Writes4Women
255 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWrites4Women is all about celebrating women's voices and supporting women writers. It's about writing the voice, reading the voice and being the voice. Every week host Pamela Cook interviews an outstanding female, trans or non-binary author about their books, writing process and life. Each week discussion focuses on either the heart, craft or buiness of writing along with a new release featured author each month. Transcript available via the Writes4Women website. Video of most episodes available on the Writes4Women youtube channel. You can find out more about Writes4Women at www.writes4women.com
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W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Emma Norris "Progress Over Perfection"
August 05, 2020 21:38 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBEMMA NORRIS launches her book "PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION" Emma Norris guides you in setting purposeful plans that are right for you and nurturing a healthier approach to prioritizing, so you can live a more value-based life. She'll guide you through mono-tasking, batch working, productivity, and resting--not quitting. Being busy or constantly on the go doesn't always mean we are being productive. Sometimes, it can feel like we are doing too much and accomplishing too little. Or we can ha...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Barbara Hannay "The Sister's Gift"
August 05, 2020 00:49 - 28 minutes - 26 MBBARBARA HANNAY launches her latest commercial women's romance novel "THE SISTER'S GIFT" Two sisters, one baby and the best of intentions… As a vibrant, young woman with a lifetime of possibilities ahead of her, Freya grants her sister, Pearl, the ultimate gift of motherhood. However, this comes at a hefty price – an unexpected rift in her family and the loss of the man she loves. Decades later, Freya is divorced, childless and homeless, at rock bottom after losing everything she’s worked f...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Sarah Brill "Symphony for the Man"
August 04, 2020 05:02 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBSARAH BRILL launches her novel 'SYMPHONY FOR THE MAN" 1999. Winter. Bondi. Harry’s been on the streets so long he could easily forget what time is. So Harry keeps an eye on it. Every morning. Then he heads to the beach to chat with the gulls. Or he wanders through the streets in search of food, clothes, Jules. When the girl on the bus sees him, lonely and cold in the bus shelter that he calls home, she thinks about how she can help. She decides to write a symphony for him. So begins a poig...
ANATOMY OF A NOVEL - Sulari Gentill "Writing Mystery from History"
August 01, 2020 06:55 - 1 hour - 85 MBAward winning Australian author, SULARI GENTILL, breaks down how she writes a best selling mystery series from the pages of history.Drawing from the 10th book in the Rowland Sinclair Mystery series, "A Testament of Character," Sulari takes us through her unique, channeling like writing process to give a different kind of perspective on how to write within the historical fiction genre. There is so much great writing advice and insights in this interview that we kept it a bit longer to keep a...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Hattie Ashwin "Living it up in France"
July 30, 2020 06:41 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBHATTIE ASHWIN releases "LIVING IT UP IN FRANCE" the sequel to her madcap memoir "Boat to Baguette" With a bucket list, a motorbike and a map, two Aussie adventurers, live it up in France. Between renovating their house in a Breton village, they travel on Roman Roads, see Gothic Cathedrals, drink delicious coffee and discover a love of France with le joie de vivre. We just won’t mention the speeding ticket ... or getting lost ... or being mistaken for a crocodile hunter. Well, not right a...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Katherine Firkin "Sticks and Stones"
July 26, 2020 04:14 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBKATHERINE FIRKIN launches her debut thriller "STICKS AND STONES" A terrifying, twisting debut from TV news journalist Katherine Firkin. It's time for a killer to leave his mark . . . 'Lisa Gardner meets Harlan Coben in this impressive debut that's as disturbing as it is twisty. Firkin takes readers into the mind of a killer like no one else!' Charlie Donlea It’s winter in Melbourne and Detective Emmett Corban is starting to regret his promotion to head of the Missing Persons Unit, as the ...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Rachael Mead "The Application of Pressure"
