Josh Holton is an ex-MMA fighter who took too many blows to the head and now writes and draws the unexpected. He placed in Streetcake's Experimental Writing Prize 2021, and was runner up in the Writers' and Artists' Working Class Writers' Prize 2020. Fledgling is his first novel.

‘Powerfully original.’Suzi Feay, Financial Times‘An auspicious and impressive debut.'Neil Hegarty, Irish Times'Unsentimental, and all the more affecting for it.'Nell Stevens, author of Briefly, A Delicious Life'Compassionate and alive with wonder, Fledgling is a remarkable debut about finding your place in the natural world and in your own family.'Jarred McGinnis, author of There is No Meant to Be: A Family Story'Fledgling gifts us the hilarity in grief, the fragility in violence, the unsettling truths in the lies we tell ourselves. Iridescent and deeply knowing and so, so good.'Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies'Fledgling is a stunning portrait of boyhood and coming of age that is both heartbreaking and funny. Josh has a singular voice.'Catherine Cho, author of The Devoted'A tender and magical portrait of boyhood, deftly dissecting the societal pressures of masculinity with precision, gentleness, and puckish humour. Holton is definitely one to watch.'Rhiannon Grist, author of Home Sick'A bold and innovative first novel that sets an unsparing account of a brutal rural childhood against the beauty and mystery of the natural world.'Michael Arditti'An authentic, playful and achingly beautiful portrait of the human animal.'Shaun Wilson, author of Malc's Boy'The writing is wonderfully vivid, and we're quickly immersed in his world. Holton has an instinct for recording the memorable, inexplicable experiences of childhood.'James Cook, author of In Her Room

Josh Holton is an ex-MMA fighter who took too many blows to the head and now writes and draws the unexpected. He placed in Streetcake's Experimental Writing Prize 2021, and was runner up in the Writers' and Artists' Working Class Writers' Prize 2020. Fledgling is his first novel.

‘Powerfully original.’Suzi Feay, Financial Times‘An auspicious and impressive debut.'Neil Hegarty, Irish Times'Unsentimental, and all the more affecting for it.'Nell Stevens, author of Briefly, A Delicious Life'Compassionate and alive with wonder, Fledgling is a remarkable debut about finding your place in the natural world and in your own family.'Jarred McGinnis, author of There is No Meant to Be: A Family Story'Fledgling gifts us the hilarity in grief, the fragility in violence, the unsettling truths in the lies we tell ourselves. Iridescent and deeply knowing and so, so good.'Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies'Fledgling is a stunning portrait of boyhood and coming of age that is both heartbreaking and funny. Josh has a singular voice.'Catherine Cho, author of The Devoted'A tender and magical portrait of boyhood, deftly dissecting the societal pressures of masculinity with precision, gentleness, and puckish humour. Holton is definitely one to watch.'Rhiannon Grist, author of Home Sick'A bold and innovative first novel that sets an unsparing account of a brutal rural childhood against the beauty and mystery of the natural world.'Michael Arditti'An authentic, playful and achingly beautiful portrait of the human animal.'Shaun Wilson, author of Malc's Boy'The writing is wonderfully vivid, and we're quickly immersed in his world. Holton has an instinct for recording the memorable, inexplicable experiences of childhood.'James Cook, author of In Her Room

Josh Holton is an ex-MMA fighter who took too many blows to the head and now writes and draws the unexpected. He placed in Streetcake's Experimental Writing Prize 2021, and was runner up in the Writers' and Artists' Working Class Writers' Prize 2020. Fledgling is his first novel.

‘Powerfully original.’Suzi Feay, Financial Times‘An auspicious and impressive debut.'Neil Hegarty, Irish Times'Unsentimental, and all the more affecting for it.'Nell Stevens, author of Briefly, A Delicious Life'Compassionate and alive with wonder, Fledgling is a remarkable debut about finding your place in the natural world and in your own family.'Jarred McGinnis, author of There is No Meant to Be: A Family Story'Fledgling gifts us the hilarity in grief, the fragility in violence, the unsettling truths in the lies we tell ourselves. Iridescent and deeply knowing and so, so good.'Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies'Fledgling is a stunning portrait of boyhood and coming of age that is both heartbreaking and funny. Josh has a singular voice.'Catherine Cho, author of The Devoted'A tender and magical portrait of boyhood, deftly dissecting the societal pressures of masculinity with precision, gentleness, and puckish humour. Holton is definitely one to watch.'Rhiannon Grist, author of Home Sick'A bold and innovative first novel that sets an unsparing account of a brutal rural childhood against the beauty and mystery of the natural world.'Michael Arditti'An authentic, playful and achingly beautiful portrait of the human animal.'Shaun Wilson, author of Malc's Boy'The writing is wonderfully vivid, and we're quickly immersed in his world. Holton has an instinct for recording the memorable, inexplicable experiences of childhood.'James Cook, author of In Her Room