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Journalist and author Sarah Hardy, author of THE WALLED GARDEN
Sarah chats about:

• How writing a letter to a newspaper led to her journalism career at Vogue.
• How redundancy led her to writing her first novel
• How journalism taught her the discipline of writing every day
• How her home was the inspiration for her historical fiction debut
• How she writes flawed characters hoping to evoke compassion for those we don’t agree with

Guest Author: Sarah Hardy Books: The Walled Garden by Sarah Hardy
Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023.
Sarah’s recommendations:
A book for fans of Sarah’s work: South Riding by Winifred Holtby
A book Sarah has always loved:Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnon, The Towers of Trevisand by Rose McCauly
A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: The Seal Woman’s Gift by Sally Magnusson
Other books discussed in this episode: The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

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Author Wiz Wharton shares the advice she'd give to herself if she could go back to before she was published.
Guest: Wiz Wharton author of GHOST GIRL, BANANA (Out May 18th in the UK - already out in the USA)

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Author, Journalist and Podcaster Laura Price, author of SINGLE BALD FEMALE
Laura chats about:

• How her cancer diagnosis lead her to start writing fiction
• How the Faber Academy helped her find her writing support system
• Her background in food journalism and how it led to her podcast LIFE IN FOOD

Guest Author: Laura Price Twitter: @LauraPriceWrite IG: @LauraPriceWrite Books: Single Bald Female by Laura Price
Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023.
Laura’s recommendations:
A book for fans of Laura’s work: Glittering a turd by Kris Hallenga
A book Laura has always loved: A Little Life by Hanya Yanigahara & City of The Beasts by Isabelle Allende
A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman, It’s Complicated by Emma Hughes & Driving Forwards by Sophie L Morgan
Other books discussed in this episode: No Such Thing As Perfect by Emma Hughes, Pretending by Holly Bourne & How Do You Like Me Now by Holly Bourne

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Author Alice Slater shares the advice she'd give to herself if she could go back to before she was published.
Alice Slater, podcast host of WHAT PAGE ARE YOU ON? podcast and author of DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER which is published *today*! (Happy Publication Day Alice!)

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Author, podcast host, event chair and plus-sized fashion influencer Bethany Rutter. Bethany talks about her first wonderful rom-com novel for adults WELCOME TO YOUR LIFE and the journey to writing her two YA hits NO BIG DEAL and MELT MY HEART.
Bethany also chats about:

• how her background as a journalist and plus-sized fashion blogger led her to writing fiction
• how her book about dating is encouraging people to dust off their dating profiles
• writing fat main characters
• planning the entire story before writing a single word
• how editing one novel teaches her a lot about what to write next
• Setting yourself deadlines so you have something to be accountable to
• How being an author is learning to impose narrative order to vibes

Guest Author: Bethany Rutter Twitter: @bethanyrutter IG: @bethanyrutter Books: Welcome To Your Life by Bethany Rutter , Melt My Heart by Bethany Rutter, No Big Deal by Bethany Rutter Podcast: What Page Are You On?
Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023.
Bethany’s recommendations:
A book for fan’s of Bethany’s work: Wild Things by Laura KayA book Bethany has always loved: The Crimson Petal and The White Michel Faber
A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: You Just Need to Lose Weight by Aubrey Gordon

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Sunday Times best-selling author and book publicist to some of the biggest names in literature, Georgina Moore. George discusses her best-selling debut novel THE GARNETT GIRLS.
George also chats about:

• what being a bookseller and publicist taught her about being published herself
• writing about women who are thriving in mid-life
• family saga and how it’s time for the UK to embrace the home-grown books as we do those novels set in the USA
• the specificity of writing about a particular place - in this case, the Isle of Wight
• leaning into the glamorous side of her characters in order to peel back the layers

Guest Author: Georgina Moore Twitter: @PublicityBooks IG: @georginamooreauthor Books: The Garnett Girls
Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023.
George’s recommendations:
A book for fan’s of George’s work: The Shell Seakers by Rosamunde Pilcher & The Chamomile Lawn by Mary Wesley
A book George has always loved: Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: This Could Be Everything by Eva Rice, 30 Days in Paris by Veronica Henry
Other books discussed in this episode: The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice, The Most Fun We’ve Ever Had by Claire Lombardo, 73 Dove Street by Julie Owen Moylan, My Canape Hell by Imogen Ewards Jones

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Liz Nugent author of BBC Between The Covers book club pick STRANGE SALLY DIAMOND and four previous crime thriller novels UNRAVELLING OLIVER, LYING IN WAIT, SKIN DEEP and OUR LITTLE CRUELTIES. Her novels have all been No1 Bestsellers and she has won four Irish Book Awards, as well as the James Joyce medal for Literature.
Liz chats about:

• How the frustration of working in theatre and tv led her to writing
• Why her first novel took her six years to write
• How she discovered that crime was her genre
• How her famous ‘killer’ opening lines are how her books start
• Why her process is organic despite her work being plot driven

Guest Author: Liz Nugent Twitter: @LizzieNugent IG: @LizNugentWriter Books: Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent, Our Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent, Skin Deep by Liz Nugent, Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent, Unravelling Oliver by Liz Nugent
Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023.
Liz’s book recommendations:
A book for fan’s of Liz’s work: I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
A book Liz has always loved: Perfume by Patrick Suskind, The Book of Evidence by John Banville
A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Other books discussed in this episode: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Elgelby by Sebastian Faulks, The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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Author Elizabeth McKenzie shares the one piece of advice she'd give to herself if she could go back to before she was published.
Elizabeth McKenzie, author of the currently Women’s Prize longlisted THE DOG OF THE NORTH and the previously Women’s Prize shortlisted THE PORTABLE VEBLEN
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Sunday Times best-selling debut author Jo Browning Wroe discusses her Richard & Judy Bookclub pick novel A TERRIBLE KINDNESS.
Jo chats about:

• researching and writing about people who care for the dead
• writing about Cambridge and Fitzbillie's Chelsea buns
• working with the Cambridge Literary Festival
• Taking time to work out how time works when you are writing

Guest Author: Jo Browning Wroe Twitter: @JoBrowningWroe IG: @jobrowningwroe Books: A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning-Wroe
Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023.
Jo’s recommendations:
A book for fan’s of Jo’s work: All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Towes, Lucy By The Sea by Elizabeth Strout
A book Jo has always loved: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: A Wild and True Relation by Kim Sherwood & The Red Bird Sings by Aoife Fitzpatrick
Other books discussed in this episode: Women Talking by Mirian Towes, Fight Night by Miriam Towes, Tales of the City by Amistead Maupin, Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido

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Author Bethany Rutter shares the tool she uses to break through writers' block (or actually to tackle the problem of being stuck before getting stuck at all!)
Bethany Rutter is an author, podcast host of WHAT PAGE ARE YOU ON, event chair and plus-sized fashionista. Check out her novels Welcome To Your Life by Bethany Rutter , Melt My Heart by Bethany Rutter, No Big Deal by Bethany Rutter and her podcast: What Page Are You On? a books podcast which she hosts with author Alice Slater.

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