July 23, 2020 04:31 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBRACHAEL MEAD launches her debut novel "THE APPLICATION OF PRESSURE" For paramedics Tash and Joel, a regular workday is like a supercut of the worst days of other people’s lives. They maintain their sanity through a friendship built on black humour, but as the constant exposure to trauma takes its toll, both, in different ways, must fight to preserve their mental health and relationships – even with one another. How much pressure can they handle, and what will happen when they finally crack?...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Deborah O'Ferry "500 Miles"
July 20, 2020 06:50 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBDEBORAH O'FERRY launches her debut novel "500 MILES" Anna Marcus is successful in the world of computers, but not as accomplished when it comes to lasting relationships. Which would be fine … if she wasn’t also completely and madly in love with the idea of being in love and being loved in return. Anna’s growing fear in life is that the love she imagines doesn’t exist at all. That she is waiting for something that isn’t even real. When she meets Justin — smart and caring, with an unforgetta...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Leonie Kelsall "The Farm at Peppertree Crossing"
July 19, 2020 04:42 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBLEONIE KELSALL launches her new book "THE FARM AT PEPPERTREE CROSSING" ~A traumatic past, an unexpected inheritance, and a family whose secrets are kept by the town~ Surrendered at birth, city-girl Roni has convinced herself she has no need of anyone – other than her not-as-tough-as-he-looks rescued street cat, Scritches, and her unborn baby, who she’s determined will feel all the love she was denied. In South Australia, rural matriarch Marian faces her mortality with her customary forthr...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Jennifer Mackenzie "Navigable Ink"
July 18, 2020 10:13 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBJENNIFER MACKENZIE launches her poetry collection "NAVIGABLE INK" Indonesian writer and activist Pramoedya Ananta Toer spent most of his adult life in jail, imprisoned first by colonial powers and later by Indonesian governments. In 1993 Jennifer Mackenzie received a copy of Toer’s manuscript Arus Balik and the author’s blessing to translate it into English. This was at a time when the author’s now celebrated work was banned in Indonesia and he was under house arrest in Jakarta. Jennifer Ma...
W4W CONVO COUCH - Anna Downes "Accessing the Tools Within"
July 17, 2020 12:25 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBAuthor and Actor, Anna Downes, joins Pamela Cook on the Convo Couch today for an extended interview about her much talked about new novel "The Safe Place."Anna is open and raw about her path to publication and goes into how her acting career has been a huge advantage to her writing process. SHOW NOTES: Writes4Women www.writes4women.com Facebook @writes4women Twitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast W4W Patreon https://www.writes4women.com/support-us-on-patreon Anna Downes "The Safe Place" We...
W4W CONVO COUCH - Kayte Nunn "Weaving Women into Story"
July 05, 2020 02:12 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBKayte Nunn joins Pamela Cook on the Convo Couch to chat about how she uses her new novel "The Silk House" to tell the historical stories of women unseen. Then Pam chats to Kel about the positive aspects of taking live writing events into the online space. AND WRITES4WOMEN IS ACTIVELY RECORDING BOOK LAUNCH EPISODES AGAIN! So if you are releasing a book in isolation in the next couple of months and would like a slot on our pod to promote it then get in touch via email [email protected] ...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Leisl Leighton "Blazing Fear"
June 30, 2020 00:44 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBLEISL LEIGHTON launches her book "BLAZING FEAR" Fire stole his past - now it is threatening to burn everything, and everyone, he loves. All over again... Flynn Findlay likes everyone to think he's in control, but the death of his wife during the bushfires six years ago changed everything. Now, even though it feels like a betrayal, Flynn can't seem to escape his growing feelings for the beautiful new doctor in town. SHOW NOTES: Writes4Women www.writes4women.com Facebook @writes4women T...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Theresa Miller "The Spin Doctor's Wife"
June 29, 2020 02:25 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBTHERESA MILLER launches "THE SPIN DOCTOR'S WIFE" Megan is desperate for a baby, running hard on the IVF treadmill and heading for the edge. Meanwhile, her PR spin-doctor husband, Laurie is distracted by very different desires. Enter Carla, an ambitious young singer, who can give them both what they want-at a price. For years, Megan was a much-loved schoolteacher, but her world falls apart after she's unfairly dismissed. She hopes having a baby will fill the void. Instead, her discovery tha...
