ReadA Book Podcast

What did you think? Lets chat! This novel is exactly why I read. Wonderful characters so real I feel like I could chat with them. Themes I know intellectually, but haven't engaged with enough, wonderful stories that I can get swept away with...  I am a huge Lisa Ireland fan, and The One and Only Dolly Jamieson is my new Lisa Ireland favourite. So so good!  I was thrilled to get the chance to...

What did you think? Lets chat! Nicole Webb is the author of China Blonde , a journalist of over 30 years, a media trainer as well as book publicist! I was SO interested to talk with her; what a resume! She was event more fascinating than I was expecting, I loved to hear more about the expat life in China and cannot believe she spoke to me in the week before she left for the next overseas adventure...

What did you think? Lets chat! I love love love Ava January. I think she is so fun, so talented and so lovely. It was such a delight to get the opportunity to speak with her recently. She is a a read hybrid of an author, some of her writing is traditionally published, others she indie produces. She writes long and short form; she's the whole package. I hope you enjoy the chat as much as I did...

What did you think? Lets chat! What a way to see out 2022, loved this chat with debut author Mercedes Mercier. White Noise is completely the thriller for me; fast paced, incredibly atmospheric, real danger without the bodies falling left, right and centre! I cannot wait for her next novel which we got to talk a little bit about in this chat, I think it'll be coming out in June so plenty of ti...

What did you think? Lets chat! I am a huge Sophie Green fan, I love her novels; the sense of community, the friendships and the vivid landscapes. I've had the opportunity to interview her a few times at the shop at through a local Club W book chat, but this was the first time for my podcast and it isn't just about her latest novel- The Bellbird River Country Choir, it was really an insig...

What did you think? Lets chat! I took so long to edit this conversation because I just would NOT let John Purcell leave! I find him and his career absolutely fascinating. I absolutely loved The Lessons and think it would make an excellent summer read, the characters are all so meaty and the plot is all so fun! I loved hearing about the different books John has made a career in selling, his insight...

What did you think? Lets chat! I couldn't have loved this chat with Bronwyn Birdsall more. I got to hear all about her writing process and creating a book. I loved hearing more about her time in Sarajevo and her fantastic debut Time and Tide in Sarajevo x I hope you feel as lucky as I did, there is real magic in being a writer, and it was just so lovely to go behind the scenes.  Unfortunately...

What did you think? Lets chat! I was already a big fan of Petronella McGovern with The Good Teacher and Six Minutes..but The Liars just caught me unaware; so clever, so fast, so much to think about!!! I loved the small tourist community, I loved the characters, I loved the absolutely everything about this thriller!! There are no spoilers in this episode, I just listened through again to be sure x...

What did you think? Lets chat! I had such a great time chatting with Eva Scott, I could have stayed on zoom all day talking cake, social media and mental health..just loved the conversation. I have read and loved all of Eva Scott's novels and Frankie is absolutely my all time favourite character! I hope you get a chance to read to read While You Were In The Country, I can't recommend it...

What did you think? Lets chat! *There is coarse language in this episode*  I had an absolute ball chatting with Victoria Brookman about her clever, fun, witty and  thought provoking debut Burnt Out. It is a cracker of a novel (get it haha) It really discusses our climate emergency, but in a rom com of a way...I hope you love it!  And to join  our ReadA Book community  head on over to www.readabook...

What did you think? Lets chat! It was such a treat to chat with bestselling Australian Rural Romance author Lèonie Kelsall. I loved The River Gum Cottage as much as I did The Farm at Peppertree Crossing and The Wattle Seed Inn, I think she will forever just be an auto buy for me. I love the way she writes, I love the characters; the depth and scope of her people are next level.. I am such a fan of...

What did you think? Lets chat! Josh is one of my insta buddies and a bookseller at Dymocks George St. I love his feed and book recommendations and had been wanted to meet him for ages, when the opportunity came up to interview him for ReadA Book I jumped at it! And he's just as delightful as I thought he would be! As a book lover its just so interesting to talk with other bookies and to see h...

What did you think? Lets chat! When I sat down to revamp my life and create a career for myself that still had books in it I made a list of all the people who are lucky enough to work with books... I'm always wanting to know how other people do it and all the different ways they do...surely I'm not the only one that finds it interesting and it's such a good opportunity to be able to...

