Conversations With Writers

By James R

What's Conversations With Writers about?

Intimate long-form conversations with writers sharing what drives them to tell their stories. Featuring authors, journalists, screenwriters, comedians and more, Conversations With Writers is published monthly. RETURNING EARLY 2021.

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Conversations With Writers episodes:

10.09.2019
Gabriel Bergmoser - The Hunted in Hollywood
Gabriel Bergmoser is a playwright, author, screenwriter & international Emmy award winner. His latest novel, The Hunted, is set for release in 2020 & already in active development in Hollywood. In conversation we discuss Gabe's creative journey from stage to page,...
09.10.2019
Sarah Bailey - Guilt, Grief & Murder
Author Sarah Bailey's international breakout debut 'The Dark Lake' garnered major awards and global praise, introducing tortured protagonist Detective Gemma Woodstock to the world of crime fiction. With the recent release of Sarah's proposed final book in the Woodstock series, 'Where...
07.08.2019
Nick Hordern - World War Noir
With a Sydney dominated by sly grog , street gangs, and the nation's security services infiltrated by soviet spies, the reality of Australia's 'patriotic' response to World War Two doesn't match the war memorial view. Authors Michael Duffy and Nick...
06.05.2019
Tony Cavanaugh - Releasing Killers
Tony Cavanaugh is one of Australia's most successful television screenwriters and the author of the highly acclaimed Darian Richards thrillers. His latest novel Blood River features the hunt, catch and conviction of an alleged serial killer, questioning what happens when...
05.16.2019
Nicola Scott - Wonder Woman in Art & Life
Launched to the world in 1941, Wonder Woman has been an icon and inspiration for millions, surviving supervillains and poor characterisation in equal measure. Recently, she has returned to global dominance and dignity via the work of superstar comic book...
04.01.2019
JP Pomare - Psychology of Suspense
JP Pomare's breakout suspense thriller Call Me Evie plays with the issues of memory and trauma, drawing heavily from psychological theory to inform his many twists and character motivations. In conversation we take a deep dive into his life experiences...
02.28.2019
John Connell - Irish Legends & Nazi Cows
Talking Celtic legends, Nazi history, the circle of life and the story of the Irish Thor, John Connell's The Cow Book tells the critical role of the cow in history and his own life working the family farm in Ireland....
09.02.2018
Chris Hammer - Scrublands secrets & violent anniversaries
Chris Hammer's best-selling debut thriller Scrublands is set in the sun-ravaged heart of regional Australia. Chris is a former foreign correspondent and political journalist and has stolen from his real-life experiences to inform this bold addition to the outback noir...
08.10.2018
Michael Robotham - Cowards, Killers & Thrillers
Multi-million copy bestselling thriller author Michael Robotham in a deeply personal conversation about his fear of failure, the badge of journalism, the driving force of his father, and the power of sharing your story. A surprising and intimate insight...
07.15.2018
Dr Michael Mohammed Ahmad - The Lebs
In his book The Lebs, Mohammed reinterprets events from his own life growing up during the peak of anti-muslim rhetoric. His work capturing the racism, anger & struggles confronting young Australians of migrant heritage who found power in the scaring...
07.01.2018
Jay Kristoff - NYT Bestselling Sci-Fi
Jay Kristoff has consistently topped the New York Times Bestseller list with his Science Fiction and Fantasy works, often using the genres to address real world issues of slavery, race, class divide and political injustice. Jay's latest series is LIFELIKE, a fast-paced action...
06.17.2018
Bridie Jabour - Millennials, Marriage & Mother Issues
Journalist Bridie Jabour's debut novel "The Way Things Should Be" is a fierce & amusing deconstruction of millennial angst & mother issues, questioning what it takes to get, be & stay married amid a family in constant disarray. In conversation we...
06.02.2018
Professor Toby Walsh - Killer Robots & Artificial Intelligence
Professor Toby Walsh is one of the world's leading researchers in Artificial Intelligence & recently returned from lobbying the UN to ban lethal autonomous weapons, aka Killer Robots. In his book "It's Alive", Toby considers the broader societal and philosophical questions...
05.18.2018
Eileen Ormsby - Murder-For-Hire on the Dark Web
Journalist Eileen Ormsby was accused of running the world's most successful Murder-For-Hire website, following her investigation into the scams, drug markets and hurtcore sites of the Dark Web. Working with white-hat hackers, Eileen has become an authority on the darkest areas of...
04.15.2018
Caroline Baum - Only The Lonely
Journalist and author Caroline Baum's memoir 'Only' is a fascinating insight into growing up an only child in a world of privilege to controlling parents. In conversation Caroline shares the conspiracy of being the lost child of JFK; how MI5 & the...
03.23.2018
Jack Heath - Deplorable Heroes We Can Stomach
Jack Heath is the author of more than 20 novels, with his most recent thriller "Hangman" an international success. Featuring a cannibal working for the FBI, Jack explains the fine line between anti-hero and deplorable. In conversation, we explore his...
03.10.2018
Robert Lukins - Beauty & Menace
Robert Lukins' debut novel The Everlasting Sunday is an eloquently sorrowful tale of a manor house for troubled boys, set within London's great freeze of December 1962. In conversation, Robert shares the driving forces of his need to create something...
02.22.2018
Duncan McNab - Sydney's Unsolved Gay Murders
Up to 80 gay men were murdered along Sydney's beaches during the 70s, 80s & 90s, with their cases remaining unsolved or excused as suicides. Duncan McNab's award winning 'Getting Away With Murder' digs into the stunningly dark history of...
02.08.2018
Catherine Fox - Stop Fixing Women
