Australian authors Holden Sheppard and Christos Tsiolkas have joined 22 other authors to release the new anthology, Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist. The book, which features eight LGBTQIA+ Australian authors is set to launch later this year. This unique tribute to an Australian icon follows similar anthology collections about Australian music legends Paul Kelly and Nick Cave.
A unique new project for Holden Sheppard And Christos Tsiolkas Both Holden Sheppard and Christos Tsiolkas are known for having their own unique and powerful voices in Australian literature. Since publishing his first book in 1995 Tsiolkas has now published eleven novels, several of which have been adapted for film and television productions. Tsiolkas is most known for his 2008 book The Slap and follow up book Barracuda which were both adapted for television.
His raw and compelling story telling has often featured gay men as his central protagonists in unique and captivating stories that has cemented him as an iconic Australian author for the LGBTQIA+ community. Whilst Sheppard’s career has only just taken off in recent years, he already made his mark with the gripping young adult novel, Invisible Boys , which has now been adapted for television by Stan in Australia . His follow up book The Brink has received widespread praise with the West Australian author recently announcing the l aunch of his third book , Two Kings .
These two Australian authors have this week been announced as part of the upcom.