Takeover hosts and authors Adrian Beck and Felice Arena host three Australia Reads Podcast. Episode 1 with Jacqueline Harvey.

395. Australia Reads Podcast with Jacqueline Harvey

Words and Nerds Podcast is an entertaining and conversational podcast that aims to get inside a writer's mind. We discuss books, the social and political influences of a writer's work and how literature has the power to change the world. 

The podcast digs deep to bring you an in depth and sometimes humorous analysis of the author's book and its influences. Join us for a new way of looking at literature. 

Dani Vee your host, English teacher, podcaster, reader, book enthusiast and over-thinker. Dani is joined by various guest co-hosts and has a number of spin off episodes including the Feedback Sessions, Summer Series Takeover, Bite-Size Episodes, livestreams, mash-ups and cross-overs. 

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Ashleigh Barton and Dani Vee chat about her new picture book Dinosaur In My Pocket. They talk about ideas, guilt, teachable moments and how we can all come back from mistakes. Ashleigh chats about the writing process an her experiences working in publishing.

666. Ashleigh Barton and Dani Vee: Dinosaur In My Pocket

TAKEOVER: Alex Dook and Vikki Wakefield - To The River

665. TAKEOVER: Alex Dook and Vikki Wakefield - To The River

Adam Wallace has sold millions of books around the world, he writes everyday and last year received 100 rejections. We talk about a shared love of Bruce Lee, trying to be zen, authenticity and give some advice that you should definitely not take.

664. Creatives Conversations with Adam Wallace and Dani Vee

S3E5 Queer Writes Session: R.W.R. McDonald with Troy Hunter

In this episode Rob chats with Troy Hunter about his debut YA novel, Gus and the Missing Boy, published by Wakefield Press in March 2024.

They chat about Troy’s serendipitous pathway to publication, crime fiction, author identity, and Troy offers great writing advice. 

Troy Hunter’s shout out books this episode are:

A Man and His Pride by Luke Rutledge (check out our interview with Luke QWS S2E3)

Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin

Queer Writes Session (QWS) Podcast, a Words & Nerds spin off series hosted by Rob aka R.W.R. McDonald and Jonathan Butler, in partnership with Blarney Books & Art in Port Fairy.

S3 E5 QWS: Troy Hunter and RWR McDonald on Gus and the Missing Boy

Samantha-Ellen Bound returns with the third and penultimate book in her bestselling middle-grade series Seven Wherewithal Way, inspired by the spell-binding creatures and stories of world folklore.

395. Australia Reads Podcast with Jacqueline Harvey

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