ANATOMY OF A NOVEL - Favel Parrett "Small Moments, Big Meaning"
June 27, 2020 06:21 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBOn this episode of Anatomy of a Novel, Pamela Cook talks to respected, acclaimed, award winning Novelist, Favel Parrett, about how she manages to write huge meaning into deceptively small moments. Using her latest novel "There Was Still Love" Favel provides useful, layered insights into her process of writing and editing out everything but the meaning in her words. This episode is perfect for the newbie and the aspiring author. It is bursting with information and tips on how to give more em...
W4W Mandate to DO BETTER around Race Representation
June 23, 2020 09:54 - 7 minutes - 6.44 MBIn the face of protests and honest conversation around #BlackLivesMatter and #FirstNationsLivesMatter, Pam and Kel have taken an honest look in the mirror and realised the representation of voices on the Writes4Women podcast is far from equal and it is time for us to get serious and make a change. Kel talks about this shameful realisation and the new W4W mandate to give equal time and space to First Nations writers and Writers of Colour, we are working from as a result . We are sorry it took...
W4W CONVO COUCH - Imbe Neeme "Hard Truths"
June 23, 2020 08:12 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBToday on the Convo Couch Pamela Cook talks to Imbe Neeme about writing and releasing her new novel "The Spill" and how she navigated the challenges of going from blogger to novelist. AND in the face of protests and honest conversation around #BlackLivesMatter and #FirstNationsLivesMatter, Pam and Kel have take an honest look in the mirror and realised the representation of voices on this podcast is far from equal and it is time for us to get serious and make a change. Kel talks about this s...
W4W CONVO COUCH - Imbi Neeme "Hard Truths"
June 23, 2020 08:12 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBToday on the Convo Couch Pamela Cook talks to Imbi Neeme about writing and releasing her new novel "The Spill" and how she navigated the challenges of going from blogger to novelist. AND in the face of protests and honest conversation around #BlackLivesMatter and #FirstNationsLivesMatter, Pam and Kel have take an honest look in the mirror and realised the representation of voices on this podcast is far from equal and it is time for us to get serious and make a change. Kel talks about this s...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Renee Dahlia "Racetrack Royalty"
June 19, 2020 00:55 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBRENEE DAHLIA launches her book "RACETRACK ROYALTY" One fast horse, and a whirlwind romance set among the glamour of Royal Ascot. Shannon Bassett It’s a long way from Merindah Park, Australia, to Royal Ascot—but that’s where I’ve found myself. The international stud farm that bought my horse, Biographical, want him to race and as his trainer, they need me here. I’m not the top hat and penguin suit type, and the media here don’t get my horse at all—unlike the beautiful woman reading the new...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Maya Linnell "Bottlebursh Creek"
June 16, 2020 07:11 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBMAYA LINNELL Launches "BOTTLEBRUSH CREEK" A pitch-perfect rural romance of changing relationships and family ties from the bestselling author of Wildflower Ridge. 'A heart-warming, funny and poignant story about the joys and heartbreaks of country living. A winner.' Victoria Purman, bestselling author of The Land Girls Between managing a bustling beauty salon, hectic volunteer commitments and the lion's share of parenting two-year-old Claudia, Angie McIntyre barely has time to turn around....
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Diane Demetre "Master Mindset"
June 15, 2020 22:39 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBDIANE DEMETRE launches her new book "MASTER MINDSET" 21 transformative ways to master your life in this uncertain time In Master Mindset, Diane Demetre presents 21 ways you can master your life as the virus wreaks havoc across the planet. Within the pages of this pithy, pragmatic handbook, she guides you to shift from your limited fear-based human perspective to the infinite Master Mindset of Being, where you’ll experience the unalterable Truth of knowing that you are far more than what yo...