Author & Walkley Award winning journalist Catherine Fox outlines the economic benefits & societal need for equality in the workplace. Her deeply researched & optimistic book "Stop Fixing Women" challenging the belief corporate women haven't 'leaned in' & taken advantage of their opportunities. In...
01.25.2018
Michael Brissenden - Thrilling Domestic Terrorism
Walkley Award winning political correspondent Michael Brissenden's first fictional work 'The List' is a dark tale of domestic terrorism, tapping into the racist flashpoint of the Cronulla riots & the increasing threat of Sydney-raised jihadists. In conversation we discuss his...
01.10.2018
Gabrielle Tozer - Ambition, Anxiety & Balancing Success
Gabby Tozer's hit novels The Intern, Faking It, & Remind Me How This Ends capture the doubts, ambitions and romantic failings of 20-something life. Her work connecting with the global YA market in search of real stories reflecting their lives and losses....
12.23.2017
Hugh Riminton - The Forging of a Foreign Correspondent
Hugh Riminton is one of Australia's most experienced foreign correspondents. Blown up, shot at & first-on-scene at some of the world's most terrifying disasters, Hugh's autobiography 'Minefields - A Life in the News Game', is a richly entertaining & deeply empathetic...
12.13.2017
R.A. Spratt - Writing TV Comedy & Global Kids Book Success
International bestseller R.A Spratt is the creator of the Friday Barnes and Nanny Piggins kids book series. With a love of the absurd and a rapid-fire wit, Rachel started her career writing political comedy before making the unexpected leap into...
10.06.2017
Season One Finale - Extras
A Season One finale featuring unaired short conversations with our first season guests Maria Lewis, Patti Miller, Alan Baxter, Heather Rose, Dr Sarah Edelman & Louise Remond , With topics as diverse as: your first murder; Cro-Magnon cave art; the trinkets of memory;...
09.17.2017
Garth Franklin - Dark Horizons & the Birth of Online Film News
Garth Franklin has been at the forefront of online film criticism for the past 20 years, breaking news via scoops, leaks and non-disclosure breaches from every corner of the Hollywood system. His news and reviews site Dark Horizons changed the...
09.01.2017
Patti Miller - Remembering Memoir
Patti Miller is one of Australia's most successful memoirists. The author of several best-selling award-winning biographies and autobiographies, capturing the cultures, legacies and life-stories of herself and hundreds of others. Patti has recently published Writing True Stories and in conversation discusses...
08.19.2017
Alan Baxter - Writing & Fighting
Multi-award winner Alan Baxter fills his dark urban horror thrillers with realistic violence from first-hand experience. The author having spent a lifetime training and teaching Kung Fu. In conversation Alan provides an insight to his love of mashing genres and...
08.04.2017
Dr Sarah Edelman & Louise Remond - Fighting Teen Anxiety with CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
According to recent studies, one in four young people are at risk of serious mental illness. The issues of body image, coping with stress, school and studying identified as the key drivers of concern. In response, Clinical Psychologists Dr Sarah Edelman...
06.23.2017
Sami Shah - Creatures Made of Smokeless Fire
Sami Shah is a comedian, journalist and author, renown for his insightful and often hilarious dissection of the culture, religion and politics of his birthplace of Pakistan and adopted home in Australia. In this episode Sami shares with us the world of his...
06.07.2017
Joel Naoum - A Digital Life or How Amazon will Crush You
Publisher Joel Naoum has been editor, adviser and disciplinarian for many of Australia's biggest authors, advising them to kill more characters and turn their work in on time. A herald for the birth of digital publishing and the proliferation of...
05.24.2017
Dianne Blacklock - Romantic Drama & the Keys to Conflict
Bestseller Dianne Blacklock has forged a writing career finding the romantic drama of everyday conflict. With nine books on shelves to date and more to follow, Di continues to steal from contemporary life to build a series of complicated heroines facing the...
05.10.2017
Bram Connolly - From Special Forces to Action Author
Bram Connolly served 15 years with Australia's Special Forces, including two tours of the Badlands of Afghanistan, before using his unique frontline experience to forge a new career as an action author. Bram's debut novel The Fighting Season carving itself...
04.27.2017
Heather Rose - Art, Obsession & Abramović
2017 Stella Prize winner Heather Rose crafted her best-selling The Museum of Modern Love from the real-life durational performance of Marina Abramović at the New York Museum of Modern Art. Inspired by Marina's devotion to her art and trance-like transformations, Heather has...
04.18.2017
Yoni Bashan - Drugs, Guns & Middle Eastern Organised Crime
By 2006 Middle Eastern Organised Crime dominated South West Sydney. The drive-bys, drug deals and public gun battles between warring families signalling a new generation of criminals. In his book 'The Squad', award-winning journalist and author Yoni Bashan details the...
04.04.2017
Will Kostakis - The Madonna of YA
Will Kostakis has published three hugely popular YA novels to date, reinventing himself on each occasion. Proactively engaging with his audience of teenagers facing an uncertain future, Will talks about his media-darling rise, humbling fall and literary resurrection; coming out mid...
04.04.2017
Tony Park - Lions, Soldiers & Storytelling
International bestselling author Tony Park talks of a life shared between Australia and Africa; running from lions in your underwear; using writing to address post traumatic stress disorder; how stable government drives major social change; and what it's like to write while...
04.04.2017
Maria Lewis - Bestseller, Journalist, Werewolf?
Maria Lewis burst onto the bestseller list with her first novel Who's Afraid. Bold, blunt and tattooed with pop culture, Maria talks about serial killer bedtime stories; the representation of violence against women; the commercial risks of keeping her own name;...

