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Novel Experience
by Kate Sawyer
A podcast about writing and books for anyone who reads, writes or dreams of being published. Guest authors, from across form and genres, all at different stages in their careers, generously give an insight into how they write, why they write and their journeys to, through and beyond publication. Host is Kate Sawyer, award winning author of The Stranding & This Family. https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast Hosted by Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/novel-experience
Episodes
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Minisode 60 - Jennie Godfrey - stoking creativity
Guest Author: Jennie Godfrey Twitter: @jennieg_author Instagram: @jennie.godfrey Book: The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our...
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Minisode 59 - Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow - breaking through writer's block
Guest Author: Viktoria Lloyd Barlow Book: All The Little Bird Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes:...
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Minisode 58 - Margaret Wilkerson Sexton - advice to unpublished authors
Guest Author: Margaret Wilkerson Sexton Twitter: @MWilkers13 IG: @mwilkers13 Books: On The Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our...
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Minisode 56 - Madeleine Gray - breaking through writer's block
Guest Author: Madeleine Gray Twitter: @gray_madeleine_ IG: @madeleine_gray_ Books: Green Dot by Madeleine Gray Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes:...
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Minisode 55 - Lavie Tidhar - breaking through writer's block
Guest Author: Lavie Tidhar Twitter: @lavietidhar IG: @lavietidhar Books: https://www.waterstones.com/author/lavie-tidhar/60967 Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our...
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Minisode 54 - Aube Rey Lescure - stoking creativity and breaking through blocks
Guest Author: Aube Rey Lescure Twitter: @aubereylescure IG: @aubenoisette Books: River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length...
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Minisode 53 - Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ - advice before publication
Guest Author: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Twitter: @ayobamiadebayo IG: @ayobamiadebayo Books: Stay With Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this...
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Minisode 52 - Priscilla Morris - stoking creativity and breaking through blocks
Guest Author: Priscilla Morris IG: @priscillamorriswriter Books: Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes:...
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Minisode 51 - Marianne Levy - advice before publishing a memoir
Marianne Levy, author of DON’T FORGET TO SCREAM shares the advice she’d give herself if she could talk to herself before she published her memoir. Guest Author: Marianne Levy Twitter: @MarianneLevy IG: https://www.instagram.com/mariannelevy8/ Books: Don’t Forget To Scream by Marianne Levy Host:...
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Minisode 50 - Lauren Mackenzie - tips for creativity and breaking through blocks
Guest Author: Lauren Mackenzie Twitter: @Lulumack57 IG: @57lulum Books: The Couples by Lauren Mackenzie Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes:...
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Minisode 49 - Julia Boggio - the advice she'd have given herself before she self-published
Guest Author: Julia Boggio Twitter: @juliaboggio IG: @juliaboggio Books: Shooters by Julia Boggio, Chasing the Light by Julia Boggio Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our...
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Minisode 48 - Olivia Ford - advice to her prepublished self
Guest Author: Olivia Ford Twitter: @_OliviaFord IG: @OliviaJaneFord Books: Mrs Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length…
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Series 8 Episode 12 - Jennie Godfrey author of The List of Suspicious Things
Sunday Times Bestselling, Jennie Godfrey author of the runaway hit debut The List of Suspicious Things Jennie chats about: How she used her diaries and life experience in the writing of her best selling debut How the entire plot for The List of Suspicious Things fell into her head during a dog…
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Minisode 47 - Rosie Andrews - getting unstuck in your writing
Guest Author: Rosie Andrews Twitter: Books: The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews, The Puzzle Wood by Rosie Andrews Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes:...
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Series 8 Episode 11 - Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow author of All The Little Bird Hearts
Booker Prize Longlisted 2024 author, Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow author of All The Little Bird Hearts Viktoria chats about: How returning to education as an adult led to the writing of her debut novel Writing an autistic main character using her own experiences of being autistic and how that can differ...
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Minisode 46 - Margaret Meyer - tips to stoke creativity & break through writers block
Guest Author: Margaret Meyer IG: @MargaretMeyer_Author Books: The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes:...
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Series 8 Episode 10 Aube Rey Lescure author of River East, River West
Women’s Prize 2024 Longlisted author, Aube Rey Lescure author of River East, River West Aube chats about: How being selective about perspective was one of the most important parts of the process in crafting her novel How her debut contains and was inspired by autobiographical events Writing and...
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Minisode 45 - Eva Verde - the advice she'd have given herself before publication
Guest Author: Eva Verde Twitter: @EvaKinder IG: @EvaKinderWrites Books: In Bloom by Eva Verde, Lives Like Mine by Eva Verde Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length...
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S8 Ep9 Shubnum Khan author of The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years
Shubnum Khan, author of The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years Shubnum chats about: How the South African publishing scene differs from other markets How long it took for the ideas for her second novel to coalesce Writing about the place where she grew up and lives (Durban) How she undertook writing...
