ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 15 August 2024

Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/

Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.

For the tenth episode of series two, Nick sits down with Dr. Mykaela Saunders, author of Always Will Be. They discuss the book, correcting the lack of representation of first nations culture in Australian storytelling, the value of short stories and more.

BOOKS: 

Debut Feature:

Always Will Be by Mykaela Saunders: https://www.uqp.com.au/books/always-will-be 

Other Books Mentioned:

Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven: https://bit.ly/3WGWQF0 

The Kadaitcha Sung by Sam Watson: https://bit.ly/3SuKTQq 

Land of the Golden Clouds by Archie Weller: https://bit.ly/3ysZnZZ 

This All Come Back Now by Mykaela Saunders: https://www.uqp.com.au/books/this-all-come-back-now 

The Swan Book by Alexis Wright: https://bit.ly/3YpW40b 

PRODUCTION NOTES: 

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guest: Mykaela Saunders

Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev

Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz

Production Code: 2:10

Episode Number: #23

Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Sarah Valle (University of Queensland Press)

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ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 11 July 2024

Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/

Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.

For the ninth episode of series two, Nick sits down with Gyan Yankovich, author of Just Friends: On the joy, influence and power of friendship. They discuss the book, how romantic relationships are prioritised over platonic ones in society, the value friendships brings to our lives, the data that goes into understanding friendships, and more.

BOOKS: 

Debut Feature:

Just Friends: On the joy, influence and power of friendship. by Gyan Yankovich: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/k0YGML 

Other Books Mentioned:

Good Material by Dolly Alderton: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/AW7X2o 

Green Dot by Madeleine Gray: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/XY73OX 

PRODUCTION NOTES: 

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guest: Gyan Yankovich

Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev

Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz

Production Code: 2:9

Episode Number: #22

Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Zoe Victoria (Ultimo Press)

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ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 20 June 2024

Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/

Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.

For the eighth episode of series two, Nick sits down with Brydie Lee-Kennedy, author of Go Lightly. They discuss the book, exploring the chaos of your twenties, how you present yourself to other people, comparing screenwriting to literature, and more..

BOOKS: 

Debut Feature:

Go Lightly by Brydie Lee-Kennedy: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/xkgNZ3 

Other Books Mentioned:

A Real Piece of Work by Erin Riley: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/QyM6b9 

White Teeth by Zadie Smith: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/rQm2Xd 

PRODUCTION NOTES: 

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guest: Brydie Lee-Kennedy 

Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev

Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz

Production Code: 2:8

Episode Number: #21

Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Natalia Facelli (Bloomsbury Australia)

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ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 14 June 2024

Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/

Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.

For the seventh episode of series two, Nick sits down with Carly-Jay Metcalfe, author of Breath. They discuss the book, a childhood of living in hospital, surviving cancer, cystic fibrosis and a lung transplant, the value of humour to get through the hard times, and more.

TRIGGER WARNING: this podcast contains strong coarse language, strong themes and descriptions of surgery and addiction. Reader and listener discretion is advised.

BOOKS: 

Debut Feature:

Breath by Carly-Jay Metcalfe: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/Kjb7zx 

Other Books Mentioned:

Water by John Boyne: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/DKo73n 

Sufficient Grace by Amy Espeseth: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/rQMYXR 

OTHER LINKS:

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PRODUCTION NOTES: 

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guest: Carly-Jay Metcalfe

Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev

Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz

Production Code: 2:7

Episode Number: #20

Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Sarah Valle (University of Queensland Press)

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ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 30 May 2024

Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/

Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.

For the sixth episode of series two, Nick sits down with Linda Margolin Royal, author of The Star on The Grave. They discuss the book, creating fictional stories with real figures of history, who Chiune Sugihara was, and more.

PROMOTION:

Words & Nerds is excited to partner with Booktopia, Australia’s Local Bookstore for a special offer. Until 22nd May 2024, get 10% off at Booktopia when using the special code WORDS10 at checkout! Ts & Cs apply!*

USE PROMO CODE: https://bit.ly/4aJgiFJ 

*Ends 11.59pm, 22-May-2024. Offer applied at checkout and cannot be used with any other offer. Not applicable on eBooks, eTexts, Gift Certificates, Gift Wrapping, magazines, digital subscriptions or the cost of shipping.

BOOKS: 

Debut Feature:

The Star on the Grave by Linda Margolin Royal: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/q4MjRY 

Other Books Mentioned:

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/VmRrR6 

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/jrbLEP 

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/angXyR 

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/AWZNro 

The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/Ry5a6R 

PRODUCTION NOTES: 

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guest: Linda Margolin Royal

Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev

Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz

Production Code: 2:6

Episode Number: #19

Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Tace Kelly (Affirm Press)

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ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 29 May 2024

Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/

Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.

For the fifth episode of series two, Nick sits down with Sharlene Allsopp, author of The Great Undoing. They discuss the book, transforming previous texts and recontextualising history, the different contexts of truth, first nations storytelling in speculative fiction, Ernest Scott, and more.