BONUS "What Authors Earn...Or Don't" (full conversation)
June 12, 2020 09:12 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBTHIS IS THE FULL CONVERSATION BETWEEN PAM AND KEL ABOUT AUTHOR EARNINGS - FROM THE CONVO COUCH EPISODE "Leah Swann - Killing the Darlings" In the latest Convo Couch episode with Leah Swann, hosts Pamela Cook and Kel Butler, get into a big chat about what authors really earn in Australia (spoiler alert - hardly anything) how and where they can earn it and what the options are going forward. Pam brings a unique perspective and a practical insight to the topic. Having published 4 novels with ...
Leah Swann "Killing Your Darlings"
June 12, 2020 04:04 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBTHE CONVO COUCH IS BACK! with 2 fantastic chats. First up Pamela Cook chats to author, Leah Swann, about her gripping new novel "Sheer Water" and how she had to make the choice to kill all of her darlings in the process of writing it. Then Pam talks Kel through what Authors are earning in Australia, or more realistically, what they are not. From advances and international sales to the pros and cons financially of traditional vs indie publishing, they touch on it all. In fact they got so d...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Vikki Holstein "Breaking Storm"
June 11, 2020 03:11 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBVIKKI HOLSTEIN launches her DEBUT NOVEL "Breaking Storm" Kelsey's sole purpose in life is to keep four-year-old Pipa safe. Conceived in a violent, drug-induced rampage, Pipa is being hunted by the man responsible. He wants her dead, and no matter how far Kelsey and Pipa run, the brewing storm is never far behind. Protection lies in Kelsey's hometown of White Wattle Creek in the form of Ethan, the man who'd always been her safe place. The one she loved. And the one who broke her heart. But ...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Charlotte Nash "On a Starlit Ocean"
May 25, 2020 18:49 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBCHARLOTTE NASH launches her new book "ON A STARLIT OCEAN" An island medical romance with a hint of gothic mystery, from Australia's much-loved author of THE HORSEMAN and SAVING YOU Erin Jacobs spent the last four years on racing yachts, working for outrageously wealthy owners in glittering regattas around the world. She hasn't been home in all that time, carrying the unspeakable secret of her father's mysterious disappearance offshore. But when her sister Skye begs her to return home to Gr...
Indigo Perry "Darkfall"
May 24, 2020 01:26 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBINDIGO PERRY launches her memoir "Darkfall" Darkfall is a potent and unforgettable work of compelling writing about an adolescence lived in an Australian country town in the 1980s: desolate, dusty and bleak. Indigo Perry's narrative is a journey of grief, arranged around a score of music from alternative and post-punk sources, music unavailable outside cities in an age before the internet. This music, she contends, provides an imagined soundtrack, a ballast, for her isolation. Darkfall id...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Indigo Perry "Darkfall"
May 24, 2020 01:26 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBINDIGO PERRY launches her memoir "Darkfall" Darkfall is a potent and unforgettable work of compelling writing about an adolescence lived in an Australian country town in the 1980s: desolate, dusty and bleak. Indigo Perry's narrative is a journey of grief, arranged around a score of music from alternative and post-punk sources, music unavailable outside cities in an age before the internet. This music, she contends, provides an imagined soundtrack, a ballast, for her isolation. Darkfall id...