What's Conversations With Writers about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Conversations With Writers episodes:

Gabriel Bergmoser - The Hunted in Hollywood

Sarah Bailey - Guilt, Grief & Murder

Nick Hordern - World War Noir

Tony Cavanaugh - Releasing Killers

Nicola Scott - Wonder Woman in Art & Life

JP Pomare - Psychology of Suspense

John Connell - Irish Legends & Nazi Cows

Chris Hammer - Scrublands secrets & violent anniversaries

Michael Robotham - Cowards, Killers & Thrillers

Dr Michael Mohammed Ahmad - The Lebs

Jay Kristoff - NYT Bestselling Sci-Fi

Bridie Jabour - Millennials, Marriage & Mother Issues

Professor Toby Walsh - Killer Robots & Artificial Intelligence

Eileen Ormsby - Murder-For-Hire on the Dark Web

Caroline Baum - Only The Lonely

Jack Heath - Deplorable Heroes We Can Stomach

Robert Lukins - Beauty & Menace

Duncan McNab - Sydney's Unsolved Gay Murders

Catherine Fox - Stop Fixing Women

Michael Brissenden - Thrilling Domestic Terrorism

Gabrielle Tozer - Ambition, Anxiety & Balancing Success

Hugh Riminton - The Forging of a Foreign Correspondent

R.A. Spratt - Writing TV Comedy & Global Kids Book Success

Season One Finale - Extras

Garth Franklin - Dark Horizons & the Birth of Online Film News

Patti Miller - Remembering Memoir

Alan Baxter - Writing & Fighting

Dr Sarah Edelman & Louise Remond - Fighting Teen Anxiety with CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

Sami Shah - Creatures Made of Smokeless Fire

Joel Naoum - A Digital Life or How Amazon will Crush You

Dianne Blacklock - Romantic Drama & the Keys to Conflict

Bram Connolly - From Special Forces to Action Author

Heather Rose - Art, Obsession & Abramović

Yoni Bashan - Drugs, Guns & Middle Eastern Organised Crime

Will Kostakis - The Madonna of YA

Tony Park - Lions, Soldiers & Storytelling

Maria Lewis - Bestseller, Journalist, Werewolf?