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Better Words

Michelle Gately & Caitlin Toohey

A podcast for readers who want to know the stories behind the pages 📖 Join Caitlin and Michelle, two book nerds who bring you in-depth conversations about writing and publishing from those on the inside. Grab a cuppa and get ready to chat books.

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01:19:17

The Re-Read: Our 2022 favourites

Better Words ·

2023/01/25

It's our favourite episode of the year – our favourite books, films, TV and audio of the year. Thank you for joining us in 2022 and supporting our wonderful authors. We've started a Substack for Better Words to give you extra mini recommendations each month outside of our podcast episodes. Come join us! You can also find us Storygraph: Michelle and Caitlin.Season 10 (can you BELIEVE?!) will be in your ears in a few months.We're keeping recommendations brief. If we've featured or discussed the book

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01:19:10

The Re-Read: Gabrielle Tozer and Rhiannon Wilde

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2023/01/18

We're switching things up for Season 9: Welcome to The Re-Read. In this mini-season, we check in with a selection of past guests to find out what they've been working on. Expect lots of books, some babies and plenty of chat. This season works a little differently, without book recommendations from us at the start of each episode. But we promise you'll still get plenty of books added to your TBR!Interview 1: Gabrielle TozerGabrielle Tozer was one of the first guests on the podcast, so she's been very

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01:23:08

The Re-Read: Pip Harry and Ellie Marney

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2023/01/11

We're switching things up for Season 9: Welcome to The Re-Read. In this mini-season, we check in with a selection of past guests to find out what they've been working on. Expect lots of books, some babies and plenty of chat. This season works a little differently, without book recommendations from us at the start of each episode. But we promise you'll still get plenty of books added to your TBR!Interview 1: Pip HarryAfter we spoke to Pip Harry about her 2017 YA novel, Because of You, she moved to

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56:53

The Re-Read: Laura Kay and Danielle Wood (Minnie Darke)

Better Words ·

2022/12/28

We're switching things up for Season 9: Welcome to The Re-Read. In this mini-season, we check in with a selection of past guests to find out what they've been working on. Expect lots of books, some babies and plenty of chat. This season works a little differently, without book recommendations from us at the start of each episode. But we promise you'll still get plenty of books added to your TBR!Interview 1: Laura KayLaura Kay is a journalist and editor. She has an MA in American History from the

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01:02:46

The Re-Read: Tobias Madden and Nina Kenwood

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2022/12/21

We're switching things up for Season 9: Welcome to The Re-Read. In this mini-season, we check in with a selection of past guests to find out what they've been working on. Expect lots of books, some babies and plenty of chat. This season works a little differently, without book recommendations from us at the start of each episode. But we promise you'll still get plenty of books added to your TBR!Interview 1: Tobias MaddenTobias grew up in Ballarat and worked for 10 years as a performer touring

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01:21:38

The Re-Read: Michelle's wedding and what we read on...

Better Words ·

2022/12/07

We're switching things up for Season 9: Welcome to The Re-Read. In this mini-season, we check in with a selection of past guests to find out what they've been working on. Expect lots of books, some babies and plenty of chat. This season works a little differently, without book recommendations from us at the start of each episode. But we promise you'll still get plenty of books added to your TBR!We're kicking things off with a wrap-up of our travels, including some of the wonderful books we read

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01:15:33

Sketch comedy and owning our mistakes with Hayli Thomson

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2022/07/13

Hayli Thomson lives in Sydney, Australia, and writes novels about candid characters for anybody who ever watched Jo March leap a fence and longed to be her best friend. Bizarrely, during her teen years, Hayli was afflicted with a 'headache' every third Monday in September, when she was left with no option but to stay home from school and watch her favourite female comedians collect Emmys live on the other side of the world. The Comedienne's Guide to Pride is her debut YA novel. Our interview begins

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01:12:16

Theatre kids, reality TV and studying pop culture...

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2022/07/06

Jodi McAlister is an author and academic. In her author life, her latest books are Libby Lawrence Is Good At Pretending, a campus rom-com about theatre kids with too many emotions, and Here for the Right Reasons, playing with reality TV tropes. As an academic, she researches romantic love and popular culture and is a Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture at Deakin University.Our interview begins at [time]Caitlin recommends: The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV series)A frivolous and fun YA

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01:13:09

Liminal spaces, burnout and female friendship with...

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2022/06/29

Abigail Bergstrom has written for national publications and worked in the publishing industry for a decade. She has edited and represented countless bestsellers, building some of today’s biggest book brands and working with some of the industry’s most prominent voices. She was nominated for Literary Agent of the Year 2020 at the British Book Awards and is an intersectional feminist campaigner who co-founded the campaign ‘This Doesn’t Mean Yes’ which was covered in the media internationally. She

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01:05:48

Writing a book about grief that isn't sad with Lauren...

