Hembury Books Podcast

Karen Jacobsen is the president of the Whitsundays Writers Festival and deeply involved in the arts scene. Driven to follow her dream and born to light up the stage, Karen studied in Brisbane where she began her professional career, and on to piano bars, jazz trios and voice-over work in Sydney before moving to New York City with one suitcase becoming an award-winning Singer and Songwriter. Being...

Danielle Colley is a coach, speaker, workshop facilitator and award-winning author of The Chocolate Bar Life, which was published by Hembury Books in July 2024. For the past five years, Danielle has been helping people who are feeling stuck and dissatisfied with their lives to reach their full potential. As a former journalist working for The Australian Women's Weekly and Sunday Life, and a st...

Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor at ArtsHub and she has written extensively on Australia’s books and publishing industry. She is also an arts journalist, critic and editor who has written for The Guardian, Australian Book Review and The Australian. She is a published author of three poetry collections, the second of which, Decadence, was longlisted for the Stella Prize. Connect with Thuy...

Dr Duncan E Graham is a Sydney writer, senior counsel at the NSW Bar and medical doctor. He co-authored 'Why Patients Sue Doctors'. For over a decade, Duncan acted almost exclusively in cases involving people suffering from asbestos-related diseases. His knowledge of the history of the asbestos industry, the medical issues concerning asbestos, the role of governments and big business, and...

Jane is a much loved Author Coach and publishing strategist as well as being a gifted speaker, sought-after business consultant, and ghost writer. She is the author of four books including Mindset for Business:The Art and Science of Sound Decisions, and the best-selling Mindset for Authors: How to overcome procrastination, perfectionism and self-doubt. Jane designed the Power Writing Program to fa...

Alexandra Larach is an experienced event manager with over seven years of creating memorable events for authors and literary communities. Specialising in book launches, author events, and literary festivals, she handles every detail—from speaker coordination to logistics—ensuring authors can focus on what matters most sharing their work. Alexandra’s passion for storytelling, rekindled during the C...

Gabriella Pomare is a partner at Norton Law Group and the author of a new book called The Collaborative Co-Parent. She frequently appears at the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and Family Court of Australia in complex family law disputes. Gabriella is also experienced in family law matters that cross international jurisdictions. She was a finalist in the Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30 2018, ‘Rising...

Sarah Susak is a full-time working mum and the General Manager of Legal and Corporate Affairs at a leading Australian food company. She is also the author of a new memoir called Youru: Find the Guru within You and the founder of MEDI STEADY GO - a Vedic meditation teaching course.   To say that health challenges have played a mammoth role in the last 8 years of her life is a grand understatement....

Eileen O’Hely is the writer of the best-selling Aisling and Amelia, award-winning children's series Penny the Pencil, PEP Squad and Kitten Kaboodle. O'Hely describes herself as a nerd but is in fact an astrophysicist and science educator! Her latest book is a graphic novel called "50 Ways to Die in Space." For more information, visit: http://eileenohely.com/

Andrew Matthews is the author and illustrator of 8 million books sold in 48 languages across 70 countries. His first book Being Happy was a global bestseller...helped by recognition from the then number one world golfer Nick Faldo who told the international press that BEING HAPPY! had helped him win the British Open. Andrew's a global speaker having given talks to CocaCola, McDonalds, in prisons.....

Jacqui Louise Swallow is the author of The Bipolar Runner, which was published by Fairplay Publishing in October. She a dedicated mum and teacher's aide who has lived with bipolar disorder since her teenage years and more recently has also been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and generalised anxiety disorder. Now in her 40s, she has found running to be the most effective way to mana...

The Palestinian-Canadian UAE-based author, Nour Arab, founder and owner of Nour Publishing, member of Emirates Publishers Association, has broken all records in the children’s literature field by “creating a new methodology in writing children’s stories” Gulf Today newspaper, 2020. Inspired to see the world through the curious eyes of children, Arab has reflected the beautiful details that take pl...

DG Rampton is a bestselling author who loves to create feelgood romantic comedy, featuring intelligent heroines, dashing men and sparkling banter. An engineer by training but a romantic by nature, she left her corporate career to follow the call of her artistic inclinations and write stories that bring joy and laughter into people's lives. She has a penchant for gastro-dining, French comedy and th...

