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 & 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

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

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

Masters Series: Tim Winton

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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

Masters Series: Amie Kaufman

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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

Masters Series: Cate Kennedy

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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

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

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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: Liane Moriarty

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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