About 18 months ago two writers got together to experiment with a much underused literary form - the letter. They would take on the role of two characters, teenage friends who come into contact 20 years later. Separated by time and life's experience, three seasons of writing chronicle the story of a teenage love unfulfilled, resumed as adults. Do we all have someone who we never had a chance to tell told how much we loved them? Was there someone who we wished had made a move but didn't. This is the story of Jude and Ella Louise and its called Post Marked: Piper's Reach. In this interview the Piper's Reach authors Adam Byatt and Jodi Cleghorn let us behind the scenes and reveal what a wonderful experiences the project has been for them and for the fans. You can read Pipers reach on screen here or in scanned handwritten letters.

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In Episode 4 Sean talks to Speculative Fiction author Rabia Gale about her diverse collection of published work. They discuss self publishing, the freedom it gives to experiment with form and genre, and the reading canon that is the legacy of commonwealth countries. If you haven't come across Rabia's work before you are missing out. She's one of those writers that make the genre work for her and not the other way round. Check out her blog at Rabia Gale - Writer at Play

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In Episode 3 Sean talks to Erotic Romance author Kylie Scott about her post apocalyptic erotic romance line of books from Momentum publishing. So if you are intrigued about how one goes about writing erotic romance set in an Australia overrun by the walking dead - tune in. They also talk about the effect that Fifty Shades of Grey has had on the publisihing industry and the absence of non gender binary characters in post apocalyptic film and fiction

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Adventures of a Bookonaut Podcast Episode 2

In Episode 2 Sean interviews Jodi Cleghorn author, editor and co-founder of eMergent Publishing. They talk about Jodi’s work in publishing, running charity events, and growing new authors. Then they focus on Jodi’s burgeoning career as a writer of quality short fiction.

Note: There has been a format change to single author interviews to allow faster production turnaround and to ease time pressures caused by your hosts’s new job.

Links

Mentioned in the podcast were stories From Stage Door Shadows -"Indigo" and "Cocaine, My Sweet Heart." From Eighty Nine.

The novella Elyora is free at Rabbit Hole Special Issue Review of Australian Fiction (just view the sample it’s actually the entire book)

Jodi writes the Ella-Louise character at Post Marked: Piper's Reach .

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Adventures of a Bookonaut – Episode 1 Shownotes

In Episode 1 Sean interviews Luke Preston author of Dark City Blue, Joelyn Alexandra, Singaporean crime writer and academic and author of The Secret Feminist Cabal Dr Helen Merrick.

Luke Preston has recently released his crime thriller through Momentum books. In the interview they discuss the process of being published through a digital first publisher, the impact film and the study of scriptwriting has had on Luke’s noel writing and what the near future holds for Bishop, Preston’s hard as nails hero with a heart.

You can purchase Dark City Blue through all good digital retailers with the added benefit of no DRM.

Joelyn Alexandra flew all the way from Singapore just for this interview (no not really). Sean and Joelyn talk about her writing, the Speculative fiction scene in Singapore and dispel some misconceptions about Singaporean writers. The interview was recorded live so apologies for the sound quality.

Joelyn mentions some fine folks in the interview some links to their writing are given below:

Wena Poon - http://www.wenapoon.com

Joyce Chng - http://awolfstale.wordpress.com

Dave Chua - http://davechua.wordpress.com

People in Happy Smiley Writers Group Projects

Sarah Coldheart - http://www.seriouslysarah.com/blog

Raven Silvers - http://www.ravensilvers.com/blog

Lina Salleh - http://lookykrill.wordpress.com

JY Yang - http://www.misshallelujah.net

Yuen Xiang Hao - http://www.opendiary.com/notkieran

Rosemary Lim - http://www.twotrees.com.sg

Graphic Novelists/ Artists:

Cheeming Boey - http://www.iamboey.com

Max Loh - http://paperperil.tumblr.com

 

Dr Helen Merrick is senior lecturer in the Department of Internet Studies at Curtain University, she’s taught cyberculture, women's studies and history. In addition to teaching in the Department of Internet Studies, Dr Merrick supervises PhD students, and researches feminist theory, science fiction, feminist science studies, sustainability and online cultures.

In this interview Sean and Helen discuss her book, the current state of Feminist SF and consider what men in the genre, might be able to do help cultivate a healthy respect for female writers and feminist science fiction history.

Thankyou for listening, you may leave audio feedback at https://www.speakpipe.com/Bookonaut, or you may leave written feedback on Facebook, the Podomatic page, or at my blog. Music: Music featured in this podcast is from the song Voodoo Machine by Lavoura downloaded from the Free Music Archive and Licenced under these conditions

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