Nov 28, 2023
‘I wanted to find compassion for me and for any writer out there who’s doing the best they can but it’s not working out the way they planned.’
Author Laurie Steed shares how crippling anxiety affected both his literary career and his experience of fatherhood. Before he could address the anxiety, he first had...
Nov 7, 2023
‘When I was a lawyer, I knew what was good enough, because if you did the job properly, you were paid, and if you didn’t do the job properly, you were sued. It was very clear-cut. With writing, you never know. There’s a lot of subjectivity.’
James speaks with Penguin Literary Prize winning author Annette Higgs...
Oct 17, 2023
Ashley reveals the inspiration behind the twists and turns in her bestselling psychological thriller, Dark Mode.
Together with return guest Jacinta Dietrich and self-described enthusiastic reader Ali Thomas, Ashley and James delve into every scintillating Dark Mode detail they normally can’t discuss, including the...
Sep 26, 2023
'I was still in that really optimistic, sort of naive, wonderful space as an early writer, where you think everything you write is just publishable.' Debut author Jonathon Shannon shares his journey from aspiring writer to published author – including the decision to join James and Ashley's writers' group.
We discuss...
Sep 5, 2023
‘I conflate so many experiences throughout my life with the level of pain I was in at the time.’ Amy Lovat, debut author of Mistakes and Other Lovers and founder of Secret Book Stuff, gets real with us about the challenges of maintaining a creative practice with endometriosis.
She also discusses writing about the...