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Writer's Book Club Podcast

Writer's Book Club Podcast

De: Michelle Barraclough
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Writer’s Book Club is just like a regular book club but each month we’ll take a deep dive into a specific novel from a writing craft perspective.

It's a podcast for people who read books with a writer’s eye and find themselves wishing they could ask the author specific writing questions about the novel.

Essentially, it’s a no-holds-barred insight into an author’s writing craft and process, applied to a real-life novel.

Shownotes are available at www.writersbookclubpodcast.com

© Michelle Barraclough Arte Historia y Crítica Literaria
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  • Katherine Collette

    Katherine Collette
    Dec 12 2024

    Katherine Collette is a writing coach and mentor who helps writers who want to get published, and writers who are about to be published, know what to do, what to expect and how to think, to give their work (and themselves) the best possible chance of success.

    She is basically the person she wishes she’d had when she was first trying to get published!

    In this episode, Katherine has given us a mini-coaching session so we can level up our writing for 2025. She shares great advice and so many fantastic tips:

    The four phases writers go through on their way to being published, and how to short circuit some of them

    The benefits and pitfalls of writing courses and writing groups

    How she built a profile as a debut author (it didn’t involve social media!) and how she’d build a profile if she was starting again now

    The difference between verbal and written pitches and her unusual but effective approach to pitching

    What writers can do to increase their chances of publication

    The top three mistakes unpublished authors make

    How to get unstuck when you’re ‘looping’ in your writing (are you stuck, moving the commas around?!)

    Getting that first draft done

    ABOUT KATHERINE COLLETTE

    Katherine Collette is the author of two novels for adults, The Helpline and The Competition. The Helpline was published in Australia, the UK, the US, Italy and Germany and long listed for the Indie Book award for debut fiction. Katherine co-hosts popular writing podcast The First Time and its recent spin-off The Next Step. She coaches writers and authors on writing and publishing, and her cartoons have appeared in Griffith Review.

    The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T. Best are her first middle-grade books.

    Website: https://katherinecollette.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katherinecollettewriter/

    Buy The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T. Best by Katherine Collette here.

    REFERENCES MENTIONED BY KATHERINE COLLETTE

    GET PUBLISHED! group coaching course with Katherine Collette

    The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

    Reasons Not to Worry by Brigid Delaney

    Watch Katherine’s video pitch (it got her a two book deal!)

    The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the Story Within by Alan Watt

    Michael Hauge Story Structure

    To Be Magnetic (manifestation course)

    BUILD AN AUTHOR WEBSITE COURSE

    To receive notifications about course dates, the free author website workshop and early bird discounts, sign up here - https://www.freshwebdesign.com.au/course

    This podcast is recorded on the beautiful, unceded lands of the Garigal people of the Eora nation.

    Full show notes available at writersbookclubpodcast.com
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    1 h y 3 m
  • Anita Heiss

