That Rom Com Pod

By Clare Fletcher and Karina May

From meetcute to rock bottom to grand gesture, Karina and Clare ride the highs and lows of classic and contemporary romantic comedies; and share insights from behind the scenes as authors of rom-co

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That Rom Com Pod episodes:

December 17, 2024 2024 Christmas Special
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The Merry Gentlemen (2024, Netflix)
Georgia Moore posts about xmas movies @georgiamoorewriter (here’s her xmas movies highlight)
Our Little Secret (2024, Netflix)
Hot Frosty (2024, Netflix)
‘Netflix and Lifetime Ask: What if Christmas Movies Were Sexy?’ (New York Times piece includes the interview with Dustin Milligan recommended via friend of the pod, Amy Hutton)
Meet Me Next Christmas (2024, Netflix)

Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod

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1h 10min
December 03, 2024 Age Gap Romance (with Amy Andrews)
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Guest: Amy Andrews @AmyAndrewsBooks, Facebook, website or Substack.
Warnings: Spicy language + Rivals spoilers ~15 min in

Rivals (Disney+)
‘Horniness, hedonism and hope: why Rivals makes me surprisingly nostalgic’ (Guardian)
Breaking the Ice, Amy Andrews
Breaking All the Rules, Amy Andrews
How To Write Academy
Look What You Made Me Do, Amy Andrews
A Family Affair (Netflix)
Lonely Planet (Netflix)
The Idea of You (Prime)
Natasha Lester’s substack
The Younger Man, Zoe Foster Blake
Green Dot, Madeleine Gray
Mistakes Were Made, Meryl Wilsner
Girl Falling, Hayley Scrivener
Australian Gospel, Lech Blaine
Things Will Calm Down Soon, Zoe Foster Blake
Bananapants, Penny Reid

Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod

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1h 11min
November 19, 2024 So High School (with Gabrielle Tozer)
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Guest: Gabrielle Tozer (@gabrielletozer)
Riverina Readers Festival
Before We Met, Gabrielle Tozer
To Stir With Love, Kate Mildenhall
Chicken Shop Date - Amelia Dimoldenberg & Andrew Garfield
Nobody Wants This
The Unexpected Mess Of It All, Gabrielle Tozer
One Day, David Nicholls
Can’t Say It Went To Plan, Gabrielle Tozer
Heartstopper, Alice Oseman / Netflix
The Text Prize
Looking for Alibrandi, Melina Marchetta
Press Gang
The Hitwoman's Guide to Reducing Household Debt, Mark Mupotsa-Russell
The Wedding People, Alison Espach
Rapture, Emily Maguire
Things Will Calm Down Soon, Zoe Foster Blake
The Sitter, Angela O’Keefe

Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod

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1h 21min
November 05, 2024 EmHen Bonanza (with @DramaKingBooks!)
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Guest: Seth AKA @dramakingbooks / TikTok
Love, Just In, Natalie Murray
Beach Read, People We Meet on Vacation, Book Lovers, Happy Place, Funny Story, Great Big Beautiful Life, Emily Henry
How to End a Love Story, Yulin Kuang
‘How to Write a Good Sex Scene’ (The Cut)
That Island Feeling, Karina May
‘Which Emily Henry Books Are Becoming Movies?’
A Novel Love Story, Ash Poston
A Love Like The Sun, Riss M Neilson
Out On A Limb, Hannah Bonham Young
You and I Rewritten, Chip Pons
The Prospects, KT Hoffmann
Here We Go Again, Alison Cochrun
Seven Days In June, Tia Williams
Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod

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1h 18min
October 22, 2024 Cowboy Romance (with Amy Barry)
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Guest: Amy Barry (@amybarryauthor / @amytmatthews_author)
Kit McBride Gets a Wife, Amy Barry (Simon & Schuster, 2024)
Marrying Off Morgan McBride, Amy Barry (Simon & Schuster, 2024)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Calamity Jane (1953)
Young Guns (1988, Stan)
Tess LeSue (Amy’s earlier romance author alter ego)
Done & Dusted, Lyla Sage (2023, Hachette)
Flawless, Elsie Silver (2023, Hachette)
Love on Campus podcast
Cowboy Carter, Beyonce
‘Cowboy Phase’ by Lily O’Brien in Kill Your Darlings
Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery (1908)
LaVyrle Spencer
Jude Devereaux
Jodi Thomas
Darry Fraser (Australian historical/colonial romance author)
Best, First and Last, Amy T Matthews (March 2025, Simon & Schuster)
That Island Feeling, Karina May (Dec 31 2024, Pan Macmillan)

Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod

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58min
October 08, 2024 Seeing Double (featuring Christina Lauren)
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Writes4Women RWA Conference Round Up
Tenderly I Am Devoured, Lyndall Clipstone
‘Romance Novels Are Literature’, Casey McQuiston, TIME Magazine
The Paradise Problem, The Unhoneymooners, Beautiful Player, The True Love Experiment, Christina Lauren
The Hating Game, Sally Thorne
The Book Ninja, While You Were Reading, Fancy Meeting You Here, Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus
Books On The Rail
Nicci French
The Glass House, Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist
Stuck Up And Stupid, Angourie & Kate Rice
The View Was Exhausting, Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta
The Wedding Forecast, Nina Kenwood
Experienced, Kate Young
Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod

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1h 9min
September 17, 2024 Besties (with Anne Freeman)
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Guest: Anne Freeman (@annefreemanwrites, newsletter, workshops)
Me That You See / Returning To Adelaide, Anne Freeman
@hollybrunnbauer
Anne & Casey Nott on Writes4Women
Parks and Rec
The Happy Ever After Playlist, Abby Jimenez
The Paradise Problem, Christina Lauren
City of Girls, Elizabeth GIlbert
The Studio Girls, Lisa Ireland
Never Ever Forever, Karina May
Love Match, Clare Fletcher
The Wedding Forecast, Nina Kenwood
Consider Yourself Kissed, Jessica Stanley
A Language of Limbs, Dylin Hardcastle
Secret Book Stuff
Alice and the Impossible Game, Anna Foxkirk

Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod

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1h 7min
September 03, 2024 Sports Romance (with Abra Pressler)
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Guest: @AbraPresslerAuthor
Love and Other Scores, Abra Pressler (2023, Pan Macmillan)
Northern Beaches Writers Festival Sept 27-29

Here For The Right Reasons, Jodi McAlister
Red, White and Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston
Carrie Soto Is Back, Taylor Jenkin Reid
A League Of Their Own
‘Take Me Out To The Ballgame’ sung by Clare’s daughter Dot
Love Match, Clare Fletcher
Icebreaker, Hannah Grace
The Mighty Ducks
Playing The Field, Zoe Foster Blake
Fangirl Down, Tessa Bailey
Cleat Cute, Meryl Wilsner
Amy Andrews’ rugby themed books
The Prospects, KT Hoffman
The Art of Catching Feelings, Alicia Thompson
10 Things that Never Happened, Alexis Hall
I Hope This Finds You Well, Natalie Sue
You Belong With Me, Mhairi McFarlane

Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod

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1h 13min
July 09, 2024Bonus: Under the Covers (Part 2)
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Featuring: Clare Fletcher (Instagram) and Karina May (Instagram)

Pan Macmillan open submissions
Australian Society of Authors (ASA) contract review service and Virtual Literal speed dating events
Alex Adsett Literary Consultancy
Australian Writers Centre (AWC) courses
Year of the Novel with Emily Maguire and upcoming Writing NSW courses
Emily Maguire
Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) conference, Adelaide 2024
Penny Carroll editor
Katherine Collette author and writing coach

Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod

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50min
June 25, 2024Bonus: Under the Covers (Part 1)
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Featuring: Clare Fletcher (Instagram) and Karina May (Instagram)

Blinky Bill, Dorothy Wall (1933, HarperCollins)
The Muddleheaded Wombat, Ruth Park (1962, HarperCollins)
Anything from May Gibbs
The Secret Garden (1911, Penguin) A Little Princess (1905, Penguin), Frances Hodgson Burnett
Bridget Jones’s Diary, Helen Fielding (1996, Macmillan)
One Day, David Nicholls (2009, Hachette)
Jessica Dettmann (How To Be Second Best, This Has Been Absolutely Lovely, Without Further Ado)
Minnie Darke (Star-Crossed, The Lost Love Song, With Love from Wish & Co)
The Baby-Sitters Club, Baby-Sitters Little Sister, (1986-2000, Ann M. Martin, Scholastic)
Anything from Sophie Kinsella
Anything from Jane Green

Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co. | @thatromcompod

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