The First Time

Kate and Katherine catch up and talk about the aftermath of book release, including a perplexingly bad restaurant, reviews and and a quote by Ella Baxter. Kate mentions she is writing but gives nothing else away. Plus, book recommendations! 

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In keeping with the second book-related mini series -- this episode we talk publicity with Text publicist and all round excellent human Jane Watkins. She answers many burning questions including: What impact has COVID had? What is 'author care'? And of course, how is everything different when you're pitching authors for the second time?   

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Get out your pens and pencils because this is an epic lesson in social media! Kate and Katherine talk to marketing, social media and fashion/lifestyle guru, Shay Gardner. This episode is, frankly, a gift to authors wanting to navigate the world of Instagram and other online entities. It's choc-full of great advice on what to do, why and how it all works. The word 'algorithm' is used many times.

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It's been a while since the Kate and Katherine caught up and there's a lot of excitement amid all the heat and humidity. As always, there's much much talk of books, including one particular one that comes out Feb 1st: The Competition!

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We're doing something a little bit different the next couple of episodes, in the lead up to Katherine's book The Competition coming out (Feb 2022). (You can pre-order at your local bookshop or here!!). 
We're starting with a three-part mini deep dive – no spoilers – but a kind of 'behind the scenes', then we'll have some interviews with experts on social media and publicity on what to do when your book comes out.  It's a bit like what we did in the early days of the podcast... 
This is part 3 of the mini deep dives: first time vs. second time 

We're doing something a little bit different the next couple of episodes, in the lead up to Katherine's book The Competition coming out (Feb 2022). (You can pre-order at your local bookshop or here!!). 
We're starting with a three-part mini deep dive – no spoilers – but a kind of 'behind the scenes', then we'll have some interviews with experts on social media and publicity on what to do when your book comes out.  It's a bit like what we did in the early days of the podcast... 
This is part 2 of the mini deep dive: The writing process

We're doing something a little bit different the next couple of episodes, in the lead up to Katherine's book The Competition coming out (Feb 2022). (You can pre-order at your local bookshop or here!!). 
We're starting with a three-part deep dive – no spoilers – but a kind of 'behind the scenes', then we'll have some interviews with experts on social media and publicity on what to do when your book comes out.  It's a bit like what we did in the early days of the podcast... 
Stay tuned! (And stay well) 

A special episode to kick of 2022! Kate speaks to writer and podcaster, Madeleine Dore about her creative career and her brand new book I Didn't Do the Thing Today: On letting go of productivity guilt. If you're keen for other writerly things to kick off your year, join Kate in her online workshop Basics for Beginners with Writers Victoria on Jan 29, 2022. And subscribe to the podcast to make sure you don't miss our deep dive on Katherine's new book The Competition in the lead up to its release on Feb 1st!

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It's the end of season four!  We're looking back on the year that was, with best reads, best listens, best watches... Best everything basically.

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For our final interview of Season 4, Kate speaks to the woman herself - lit world legend, Helen Garner. They discuss diaries, editing, triangles, criticism, marriage, motherhood, sublime joy and how Garner pulled together her most recent, explosive volume of diaries - How to End a Story. It's a warm and clever and wonderful conversation and Kate just manages to hold her fangirling in.

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