Episodes

Kate and Katherine Catch Up + Featured Book Blind Spot by Robyn Dennison

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This episode the featured book is brought to you by Text Publishing and we’re talking to Robyn Dennison about her debut novel Blind Spot. Robyn Dennison’s fiction has appeared in Australian literary journals, including as a runner-up for the Overland VU Short Story Prize. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, where she teaches … Continue reading Kate and Katherine Catch Up + Featured Book Blind Spot by Robyn Dennison

A Year of Fresh Voices: Penguin Books special feature with debut authors Erin Riley, Vidya Madabushi, Annette Higgs & Nick Bhasin

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In this special Feature Episode brought to you by Penguin Books Australia, we speak to four debut authors about their new books. https://audioboom.com/posts/8335680-a-year-of-fresh-voices-penguin-books-special-feature-with-debut-authors-erin-riley-vidya-madabu Erin Riley Erin Riley is a writer and social worker who has spent most of the last decade working alongside marginalised populations in community aged care in and around Sydney. Erin brings … Continue reading A Year of Fresh Voices: Penguin Books special feature with debut authors Erin Riley, Vidya Madabushi, Annette Higgs & Nick Bhasin

Masters Series: Ling Ma

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Ling Ma is a writer hailing from Fujian, Utah and Kansas. She is the author of the novel Severance, which received the 2018 Kirkus Prize, the Whiting Award and the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award and the 2022 short story collection Bliss Montage which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and The … Continue reading Masters Series: Ling Ma

Kate and Katherine Catch Up + Featured Book The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer

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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 … Continue reading Kate and Katherine Catch Up + Featured Book The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer

Kate & Katherine catch up PLUS Featured Book UNTETHERED by Ayesha Inoon

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Our Featured Book this week is Untethered by debut novelist, Ayesha Inoon. This segment is brought to you by Harper Collins. Ayesha Inoon is a Sri Lankan-Australian writer with a unique cultural perspective, which she brings to her writing. Born in Colombo, she travelled widely and worked as a journalist in Sri Lanka before immigrating … Continue reading Kate & Katherine catch up PLUS Featured Book UNTETHERED by Ayesha Inoon

Masters Series: RA Spratt

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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

Awkward convo: Endorsements PLUS featured book SEARCH HISTORY by Amy Taylor

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Our Featured Book segment is brought to you by Allen and Unwin and Kate chats to Amy Taylor about her debut novel Search History. Amy Taylor is based in Naarm/ Melbourne (Naarm). An adapted chapter of her debut novel was selected as one of the winners in the 2021 Ultimo Prize for best emerging writers in Australia under … Continue reading Awkward convo: Endorsements PLUS featured book SEARCH HISTORY by Amy Taylor

Kate and Katherine Catch up + Featured Book House of Longing by Tara Calaby

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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

Katherine has NEWS PLUS Featured Book THE RUSH by Michelle Prak

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Katherine has NEWS!! Her MG book (and a SECOND!) will be published!!! Our Featured Book this week is The Rush by Michelle Prak and the segment is brought to you by Simon & Schuster. Michelle Prak (known to some of you on socials as Prakky) is a professional communicator with a thirty-year career in corporate … Continue reading Katherine has NEWS PLUS Featured Book THE RUSH by Michelle Prak