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\"scwcpolaroid<\/a>Yesterday I took a deep breath, climbed on stage as part of the Sydney Writers’ Festival Live And Local program in Wollongong, and did my first official Reading from The Mapmaker Chronicles<\/a>. I know this sounds strange – the first book<\/a> has been out for 18 months now (wow, where did that time go?) and I’ve done a thousand* school talks and workshops, panel discussions and presentations.<\/p>\n

But never a Reading. Capital R intentional.<\/p>\n

It was a monumental occasion.\u00a0Of course, I had NO idea what to do, what to read. So I did what I feel I do best. I sat in a chair, I talked about ideas and inspiration and writing, and then I read a five-minute passage from the first book in the series, Race To The End Of The World<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

In the end, I chose a passage that seemed to tie in best with the feeling that inspired the books in the first place – that sense of insignificance when we stare out into space, that idea of not knowing where the edges are, that sense of head-hurting wonder as we start to imagine what might be out there.<\/p>\n

It seemed to go well. So much so, that I even allowed a rare photograph of myself to be taken (see above). Big thanks to the South Coast Writers’ Centre<\/a> for inviting me to be part of it!<\/p>\n

Afterwards, I was talking to an author friend. She has just discovered So You Want To Be A Writer<\/a>, the podcast that I co-host with Valerie Khoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I’m not really a podcast person,” she admitted. “Usually they’re so boring, but yours is really good.”<\/p>\n

Colour me chuffed.<\/p>\n

This morning, while I was busily recording the\u00a0podcast with Valerie, I realised that I am sometimes a bit lax in sharing updates here on the blog about it. So I thought I’d put links here to some recent episodes\u00a0containing\u00a0interviews that I really enjoyed doing and that listeners have told us they found really\u00a0entertaining and\u00a0useful.<\/p>\n

Natasha Lester<\/a> – we discussed not only Natasha’s first foray into historical fiction, but how to mix writing and family<\/p>\n

Meg McKinlay<\/a> – most recently, Meg’s book ‘A Single Stone’ won the 2015 Aurealis Award for Children’s Fiction, and was shortlisted for a CBCA Book Of The Year Award. We discussed everything from poetry to how a writing career can happen ‘accidentally’.<\/p>\n

Andrew Faulkner<\/a> – simply a cracking interview about writing biography and narrative non-fiction. I had not imagined military history could be quite so interesting…<\/p>\n

Jen Storer<\/a> – multi-published and award-winning children’s author Jen is simply charming, with a comprehensive and practical knowledge of the industry.<\/p>\n

Adrian McKinty<\/a> – this interview with the Australian-based Irish crime\/thriller writer is quite simply one of my favourites to date.<\/p>\n

I hope you’ll have a listen. Even if you’re not really a podcast person…<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

*may have only felt like a thousand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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