Carol Lefevre "Writing Instinctually"
May 16, 2020 06:24 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBWhen Pamela Cook chatted to Carol Lefevre about her newly released Novella "Murmurations" for "The Book Launch," she had no idea it would inspire an entire "Convo Couch" episode based on the idea of writing instinctually from points of inspiration. In this episode Carol talks about the inspirations behind her latest book and how she follows her instincts in the writing process. Following the interview, Pam goes deeper with Kel about her own writing instincts around the book she is currently w...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Annabet Ousback "Red Herrings for Breakfast"
May 15, 2020 03:07 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBAnnabel Ousback launches her memoir "Red herrings for Breakfast" This beautifully written Australian story traces the history of brother and sister Annabet and Anders Ousback, who grew up living in the now iconic boatshed at Balmoral Beach in the 1950s. While it seemed idyllic, their lives were anything but. They were raised under the care of their overbearing, violent Swedish father and strict, emotionally distant mother, both of whom were unsupportive of the children’s creativity and talent...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Amani Haydar "Sweatshop Women Volume 2"
May 12, 2020 19:51 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBWriter, Artist, Lawyer and Activist, Amani Haydar, launches "Sweatshop Women Volume 2" Sweatshop Women is an exciting and contemporary collection of prose and poetry written by women from Indigenous, migrant and refugee backgrounds. In this second volume, Australia’s most urgent new voices return to reclaim their stories of culture, sovereignty and diaspora. Featuring: Christine Afoa, Sydnye Allen, Maryam Azam, Ferdous Bahar, Flordeliz Bonifacio, Shankari Chandran, Janette Chen, Cindy El Say...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Hayley Katzen "Untethered"
May 11, 2020 20:05 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBHayley Katzen launches her memoir "Untethered" When urban academic Hayley Katzen moves to a remote Australian cattle property to live with her farmer girlfriend, she hopes, at last, to find home. But this is no happy-ever-after tree change. Lecture halls, law reform and the arts are replaced with castrating calves, shovelling manure, fire-fighting and anti-gas blockades. In a place that attracts people who live by their own rules, Hayley must confront her limitations and preconceptions to fo...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Mel A Rowe "Caked in Dust"
May 05, 2020 19:24 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBMel. A. Rowe launches the 3rd book in the , "Caked in Dust" Elsie Creek Series A shy kitchenhand. A sultry ex-fireman. And a town’s tradition is about to be tested… There’ll be no escaping her reputation now, not when Lucy’s hopes of running her own kitchen are derailed by the new guy, Jax. In minutes, he’s managed to stir up the locals and condemn an institution—leaving Lucy jobless! Bound by a promise to bury his past, Jax’s outback survival is off to an uneasy start as he tries to renovate...
Claire. G. Coleman "Drawing on the Past to Write the Future"
May 03, 2020 19:40 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBToday on the Convo Couch Kel chats with acclaimed speculative fiction author Claire G Coleman. Claire describes herself as a Noongar woman whose family have belonged to the south coast of Western Australia since long before history started being recorded. She writes fiction, essays and poetry while (mostly) traveling around the continent now called Australia in a ragged caravan towed by an ancient troopy"" Claire is the author of and , both speculative fiction novels steeped in devastating ...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Lisa Ireland "The Secret Life of Shirley Sullivan"
May 01, 2020 05:24 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBLisa Ireland Launches her new book "The Secret Life of Shirley Sullivan" The Secret Life of Shirley Sullivan is a charming, nostalgic and heart-warming story for women of any age – and it all begins when 79-year-old Shirley kidnaps husband from his nursing home for one final adventure . . . ‘Elderly. Is that how the world sees me? A helpless little old lady? If only they knew. I allow myself a small smirk.’ When Shirley Sullivan signs her 83-year-old husband, Frank, out of the Sunset Lodge N...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Rachael Johns "Something to Talk About"
April 28, 2020 20:03 - 25 minutes - 23 MBRachael Johns launches her latest rural romance "Something to Talk About" It’s the opposite of love at first sight…or is it? Dairy farmer Tabitha Cooper-Jones has a heart of gold, yet she’s the eternal bridesmaid. Everyone’s best mate. Despite facing some serious challenges over the years, she’s built a successful ice-cream business and cafe, she’s adored by her family and is an integral part of her hometown – there’s just one thing missing from her life. But the last thing Tab wants is a ma...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Sulari Gentill "After She Wrote Him"
April 27, 2020 20:13 - 18 minutes - 17 MBSulari Gentill Launches "After She Wrote Him" “This mystery won the 2018 Ned Kelly Award under the title Crossing the Lines.Now available in the United States, it’s a twisted masterpiece about writing and the loss of identity while writing. The disturbing examination of obsession and loss will appeal to readers of literary novels and introspective books about the writing process.”Library Journal If you get lost in a book, be sure you can find your way back... Madeleine d'Leon doesn't know whe...
