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
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
We are thrilled to present this conversation with Australian literary legend - Tim Winton. This is a conversation Kate has been hoping to have since...well, since she was sixteen years old. Tim Winton has published twenty-nine books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Since his first novel, An … Continue reading Masters Series: Tim Winton
Amie Kaufman is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author. Her multi-award winning work has been translated into nearly thirty languages, and is in development for film and TV. Raised in Australia and Ireland, Amie has degrees in literature, law, history and conflict resolution, and is currently undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing. Her … Continue reading Masters Series: Amie Kaufman
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
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
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
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
In the seventh episode of our Summer Series, Kate speaks with internationally bestselling author, Sarah Winman. Sarah Winman grew up in Essex and now lives in London. She attended the Weber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and went on to act in theatre, film and television. Her first novel, When God Was a Rabbit was an international … Continue reading Summer Series: Sarah Winman
In our sixth episode of our Summer Series, Katherine speaks with bestselling Australian author, Natasha Lester Natasha Lester is the internationally bestselling author of A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald, Her Mother's Secret,The Paris Seamstress, The French Photographer,The Paris Secret and The Riviera House, and a former marketing executive for L'Oreal. Her novels have been translated into many different languages and … Continue reading Summer Series: Natasha Lester
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