YA Special: Nina Kenwood and Meg Gatland-Veness in Conversation with Jo Riccioni

Today's special episode features THREE Australian YA authors: guest host Jo Riccioni chats to Nina Kenwood and Meg Gatland-Veness about their recent releases, writing processes and finds out their top writing tips for emerging authors. Nina Kenwood is an award-winning Australian writer. Her debut novel, It Sounded Better in My Head won the text prize and was a finalist for the American Library Association's William C. Morris Award. It was a CBCA notable book as well as being shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award and the Queensland Literary Awards, the Russell Prize for Human Writing, the Indie Book Awards and the Australian Book Industry Awards. Nina's second novel Unnecessary Drama, was released in October 2022 and will be published in the US by Flatiron Books in August 2023.  Meg Gatland-Veness is a high school drama teacher who lives on the central coast of New South Wales. She's been writing stories for as long as she can remember and reading them for even longer. Equal to her love of words is her passion for championing local youths and fostering important conversation about issues facing young Australians today. Her first novel I had Such Friends, was published in 2018 by Pantera Press and her second novel When Only One came out this year, just a few months ago, again, published by Pantera. Grab your favourite beverage and enjoy this Convo Couch conversation with Jo, Meg and Nina.   SHOW NOTES: Writes4Women www.writes4women.com Facebook @writes4women Twitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast   W4W Patreon https://www.writes4women.com/support-us-on-patreon   Meg Gatland-Veness Facebook: click here Buy Meg's books here   Nina Kenwood Website: click here Instagram: click here Buy Nina's books here   Jo Riccioni Website: click here Instagram: click here Facebook: click here Buy The Branded here   Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook: click here Twitter: click here  Instagram: click here   This episode produced by Pamela Cook for Writes4Women.      Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/writes4women?fan_landing=trueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit writes4women.substack.com/subscribe