    Anita Heiss
    Dec 2 2024
    Anita Heiss talks about the writing craft and process behind her novel Dirrayawadha. Anita shares her insights about weaving research, backstory and Wiradyuri language into the narrative, emphasising the importance of authors trusting themselves and their stories. We discuss Anita’s meticulous planning when it comes to her novels, which involves chapter breakdowns, character profiles, and using butcher's paper to keep organised. She talks about the importance of pre-manuscript consultations, sensitivity reads, and the editorial process with her First Nations editor, Grace Lucas-Pennington. Anita highlights the necessity for writers to remove themselves from their work to avoid burnout and gain a fresh perspective, as well as tips for keeping your writing authentic and managing the emotional labour of tackling heavy historical content.ABOUT DIRRAYAWADHA'Dirrayawadha is full of heart and hope, truth-telling and history – and shimmers with language too' Guardian'A story from the past given vivid life for new understanding’ Kate GrenvilleBathurst, 1820sMiinaa was a young girl when the white ghosts first arrived. She remembers the day they raised a piece of cloth and renamed her homeland 'Bathurst'. Now she lives at Cloverdale and works for a white family who have settled there.The Nugents are kind, but Miinaa misses her miyagan. His brother, Windradyne, is a Wiradyuri leader, and visits when he can, bringing news of unrest across their ngurambang. Miinaa hopes the violence will not come to Cloverdale.When Irish convict Daniel O'Dwyer arrives at the settlement, Miinaa's life is transformed again. The pair are magnetically drawn to each other and begin meeting at the bila in secret. Dan understands how it feels to be displaced, but they still have a lot to learn about each other. Can their love survive their differences and the turmoil that threatens to destroy everything around them?From the bestselling author of Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) comes another groundbreaking historical novel about resistance, resilience and love during the frontier wars.ABOUT DR ANITA HEISSDr Anita Heiss is an internationally published, award-winning author of 23 books; non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction and children’s novels. She is a proud member of the Wiradyuri Nation of central New South Wales, an Ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the GO Foundation, and Professor of Communications at the University of Queensland. Anita is also the Publisher at Large of Bundyi, an imprint of Simon & Schuster cultivating First Nations talent, and a board member of the National Justice Project and Circa Contemporary Circus. As an artist in residence at La Boite Theatre, she adapted her novel Tiddas for the stage. It premiered at the 2022 Brisbane Festival and was produced by Belvoir St for the Sydney Festival in 2024. Her novel, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray, about the Great Flood of Gundagai, won the 2022 NSW Premier’s Indigenous Writers' Prize and was shortlisted for the 2021 ARA Historical Novel Prize and the 2022 ABIA Awards. Anita’s first children’s picture book is Bidhi Galing (Big Rain), also about the Great Flood of Gundagai. Anita enjoys running, eating chocolate and being a creative disruptor.Website: https://www.anitaheiss.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dranitaheiss/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnitaHeissAuthor/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@anitaheissBuy Dirrayawadha by Anita Heiss here.REFERENCES MENTIONED BY ANITA HEISSThe Artist’s Way by Julia CameronAnita Heiss interview with Richard Fidler on ABC ConversationsBundyi Imprint (a division of Simon & Schuster) - A First Nations ImprintBuy The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T. Best by Katherine Collette here.BUILD AN AUTHOR WEBSITE COURSETo receive notifications about course dates, the free author website workshop and early bird discounts, sign up here - https://www.freshwebdesign.com.au/course This podcast is recorded on the beautiful, unceded lands of the Garigal people of the Eora nation.Full show notes available at writersbookclubpodcast.com
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    1 h y 12 m
  • Jock Serong

    Jock Serong
    Nov 2 2024

    Jock Serong talks about the writing craft and process behind his novel Cherrywood.

    Jock tells us how this novel started with several image fragments and a variety of influences, from Peter Carey’s Oscar & Lucinda and Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi, to Enid Blyton’s The Faraway Tree, and the Narnia Chronicles, with a little Dickens and Austen thrown in.

    Jock’s explanation of how a handful of ideas became a story is one of the best I've heard. He also tells us his thoughts on writing place as character, how to describe minor characters so they stand out, how the structure of the novel changed, breaking the ‘show don't tell’ rule, and why the editing process should be considered cooperative rather than corrective.

    ABOUT JOCK SERONG

    Jock Serong is the author of Quota, winner of the 2015 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction; The Rules of Backyard Cricket, shortlisted for the 2017 Victorian Premier's Award for Fiction, finalist of the 2017 MWA Edgar Awards for Best Paperback Original, and finalist of the 2017 Indie Book Awards Adult Mystery Book of the Year; and On the Java Ridge, which won the Colin Roderick Award and, internationally, the inaugural Staunch Prize (UK), and was shortlisted for the 2018 Indie Awards. He has won praise for his trilogy of historical novels Preservation; The Burning Island, which earned him the ARA Historical Novel Prize and the Historia Award for Historical Crime Fiction (France); and The Settlement, which was shortlisted for the Voss Prize and the ARA Historical Novel Prize.

    Website: www.jockserong.com

    Buy Cherrywood by Jock Serong here.

    Buy Dirrayawadha by Anita Heiss here.

    BUILD AN AUTHOR WEBSITE COURSE

    To receive notifications about course dates, the free author website workshop and early bird discounts, sign up here.

    This podcast is recorded on the beautiful, unceded lands of the Garigal people of the Eora nation.

    Full show notes available at writersbookclubpodcast.com
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    1 h y 6 m
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