Zoya Patel is the author of two books, ‘No Country Woman’, and ‘Once A Stranger’, as well as the former editor of Lip Magazine and founder of literary journal Feminartsy. ‘Once a Stranger’ is a novel about family, tradition, loss and the challenge of feeling at home, and it parallels Zoya’s own journey of navigating complex love.  She speaks on her innate love of writing, feminism, her partner Chris, and her childhood fear of Pauline Hanson. This episode was produced by Tanya Ali and edited with love by Sam Dover See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.