The Whole Truth: Motherhood and the Writing Life

Melbourne Friends! I am finally launching Half Truth in Melbourne at the end of March and early April. Please see my bio on instagram or tickets are links are available from the ⁠⁠⁠Penguin Events⁠⁠⁠ page.Today's episode is with the lovely Leesa Ronald - author of Special Delivery - published by Allen and Unwin. You can find out more about Leesa on her website www.leesaronald.com.au or follow her fabulous instagram account @leesaronaldwrites

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WHO IS YOUR HOST??

Nadia Mahjouri is the author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Half Truth ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- her debut novel that will be released Feb 11 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pre-orders available NOW!!!⁠⁠⁠⁠

Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Holding Space Counselling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online.  Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere. 

Her website is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.nadiamahjouri.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Or you can email  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Today is a special episode where I turn the tables and become the guest!! Thanks to the wonderful Arianne James from Tas Writers for allowing me to share this interview she did with me last week on Edge Radio The Book Shelf program with you all. And watch out for her debut novel Second Skin out with HQ next year!

And for Melbourne Friends - Good news! I will be in Melbourne for two events in the coming weeks!

Firstly at The Wheeler Centre for The Next Big Thing panel with debut writers - Twists and Turns is the Theme

And secondly - a Melbourne Launch on 1 April at Sandringham Library where I will be in conversation with the wonderful Anna Johnston, author of The Borrowed Life of Frederik Fyfe. Tickets free for both but essential!

Todays episode is with poet and spoken word artist Lily Redwood. Lily writes about the everyday extraordinary from the political to the poetical. Lily combines spoken word with tender verse, which comes alive through her live performance. Most of her poems are written on the notes app hiding in the toilet from her 2 children, or scribbled on the back of an old envelope, whilst burning the dinner. Lily lives off-grid in South Wales with her family.  

Lily's debut pamphlet, You Make Me Think of Swifts, is a raw witty and unflinching journey through the landscape of early motherhood - a place where the boundaries between self and other merge and the natural world seeps through the cracks to inhabit us. It has been described as:  "Scorchingly honest and human" (Jude Jones, Journalist) and "visceral, loving and brave"(Emylia Hall, Founder of Mothership Writers). You Make Me Think of Swifts is out now with The Collective Press. 

Lily facilitates creative writing workshops and spaces for mothers, often incorporating nature connection practices. In 2016 Lily and her husband, Pete created the award-winning ecological documentary wetheuncivilised, A LifeStory .

You can find Lily online -@lilyredwoodpoet / www.lilyredwood.co.uk/ www.wetheuncivilised.org

Also - my debut novel ⁠Half Truth⁠ is out now and you can listen to me discuss the truth behind the novel on Conversations with Sarah Kanowski My Moroccan matrescence - ABC listen

Please join me in Melbourne at The Wheeler Centre for The Next Big Thing on March 31 or on 1st April at Sandringham Library to Launch Half Truth. TBA Ticket links are available from the ⁠⁠Penguin Events⁠⁠ page.

If you are interested in Matrescence, please come along to The Matrescence Festival in Melbourne on March 29 and 30. Tickets available from Matrescence Festival — Claire Tonti

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ABOUT YOUR HOST:

Nadia Mahjouri is the author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Half Truth ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- herdebut novel that will be released Feb 11 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pre-orders availableNOW!!!⁠⁠⁠⁠

Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Holding Space Counselling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online. Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere. 

Her website is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.nadiamahjouri.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Or you can email  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

My Debut Novel ⁠Half Truth⁠ is OUT NOW! Thank you to everyone who has come out to support me in Hobart, Sydney, Brisbane and Launceston - my heart is so full and I am feeling overwhelmed by all the lovely words and messages. I am so lucky!! Melbourne dates are not yet set but when they are tickets will be available from the ⁠⁠⁠Penguin Events⁠⁠⁠ page.Today's episode is with author and psychotherapist Helen Hayward. Helen is a mother of four and the author of a collection of essays Home Work, a non fiction book Slow Childhood and Never Marry a Girl With a Dead Father among others. You can follow her beautiful musings on her substack helen hayward home work | Substack____

WHO IS YOUR HOST??

Nadia Mahjouri is the author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Half Truth ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- her debut novel that was released Feb 11 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠It is available to buy NOW!!!⁠⁠⁠⁠

Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Holding Space Counselling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online.  Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere. 

Her website is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.nadiamahjouri.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Or you can email  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Eeek! My Debut Novel Half Truth is OUT NOW!

Please join me at my launch as my personal literary midwives to birth my book baby into the world!!! Ticket links are available from the ⁠⁠Penguin Events⁠⁠ page.

WHO IS YOUR HOST??

Nadia Mahjouri is the author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Half Truth ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- her debut novel that will be released Feb 11 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pre-orders available NOW!!!⁠⁠⁠

Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Holding Space Counselling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online.  Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere. 

Her website is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.nadiamahjouri.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Or you can email  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Today's episode is with the wonderful author Kylie Orr - who is also the mother of FOUR children - NONE of whom slept as babies! Needless to say, this woman is a wonder of nature! You can find Kylies books The Eleventh Floor and Someone Else's Child here: Kylie Orr

Also - my debut novel Half Truth is released on Feb 11!! So soon!!

