Radelaide Reads is a brand new spin off series where SA author Adam Cece shines a light on talented South Australian authors and illustrators.

Today Adam chats to not one, but two debut SA fantasy authors, S.K. Neilson and Barbara J. Rosie, about the path to publication for their debut fantasy books: Singing Down the Sky and The Brazen Dragon.

Sarah and Barb chat about how it can be an uphill battle to publish fantasy in Australia, but how they both found success via the Fiona McIntosh Masterclass National Conference and IFWG Publishing, a small traditional publisher, known for comics, but making inroads in Australia in speculative fiction and young adult/middle grade fiction.

They also talk about their writing processes, how it might be a good omen to always have pandas present when you are pitching to publishers, and Adam struggles to say the simple word alumni!