S6 Ep230: Catch Up with Charlotte Wood Plus Featured Book The Body Country by Susie Anderson.

This week, writer and one-time Agony Aunt for the podcast, Charlotte Wood, returns to talk about the creative collaboration involved in the new stage adaptation of her novel The Weekend. Also discussed, Charlotte's forthcoming novel Stone Yard Devotional and her advice to Kate on keeping calm during the book tour rollercoaster. Sydneysiders can see The Weekend at Belvoir St Theatre from August 5 to September 3. Tickets and information here.Our Featured Segment in this episode is brought to you by Hachette and Kate speaks to Wergaia and Wemba Wemba writer Susie Anderson about her debut poetry collection the body country.Susie Anderson's poetry and non-fiction writing about art, artists, memory, place and love has been published widely in print and online. In 2018, she was runner-up in the Overland Poetry Prize and awarded the Emerging Writer’s Fellowship at State Library Victoria; in 2019, she was awarded a Writer’s Victoria Neilma Sidney Grant and was a recipient of the Overland Writers Residency. In 2020, she edited the online journal, Tell Me Like You Mean It Volume 4, for Australian Poetry and Cordite Poetry Review. Anderson was the 2021 black&write fellowship winner. She grew up in Horsham, Victoria and is currently based on Boon Wurrung land.Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter (@thefirsttimepod) or Instagram (@thefirsttimepod).You can support us and the making of Season Six via our Patreon page. Thanks for joining us!