Date With A Debut

Debut Revisited is a special series hosted by ‘Date with a Debut’ host Nick Wasiliev, where established authors sit down to discuss their entire writing journey, from debut to the present day. In our third and final episode of Debut Revisited for 2026, Nick sits down with Michael Mohammed Ahmad to discuss his career from his debut novel, The Tribe, to his latest release, Bugger. WARNING: This podc...

Debut Revisited is a special series hosted by ‘Date with a Debut’ host Nick Wasiliev, where established authors sit down to discuss their entire writing journey, from debut to the present day. In our second episode of Debut Revisited for 2026, Nick sits down with Anne Freeman to discuss her career from her debut novel, Returning to Adelaide, to the latest release, The Time After Now. Enjoy the sho...

Debut Revisited is a special series hosted by ‘Date with a Debut’ host Nick Wasiliev, where established authors sit down to discuss their entire writing journey, from debut to the present day. In our first episode of Debut Revisited for 2026, Nick sits down with Ashley Kalagian Blunt to discuss her career from Dark Mode all the way to the latest release, Like, Follow Die. Enjoy the show? Drop us a...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our 20th and final episode of series four, Nick chats with Hannah Goldstein, discussing her debut contemporary fiction novel, Dream Girls. Enjoy the show? Drop us a review; it really helps the show out!  You can also subscribe to our monthly...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our 19th episode of series four, Nick chats with Elizabeth Noel, discussing her historical fiction debut, Beneath the Edelweiss. Enjoy the show? Drop us a review, it really helps the show out!  You can also subscribe to our monthly newslette...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev, shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our 18th episode of series four, Nick chats with William J. Byrne, discussing his historical fiction debut, The Warrumbar. Enjoy the show? Drop us a review; it really helps the show out!  You can also subscribe to our monthly newsletter and...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. The main show will return next week for the final two episodes of the main series before we finish 2026 with three Debut Revisited specials, but to bridge the gap please enjoy a sneak peek of my newsletter show exclusive, Second Date, where aut...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our 17th episode of series four, Nick chats with Bryony McGuinness, discussing her historical YA debut, Violet Town. Enjoy the show? Drop us a review; it really helps the show out!  You can also subscribe to our new monthly newsletter and ge...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. This week, we welcome our second collaboration for the year as Nick sits down with one of the co-hosts of The Book Deal podcast, Tina Strachan! Listen to The Book Deal: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2368528   Follow The Book Deal on Instagram: htt...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our 15th episode of series four, Nick chats with Stephanie MacFie, discussing her delightful romcom, Once Upon a Breakfast Show. Enjoy the show? Drop us a review, it really helps the show out!  You can also subscribe to our new monthly newsl...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our 14th episode of series four, Nick chats with Whitney Fitzsimmons, discussing her thrilling debut rural noir, The Rising. Enjoy the show? Drop us a review, it really helps the show out!  You can also subscribe to our new monthly newslette...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev, shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our 13th episode of series four, Nick chats with Lenny Robinson, discussing her debut war fiction novel, And In The Morning. Enjoy the show? Drop us a review; it really helps the show out!  You can also subscribe to our new monthly newslette...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our 12th episode of series four, Nick chats with Jane R. Miles about her incredible thriller, Stay Buried. Enjoy the show? Drop us a review, it really helps the show out!  You can also subscribe to our new monthly newsletter, and get access...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our 11th episode of series four, Nick chats with Lindsay Bartels about her prescient biography, Imogen in Waiting. WARNING: this book and podcast contain in-depth topics around fertility issues. If this is something that has affected you or...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our tenth episode of series four, Nick chats with Dr Dominique Lee, the author of the powerful memoir, What's Been Broken Is All the More Sharp. WARNING: this book and podcast contains in-depth topics of sexual assault, trauma and mental hea...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our ninth episode of series four, Nick sits down with Albert Jamae, the author of self-help book Shaping Tomorrow’s Man. WARNING: this book and podcast contains topics of mental health, self harm, domestic violence and fertility issues, list...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. Series 4 gets back up and running with a special two-part collaboration with one of the best Aussie book podcasts going around, Talking Aussie Books! In part two, Nick and Claudine Tinellis discuss what the future holds for debut Aussie authors...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. Series 4 gets back up and running with a special collaboration with one of the best Aussie book podcasts going around, Talking Aussie Books! In part one, Nick chats with host Claudine Tinellis around her background around starting the podcast,...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. While the main show is off for the next few weeks and will return in late June for the continuation of series four, to bridge the gap, please enjoy a sneak peek of my new newsletter show, Second Date, where authors return for a second round of...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our seventh episode of series four, Nick sits down with Melissa Sharman, the author of an incredible memoir, The Beauty of Broken Things. WARNING: this book and podcast contains topics of mental health, self harm, domestic violence and ferti...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our sixth episode of series four, Nick sits down with Emily Lighezzolo, the author of the award-winning literary fiction debut, Life Drawing. Enjoy the show? Drop us a review, it really helps the show out!  You can also subscribe to our new...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our fifth episode of series four, Nick sits down with Leearna Shaw, the debut author of contemporary rural romance, A Farm in Golden Clouds. Enjoy the show? Drop us a review, it really helps the show out!  You can also subscribe to our new m...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our fourth episode of series four, Nick sits down with Katie Hoskins, the debut author of contemporary fiction drama, When the Party’s Over. WARNING: this book and podcast contains topics of mental health and fertility issues; listener and r...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our third episode of series four, Nick sits down with Amanda Hewitt, the debut author of romance novel The Last Resort. Enjoy the show? Drop us a review, it really helps the show out!  You can also subscribe to our new monthly newsletter: ht...

Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. In our second episode of series four, Nick sits down with Bridie Blake, the debut author of romance novel The Boyfriend Clause. WARNING: This podcast contains coarse language. Enjoy the show? Drop us a review, it really helps the show out!  You...