Rob Kaldor

Shaynna dropped in to chat with us about her new book Design with Colour and Style. She talks to us about the emotional responses people have to colours, and how working out the function of a problem room can help unlock its style potential. As an incredibly busy woman, she also gives us a couple of tips on keeping fit and organised, and she tells us her number one support mechanism for a successful career.

Julia Donaldson, best-selling author of The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom, talks to us about her new book and the charity proceeds from the sale of the book will be supporting. She tells us what it’s like seeing her beloved books adapted for stage and screen, and what it’s like receiving mail from schoolchildren each week.

Sylvia is back in Australia and popped in for a quick chat about the penultimate Crossfire book, Captivated by You. She talks about what readers can expect in the final Crossfire book, and tells us what the series will look like when it’s adapted for television.

We chat to Emma Healey about her debut novel, the Sunday Times bestselling Elizabeth is Missing. Emma tells us how she handled writing in both the past and the present and the difficulties that presented, especially when one of the voices was an elderly woman with severe memory loss. She also gives her top writing tips to aspiring authors.

We chat to James Bradley about his latest novel, Clade, and what it was like writing a dystopian novel that spans over 60 years. He tells us about his research process and how he created new technology for his characters to use.

We chatted to Irena Macri about her new cookbook Eat Drink Paleo, and how her blog evolved to allow the cookbook to become a reality. She explains what the paleo diet is and how she follows it, and looks at the physical and mental benefits of the paleo diet. She also lets us know who some of her foodie inspirations are.

Debra Oswald chats with us about her debut adult novel Useful. She discusses what it’s like to shift from screenwriting to novel writing and tells us the extreme lengths she went to for her novel to sound authentic. She also lets us know what books she’s been loving lately.

Dijanna Mulhearn talks to us about her second book, a handbook of fashion formulas for modern mums, Wardrobe 101 for Mums. She lets us know how she picked her Mummy Muses and how anyone can emulate the style of a celebrity mum. She also tells us how to overcome fashion pitfalls and gives some tips for how to dress during the warm summer months.

We chatted with Amie Kaufman, one half of the literary duo behind These Broken Stars and This Shattered World. Amie talks to us about the process of writing a book with a second author who lives on the other side of the world, and about what other writing projects she’s currently involved with. She also gives us a sneak peek at a new series she’s working on, coming in 2015.

We spoke with the creators of Women of Letters, Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire, about their latest collection of letters and what it was like hearing the raw and intimate letters read aloud in public. They let us know how Women of Letters began and what we can hope to see from them in 2015.