R.A. Spratt is a best-selling author, television writer and podcast host. She is known for the Shockingly Good Stories, Friday Barnes, The Peski Kids and Nanny Piggins series of books. R.A. Spratt has written for dozens of different television shows. In recent years she has specialized mainly in children’s animation, but she has also had extensive experience writing jokes, … Continue reading Masters Series: RA Spratt
This episode our featured book is brought to you by Text Publishing and we’re so excited to talk to TARA CALABY about her debut novel HOUSE OF LONGING. Tara Calaby lives in Gippsland with her wife and far too many books. She is currently a PhD candidate at La Trobe University, researching the social worlds … Continue reading Kate and Katherine Catch up + Featured Book House of Longing by Tara Calaby
After last episode's recording fail, there's a lot to discuss! Kate's dipping her toe into TIKTOK, Katherine's reading a LOT of uplifting fiction/non-fiction, plus the hosts talk debut author experiences -- have things changed since their books came out? This episode the featured book is brought to you by BFredericksPR and Gregory Ladner. Gregory Ladner is … Continue reading Kate and Katherine Catch up + Featured Book A Boy and His Bear by Gregory Ladner
Kate and Katherine catch up in the aftermath of Kate's trip to Newcastle Writers Festival, in which she managed to lose (and ultimately find) both her laptop and her luggage. The discuss festival etiquette and recommends things to read, including: Everything Kevin Wilson has ever written but start with The Family Fang (Speaking of Kevin … Continue reading Kate and Katherine Catch up (Festivals) + Featured Book Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas
Kevin Wilson has been on Katherine's interview wishlist oh about forever and FINALLY she got to speak to him. Kevin Wilson is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Nothing to See Here, which was a Read with Jenna book club selection; The Family Fang, which was adapted into an acclaimed film starring Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman; and Perfect … Continue reading Masters Series: Kevin Wilson
The words 'author headshot' can strike fear into the hearts of the toughest writers. Kate and Katherine recently toughened up: Kate wanted new headshots ahead of the new book coming out and the podcast needed some updating from 2018. In this episode they talk through past photoshoot experiences, what they've learned over time and what … Continue reading Kate & Katherine Catch Up (Headshots) + Featured Book Things She Would Have Said Herself by Catherine Therese
This episode the hosts talk money. They discuss how it works for the pod -- our money story and how it's changed over time, paid and unpaid content and the difference between publicity and marketing, which FINALLY the two of them seem to understand. This episode the Featured Book is brought to you by Hachette … Continue reading Money, Money, Money plus Featured Book River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
This season we are returning to our first-time roots. We hear all the time from listeners who’ve gone from thinking about writing a book to starting to write a book to having their own debut author experience. One of the things that these new authors say is that they’ve gone back and listened to the … Continue reading Follow a First Timer: Megan Rogers
In the twelfth episode of our summer series Katherine speaks to Dervla McTiernan how her writing life began, the importance of setting in crime writing, good vs bad, and all the stuff -- from Plottr to Scrivener and Goodnotes -- she uses to write. We hope you enjoy! https://audioboom.com/posts/8239777-summer-series-dervla-mctiernan Award-winning, number one bestseller Dervla McTiernan … Continue reading Summer Series: Dervla McTiernan
In our eleventh episode of our Summer Series, Katherine speaks with multi-award winning author Kim Scott about history, identity, culture and language, particularly of his ancestors the Noongar people.Kim Scott grew up on the south coast of Western Australia. As a descendant of those who first created human society along that edge of ocean, he … Continue reading Summer Series: Kim Scott
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