Episodes

Kate & Katherine recommend PLUS Featured Book You’ll Be a Wonderful Parent by Jasper Peach

Kate and Katherine catch up on what they've been reading and listening to including: The Publishing Rodeo podcast - specifically this episode 'Anatomy of a Best Seller (Part 2)' 'My mentor John Hughes taught me how to write. Then he plagiarised my work' by Joseph Earp Reasons Not to Worry by Brigid Delaney Catriona Menzies … Continue reading Kate & Katherine recommend PLUS Featured Book You’ll Be a Wonderful Parent by Jasper Peach

Kate & Katherine have NEWS plus Featured Book The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams

Kate (finally!) has some book news! Her new novel THE HUMMINGBIRD EFFECT will be out in Australia on Aug 2! Stay tuned for (lots!) more info over the coming months, but she just couldn't hold on to the news any longer. Kate and Katherine also respond to a listener question about defining the different stages … Continue reading Kate & Katherine have NEWS plus Featured Book The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams

Masters Series: Cate Kennedy

Kate travelled to Castlemaine to record this interview in person with Cate Kennedy in her beautiful home amongst overflowing bookshelves. The day was a total joy and involved cake, op-shopping, visits to beautiful spots around town, much perusal of the bookshelves and Kate being sent home with homemade jam and books for her kids. Kate … Continue reading Masters Series: Cate Kennedy

Money, Money, Money plus Featured Book River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer

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

Follow a First Timer: Megan Rogers

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

Welcome to S6! Plus Featured Book The House of Now and Then by Jo Dixon

Oh it's exciting to be back. It's a typically BIG ep as we kick off Season Six and we go lots of places: summer fishing, social media blackouts, teeth, horoscopes, childhood confessions, exciting 2023 news (which we can't actually tell you...yet) and a bunch of things we've been consuming. Our Featured Book segment in this … Continue reading Welcome to S6! Plus Featured Book The House of Now and Then by Jo Dixon

Summer Series: Dervla McTiernan

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

Summer Series: Kim Scott

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

Summer Series: Liane Moriarty

In the tenth episode of our Summer Series, Kate speaks with Australian Fiction Queen, Liane Moriarty in a wide ranging conversation about her career, writing process and dealing with Hollywood. Liane Moriarty is the Australian author of nine internationally bestselling novels, Three Wishes, The Last Anniversary, What Alice Forgot,The Hypnotist’s Love Story and the number one New York Times bestsellers The Husband’s … Continue reading Summer Series: Liane Moriarty

Summer Series: Gabrielle Wang

In our sixth episode of our Summer Series, Katherine speaks with Australian Children's Laureate (22-23) Gabrielle Wang. Gabrielle Wang is an award-winning author and illustrator of more than 20 novels and picture books for children and young adults. She was born in Melbourne of Chinese heritage. As a result, Gabrielle’s books are a blend of … Continue reading Summer Series: Gabrielle Wang