ANATOMY OF A NOVEL - Charlotte Wood "Character and Voice"
April 27, 2020 06:15 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBBest selling, globally acclaimed, Stella Award winning Author, Charlotte Wood, talks to Kel about writing character and voice. Going into detail about how she wrote the wonderfully complex characters and relationships from her most recent success "The Weekend." SHOW NOTES: Writes4Womenwww.writes4women.comFacebook @writes4womenTwitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast W4W Patreonhttps://www.writes4women.com/support-us-on-patreon Charlotte Woodhttps://www.charlottewood.com.auFacebook @charlottewoodau Pa...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Sonya Bates "Inheritance of Secrets"
April 22, 2020 20:49 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBSonya Bates launched her adult novel "Inheritance of Secrets" A brutal murder. A wartime promise. A quest for the truth. Kate Furnivall meets Caroline Overington in a gripping, page-turning mystery. No matter how far you run, the past will always find you. Juliet's elderly grandparents are killed in their Adelaide home. Who would commit such a heinous crime - and why? The only clue is her grandfather Karl's missing signet ring.When Juliet's estranged sister, Lily, returns in fear for her life...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Candice Fox "Gathering Dark"
April 21, 2020 21:28 - 29 minutes - 27 MBCandice Fox launches "Gathering DarK" From Australia's most exciting and original crime writer comes another electrifying thriller, set in Los Angeles, introducing a new – and decidedly unconventional – team of 'detectives'.A convicted killer. A gifted thief. A vicious crime boss. A disillusioned cop. Together they’re a missing girl's only hope. Blair Harbour, once a wealthy, respected surgeon in Los Angeles, is now an ex-con down on her luck. She’s determined to keep her nose clean to win ba...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Kate Forster "Starting Over at Acorn Cottage"
April 19, 2020 06:42 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBKate Forster launches her new book "Starting over at Acorn Cottage" 'Charming and totally absorbing ... I could not put this down!' Holly Martin. Buying a thatched cottage in the country may not be the usual cure for a broken heart. But after Clara Maxwell finds out her boyfriend and best friend have been sneaking around behind her back, packing her bags and leaving everything in London behind feels like it's the only way forward. Clara knew Acorn Cottage would be a fixer-upper... Yet in per...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH - Fleur McDonald "Red Dirt Country"
April 19, 2020 03:33 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBBest selling, rural crime author, Fleur McDonald launches "Red Dirty Country." Returning to Perth after a near-fatal undercover case in outback Queensland, Dave Burrows, now a Detective Senior Constable in the stock squad, receives an ultimatum from his deeply unhappy wife, Melinda. Before Dave and Mel’s problems can be resolved, Dave is sent to the far north of Australia on a stock theft investigation. He finds two cattle stations deep in a complex underbelly of racial divide, family secrets...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH: Lisa Walker "The Girl with the Gold Bikini"
April 18, 2020 06:15 - 17 minutes - 16 MBLisa Walker launches her 2nd YA novel "The Girl with the Gold Bikini" Whenever I see a girl with a gold bikini, I think of Princess Leia. Here on the Gold Coast, gold bikinis are common, so I think of Princess Leia a lot. Eighteen-year-old Olivia Grace has deferred her law degree and ducked out of her friends' gap-year tour of Asia. Instead, she's fulfilling her childhood dream of becoming a private investigator, following in the footsteps of Nancy Drew and Veronica Mars - who taught her ever...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH: Karina Kilmore "Where the Truth Lies"
April 18, 2020 03:28 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBKarina Kilmore launches her debut novel "Where the Truth Lies" She was slipping away. The further she fell, the closer the clouds seemed to come. Wispy transparent slipstreams of white. Cirrus. Pain smashed her head. Floating … When investigative journalist Chrissie O’Brian lands a senior job at , she is desperate to escape the nightmares of her past. Her life has become a daily battle to numb the pain. But her job is something she can do better than anyone else – and the only thing that kee...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH: J P Powell "The Brisbane Line"
April 18, 2020 02:41 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBJudy Powell launches her first foray into crime fiction "The Brisbane Line" As WWII ravages the world and the Japanese Empire has set its sights on Australia, the Americans have come to save us. But not all soldiers are heroes and not all heroes are soldiers.Sergeant Joe Washington, a US Military Police, loves music and photography but spends his days delving into the sordid and petty crimes committed by the thousands of American troops passing through town. While trying to find stolen gasoli...
