Just like a book club...
...with a writerly twist
Have you ever listened to an author interview and wished you could jump inside the podcast and ask them specific writing craft
questions about their novels?
The Writer’s Book Club podcast lets you do just that.
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Writer’s Book Club is just like a regular book club but each month we’ll take a deep dive into a specific novel from a writing craft perspective.
It's a podcast for people who read books with a writer’s eye and find themselves wishing they could ask the author questions like . . .
“Why did you use flashbacks instead of a dual timeline?”
“What was the most challenging scene to write and why?”
“How did you develop the voice for that character?”
“Did you outline this novel and what was your process?”
Essentially, it’s a no-holds-barred insight into an author’s writing craft and process, applied to a real-life novel.
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Who’s coming?
Up next on the podcast, we have an author whose work spans non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction and children’s novels.
She is the internationally published, award-winning author of 23 books. I’m speaking of the incredible Anita Heiss.
Anita’s novel Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray is one my favourite novels and, talk about the power of fiction; that novel taught me so much about indigenous and colonial history. I'd go so far as to say that every Australian should read it and I really hope it's being studied in schools. In this episode, we are going to be discussing Anita's latest novel Dirrayawadha.
ABOUT DIRRAYAWADHA
Bathurst, 1820s
Miinaa was a young girl when the white ghosts first arrived. She remembers the day they raised a piece of cloth and renamed her homeland 'Bathurst'. Now she lives at Cloverdale and works for a white family who have settled there.
The Nugents are kind, but Miinaa misses her miyagan. His brother, Windradyne, is a Wiradyuri leader, and visits when he can, bringing news of unrest across their ngurambang. Miinaa hopes the violence will not come to Cloverdale.
When Irish convict Daniel O'Dwyer arrives at the settlement, Miinaa's life is transformed again. The pair are magnetically drawn to each other and begin meeting at the bila in secret. Dan understands how it feels to be displaced, but they still have a lot to learn about each other. Can their love survive their differences and the turmoil that threatens to destroy everything around them?
From the bestselling author of Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) comes another groundbreaking historical novel about resistance, resilience and love during the frontier wars.
Send in your writing questions for Anita either in the comments or DM on Instagram or Facebook or fill out this form by 21st November 2024.
COMPETITION
If you’d like to win a copy of Dirrayawadha head over to the Writers Book Club Instagram or Facebook to enter. Entries close on 21st November 2024.
How it works
1…
Read each month’s chosen novel.
2…
Send in your questions via our Instagram or Facebook by the 15th of the month. The more specific your questions the better (paragraph highlighting and margin scribbling encouraged!)
3…
I’ll ask the author as many of your questions as possible in the interview, diving deep into plot, characters, research, structure, voice and all manner of crafty goodness - whatever YOU want to know.
4…
The episode will be released in the first week of the following month on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.
Pop your earbuds in and soak up all the excellent writerly wisdom from our guest author.
You’ll come away with practical tips, as applied to a real novel, which you can apply to your own writing. If you’re a reader, this will give you a sneaky peek behind the scenes of how a novel is actually written.
Your host
Michelle Barraclough is a writer, blogger and very chatty woman who started this podcast as a way to legitimately indulge her passion for talking about all things writing with her favourite people (well, the ones who don’t rely on her for hot meals and piggybacks over hot sand) - writers!
Contact
michelle@writersbookclubpodcast.com
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