Meg Keneally is a bestselling novelist, editor, journalist, writing teacher and book coach. She is the author of three solo novels - Free, The Wreck and Fled (optioned for film and currently in pre-production). Her screenplay adaptation of Fled has won numerous awards for unproduced screenplays. With her father Tom Keneally, she’s the author of four books in the Monsarrat series - The Soldier's Cu...

Bernadette Eden is the author of Women’s Fiction with heart and humour. Her novel Awaiting Annie Jones won the 2024 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Ruby award and had previously been longlisted for the Richell Prize and the (RWA) Emerald Award as well as being shortlisted for the QWC Publishable Program. Having grown up in rural South Australia, Bernadette’s books are often set in small towns a...

Linda Johannesson is a marketing expert whose superpowers are asking powerful questions, having creative vision, and efficiently connecting the strategic dots. With a ‘get sh*t done’ approach, Linda helps service businesses and their founders to see and grow into their potential and possibility. She’s a Marketing and Growth Consultant, Author, Blogger, Book Marketing Strategist, Mentor, and Founde...

Based in Brisbane, Australia, Bev works with non-fiction authors as a Certified Non-Fiction Book Coach, helping them to plan a book well before diving into the writing process. She also works as a book production manager with independent authors – usually women in business – bringing their books to print after they have completed their manuscripts. Bev’s happy place definitely sits at the intersec...

Jack Roney is a retired police officer and now crime fiction writer and podcaster. His four novels are published by Hawkeye Publishing. The Angels Wept was shortlisted in the Wattpad Awards while The Ghost Train & The Scarlet Moon was runner-up in Hawkeye’s Manuscript Development Prize. As co-host of the Genre Fiction Podcast, Jack interviews fellow authors and industry experts. Harry Colfer i...

Liz H. Kelly is the Founder and CEO of Goody PR and Goody Business Book Awards, Award-Winning Author of “8-Second PR: New Public Relations Crash Course”, and Podcast Host, whose mission is to “Magnify Good.” As the author of three books, Kelly knows how hard it is to promote them. After submitting many Goody PR clients for book awards, Kelly noticed few programs recognize 100% social impact book a...

Cyble Rizwan is a typesetter at Hembury Books. In this episode, she breaks down the processes behind book formatting, defines terminology like 'bleed', 'gutters' and 'margins', and shares her typesetting tips for indie designers.

Holly Deane-Johns is the author of Holly's Hell - Seven years in a Thai Prison, which was published by Hembury Books on 8 February 2024. In 2000, Holly was caught trying to post 15 grams of heroin in Bangkok and was sentenced to 31 years. Holly’s Hell describes the years she spent inside the notorious Thai prison and how she overcame her drug addiction. Holly is a speaker and community advocate on...

David Kadavy is the bestselling author of Mind Management, Not Time Management, The Heart to Start, and Design for Hackers. His self-published books have sold more than 100,000 copies, and are being translated into a dozen languages. His weekly newsletter, Love Mondays, has over 10,000 subscribers. David lives in a cabin in the mountains outside Medellín, Colombia. For more information, visit: htt...

Sean Alexander is the international best-selling author of Sober On A Drunk Planet - Giving Up Alcohol. He is a qualified Counsellor specialising in alcohol and drug addiction, a Strength & Conditioning Coach, a Yoga Instructor and a Financial Advisor. His holistic approach to recovery has been hailed as truly life-changing by those who have read his books and have put the work in. Whether you...

Porscia Lam is a Melbourne lawyer and the author of The Unlocking, which will be published in February 2025 by the Kind Press. The Unlocking unfolds in pandemic-stricken Melbourne, charting one family's desperate battle against the escalating behaviour of their autistic toddler. Amid the lack of in-person services, Harry exhibits severely restricted eating, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, crippli...

Lincoln Rawlin’s first book, Sprout’s Idea, was published when he was just eight years old. It has become an international sensation, with the backing of none other than Andy Griffiths, the author of the bestselling 13-Storey Treehouse series, inspiring young and old alike to be more conscious of the words they speak and their actions around others. Lincoln recently published the second book in th...