To be a young gay man in the 1990s was to face the fear and stigma of the AIDs crisis. In our latest podcast episode, Nigel Featherstone chats with @rebeccastarford.bsky.social about Timothy Conigrave’s era-defining memoir, Holding the Man.
📖 Holding the Man is published by #PenguinBooksAus.
“We lived eight months of the year above ground. You could still do that on the coast in those latitudes when I was a boy.” #Juice #TimWinton was introduced as a ‘prophetic voice’ at his brilliantly composed, literary-rich #richardjohnson lecture. Podcast #cpx #PaperbarkWords blog
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Smiling Tim, holding a copy of his book in his right hand and pointing to it with his left hand.
🎈My wee book of unsolicited advice and ponderous pontifications is out today in Australia. There’s also an audiobook version which I recorded using my very own voice.
www.penguin.com.au/books/you-do...
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