Kate and Katherine Catch up + FEATURED BOOK Out of Breath by Anna Snoekstra

Kate is home and insufferably glowy after her residency, handing in her MS and the fabulous Verb Wellington festival. Katherine is 'very happy for her.' Lots of mentions this ep, including:  Verb Wellington Bad Diaries Salon Meeting Behrouz Boochani - author of No Friend but the Mountains and his new book Freedom, Only Freedom Esther Perel in Where Should We Begin. Heather Rose - Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here Nagi Maehashi - RecipeTin Eats Dinner Allen C Jones - Her Death Was Also Water Coco Solid - How to Loiter in a Turf War Dr Hinemoa Elder - Wawata, Moon Dreaming Kate de Goldi - Eddy, Eddy The Mysterious Bendict Society Katherine is speaking with Allen C Jones at Eltham Bookshop, Nov Thursday 17th. 6.30pm about his new novel Her Death Was Also Water. Kate will be in Sydney for Writing NSW Talking the Talk Wed 23rd November. 6.30pm. Bookings here.

This episode our featured book segment is brought to you by Harlequin and we are delighted to be talking to Anna Snoekstra about her new novel OUT OF BREATH. 

Anna Snoekstra is an award-winning author and screenwriter who lives in Naarm/Melbourne. She is the author of Only Daughter, Little Secrets and The Spite Game. Her novels have been published in over twenty countries and sixteen languages. She has written for The Guardian, Meanjin and LitHub and had short fiction published in The Saturday Paper and The Griffith Review. Her new novel Out of Breath is out now. Her first audio drama, This Isn’t Happening, is out with Audible early 2023.

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