This episode our Featured Book is brought to you by Hachette and we’re delighted to be talking to Margaret Meyer about her debut novel, The Witching Tide.
Margaret Meyer was born in Canada, grew up in New Zealand and now lives in Norwich, England. She worked in publishing and literature promotion before retraining in a second career as a mental health therapist.
In 2020 she completed a MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. The Witching Tide is her first novel.
Writing advice: Never be afraid to re-draft. The first draft is the writer telling the story to themselves. The second draft is when we craft the story into a story for readers.
Debut book recommendation: Breakdown by Cathy Sweeney.
You can find Margaret in Instagram and Twitter.
This episode Kate and Katherine discuss:
- The Debut Crew 2023 reels on our insta. If you are a debut author for 2024, Lisa Kenway has done a call out for a Debut Crew 2024 so let her know if you are keen!
- The Melbourne launch for Kate’s new novel The Hummingbird Effect is on Friday August 4th at Trades Hall. Bookings here and keep an eye out here for national and regional tour dates.
- The story of the viral tweet on parents and reading from Poppy Gee.
- Kate’s reading and loving Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield and Crudo by Olivia Laing and rewatching The Letdown and Love Me in advance of her upcoming interview with writer, producer and actor Alison Bell.
- Most Talkative by Andy Cohen (Audible version)
- Elizabeth Gilbert’s announcement delaying publication of The Snow Forest (Instagram)
- Alone Australia
The First Time podcast 