It's been awhile since we've been in your ears, listeners! Back for a moment with this bonus episode from Sydney Writers Festival. Hopefully you've been partaking of many pods, including Katherine's spin off project The Next Step which you can listen back to in the archive. If you're in Melbourne and keen to hear Kate … Continue reading First Time Live at SWF with Melanie Saward, James Colley & Charlotte Wood
This is a conversation Kate has been waiting years to have. She spoke to Richard Flanagan at the end of his most recent tour, in person at State Library Victoria. Richard Flanagan's novels have received numerous honours and are published in forty-two countries. He won the Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep … Continue reading Masters Series: Richard Flanagan
Lucy Treloar was born in Malaysia and educated in England, Sweden and Melbourne. Her novel Salt Creek (2015) won the Dobbie Literary Award among others, and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the UK's Walter Scott Prize. Wolfe Island (2019), her second novel, won the Barbara Jefferis Award and was shortlisted for … Continue reading Masters Series: Lucy Treloar
This episode is a Live recording of the First Time Publishing panel at the Write Around the Murray Festival on September 17, 2023. Kate speaks with writers Kathryn Heyman, Irma Gold and Tim Napper about their first and subsequent publication experiences and what they have learned along the way. https://audioboom.com/posts/8388436-live-at-write-around-the-murray-with-kathryn-heyman-irma-gold-t-r-napper-kate-mildenhall Kathryn Heyman is the author of six novels … Continue reading Live at Write Around the Murray with Kathryn Heyman, Irma Gold, Tim Napper
Our Featured Book segment this episode is brought to you by Fremantle Press and Kate is delighted to be speaking to debut novelist Chenée Marrapodi about her debut middle grade novel One Wrong Turn. Chenée Marrapodi is a children’s author and journalist, based in Perth, Western Australia. Chenée has worked in the media industry for almost … Continue reading Kate and Katherine Catch Up PLUS Featured Book ONE WRONG TURN by Chenée Marropadi
Kate and Katherine catch up on why they are in their sweats, ice baths, tour shenanigans, morning pages and much more. Our Featured Book in this episode is One Day We're All Going to Die by playwright and debut novelist Elise Esther Hearst. This segment is brought to you by HQ/Harper Collins. Elise Esther Hearst … Continue reading Kate & Katherine Catch Up Plus ONE DAY WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE by Elise Esther Hearst
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
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
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