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A monthly podcast featuring authors and their books. Established in 2025, Season 1 of Kelly's Writerly Q&A is complete at 23 episodes and season 2 is set to be even better!
With the introduction of Pictures and Pages, a spin-off series brought to you by Amy Freund, that focuses on industry professionals, Kelly's Writerly Q&A has double the content to share in 2026!
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Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a podcast that celebrates authors and their books! I'm your host, Kelly Sgroi, writer, reader, and soccer mum. Listen to my 24th episode where I chat to Jo Dixon, best-selling Tasmanian-based author of twisty, suspenseful stories, such as your multi-award-winning debut, The House of Now and Then, and her latest, A Disappearing Act, which came out in October 2025. We discuss: How Jo refers to this book as the one that nearly broke herImposter syndromePitchi...
Welcome to Pictures & Pages with Amy Freund, a Kelly's Writerly Q&A Podcast spin-off series that takes you behind the scenes of the Australian publishing industry! Listen to Amy's 1st episode where she chats to Andy Warren, the award-winning book designer of The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams and Affirm Press and many more books published by Hardie Grant Books, Bonnier Publishing Australia, Five Mile, and Harper Collins Australia. He's the designer behind so many books for all ...
FROM THE ARCHIVES 🎙️ Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 23rd episode where I chat to Donna M Cameron, an AWGIE-nominated radio dramatist, award-winning playwright and short film writer. Her first novel, Beneath the Mother Tree, was published in 2018. Her second novel, The Rewilding, was published in 2024 and was shortlisted in the 25th Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards. An important read! Then I take a look back on some key tips on cour...
FROM THE ARCHIVES 🎙️ Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 22nd episode where I chat to Kim Ulrick, supernatural writer inspired by life growing up in the courntry and working with law enforcement and national agencies. Her debut novel, Bad Country will appeal to fans of Picnic At Hanging Rock. We discuss: POVKim's writing processHow it feels to get an agent and not be able to land a big five publishing dealKim's next bookWhat has influ...
FROM THE ARCHIVES 🎙 Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 21st episode where I chat to Liz Foster, women's fiction author of The Good Woman's Guide to Making Better Choices. We discuss: What it's like to have a book come out in DecemberHow Liz manages to get words down while she's at workPOVThe Australian Writers Centre coursesThank you for listening! *If you enjoy this podcast, please consider buying me a Ko-fi. Your support, big or sm...
Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly podcast! Listen to my 20th episode where I chat to Emma Mugglestone, contemporary romance author of In The Long Run. A fake dating rom com that will make you hungry to excercise and then have you eating a crossiant afterwards. We discuss: Signing with Penguin!How this book is making readers hungry.What's the book about?The opening scene that drew me in immediately!All the layers and charcter details that make this book shine.Emma's amazing public...
Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 19th episode where I chat to Clare Griffin, historical fiction author and the fabulous host of her Instagram Live Sunday Sessions. These author interviews are full of bookish insight and warm conversation! We discuss: What Clare is currently writingRejectionHow Clare started interviewing authorsWhat technical difficulties we encounter recording interviewsHow we find guestsWhat we have learned by int...
FROM THE ARCHIVES 🎙 Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 18th episode where I chat to Valerie G Miller, historical fiction author of There's Something About You, Olivia Bennet. This book will appeal to fans of Natasha Lester. We discuss: The high-quality of self-published booksHearing positive feedbackValerie's 3 tips for receiving feedbackEditingWhat it's like to write a column for the RWA!Thank you for listening! *If you enjoy this p...
Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 17th episode where I chat to Shaeden Berry, thriller author of At Cafe 64. This book will appeal to fans of Jodi Picoult. We discuss: Whether Shaeden is a planner or a pansterWhy Shaeden is drawn to highlighting certain charactersHow Shaeden cut this novel down from 120k to 90kWhy Shaeden forces herself to write every Sat and SunThe songs that inspired Shaeden's POV charactersTimers and how great th...
