This week, the hosts talk comfort zones and what’s pushed them this year. For Katherine is was The Book Show’s literary debate literary debate (LISTEN HERE), with authors Robert Lukins , Jock Serong, Angela Savage, Melanie Cheng and Wayne Macauley Check out Angela Savage’s post on what it was like.
Kate’s done a bunch of different workshops, including – podcasting and the post publication hustle. If you’re keen to attend, petition your local writers centre to get her/us to come deliver it!
Also discussed:
- Jumpsuits (i.e. the clothing). Kate prefers a wide leg, Katherine is into tapered.
- The Fitzroy Diaries podcast
- The Office Ladies podcast
- Body Electric dance classes
- Sophie Cunningham’s KYD Writing Creative Non-Fiction Essays short course
Then Katherine speakers to Sydney-based author, Sarah Hopkins.
Sarah Hopkins’ first novel, The Crimes of Billy Fish was highly commended in the inaugural ABC Fiction Awards and shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Her second novel Speak to Me was published in 2010.
This Picture of You, published in 2014, was shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferis Award.
A Sydney-based criminal lawyer, Hopkins spent years appearing for young people in the children’s court. Her unnerving conclusions about the real-life levers into the criminal justice system helped inform the fictional depictions in her fourth novel, The Subjects.
Advice: Enjoy it.
Favourite novel by a debut author? Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe
The First Time Quick Five
Agent or no agent – Agent
Advance or no advance – Advance
ANZ rights only or International – ANZ
Festival invites or no festival invites – Festival invites
No. copies sold – Not sure… But they did reprint.
The First Time podcast 