Season 1. Episode 2: Holden Sheppard

Irma and Craig chat about the manuscripts that never make it to publication.

Then Holden Sheppard chats with Irma about writing failures and the drive to succeed, the publicity whirlwind and inevitable comedown, self-doubt and second-novel syndrome, being snubbed by literary big shots in the green room and world domination goals!

About Holden
Holden Sheppard’s debut novel, Invisible Boys, won the Hungerford Award which led to publication and more awards, including the West Australian Premier’s Prize for an Emerging Writer. His novella, Poster Boy, won Griffith Review’s Novella Project competition in 2018. Holden graduated with Honours from Edith Cowan University’s writing program, and he currently serves as Deputy Chair of WritingWA.