FROM THE ARCHIVES 🎙 Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 16th episode where I chat to R.W.R. McDonald, picture book author of Happy Millionth Birthday. This book is a fun book to read with little kids. We discuss: How Rob got his agentHow Rob uses YouTube for writing tipsRob's favourite writing courseThe importance of mentoringThank you for listening! *If you enjoy this podcast, please consider buying me a Ko-fi. Your support, big or s...
Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! FROM THE ARCHIVES: Listen to my 15th episode where I chat to Amy Freund, picture book author of Amigo The Capybara. This book is perfect to be read to kindergarten kids or for early readers. We discuss: How long did the middle grade manuscript you're querying take to write?As someone who's worked as an editor, what tips do you have for writers perparing a middle grade manuscript?What can you tell me about ghostw...
FROM THE ARCHIVES 🎙️ Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 14th episode where I chat to Casey Nott, contemporary fiction author of Forgotten. This book will appeal to fans of Kylie Orr. We discuss: The Hawkeye PrizeHolly BrunnbauerMedical researchBeta supportDrafting and editingThank you for listening! *If you enjoy this podcast, please consider buying me a Ko-fi. Your support, big or small, will help cover hosting and production costs,...
Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 13th episode where I chat to Eileen O'Hely, middle grade author of graphic novel 50 Ways To Die In Space. This book will appeal to fans of Aaron Blabey's, The Bad Guys. We discuss: How Eileen worked humour into this book.Who is the ideal reader?The illustrator!Other 50 Ways To Die books that are in the works!How ideas come to Eileen.And the puppets Eileen made to level up her author talks!Thank you ...
Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 12th episode where I chat to Tess Woods, commercial fiction author of The Venice Hotel. This book will appeal to fans of The White Lotus TV series. We discuss: How Twilight inspired Tess's 1st manuscriptWriting processHow to get an agentThe successful Festival of Fiction!Thank you for listening! *If you enjoy this podcast, please consider buying me a Ko-fi. Your support, big or small, will help cove...
Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 11th episode where I chat to Jodie Fitzsimons, picture book author of Wombat the Copycat. This book will appeal to fans of Nick Bland’s The Very Cranky Bear. We discuss: • Working under pressure and that end-of-year push • How Jodie approaches picture book writing • Writing on the kitchen table • Giving big ideas a crack...
FROM THE ARCHIVES 🎙 Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 10th episode where I chat to Kylie Orr, the most honest author you'll ever meet. Her second novel, The Eleventh Floor will appeal to fans of Sally Hepworth's, The Soulmate. We discuss: Her striking first line!About the book and synesthesiaWhen readers think your fiction is authorbiagraphicalDrafting and editingThank you for listening! *If you enjoy this podcast, please consider b...
Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! FROM THE ARCHIVES Listen to my 9th episode where I chat to Rachael Johns, 'The Undisputed Queen of Australian Women's Fiction' who's published over 20 novels, including The Other Bridget. This novel will appeal to fans of Bridget Jones's Diary. We discuss: Inciting IncidentsWhy The Other Bridget will appeal to writers and book loversWhat inspired her character, Fabio?How important the characters, Lola and Laura ...
Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my 8th episode where I chat to Holly Brunnbauer, debut rom-com author of What Did I Miss? This novel will appeal to fans of Rachael Johns, The Bad Bridesmaid. We discuss: How it feels to be a debut authorHolly's spectacular book launchTesting ideas with trusted friendsHolly's crazy writing timelineHow to keep going when you have never got a yesThank you for listening! *If you enjoy this podcast, please...
Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my seventh episode. This is another one from the archives, back when I chatted to Lisa Kenway, an anaesthetist and author of the psychological thriller, All You Took From Me. There's still so much value in this chat, as Lisa is full of Writerly tips! Her debut novel is Sons of Anarchy meets Flatliners. We discuss: Lisa's NaNoWriMo experience Rejection How Lisa found her trusted beta readers Thank you f...
Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast! Listen to my sixth episode where I chat to Rhonda Ooi, children's author of I Am Not An Owl!, and Ned Needs To Build. These books will appeal to inquisitive little minds. We discuss: How does it feel to be publishing your 2nd picture book this year? What have you got instore for your Ned author event? Who inspired Ned? What did your year of edits look like? Do you write down ideas? Thank you for listening! *If y...
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