That Rom Com Pod

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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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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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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

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Guest: Melanie Saward (@LittleRedWrites on Instagram & TikTok)

Love Unleashed, Melanie Saward (August 6, 2024, Penguin)

Tom Lake, Ann Patchett

Abby Jimenez

Manhattan Dreaming, Anita Heiss

I Heart New York, Lindsey Kelk

Gossip Girl

Sex And The City

A Winter in New York, Josie Silver

Someone Else’s Bucket List, Amy Matthews

You, Again, Kate Goldbeck

Everything from Nora Ephron

Serendipity

Book Lovers, Emily Henry

The Truth According to Ember, Danica Nava

The Prospects, KT Hoffman

Out On a Limb and Next Of Kin, Hannah Bonam-Young

The House With All The Lights On, Jessica Kirkness

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Guest: Natalie Murray (Instagram, TikTok)

Love, Just In, Natalie Murray

Emmie and the Tudor King, Natalie Murray

Funny Story, Emily Henry

‘Emily Henry Is Proud to Be Called a Romance Writer’

https://www.tiktok.com/@todayshow/video/7361216748193991979 

The Idea of You, Robinne Lee / movie

The Work, Bri Lee

Tessa Bailey 

Four Night Stand, Georgia Moore

Emily Henry on Shameless Book Club

Sarah J. Maas

Kit McBride Gets A Wife, Amy Barry

Experienced, Kate Young

Open Minded, Chloe Seager

NOTE: Our conversation defaulted to mostly cis-het spicy romances, but some authors we love who rep queer and diverse characters are Claire Christian, Casey McQuiston, Abra Pressler, Georgia Clark, Ashley Herring Blake, Meryl Wilsner and KT Hoffman. Links and more on our Substack.

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Mudgee Readers Festival (Aug 17-18)

Sydney Writers Festival

Adaptable

One Day

Bridgerton

Before Sunrise

Before Sunset

When Harry Met Sally

Love, Just In, Natalie Murray

The Hating Game, Sally Thorne

Mhairi McFarlane

The Flat Share, Beth O’Leary

The Last Love Note, Emma Grey

Kit McBride Gets A Wife, Amy Barry

Marrying Off Morgan McBride, Amy Barry

Romantic Comedy, Curtis Sittenfeld

Talking at Night, Claire Daverley

All The Beautiful Things You Love, Jonathan Seidler

Blue Sisters, Coco Mellors

Part of Your World / Yours Truly Abby Jimenez

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Guest: Victoria Brookman (Instagram)

Burnt Out, Victoria Brookman

Mystic Ridge, Lucy Lever

Annie Seaton

The Most Important Job In The World, Gina Rushton

“Why We Need More Climate Change Love Stories”

A Court of Thorns and Roses / Throne of Glass series / Crescent City series Sarah J. Maas

Bride, Ali Hazelwood

Love From Scratch, Amy Hutton

Me That You See, Anne Freeman

All The Beautiful Things You Love, Jonathan Seidler

Because of Her, Devon May (Devon’s Instagram)

Claire Christian’s Substack, PEARLER

Part of Your World / Yours Truly / Just For The Summer / Worst Wingman Ever, Abby Jimenez

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Guest: Saman Shad (Saman Shad, Instagram, TikTok)

The Matchmaker, Saman Shad (2023, Penguin)

‘Rom-coms need more diverse characters, and I’m helping to make that change’, Saman Shad, SBS Voices

Anyone But You (2023)

Set It Up (2018)

Upgraded (2024)

‘Anyone but You was a mega hit, but romcom sequels are a terrible idea’ (GQ)

‘First trailer for Zach Braff's new rom-com with Vanessa Hudgens’

The Leo graph (Reddit)

The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020)

Emma, Jane Austen (1815)

No Strings Attached (2011)

Friends With Benefits (2011)

Set It Up (2018)

The Set Up, Lizzy Dent (2022, Penguin)

Five Blind Dates (2024)

What’s Love Got To Do With It (2022)

See Also with Monica Heisey

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Guest: Amy Hutton (Sit, Stay, Love / Love From Scratch) @amyhuttonauthor

Marley & Me, John Grogan

The Dog Sitter, Zara Stoneley

Love, Just In, Natalie Murray

The Other Bridget, Rachael Johns

Breaking All The Rules, Amy Andrews

You’ve Got Mail

Who Gets the Dog

Puppy Love

Colin From Accounts

Love Unleashed, Melanie Saward

The Truth About Cats and Dogs

Romance Writers of Australia 

In A World

The Word Count

The Hating Game, Sally Thorne

Tom Lake, Anne Patchett

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The Rise of Rom-Com at Newcastle Writers Festival

Someone Else’s Bucket List, Amy T Matthews

Who’s That Girl, Mhairi McFarlane

Love and Other Scores, Abra Pressler

Notting Hill

Starstruck

Music And Lyrics

The Bodyguard, Katherine Center

Romantic Comedy, Curtis Sittenfeld

The Idea Of You, Robinne Lee

One Day, David Nicholls / Netflix series / Official playlist

High Fidelity, Nick Hornby / 2000 film / 2020 TV series

The Matchmaker, Saman Shad

The Dead Romantics, Ashley Poston

Sit Stay Love, Amy Hutton

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

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