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The Joys of Binge Reading

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Robert McCaw – Hawaiian Detective Koa Kane

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2021/02/08

Attorney turned mystery writer Robert McCaw credits an ability to reinvent himself for his successful transition from a defender of justice to a storyteller with a fascination for how our past sins affect the way we behave now. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and in today’s Binge Reading episode Robert talks about the enduring love affair he's had with Hawaii that led to his Koa Kane detective series and how a New York attorney transitioned into a new career as a mystery writer. Six

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Di Morrissey – Aussie Fiction Queen

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2021/02/01

Di Morrissey is the out and out Queen of Australian popular fiction, with 3.5 million books sold and her latest, 28th novel - Before the Storm – recently debuting at number 1. She’s published one of her page-turners every October for 28 of the last 29 years, but she’s so much more than Australia’s top novelist. She’s a dedicated local newspaper editor and a committed environmentalist who in 2019 was awarded Australia’s top honor, made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to literature,

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Binge Reading – 2020’s Most Popular Shows

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2020/12/21

Hello everyone and Happy Christmas! I’m Jenny Wheeler, the host of the Joys of Binge Reading, and this is our last episode for 2020… As we did last year, we’re taking a break in January to refresh and renew ourselves. As many of you know, I’m in New Zealand, and as a country we pretty much shut down post Christmas and head for the beaches and forest – which we call bush….It’s like a whole nation goes on holiday together… I’m going to be spending time relaxing in my little 1975 Sprite

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Jan Moran – Heartwarming Womens Fiction

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2020/12/13

Jan Moran is a USA Today best-selling author with a slew of 20th century standalone historicals as well as several women’s contemporary fiction series to her credit. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and in today’s Binge Reading episode Jan talks about how she moved from being a successful beauty care entrepreneur to full-time novelist and why she loves to write strong, independent characters who are striving to build lives that make a difference. Support Binge Reading on Patreon for as

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Leeanna Morgan – Montana Sweet Romance

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2020/12/07

Leeanna Morgan is a USA Today best-selling author of Montana sweet romance, with over a million downloads of her books and a following on BookBub of more than 53,000. This former librarian runs her highly successful – and lucrative – book business from her peaceful home in Wellington, New Zealand. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today on The Joys of Binge Reading Leeanna talks about what’s possible in this new world of indie publishing, global reach and the struggle with an

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Mimi Matthews – Historic Romance

The Joys of Binge Reading ·

2020/11/29

Mimi Matthews has enjoyed best-selling success in Victorian fiction and non-fiction, with romances that ask thoughtful social questions as well as entertain. And her playful animal tales in The Pug Who Bit Napoleon, a not-so-romantic interaction that took place on his wedding night, is one of dozens of amusing animal stories from the 18th and 19th centuries Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today Mimi talks about her latest book, Gentleman Jim, a rollicking romantic Regency, and tells

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Rhys Bowen – Enduring Storyteller

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2020/11/23

Rhys Bowen’s books sell in the millions around the world. She enjoys popular and critical acclaim for both her Royal Spyness mysteries and her bestselling historical fiction. But she says it’s the surprising, heart-warming feedback she gets from her readers that means the most to her. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today Rhys talks about the unexpected rewards of being a top international author – the stories she hears of how her books have helped readers through the loneliness of

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Joanna Rees – Romantic Adventures

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2020/11/15

Joanna Rees writes sweeping romantic adventures that combine mystery, romance and glamorous international settings. There’s a hint of Jackie Collins or Shirley Conran in her heroines, girls like Vita, the heroine of her A Stitch In Time historical fiction series. The second book in the series, The Hidden Wife, is a story of creativity and courage, living in the turbulent and freeing times of 1920s Paris and London and then 1929 Hollywood coming up next. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler,

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LB (Lily) Hathaway – Posie Parker Mysteries

The Joys of Binge Reading ·

2020/11/08

L.B. Hathaway’s Posie Parker mysteries are Amazon bestsellers and that’s not surprising because they combine the charm of the classic Golden Age country house mystery – the Agatha Christie set – with the glamour and excitement of 1920s London. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today L.B., or Lily as she’s called, talks about her latest book, Murder on the White Cliffs – yes, that is the White Cliffs of Dover. She tells why Noel Coward’s favourite bay and beach house feature in the story

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Rachael Johns – Entertaining ‘Life Lit’

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2020/11/01

Rachael Johns began writing as a broken hearted teen and she’s now recognised as one of Australia’s best-selling rural romance and life lit authors. She’s also highly productive, with two books out this year and another due early in 2021. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in today’s Binge Reading episode Rachael talks about romance for women with grown up complicated lives, and why she dislikes her work being categorized as “chick lit.” Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge

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Lorrie Holmgren – Cozy Travel Mysteries

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2020/10/25

Lorrie Holmgren’s Emily Swift Mystery series are cozy mysteries which break the conventions. Instead of taking place in a small town community with a predictable set of friends – the convention for cozies – international travel writer Emily is in Hawaii in one book and the beautiful English Cotswolds in the next, and her armchair travelling readers love her for it. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and Lorrie talks about her second career as an author of fiction and the mystery in her own

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Pamela Redmond – Younger and Older

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2020/10/18

Pamela Redmond’s funny, perceptive romcom Younger is a current popular TV series - billed as “the next Sex in the City” – and now she’s back with a comical and poignant sequel called – you’ve guessed it - Older. What happens when a woman lies about her age to get a job and then where is she left when the charade has to come to an end? Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and Pamela talks about the ageism both men and women face in the workplace these days, feeling the fear and doing it

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Mandy Robotham – International Best Sellers

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2020/10/11

Mandy Robotham’s first World War II story The German Midwife was an international best seller, and she hasn’t looked back since. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today on The Joys of Binge Reading Mandy talks about where the idea to write a book about Hitler’s baby came from, why WWII stories are hot, and how she transitioned from being a midwife herself to a fulltime author. Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: Where the idea of Hitler's baby came

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Lori Matthews – Tough Guys & Strong Women

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2020/10/04

Romantic suspense author Lori Matthews likes putting strong women up against tough-guy protectors – but not so they’ll race in and save anybody. Not at all. The strong women learn to save themselves – with a little help from their friends – and readers enjoy seeing two alpha personalities get together and learn to work it out. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in today’s episode Lori talks about her latest book, Hit and Run, number three in the Callahan Security series, with a cutting

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Gill Paul – Of Love & Betrayal

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2020/09/27

Gill Paul’s latest book, Jackie and Maria, takes two of the world’s most glamorous and privileged women of their time – Jackie Kennedy Onassis and opera star Maria Callas – and offers us a novel about their love of the same man. A man who also happened to be the world’s richest man at that time, Aristotle Onassis. It’s tagged ‘First comes love, then comes betrayal’ and it’s an addictive read that offers a front-row seat to an infamous rivalry as well as the opportunity to hobnob vicariously with

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Kathryn Lane – International thrillers

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2020/09/20

Kathryn Lane’s Nikki Garcia international thrillers are a great way to enjoy armchair travel if you can’t get on an aeroplane right now. Her latest book, Revenge in Barcelona, number three in the series, provides the perfect escape for people with itchy feet. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in today’s Binge Reading podcast Kathryn talks about how her previous career as an international fraud investigator inspired her Nikki character, and why her creation is a lot more courageous – or

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Fiona Palmer – Beloved Storyteller

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2020/09/10

Fiona Palmer is a natural born storyteller who chanced into writing because she wanted to create something that she’d like to read – never thinking it might be published. Nearly twenty books later, she’s one of Australia’s most popular - and beloved - rural fiction authors. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and in today’s Binge Reading episode Fiona talks about her typical year – combining writing with farming – and a family heritage that taught her there’s no such thing as failure, just

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Nikki Crutchley – Country Crime Thrillers

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2020/09/06

Nikki Crutchley is about to publish her third crime mystery novel, set in small town New Zealand. These are thrillers with beautiful settings and, sadly, an ugly social underbelly, found anywhere, but that’s what crime’s all about, isn’t it? Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today Nikki talks about her latest book, The Murder Club, and the encouragement she draws from other women writers in the mystery field. Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading

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Evie Dunmore – Suffragist Romance

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2020/08/30

Evie Dunmore’s debut romance, Bringing Down the Duke, was named as one of the best romances of the year by Publishers Weekly – a remarkable win for a first-time novelist – and even more surprising when you know that English is Evie’s second language. Now Evie continues with a new book in the series, A Rogue of One’s Own. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and in this Binge Reading episode Evie talks about why she was attracted to an extraordinary group of women – the first women students at

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Michael Robotham International Crime Master

The Joys of Binge Reading ·

2020/08/23

Stephen King called international crime writer Michael Robotham an “absolute master” so it’s no surprise that he’s sold millions of books all around the world. His first thriller, The Suspect, was snapped up in more than twenty countries in just three hours and the superlatives have kept on rolling in ever since. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today Michael talks about his latest book, When She Was Good, and expands on that remarkable career, first as a journalist, then as a ghost

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