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Minisode 44 - Jodie Matthews - advice for breaking through blocks
Guest Author: Jodie Matthews Twitter: @JodieRMatthews IG: @JodieRhianMatthews Books: Meet Me At The Surface by Jodie Matthews Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our…
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S8 Ep8 Margaret Wilkerson Sexton author of ON THE ROOFTOP
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, award-winning author of Reece’s Book Club pick ON THE ROOFTOP Margaret chats about: Her background as a lawyer, but how she was actually an author before she trained to do that… Being inspired by Fiddler on The Roof The different techniques she has employed to research...
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Minisode 43- Lauren Mckenzie - stoking creativity
Lauren Mckenzie, author of THE COUPLES shares her top tips for getting unstuck in her writing. Guest Author: Lauren Mckenzie Twitter: @lulmac57 IG: @57lulum Books: The Couples by Lauren Mckenzie Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This...
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Minisode 42 - Araminta Hall - advice before publication
Guest Author: Araminta Hall Twitter: @AramintaHall IG: @aramintahall Books: One of The Good Guys by Araminta Hall Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes:...
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S8 Ep7 Matt Coyne author of Frank & Red
Matt Coyne, the man behind @ManVsBaby and author of Frank & Red. Matt chats about: How it was the first weeks of fatherhood that led him back to the writing he had loved at school The difference in writing his non-fiction books to crafting a novel How he studied other novels to understand what he...
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Minisode 41 - Tracy Sierra - advice to authors pre-publication
Tracy Sierra, author of NIGHT WATCHING shares the advice she’d give to her pre-published self. Guest Author: Tracy Sierra Twitter: @tsierraauthor IG: @tsierraauthor Books: Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer &...
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S8 Ep6 Madeleine Gray author of Green Dot
Author and Journalist, Madeleine Gray, author of GREEN DOT. Madeleine chats about: Writing to celebrate the mistress Her background working as an arts critic and bookseller Her PHD and how it might relate to her debut novel What she thinks about the label ‘Sad Girl Novel’ Madeleine’s reading...
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Minisode 40 - Kate Brody - advice before publication
Guest Author: Kate Brody Twitter: @katebrodyauthor IG: @katebrodyauthor Books: Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes:...
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S8 Ep5 Lavie Tidhar author of Adama
Lavie Tidhar, author of too many books to mention, but most recently MAROR and ADAMA, which will soon be joined by the third instalment of this thematic trilogy, SIX LIVES. Lavie chats about: Writing in different genres and the difference of publishing in each Discovering writing through his...
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Minsode 39 - Hester Musson - tips for getting unstuck in your writing
Guest Author: Hester Musson Twitter: @hestermusson IG: @hestermusson Books: The Beholders by Hester Musson Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes:...
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S8 Ep4 Huma Qureshi author of Playing Games
Author, journalist and writing course creator, Huma Qureshi author of PLAYING GAMES Huma chats about: The difference between her memoir, her short stories and her debut novel being published. Her background as a journalist How she manages her writing around her family Writing about sisters,...
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Minisode 38 - CJ Wray - tips for getting unstuck in your writing
CJ Wray, author of THE EXCITEMENTS shares her advice to getting unstuck in your writing. Guest Author: CJ Wray Twitter: @chrissymanby IG: @cjwrayauthor Books: The Excitements by CJ Wray Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If…
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S8 Ep3 Priscilla Morris author of Black Butterflies
Women’s Prize, RSL Ondaatje Prize, Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize and Nota Bene Prize shortlisted author Priscilla Morris, author of BLACK BUTTERFLIES. Priscilla chats about: How living in Brazil finally gave her the confidence to write Being inspired…
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Minisode 37 - Rajasree Variyar - tips on creativity & breaking through writer's block
Rajasree Variyar author of THE DAUGHTERS OF MADURAI Guest: Rajasree Variyar Twitter: @raji_warrior IG: @raji_warrior Books: The Daughters of Madurai Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do...
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S8 Ep2 Rosie Andrews author of The Leviathan
Rosie Andrews, bestselling author of THE LEVIATHAN and the forthcoming THE PUZZLE WOOD Rosie chats about: How her years of teaching experience before she started writing feeds into her novels How she keeps genre at the front of her mind when crafting her work Why she starts writing in the middle…
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Minisode 36 - Amy Engel - tips for stoking creativity & breaking through writer's block
Amy Engel author of I DID IT FOR YOU Guest Author: Amy Engel IG: @amyengelauthor Twitter: @aengelwrites Books: I Did It For You by Amy Engel Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check…
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S8 Ep1 Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ author of A Spell of Good Things
Booker, Wellcome Book and Women’s Prize shortlisted; Future Awards Africa, Prix Les Afriques & 9mobile Prize winning, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, author of A SPELL OF GOOD THINGS and STAY WITH ME. Ayọ̀bámi chats about: How she visualises the structure of her novels as she writes them. Why she chose to…
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Minisode 35 - Phoebe Morgan - advice for yet to be published authors
Editor, publisher and bestselling author Phoebe Morgan, author of THE WILD GIRLS. Guest Author: Phoebe Morgan Twitter: @Phoebe_A_Morgan IG: @phoebeannmorgan Books: THE WILD GIRLS by Phoebe Morgan, THE BABYSITTER by Phoebe Morgan, THE GIRL NEXT DOOR by Phoebe Morgan, THE DOLL HOUSE by Phoebe…
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Novel Experience X Not Too Busy To Write - Episode Swap!
Something a little different this week...an episode swap with Not Too Busy To Write. I'm a big fan of Penny Wincer's podcast and I was delighted to be her guest back in October. And I'm really pleased to share that episode here today. Not only is it a great opportunity to draw your attention to...
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Minisode 34 - Lizzie Huxley-Jones - tips for stoking creativity
Lizzie Huxley-Jones, author of MAKE YOU MINE THIS CHRISTMAS gives their top three tips to stoke creativity when they're feeling stuck in their writing. Guest Author: Lizzie Huxley-Jones Twitter: @littlehux IG: @littlehux Books: Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones Host: Kate Sawyer...
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Christmas Special with Karen Swan & Jenny Bayliss
A Christmas Special with Karen Swan author of eleven Christmas novels, including her most recent, CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT and Jenny Bayliss author of four Christmas novels, including her most recent, A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER. Karen, Jenny and I have a wonderful, festive chat about: The jobs they…
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Minisode 33 - Saima Mir - advice to yet to be published authors
Journalist and bestselling author Saima Mir, author of THE KHAN. Guest Author: Saima Mir Twitter: @SaimaMir IG: @ben_raf_remy Books: The Khan by Saima Mir Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode'…
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S7 Ep12 Lauren Mackenzie author of The Couples
Lauren Mackenzie, screenwriter and author of the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year shortlisted debut The Couples. Lauren chats about: Why she expanded her writing from screenwriting to prose. Why she thinks it is important to write about ‘how we live now’ Choosing to set her debut during…
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Minisode 32 - Hannah Gold - advice to yet to be published authors
Bestselling children’s author and winner of the Waterstones and Blue Peter awards Hannah Gold, author of THE LAST BEAR, THE LOST WHALE & her new follow-up to her award winning debut FINDING BEAR. Guest Author: Hannah Gold Twitter: @HGold_author IG: @hannahgold_author Books: THE LAST BEAR by…
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S7 Ep11 Marianne Levy author of Don't Forget To Scream
Marianne Levy, arts journalist, children’s author and author of DON’T FORGET TO SCREAM: UNSPOKEN TRUTHS ABOUT MOTHERHOOD. Marianne chats about: The unusual route to her memoir being published How writing non-fiction is like unknotting a necklace The reason she thinks her degree in theology…
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Minisode 31 Hema Sukumar - tips to stoke creativity & break through writer's block
Hema Sukumar, author of MINOR DISTURBANCES AT GRAND LIFE APARTMENTS. Guest Author: Hema Sukumar Twitter: @Hema_Sukumar IG: @hemasukumarwrites Books: MINOR DISTURBANCES AT GRAND LIFE APARTMENTS by Hema Sukumar Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate...
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S7 Ep10 Julia Boggio author of Chasing The Light
Julia Boggio, author of SHOOTERS & CHASING THE LIGHT. Julia chats about: How she made the decision to self-publish with her agent & what she has learned through that process How branding is her superpower How dancing to Dirty Dancing at her wedding catapulted her photography business to new…
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Minisode 30 - Alexandra Potter - advice to authors writing their 3rd/4th/5th...etc book!
Bestselling author Alexandra Potter, author of CONFESSIONS OF A FORTY SOMETHING F***-UP & MORE CONFESSIONS OF A FORTY SOMETHING F***-UP. Guest Author: Alexandra Potter IG: @alexandrapotter Books: MORE CONFESSIONS OF A FORTY SOMETHING F***-UP by Alexandra Potter, ONE GOOD THING by Alexandra…
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S7 Ep9 Margaret Meyer author of The Witching Tide
Margaret Meyer, author of THE WITCHING TIDE. Guest chats about: How a trip to the seaside sparked the idea for her debut novel Why she decided to centre a non-speaking character, in order to give victims a voice Centering working class and older characters in her writing How the imagined village…
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Minisode 29 - Celina Baljeet Basra - advice for stoking creativity & breaking through writer's block
Celina Baljeet Basra author of HAPPY Guest: Celina Baljeet Basra Twitter: @CelinaBasra IG: @celinabasra .Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes Novel...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast about writing and books for anyone who reads, writes or dreams of being published.
Guest authors, from across form and genres, all at different stages in their careers, generously give an insight into how they write, why they write and their journeys to, through and beyond publication.
Host is Kate Sawyer, award winning author of The Stranding & This Family.
https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast
Hosted by Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/novel-experience
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