Thomas Vowles

Each month we celebrate an Australian debut release of fiction or non-fiction in the Kill Your Darlings Debut Spotlight feature. For June that debut is Our New Gods by Thomas Vowles (UQP), a literary psychological thriller set in Melbourne’s queer scene.

The queer community has embraced Kath & Kim because it highlights the absurdity of the ordinary. Growing up and coming to terms with my sexuality, its camp aesthetics showed me there was space in this world for a flamboyant kid like me.