Booklovers are invited to join the City in celebrating Library and Information Week from 28 July to 3 August by attending special events with WA authors Holden Sheppard and Gavin Aung Than.
Award-winning young adult author Holden Sheppard will visit Bayswater Community Centre from 5.30 to 7pm on Thursday 31 July for an evening in conversation with journalist Chenée Marrapodi. Holden will discuss his highly anticipated new release and first novel for adults, King of Dirt.
Primary school-aged readers can join best-selling author and illustrator Gavin Aung Than for an interactive workshop at Bayswater Library from 10 to 11am on Saturday 2 August. Gavin will share how to create comic book characters and talk about his new book, Creature Clinic.
The workshop coincides with a new look for the Library Service’s Bayswater Bilbies reader rewards club. Children in Years 1-6 are invited to sign up for the program to collect a new lanyard and rewards card.
Library and Information Week takes place each year to celebrate the important role libraries and information services play in our community. The 2025 theme, ‘To Read or Not to Read: Literacy Matters’, addresses common reading issues, such as limited access to books, low literacy and time constraints.
Pictured: Western Australian author Holden Sheppard.
Event details
Holden Sheppard in Conversation with Chenée Marrapodi
Bayswater Community Centre, 27 King William Street
Thursday 31 July, 5.30 – 7pm
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Bayswater Bilbies meet Gavin Aung Than
Bayswater Library, 25 King William Street
Saturday 2 August, 10 – 11am
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About the authors
Holden Sheppard
Holden Sheppard is an award-winning Western Australian author. His best-selling debut novel Invisible Boys was released in 2019 and adapted into a critically acclaimed, 10-episode television series in 2025. Holden’s award-winning second novel, The Brink, was released in 2022. King of Dirt is Holden’s third novel.
Gavin Aung Than
Gavin Aung Than is a best-selling New York Times cartoonist. Gavin has won awards for his graphic novel series for children Super Sidekicks and picture book series Baa Baa Black Belt. In 2025, Gavin released Creature Clinic, a junior fiction book about a hospital for mythical beings.