Best-selling author and novelist Maya Linnell dropped by on the program to discuss her latest novel, ‘Magpie’s Bend’:

Topics discussed include:

- The general store that the novel is centred around, how it is emblematic of the Australian small-town spirit.

- How her own small-town upbringing and life informs and inspires her work.

- How she went about creating the gorgeously realised and distinctly Australian – Bridgefield and its equally distinctly Australian inhabitants.

- Families – the support a family provides, enabling members to achieve greatness and overcome trauma.

- The potential difficulties faced with writing characters that span across several different books – Maya’s 4-sister-4-book plan and how she’s gone about achieving it.

- How attraction, romantic interest and ultimately love, happen, but are woven into a story with many other goings-on. Delaying the kiss between the main characters that the reader so desperately want. (I used a JAWS analogy for this question that might cause you to scratch your head).

- And much more!

Thanks heaps to Maya for appearing on the program, you can pick up a copy of ‘Magpie’s Bend’ and Maya’s other novels from Allen & Unwin here:

https://www.allenandunwin.com/authors/l/maya-linnell