I finished the YEAH THE BOYS book tour yesterday with an epic convo with Claire Nichols in front of a live studio audience in Perth. It'll be broadcast on ABC Radio National soon. Thank you to everyone who has come out & supported me over the last 2 months. It's been fun. 😀🤘

Brisbane, thank you for turning up (in droves!) to listen to me & Michael James chatting about YTB! I loved your audience questions, your energy and your beautiful warm riverside city. Massive props to City of Brisbane Libraries team and Dymocks Brisbane for hosting us!

Back home 💪💪

So happy to find out today that the editors at Audible(!) have selected YEAH THE BOYS as one of their 20 Best Audiobooks of the year! What a massive honour. 🥳🥳 Huge thanx to Chiara & team at Wavesound & the brilliant narrator Nic English!👏👏 The YTB audiobook is available now on Audible.

Met this Aussie legend tonight @v8sheppard.bsky.social #SheppardVerse

G'day Brisbane! 😎☀️🤙 Stoked to be in you again! I'll be at Brisbane Square Library tomorrow night 6pm chatting about YEAH THE BOYS so if you want your book signed, come say g'day! Link in bio.

Aussie animal 🇦🇺💪

Beef King 🥩👑

PSA to gay men: please do not say "choke me daddy" when you come to see me in my book signing line. I am not like other authors, IDGAF and I will just do it. 😂😂

Big dog

So this was EPIC! The first openly gay AFL player in history, Leigh Ryswyk, came along to my Port Adelaide Library talk last night(!!). We had a great chat and I just have so much time for this bloke. Thank you so much for coming to my gig! 🙌🙌

I will never not lose my mind when talented artists draw me while I'm speaking at my events. Thank you Jordan for this awesome sketch from last night at Campbelltown Library! I absolutely love it. 🙌🙌

Just a bloke with the biggest set of giant stainless steel balls in all of Adelaide. Oh, and the Rundle Mall's Balls are also in the background. 😎😎 Nice to be in you again, Adelaide. 😄😄

Adelaide gyms go hard 🏋‍♂️💪

Whoa! The Sydney Morning Herald has named YEAH THE BOYS their "Pick of the Week"(!!) with this ripper review front & centre in the SMH today! 🥳🥳 Gay footy boys are in the headlines currently & now YTB is right there with them. Huge thanx to Cameron Woodhead for the review. 👏👏

Heading to my Adelaide flight & a bloke comes up beside me in the airport. He recognised me but couldn't find YEAH THE BOYS for his flight. I let him know there were copies in WHSmith so he went & bought a copy & I signed it at the gate. Thanx Mark, made me feel famous AF. Mr Worldwide. 😎🌏

Important life update from me 🤌🫒

I like what Holden Sheppard has to say

OPINION: Homophobia Isn't The Only Thing Keeping Footy Players In The Closet 🏈🏈 I have written a new opinion article, published in the Star Observer today, about gay elite footy players coming out and the pressures facing them. Full article here: www.starobserver.com.au/opinion/opin...

Had a massive 2 hour long pull session this morning 💪💪 And I also went to the gym huhuhu

I loved how Kane Evans referred to having the courage to come out as gay as a "gangsta" thing to do. And I loved how the interviewer replied "you're as gangsta as it gets, bro". Maybe people will finally realise you can be the big tough alpha dog & be gay at the same time. I live in hope. 💪💪

Bulk respect & congrats to former NRL player Kane Evans coming out as gay last night. A huge step that will help lots of us gay blokes who like or play footy & rugby alike feel seen, understood & represented. Will help many still coming to terms with their sexuality. Huge. 💪💪

Footy boys do it better 🏈💪

I got swole but I'm not a swoledier 💪

How to make an Italian boy very happy 🤤🤌

ADELAIDE! 1 week from today I'll be back in your city talking YEAH THE BOYS. I can't wait to visit my fave Adelaide landmark: this giant pair of balls in Rundle Mall.🍒😎🤙 I'll be at Campbelltown Library Sat 13 June & Port Adelaide Library Sun 14 June! Tickets from my bio link.

Date night 🍻😎🤙

Date night ready 🤙

Happy Flex Friday fuckers 😎💪

Appeared in my FB memories from 7 years ago. Me & @raphaelfarmer.bsky.social watching the sunset from the steps of the Sacre Coeur on our honeymoon in 2019. A beautiful few weeks. We haven't had a chance to travel since - life/career happened - but hope to go back to Europe together one day.

Chunky munkee 🐒💪

Finding out YTB has hit readers like this - hugging it tightly to their chests - really hit me, emotionally. If you feel seen as a reader, I feel validated as an author. This is what a writer lives for: to know our words meant something to someone else. Thank you so much. 🙏

Mornin cunts

Book cover PSA: If you've been hunting for an OG-cover INVISIBLE BOYS, it has been taken out of print in favour of the 2025 TV tie-in cover. I love the idea of a brand new cover for IB, stay tuned. In the meantime, there's 1 signed copy of the OG IB at Beaufort Street Books! 👏

Suns out guns out 😎💪

Meathead Monday 🥩💪

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Don't skip forearm day

There is only one upside to workouts in the home gym 😏💪

The moneyshot! One bloke four books 😝. Stoked to sign the full Sheppardverse Stack of all of my books today at Beaufort St Books in Perth! 👏👏

Mornin

Back for more 💪💪

I have never wanted to move plates more in my life

BREAKING: Star Eagles forward Kade "Hammer" Hammersmith has rocked the AFL world with a homophobic rant on live TV, saying he'd refuse to wear a Pride guernsey. With the AFL grappling with rolling homophobia scandals, experts predict a multi-week suspension. More to come*.

Push day 💪

Stuffed up the link, apparently, so here's another share of my review of Invisible Boys author @v8sheppard.bsky.social's latest, Yeah the Boys bit.ly/4nOhH51

Full circle moment today at my uni, ECU, where I studied writing and French. The uni has profiled me as an alumnus with a new article about what I went on to do with my degree (I'll share the link below). 👏 For those reading YTB: ECU Joondalup is the campus where Zeke works for the call centre. 😅

Ready to watch Pendles break the all time AFL record of 433 games played! Carn the mighty Pies! ⚫️⚪️

Chest day best day 💪💪

Happy Flex Friday 💪💪