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Award-winning author of three novels. KING OF DIRT Jun 2025 (Pantera Press). INVISIBLE BOYS TV series 2025 on Stan Australia. Gymrat 💪 Rough trade ♂️ Loose unit 🤙 Collingwood FC member ⚫️⚪️
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I'm back home in WA & revving up for my only Perth metro event for INVISIBLE BOYS this Wed 26 Feb! I'll be in-convo with Ben O'Shea (pictured). Only 22 tickets left - if you're in Perth & want me to sign your copy of IB, this is your chance! 🤘🤘 Tix: events.humanitix.com/invisible-bo...

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So pumped to share this feature interview in Fuse magazine, out now. I sat down with David Blanco to talk about the Invisible Boys series, how stoked I am with the actors, the importance of authentic, real gay representation & writing without fear.

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Great to finally get some down time in Sydney and spend an arvo at Opera Bar with these legends 🤙

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Sydney Days 4 & 5: WOW, this was a truly memorable sold out literary dinner in-conversation with Steve Pennells. I've never done a dinner event - was really cool to circulate & chat to fans. Steve is an awesome interviewer & it was fun to crack a Woody each during the convo to make it more bogan 🥃🥃

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**COVER REVEAL** So pumped to share the epic cover for my upcoming adult novel KING OF DIRT. 🤩🤩 KING OF DIRT is a gritty and heartfelt gay coming-of-age story set in the world of FIFO workers & tradies in Western Australia. 🤠🛻 KING OF DIRT is in stores 3 Jun 2025 & available for pre-order now! 🥳🥳

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I'm here Sydney. Lessssgooo! 💪💪

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Beast mode today 💪💪

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Tiny pause in the touring schedule for coffee with my man @raphaelfarmer.bsky.social 😘

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Huge thanx to the team at Stan for inviting me to their HQ in Sydney today! Not only am I stoked with Stan's production of INVISIBLE BOYS & for backing the series to be as gritty as the book, but the team has made me feel so welcome & valued as the author of the source work. Thanx heaps Stan fam! 🙌

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Two Invisible Boys in Sydney. 🤠🤠 So awesome to finally meet iconic Australian TV journalist (and top bloke) Steve Pennells last night. We got to planning our in-conversation event tomorrow night and it's gonna be a cracker ... with a couple of cool surprises. 🤘🤘

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So epic recording an episode of Better Reading's Authors on Authors video series today in-conversation with Peter Polites. Episode drops next week!

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Big thanx to Jimmy Briggs at the Daily Mail for a cracking interview yesterday. The article is here: www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar...

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"Take Daddy Home" ... I like Sydney 😎💪

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G'day Sydney! So pumped to be in you again! 😎💪 I'm here promoting INVISIBLE BOYS & doing a bunch of bookshop drop-in signings and promo stuff while I'm in town. If you'd like to meet me & get your book signed, I'm doing an event at The Bookshop Darlinghurst this Thu 20 Feb. Details below ⬇️⬇️

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Finally finished watching this brilliant series based on the novel by @v8sheppard.bsky.social. Hubby and I were crying through most of ep 9. I suspect they'll be another season. Also bought tickets to Holden's interview/dinner this Thursday in Sydney. #invisibleboys #Stan #tvshows #television #gay

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Quick n dirty hotel gym pump 💪

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Hulk smash workout 💪

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The front page of The Geraldton Guardian yesterday. This short-circuited something in my brain, in a good way. Seeing my hometown paper put boys like this front and centre. Seeing Gero being so proud of boys like this. I don't think my teenage self could have ever imagined this happening.

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Superstardom is just around the corner, @v8sheppard.bsky.social! I (shamefully) still have not read the book but this article is giving me Tim Winton vibes. Congrats! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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