Katherine speaks with The Second Son author Loraine Peck. They discuss excellent bios, writing crime, magic and vision boards. 

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This episode Kate and Katherine go deep on a festival post mortem after Kate wearily returns from a whirlwind book trip to WA. Highlights, dolphins, fashion tips, name dropping and a story that makes Katherine lose it. This week has it al. Check out show notes for this episode on at www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter or Instagram @thefirsttimepod.

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This episode Kate talks to political journalist, foreign correspondent and author Michael Brissenden. They discuss journalism, good story telling and--one of our faves--rejection.

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This episode Kate and Katherine discuss the nitty gritty of editing. It's been so long Kate's forgotten what it even is and Katherine has a complicated method involving printing, spreadsheets and long division (thirds?).  Check out show notes for this episode on at www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter or Instagram @thefirsttimepod.

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This episode Katherine talks to author Victoria Hannan on the highs and lows of being a writer, and how the writing life is just one part of actual life. They discuss awards (Victoria was the winner of the Victorian Premiers Unpublished Manuscript Award 2019), retreats, massive word counts and wonderful-difficult moments.

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This episode Kate and Katherine discuss first drafts... Are they always terrible?  Does anyone listen to other authors play lists? Do you like long descriptions of trees?  And other questions such as this. 

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In our first interview for S4, Kate speaks with Evelyn Araluen - poet, academic, co-editor of Overland Literary Journal and author of Dropbear. They discuss Evelyn's creative practice, how she edited Dropbear with Ellen Van Neerven, why learning Bundjalung language changed the way she writes, and her advice on becoming part of the writing community.

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It’s a whole new season and a whole new format but the same old hosts.  Kate and Katherine haven’t spoken in oh about forever and there’s a lot to catch up on. Books they’ve been reading!  Things they’ve been listening to!  Other items!  Unfortunately, they get a little ahead of themselves vis a vis TECHNOLOGY, which is a lesson in a) how to use a microphone and b) failure.  Enjoy :) 

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And this is IT! Our final episode of Season Three! There are favourites, laughs, wisdom and news from our amazing Agony Aunt, Charlotte Wood, and relief that we now get to look forward to Season 4 in 2021!

Our final cracker interview for the season is with writer and all round literary superstar, Maxine Beneba Clarke. We talk being a poet laureate, the different creative processes in writing and illustrating diversity and her latest picture book WHEN WE SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER.

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We argue about pronunciation, lament a SA lockdown that is already outdated and consider our Writing Year That Was.

Then Kate speaks with novelist Karen Wyld about her path to publication, diversity in publishing and her debut novel WHERE THE FRUIT FALLS.

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