Writers Talking

Welcome back as we get started with Season 3 of Writers Talking! In this episode, we chat with the ever-insightful Sara Foster, author of multiple books, including the upcoming thriller WHEN SHE WAS GONE. In our conversation, Sara shares what she's observed about the limits of verbal communication, how it affects our understanding of each other and the ways she has begun to explore the other kinds...

At the end of an incredible year on the podcast, we wrap up Writers Talking with one of our favourite regular writers, the gorgeous Emma Grey, author of The Last Love Note! From her Australian book launch in January to a spectacular US launch in November, Emma shares her takeaways from all the excitement (that's still growing!) and challenge of travelling to promote a deeply personal story. On a p...

If you love to read fictionalised history, I think you're going to love today's convo! Angie Elita Newell has written one of the most ambitious novels I've read in a long time. Not only does she manage to draw readers in with multiple POVs and timelines, but she also provides empathetic yet realistic characters who bridge the gaps between the history we've been taught and the reality so many other...

This week's conversation with Steph Vizard felt fabulously on brand with the themes in her book! Steph’s debut novel, The Love Contract, won the Banjo Prize for fiction. and we discussed everything from how she managed the time to write while on maternity leave to the similarities between her 'day job' and her practice as a writer. We were in total agreement about what makes a swoon-worthy leading...

If you have wondered about swapping between script writing and novel writing (or have already given it a go) you're going to love today's episode! Alli Parker is not only an incredibly experienced screen editor and coordinator, but she's now written an incredibly powerful novelisation of her own family's experience - a historical fiction story about Australia's first war bride from Japan. Alli gen...

This week I had the pleasure of chatting with fabulous London-based author Ivy Ngeow. Not only does she share how her writing process has shifted, but which aspects of her own personality and experience find their way into her novels, making her psychological thrillers totally unique to her! Find out more about Ivy and her books here: https://writengeow.com/ https://www.instagram.com/authorivyngeo...

This week we got to chat with the ever-engaging Lorissa Rinehart and Tracy Dawson to catch up on what they've been up to since our last convo! We dove into the beauty of modern research options, the democratisation of so many aspects of writing as an industry, ways we should be wary of AI (and the ways we shouldn't fret too much over), the HUGE win writers in the US are celebrating and SO. MUCH, M...

This week's convo sees us back to one of our fabulous panels with Nina Campbell, Emma Grey and Rachael Morgan, talking all about the dissonance between our expectations vs reality when it comes to our writerly life. Often online, in social and mainstream media we can see all of the exciting aspects of an author's life, but what does it *actually* look and feel like behind the scenes? Does the expe...

This week's chat with the author of Why You Feel the Way You Do , Reneau Peurifoy, was filled with so much great info for every type of writer! We talked about how he shifted his knowledge from individual sessions, to an old-school cassette-delivered course, to an incredibly successful book called Anxiety, Phobias & Panic: Taking Charge and Conquering Fear. Reneau talks openly about the import...

What a great, truth-filled convo! Louisa Deasey, two time published memoir author, joined me to chat through her experience in getting her first memoir published. Not only did we cover her incredible (and really kind of shocking!) first publisher meeting along with what she's learnt along the way about how literary memoir is often misunderstood, what it takes to really write a compelling memoir as...

This week we welcome back the lovely Monique Mulligan, author of Wildflower, which is set for re-release worldwide with Bloodhound Books on 10 August. As always, a vulnerable writerly convo where we chatted about the serious themes in her book, letting a younger voice highlight some of the unexpected ramifications on family and community where domestic violence is seen & heard, but not address...

If you have a preference for novels and don't understand the appeal of biography and history, THIS is the episode for you! Not only are both of today's writers brilliant, they are both women who are passionate about uncovering the real stories that have been hidden in history for far too long. Lorissa joins us again to talk with Tracy Dawson about how they each came to their book writing process,...