PROMOTION:

Words & Nerds is excited to partner with Booktopia, Australia’s Local Bookstore for a special offer. Until 22nd May 2024, get 10% off at Booktopia when using the special code WORDS10 at checkout! Ts & Cs apply!*

USE PROMO CODE: https://bit.ly/4aJgiFJ 

*Ends 11.59pm, 22-May-2024. Offer applied at checkout and cannot be used with any other offer. Not applicable on eBooks, eTexts, Gift Certificates, Gift Wrapping, magazines, digital subscriptions or the cost of shipping.

BOOKS: 

Debut Feature:

The Great Undoing by Sharlene Allsopp: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/k06WGx 

Other Books Mentioned:

Taylor Jenkins Reid Collection: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/GmWg36 

Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/g10Gkv 

Sense And Sensibility by Jane Austen: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/oqMOWe 

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/baXVem 

Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/21Dd3M 

PRODUCTION NOTES: 

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guest: Sharlene Allsopp 

Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev

Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz

Production Code: 2:5

Episode Number: #18

Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Zoe Victoria (Ultimo Press)

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ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 23 May 2024

Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/

Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.

For the fourth episode of series two, we have a very special episode: Date with A Debut LIVE at the 2024 Newcastle Writers Festival! Nick hosted a special panel on the final day of the festival, featuring debut authors Rosemary Lewis, John Morrissey and Megan Rogers.

PROMOTION:

Words & Nerds is excited to partner with Booktopia, Australia’s Local Bookstore for a special offer. Until 22nd May 2024, get 10% off at Booktopia when using the special code WORDS10 at checkout! Ts & Cs apply!*

USE PROMO CODE: https://bit.ly/4aJgiFJ 

*Ends 11.59pm, 22-May-2024. Offer applied at checkout and cannot be used with any other offer. Not applicable on eBooks, eTexts, Gift Certificates, Gift Wrapping, magazines, digital subscriptions or the cost of shipping.

BOOKS: 

Debut Feature:

Life’s Not a Paragraph by Rosemary Lewis: https://bit.ly/3w7rv41 

The Heart is a Star by Megan Rogers: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/m5MGkD 

Firelight by John Morrissey: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/Y9eNkO 

Other Books Mentioned:

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/XYkNv5 

I for Isobel by Amy Witting: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/zNM45m 

The Box Man by Kobo Abe: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/6ejEQN 

A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/R5QbN7 

PRODUCTION NOTES: 

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guest: Rosemary Lewis, John Morrissey, Megan Rogers

Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev, Scion Audio (Live Recording Production at Event), NUspace

Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz

Production Code: 2:4

Episode Number: #17

Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Rosemarie Milsom & Amy Lovat (Newcastle Writers Festival), Text Publishing, Fourth Estate Publishing - Harpercollins Australia, Catchfire Press, NUspace, University of Newcastle 

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ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 16 May 2024

Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/

Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shines a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.

For the third episode of series two, Nick sits down with Trish Bolton, author of Whenever You’re Read. They discuss the book, writing compassionately and translating grief to the page, looking back on your life in your old age, and more.

TRIGGER WARNING: this podcast and book discusses topics of suicide and suicidal themes, so reader and listener discretion is advised. If you or anyone you know is struggling, help is available to you. Contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

BOOKS: 

Debut Feature:

Whenever You’re Ready by Trish Bolton: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/g1n2xA 

Other Books Mentioned:

Never Look Desperate by Rachel Matthews: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/zNK7or 

The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/nLK75A 

The Harp In The South by Ruth Park: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/216Av7 

Enid Blyton Collection: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/R5rkMN 

PRODUCTION NOTES: 

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guest: Trish Bolton

Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev

Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz

Production Code: 2:3

Episode Number: #16

Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Isabelle O'Brien and Caitlin Hester (Allen & Unwin)

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ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 5 April 2024

Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/

Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.

For the second episode of series two, Nick sits down with Abra Pressler, author of Love and Other Scores. They discuss the book, the value of championing homegrown queer romance, what Abra would do if Rafael Nadal would appear in front of her, and more.

WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language

BOOKS: 

Debut Feature:

Love and Other Scores by Abra Pressler: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/y2K1L2 

Other Books Mentioned:

Book Lovers by Emily Henry: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/Kj6N9x 

Sit, Stay, Love by Amy Hutton: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/756Nxy 

PRODUCTION NOTES: 

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guest: Abra Pressler

Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev

Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz

Production Code: 2:2

Episode Number: #15

Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds) and Chloe Patterson (Pan Macmillan Australia)

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ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 7 March 2024

Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/

Welcome to the miniseries hosted by author, podcaster and book fanatic, Nick Wasiliev. This is Date With A Debut: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.

For the first episode of our new series, Nick sits down with Eleanor Elliot Thomas, author of The Opposite of Success. They discuss the book, setting a story over the course of a day, the moment where things just got to hell, and more.

WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language

BOOKS: 

Debut Feature:

The Opposite of Success by Eleanor Elliot Thomas: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/R5qRmb 

Other Books Mentioned:

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/y2Ar9W 

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Waot by Junot Diaz: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/75qboQ 

PRODUCTION NOTES: 

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guest:  Eleanor Elliot Thomas

Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev

Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz

Production Code: 2:1

Episode Number: #14

Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds) and Emily Booth (Text Publishing)

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