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2022/06/22

Lauren Draper is a Melbourne-based writer and marketing professional. She is a graduate of RMIT’s Professional Writing and Editing program and now works in children’s publishing—she loves nothing more than a story infused with magic, hijinks and a touch of nostalgia. The Museum of Broken Things, her debut novel, was acquired after it was shortlisted for the 2020 Text Prize. Her work has also been longlisted in the 2019 Richell Prize and has appeared in various non-fiction publications. She grew up

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54:45

Female anger and family curses with Mary Watson

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2022/06/15

Mary Watson is from Cape Town and now lives on the west coast of Ireland. She’s worked as an art museum guide, library assistant, theatre duty manager, and an actor in children’s musicals. She has a PhD from the University of Cape Town where she taught for many years. She won the Caine Prize in 2006, and the Philida Award in 2022. She writes short stories, young adult fantasy and thrillers. Her YA debut, The Wren Hunt, was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards. Today we are discussing her new YA

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01:09:24

Growing up Lebanese and writing for a new audience...

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2022/06/08

Sarah Ayoub is a journalist, bestselling author and academic with a PhD in migrant Australian YA literature. She is a Stella Schools Program ambassador, has mentored the youth curators of The Sydney Writers' Festival YA program, contributed to the anthology Arab, Australian, Other: Stories on Race and Identity and most recently been a judge for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Sarah was elected to the board of the Australian Society of Authors in 2021 and is currently working on her first novel

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01:17:30

Writing about tricky topics in romantic comedy with...

Better Words ·

2022/05/11

Mhairi McFarlane was born in Scotland (which is why her unnecessarily confusing name is pronounced Vah-Ree). After working as a journalist, Mhairi started writing novels. She lives in Nottingham with a man and a cat. Today, we're discussing her (totally bloody wonderful) eighth novel Mad About You.Our interview begins at 00:22:00Mini book club: This is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan*When was the last time you felt unapologetic and obsessive joy for something? We loved the

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54:16

Public speaking clubs and the process of writing a...

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2022/05/04

Katherine Collette is a novelist, podcaster and engineer living in Melbourne. Her debut novel, The Helpline, was published in the US, UK, Germany and Italy. Her second novel The Competition was published in February 2022. She also co-hosts the writing podcast The First Time.Our interview begins at 00:12:20P.S listen out for who next week's guest is!Caitlin recommends: Blood Moon by Lucy CuthewAn emotional and moving YA verse novel about cyberbullying and periods. Michelle recommends: The No-Show by

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01:07:06

Vampires with a twist and genre constructs with...

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2022/04/27

Claire Kohdais a writer and musician. She reviews books for publications including theGuardianand theTLS, specialising in books from and about East Asia.Her essay,Portraits,abouther experiencesgrowing up mixed-race,alsofeatures inEast Side Voices: Essays celebrating East and Southeast Asian identity in Britain,edited by Helena Lee and published by Sceptre.As a violinist, she has played withJessie Ware,Pete Tong, the London Contemporary Orchestra, and on various film soundtracksincludingThe Two

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57:18

Diabetes and choosing words carefully with Carly Nugent

Better Words ·

2022/04/20

Carly Nugent lives in Bright, Victoria. Her short fiction has featured in numerous publications, including the Bellevue Literary Review and Award Winning Australian Writing. Her first novel, The Peacock Detectives, won the Readings Children's Book Prize, was a CBCA younger readers Honour Book, and was shortlisted for the Text Prize, the Australian Book Design Awards and the Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards. But today we are discussing Sugar, her first novel for young adults. Our interview begins at

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01:05:39

Joyful Black stories and turning a blog into a book...

Better Words ·

2022/04/12

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn is a British-Nigerian writer, born in Peckham, who wants to tell the stories that she and her friends have longed for but never seen. In 2019 she won the Literary Consultancy Pen Factor Writing Competition with the early draft of her debut novel, which she had been writing alongside juggling her job at Carers UK. She has been at the receiving end of the question in the title of her novel many times and now lives with her husband in Milton Keynes. Today we're chatting about

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01:06:59

Meet cutes, puzzles and publishing with Kimberley...

Better Words ·

2022/04/06

Kimberley Allsopp has had her work appear in Kidspot, The Sunday Telegraph and WHIMN (now Body & Soul) and she co-hosts the rom-com podcast, Meet Cute, which allows her to justify some of her otherwise questionable life choices. Kimberley has worked in bookselling and publishing since 2008. Today we're discussing her debut novel, Love & Other Puzzles. Our interview begins at 00:13:50Caitlin recommends: Camp by L. C. Rosen.A fun queer summer camp novel where Randy attempts to catch the eye of

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01:00:32

Our 2021 favourites

Better Words ·

2022/02/09

We've finally got our act together to share with you our favourite fiction, films, TV and audio of the year. Thank you for joining us in 2021 and supporting our wonderful authors. (You can blame Michelle's full-time reporting contract for why this is going live in February and not January)Season 8 will be in your ears in March! We're keeping recommendations brief. If we've featured or discussed the book before, we'll link to the episode.Listen to our Non-Fiction November wrap up to hear our fave

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16:10

Festive recommendations for Christmas

Better Words ·

2021/12/15

In this festive bonus episode, we share some Christmas reads. Michelle's recommendationsOne Day in December by Josie Silver: A sweet rom-com about missed opportunities and love at first sight.Dracula by Bram Stoker: If you’re experiencing a winter Christmas or dreaming of one, then experience the classic that inspired a thousand stories.Caitlin's recommendationsDash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Leviathan: Cute YA rom-com set in New York. Delightful and magical!The Gift by

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