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

An episode of [The Bookshelf](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499762704), 29 May 2025, 54 min.

Audio: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/a2/Z/da.mp3

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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