Dear Rach & Soph

Perfectionism and procrastination and writing crime - guest Dinuka McKenzie


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This week we have a wonderful guest, Dinuka McKenzie, who was willing to talk about perfectionism and procrastination, paired subjects that have been on our list for a while … not that we were procrastinating about discussing them (or were we??). 


Dinuka was honest about her perfectionism and how it affects her writing, for good and bad, and the good includes the Detective Kate Miles crime series, with novels The Torrent, Taken and Tipping Point published in Australia and the UK. 


Dinuka was the winner of the 2020 HarperCollins Australia Banjo Prize. Her writing has been shortlisted for the Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards, the Bad Sydney Crime Danger Awards, and longlisted for the Richell Prize. Her short fiction appeared in the 2022 Dark Deeds Down Under Crime and Thriller Anthology. 


She is also an ambassador for Chapters for Change, which is a reading challenge (or readathon), so we asked her about the organisation and the upcoming readathon in July this year. 


Registrations open on 15 May for the next readathon and you can find more information at https://chaptersforchange.org


ABOUT CHAPTERS FOR CHANGE

Chapters for Change has to date raised $40,000 to combat Cambodia's high illiteracy rate, where 1 in 5 individuals over 15 lack literacy skills. Funds will maintain a library, support English, Khmer, and preschool classes for disadvantaged children.

These programs have successfully made children literate in their native language within a year and in English within four years. Over 730 children have studied in the programs, with around 100 attending the library daily.


For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com

Rachael's latest book is Outback Reunion (2025)


For more about Sophie Green: https://sophiegreenauthor.com

Sophie's latest book is Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel (2024)


For more information about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com


For more informationabout Sophie Green: https://sophiegreenauthor.com


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