Please join me at the launch events in Hobart, Feb 6, Brisbane Feb 11, Sydney Feb 12, Launceston Feb 19, Devonport Feb 20, Melbourne TBA Ticket links are available from the ⁠Penguin Events⁠ page.

Please do come along so I don't have to sit on my own and pretend to leaf through my own novel and inspect my fingernails after giving a talk to an audience composed solely of my own husband and children!!

ABOUT YOUR HOST:

Nadia Mahjouri is the author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Half Truth ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- her debut novel that will be released Feb 11 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pre-orders available NOW!!!⁠⁠⁠

Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Holding Space Counselling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online.  Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere. 

Her website is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.nadiamahjouri.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Or you can email  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Woohoo! We are back for Season 2!

Thank you so much for still being here and listening in - I am so ridiculously grateful to you!

And in even more incredible news (to me at least!) my very own debut novel Half Truth will be out super soon - on Feb 11! Eeeeek!!! Yay!

My exciting pre-launch day launch will be in my hometown of Hobart at the best bookshop in Australia - Fullers~ on Feb 6 - then in Brisbane on Feb 11 and Sydney on Feb 12! Then Launceston on the 19th and Devonport on the 20th. Melbourne is TBA. Ticket links are available from the Penguin Events page.

Please do come along so I don't have to sit on my own and pretend to leaf through my own novel and inspect my fingernails after giving a talk to an audience composed solely of my own husband and children!!

Today's episode is with the incredible author Claire Van Ryn, whose debut novel The Secrets of the Huon Wren went gangbusters and her second novel When The Birds Call Her Name, will be out in March 2025 - so super soon! You can find out more about Claire at her website: Claire van Ryn

Nadia Mahjouri is the author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Half Truth ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- her debut novel that will be released Feb 11 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pre-orders available NOW!!!⁠⁠

Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Holding Space Counselling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online.  Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere. 

Her website is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.nadiamahjouri.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Or you can email  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

*** Pre-order Nadia Mahjouri's debut novel Half Truth NOW!!!⁠ ***

In this episode of The Whole Truth: Motherhood and the Writing Life, Nadia Mahjouri chats with Casey Nott, a contemporary fiction author and mother of three. Her debut novel, Forgotten, is out now and tells the story of Ava, a forty year old woman who wakes up after an accident with amnesia - she has forgotten the last 10 years, in which she remarried, had a baby, gave up her career as a lawyer, and enthusiastically embraced yoga pants as an everyday outfit!

In this conversation, we discuss how Casey's novel wrestles with the question so many of us have asked ourselves - how did I get here? We discuss how Casey budgets time as if its money, because its more important.

You can find out more about⁠ Casey Nott Here or follow her on Insta @caseywritesstories

Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Holding Space Counselling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online.  Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere. 

Her website is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.nadiamahjouri.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouriauthor or sign up for her newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Or you can email  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

In this episode of The Whole Truth: Motherhood and the Writing Life, Nadia Mahjouri chats with the lovely and talented Anne Freeman, mother of two, publicist, copywriter and author of two novels ME THAT YO⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠U SEE⁠,  and ⁠RETURNING TO ADELAIDE⁠, both contemporary fiction books about women who are stuck in life and the extraordinary ways they shake themselves loose.

In this conversation we discuss how writing gave Anne something to think about during the boring bits of parenting in the early years. We discuss how being an empath that cries at everything helps Anne feel what her characters might feel and how empathy is actually a super power for a writer. And how the same skills that make a good mother, make a good writer - adaptability and empathy.

You can find out more about ⁠⁠Anne Freeman here or follow her on Insta @annefreemanwrites

Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Holding Space Counselling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online.  Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere. 

Nadia Mahjouri is also the author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Half Truth ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- her debut novel that will be released in early Feb 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pre-orders available soon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Her website is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.nadiamahjouri.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouriauthor or sign up for her newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Or you can email  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

In this episode of The Whole Truth: Motherhood and the Writing Life, Nadia Mahjouri chats with Dr Lucy Christopher, author of Release, Stolen and many other works, including Adult, YA, Middle Grade and Children's literature, both fiction and non fiction. She is a Senior lecturer in Creative Writing at University of Tasmania and is currently on maternity leave with her first baby, now six months old.

We discuss matrescence and how the brain changes in the first year after birth and how Lucy is managing to fit writing into the cracks between naps, feeds and baby cuddles. We discuss how her writing focus has changed lately and how the book ⁠Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy Childbirth and Motherhood by Lucy Jones ⁠has helped to make sense of the changes that come with new motherhood.

You can find out more about ⁠Lucy Christopher Here as well as links to her books Release, Stolen and others.⁠

Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Holding Space Counselling⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online.  Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere. 

Nadia Mahjouri is also the author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Half Truth ⁠⁠⁠⁠- her debut novel that will be released in early Feb 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Pre-orders available soon⁠⁠⁠⁠

Her website is ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.nadiamahjouri.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouriauthor or sign up for her newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy⁠⁠⁠⁠

Or you can email  ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