (harmonica). Produced by Blake Carnaby of Nuglife studios with impresario work by Benjamin P. Newton.
 
 
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