Wow - what an incredible convo this week with the incomprable Zoë Coyle, whose most recent novel, The Dangers of Female Provocation, had me on the edge of my seat! (and looking up words on Dictionary.com LOL)!! We talk all things surrender, finding the spiritual in our work, the beauty of getting to live vicariously through some characters and so, so much more. I loved hearing about her approach t...

Have you ever wondered if you novel idea would be better written as a screenplay first? Or maybe you're used to the format of screen writing and wonder if you should transition your story into novel form as well? This week we dive into a convo about the similarities and differences between long form novel writing and the snappier sort of writing expected when writing for screen. Rachael shares her...

This week's convo with Kate Solly, author of Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance was a deep dive into, well, almost everything! ;) We chatted about the themes found in her debut novel - racism and religion - as well as her process of writing outside of her lived experience, the importance of working with sensitivity readers and more. She shared her insights into the seasons she has...

This was such a fabulous convo with Alicia Bessette, author of Murder on Mustang Beach (and the first book of the Outer Banks Bookshop Mystery series, Smile Beach Murder)!! We got to chat about setting as a character, the power of observing (yourself and others), how your process can change over time and finding ways of creating a larger story for real life characters who may otherwise go dow...

This week we have one of our most *vulnerable* convos yet - busting myths around creativity (writing) and medication! NOTE : we talk about depression, anxiety, HRT and neurodiversity in this episode as well as being medicated. Our experiences should NOT be taken as medical advice. We recommend all listeners check with their GP or primary care physician about what sort of support might be needed. A...

This week's episode with Lorissa Rinehart has changed the way I see biographies - I absolutely loved this convo! We dove into things by talking about the importance of a compelling narrative in biography that goes beyond 'first this happened, then that happened', but soon were chatting about the (relatable) juggle that writers, who are also mums of young children, have when it comes to research, w...

This week's chat was a total delight! Talking with author's Kate Solly and Emma Grey about how (and why) they connected...and how important it is to take the time to reach out to the writers whose work moves you. Whether you're reaching out to share how a piece of writing connected or, as in their case, simply reaching out to acknowledge the challenge of putting out vulnerable and transformative w...

This week we jump into an interesting convo with Emma Grey (author of multiple books including the incredible novel, THE LAST LOVE NOTE) about how to bypass the overwhelm and show up consistently and confidently on social media - both during a busy book promo period as well as every other writerly day. The key is engagement...but maybe not in the way you'd imagined! A great episode for new and exp...

This week I had the pleasure of chatting again with the lovely Lisa Ireland, this time as she was just starting the promo tour for her newest book, The One and Only Dolly Jamieson ! We dove straight in to chat about how she (as an ambivert) handles different promo events, what she does to make herself feel more grounded and excited for them as well as sharing more about her writerly process,...

This week we're talking to memoir writers who have bared all for their readers...and WOW did they get real, raw and vulnerable. A not-to-be-missed episode if you're in the middle of writing your memoir or just in the planning stages. Kristen Holzapfel and Lisa Barlin shared so much insight into their process as well as some specifics about the focus of their stories - I was honoured to be part of...

This week we chat with amazing authors Fleur McDonald, Darry Fraser and Lisa Ireland about how they stay connected to the writerly (and readerly!) community - especially as all three of these successful novelists live outside well known capital cities and publishing hubs. We dive into how they experience connection to their writerly peers as well as readers, how they feel about promoting thei...

Welcome to Season 2 of Writers Talking!! This season we'll be diving even deeper into real conversations with writers you know well...and those who you might just be learning about for the first time. In this episode, I chat with Matthew Quick, writer of novels and screenplays, best known for Silver Linings Playbook , which became and Oscar winning movie. After reading his latest book, We Are the...

This week I got to fangirl over Catherine Newman for 40+ minutes (and she managed to answer a few questions about her process when I took a few breaths) LOL But we had a brilliant conversation about choosing to write memoir-ish fiction, the power of surrendering to the writer you are naturally and surprising me with her stance on multi-book deals (at least for her)!! Find out more a...