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:

Register for DonateLife: https://www.donatelife.gov.au/ 

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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