What did you think? Lets chat! What a treat it was to get to talk with Greg Woodland. I'm only really new to thrillers (too much of a baby) but I very much enjoyed The Night Whistler and was delighted to see a new novel set in the same town with Mick and Hal returning to solve another crime in Moorabool. This novel is just as creepy without causing you nightmares as the first. I really think...

What did you think? Lets chat! I love me some Australian Rural Romance, I love a romance really but combine that with our Australian landscape and culture and I am there!!  Stella Quinn is one of my favourites, I really enjoyed A Town Like Clarence; I loved Kirsty and Joey, as well as all his family, and hers to a lesser extent.. I loved the town of Clarence, it's a lovely setting and I am ho...

What did you think? Lets chat! I had NO idea what I was missing out on by not reading spec-fic and I am SO glad I got to start out with such a great story! What a great introduction!! I loved Teddy and the story of the outsiders I found here, I love the drive and commitment to the story I met in AViVA, such an incredible human! I loved our conversation, and I hope you do too!  And to join  our Rea...

What did you think? Lets chat! It's been quite a while between podcast episodes and I've lost my shop since we've chatting last...I just wanted to say thank you for listening and I am sorry I've been not regularly producing my podcast; but I've had a good long think and a good strong talk to myself. I'm so lucky to have been able to take the time to do it! www.readabo...

What did you think? Lets chat! This is another oldie but a great-ie chat. I got to speak with Karly Lane about her lovely Once Burnt, Twice Shy rural romance and man was I fangirling...she is just the best!  And to join  our ReadA Book community  head on over to www.readabook.com.au. We are a wonderful collective of like minded book lovers where you can mix and mingle and be, and together we can a...

What did you think? Lets chat! Another episode I should have released months ago... life hey?!? This was a conversation I was SO lucky to have with bestselling author Lee Christine about her latest release Dead Horse Gap, such an atmospheric police procedural. I loved it.   And to join  our ReadA Book community  head on over to www.readabook.com.au. We are a wonderful collective of like minded boo...

What did you think? Lets chat! This was a great conversation that I got to have with Stephanie Parkyn late last year. It was stupid of me not to release it until now. She is wonderful, interesting and so engaging. I loved this chat, I just got 'too busy'... ridiculous! I loved The Freedom of Birds, its a historical fiction that follows a group of storytellers as they travel through Franc...

What did you think? Lets chat! I hadn't been able to get my hands on a copy of Treasure and Dirt before I got to chat with Chris Hammer, but I have since read this thriller and OMG what a ride!!! It is such a great novel!! This is  quite an old conversation I had with Chris Hammer, I didn't think I could release it as a podcast because I hadn't read the novel, but he is just such an...

What did you think? Lets chat! Goodness I LOVED this chat I got to have with Mary-Lou Stephens! There are so very slight spoilers in this chat, but I don't think it will take away from the first read at all. This is a wonderful debut novel, I couldn't have enjoyed it more and cannot wait to read whatever Mary-Lou Stephens writes next x   Wonderful characters, wonderful sense of place and...

What did you think? Lets chat! What an thrill of a thriller The Torrent is! Winner of the 2020 Banjo Prize and just released police procedural...I couldn't have been more pleased to get to chat with Dinuka McKenzie! What a treat!   And to join  our ReadA Book community  head on over to www.readabook.com.au. We are a wonderful collective of like minded book lovers where you can mix and mingle...

What did you think? Lets chat! I didn't actually ask anything articulate, I spent the conversation completely in awe and TBH on the verge of tears. It's taken me way too long to even be able to listen back to it! Cringe doesn't go far enough x  Luckily Fiona McIntosh is such a wonder the conversation is still worthwhile and I know I left the part in there when I have to wrap it up b...

What did you think? Lets chat! Life got in the way, but I wont ever stop being grateful for the life that I have that got in the way xx This is a conversation I got to have with Rural Fiction author Fleur McDonald last year. I think I deleted out a million 'oh my goodness, thank you so muches...' I did and still do feel incredibly lucky to have had the opportunity to speak with her, what...