Sophie Masson "Celebrating 30 Years"
April 17, 2020 11:59 - 1 hour - 70.7 MB30 years ago Sophie Masson's dream of becoming a published author came true...twice! Now she has written over 70 books from Picture Books all the way through to Adult Fiction, across many genres and in different languages. Many of her books have been met with acclaim, shortlistings and awards. Sophie is also the founding partner and publishing director of Christmas Press AND in 2019 was awarded an Order of Australia Medal. In this episode Sophie joins Kel on the convo couch to talk in depth a...
Suzanne Leal "The Deceptions"
April 11, 2020 08:34 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBSuzanne Leal is on the convo couch chatting with Pam about writing her new book "The Deceptions" Inspired by a true story of wartime betrayal, is a searing, compassionate tale of love and duplicity-and family secrets better left buried.The Deceptions Show Notes: Writes4Womenwww.writes4women.comFacebook @writes4womenTwitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast W4W Patreonhttps://www.writes4women.com/support-us-on-patreon Suzanne Lealhttp://suzanneleal.comFacebook @suzanne.authorTwitter @suzanne_leal Pamel...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH: Julia Newbould "The Joy of Money"
April 09, 2020 20:48 - 17 minutes - 16 MBJulia Newbould launches her book with Kate McCallum "The Joy of Money" Money isn't just about money. It's about security. It's about choices - to live our lives the way we want. It's about everything money enables you to do and just as importantly what it allows you not to do. Money is complex. Women know that they need to be smart about money, but are often stopped short- they don't know where to go, how to start, or who to trust. They feel that most material on money is skin-deep - it's eit...
W4W BOOK LAUNCH Fiona Lowe "Just an Ordinary Family"
April 08, 2020 22:50 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBLiane Moriarty meets Jodi Picoult in this tensely negotiated story of family ties, betrayal and sacrifice. Every family has its secrets...Alice Hunter is smarting from the raw deal life has thrown her way: suddenly single, jobless and forced to move home to her parents' tiny seaside town. And now she faces an uncomfortable truth. She wants her twin sister Libby's enviable life. Libby's closest friend Jess Dekic has been around the Hunter family for so long she might as well be blood. She's al...
W4w BOOK LAUNCH - Christine Bell "No Small Shame"
April 06, 2020 19:44 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBCHRISTINE BELL chats to Kel about launching her debut novel "NO SMALL SHAME" Australia, 1914. The world is erupting in war. Jobs are scarce and immigrants unwelcome. For young Catholic Mary O’Donnell, this is not the new life she imagined. When one foolish night of passion leads to an unexpected pregnancy and a loveless marriage, Mary’s reluctant husband Liam escapes to the trenches. With her overbearing mother attempting to control her every decision, Mary flees to Melbourne determined to b...
W4W Book Launch - Sarah Glass and Jessica Fowler "Love the Foods...that Set You Free"
April 06, 2020 08:58 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBSARAH GLASS and daughter, JESSICA FOWLER launch their book "LOVE THE FOODS...that set you free". A comprehensive easy-to-read guide that takes readers on a step-by-step journey to good gut health and thereby improved overall health, and weight loss with no calorie counting. The book follows the real life story of the main author through this journey and leads the reader through new medical research by reputable medical sources from across the world, pulling together a wealth of information i...