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S1 E4 Melanie Saward: On Genre-Hopping: From Romance to YA

S1 E4 Melanie Saward: On Genre-Hopping: From Romance to YA

Update: 2025-02-13
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Melanie Saward is a proud Bigambul and Wakka Wakka woman and a writer, editor, academic and 'publishing all rounder'. Her debut novel Burn was published in 2023 and her first romantic comedy novel, Love Unleashed, was published in 2024. Her newest work, A Good Kind of Trouble, is a heart-warming collaborative project with Brooke Blurton full of high-school longing, friendship and footy. In this episode, Melanie shares her knowledge of the industry, what it means to be a writer online today, finding literary community, the co-writing process, and hopping from one genre to another. 

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S1 E4 Melanie Saward: On Genre-Hopping: From Romance to YA

S1 E4 Melanie Saward: On Genre-Hopping: From Romance to YA

Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing