Season 2, Episode 6 As an introduction, Mike Coles is a lawyer, writer, and the main man behind the wonderful app Choose Your Reader. This app is where children can not only choose the story they want to hear but choose the family member that reads it to them! Firstly, Mike tells me the story […]
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Find your Passion with Eve McDonnell
Season 2, Episode 5 Eve McDonnell is an Irish children’s author, artist and an all-round fantastic person. She is the author of Elsetime, a middle-grade fantasy book that tells the story of Needle, Glory and their mutual pet crow. The novel launched in September 2020, and Eve and I spoke about what it was like […]
From the Air Force to the Page with Bob Cubitt
Season 1, Episode 5 Bob Cubitt is the author of over 22 books in a huge variety of genres, from military fiction to science fiction. I was delighted when Bob reached out to be on the show, as he has such an interesting life story. Bob grew up in a military family, and then went […]
How to be Funny with Ross Young
Season 2, Episode 4 Ross Young is the author of two books set in Gloomwood, his name for the afterlife. Dead Heads, came out eleven years ago, with Ross’ second book, Get Ted Dead, having come out just last year. He also creates very short stories and tweets them out daily using the hashtag #vss. […]
Listen to your Inner Ding with Jennifer Benson
Season 2, Episode 3 This week I am speaking with Jennifer Benson of New Berlin, New York, (so she’s just very New in general). Jennifer is a teacher like myself, and she has written her first book “Beautiful Possibilities”, a memoir. Jennifer wrote about her years teaching in the Middle East, uprooting her whole life […]
Don’t be normal, be yourself with Halo Scot (Season 1, Episode 4)
I had the honour of interviewing Halo Scot. Halo is easily one of the maddest, craziest, and most supportive authors I’ve got to know through this podcast! Halo is the author of the Rift Cycle, a four-book, grim-dark fantasy series. She is also, along with Mario Dell’Olio, one of the six co-founders of queerindie.com. This […]