John Purcell talks about the writing process for his novel The Lessons. Topics include writing multiple first person narratives, planning versus pantsing, the editing process, differentiating between the character voices and how to end a chapter.

Michael Robotham talks about the writing process for his novel Lying Beside You. Topics include writing believable dialogue, creating memorable characters that we care about, balancing backstory in series novels, the importance of adding a little humour in a psychological thriller, subverting the reader’s expectations and writing suspense. (INCLUDES SPOILERS)

Pamela Cook talks about the writing process for her novel All We Dream. Topics include deep point of view, tension, traditional versus independent publishing, working with an agent, setting and editing.

Nigel Featherstone chatted about the writing of his latest novel My Heart is a Little Wild Thing. We talked about setting, being ambitious with your writing, structure, point of view, voice and the concept of duende.

Toni Jordan talks about the writing process for her novel Dinner with the Schnabels, including point of view, writing across different genres, balancing pathos with humour, her writing process and how she dealt with setting a novel in pandemic times.

Hannah Kent talks about the writing process for her novel Devotion, including research, finding character voice, landscape, writing a first draft, editing and her writing practice.

Penelope Janu takes us through the process behind writing her novel Clouds on the Horizon. We talked about finding the voice of the characters, the importance of hitting certain beats when writing romance, the literary characters that inspire her and her writing routine.

Ashley Kalagian Blunt takes us through the process behind writing her memoir How to be Australian. We discuss the importance of both a narrative and character arc, how to write your own voice, scene plotting and structure.

Markus Zusak takes us through the process behind writing his bestselling novels Bridge of Clay, The Book Thief and The Messenger, including a discussion about character development, voice, structure, foreshadowing and specificity.

Jessica Dettmann takes us through the process behind writing her bestselling novel This Has Been Absolutely Lovely, including a discussion about character voice, scenes, editing and backstory.

Lynette Noni takes us through the process behind writing her bestselling novel The Prison Healer. Lynette talks about writing YA and fantasy, of course, but she also spoke about the process of planning and writing a series, what inspired the world of The Prison Healer, and how she goes about creating distinctive, layered characters.

Kyle Perry takes us behind the scenes of writing his second novel The Deep. We discussed novel openings, the trick to creating a good plot twist, how to differentiate characters and how to make characters more likeable. Kyle also takes us through some examples of how he applied editorial notes to his novel.

In this episode, Meredith Jaffe takes us on the journey from first draft, through to structural and copy edits and finally to finished novel. She talked about writing multiple points of view with an ensemble cast of characters, the concept of head hopping, the unusual drafting process she used for her next novel and how she seeds backstory throughout the narrative.

In this episode, Nikki Gemmell Nikki spoke about her work process in detail and how she works her writing around family life. We also talked about how she developed the characters in The Ripping Tree, how she structured the novel for pacing and how important pacing it, why she doesn’t read fiction while she’s writing and what inspired her to write what she calls a love letter to Australia, a hymn to the land.

This month we chat with Jaclyn Moriarty about her novel Gravity is the Thing. We talked about a structure she calls ‘fragmented storytelling’, the editing process, techniques for firing creativity and the idea of trust between the author and reader.

Candice talks about her drafting and editing processes, how she pitched the idea to her publisher, how she structured the novel with an A and B plot and multiple vignettes, the techniques she uses to make the reader care about the characters, how she goes about creating and maintaining tension, and so much more.

Kylie and I took a deep dive into her gripping family drama The Way Back. We spoke about her process, scene structure, dialogue, pacing, and the importance of reading your novel out loud.

Natasha Lester was our very first guest on the podcast and she was fabulous. We covered so many elements of writing The Paris Secret including first lines, prologue, plot twists, dual narratives and so much more.

Writer’s Book Club is just like a regular book club but each month we’ll take a deep dive into a specific novel from a writing craft perspective. It's a podcast for people who read books with a writer’s eye and find themselves wishing they could ask the author questions like . . . “Why did you use flashbacks instead of a dual timeline?” “What was the most challenging scene to write and why?” “How did you develop the voice for that character?” “Did you outline this novel and what was...