Show Notes
It’s a double episode today! That’s because we're late posting the July new releases. As it happens, Rachael recorded that one on her own, and as Sophie made the Emma Clancey episode (posted earlier) on her own, it has lined up nicely that we post both episodes today. So instead of one episode with us together, you have one from Soph and one from Rach. Lots of great new reading in this episode! Details of the books mentioned in this episode appear below.
Title: What Did I Miss? Author: Holly Brunnbauer Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Genre: Romantic comedy
Title: Second Chance Station Author: Renae Black Publisher: HQ/HarperCollins Genre: Rural romance
Title: August Reunion Author: Juliet Madison Publisher: Bloodhound Books - available on Amazon Genre: Women's fiction/romance
Title: The Peak Author: Sam Guthrie Publisher: HarperCollins Genre: Political thriller
Title: The Revisionists Author: Michelle Johnston Publisher: HarperCollins Genre: Thriller
Title: Moonlight and Dust Author: Jasmin McGaughey Publisher: Allen & Unwin Genre: YA speculative fiction
Title: Fractured Pieces - The Nexus Series 2 Author: Mandi Kontos Publisher: KDP Genre: Fantasy
Title: Brooke Road Author: Matthew Spencer Publisher: Allen & Unwin Genre: Crime
Title: Ruins Author: Amy Taylor Publisher: Allen & Unwin Genre: Literary fiction
Title: Your Friend and Mine Author: Jessica Dettmann Publisher: Allen & Unwin Genre: Contemporary fiction
Title: The Path Through the Coorong Trees Author: Léonie Kelsall Publisher: Allen & Unwin Genre: Rural romance
Title: Love Overdue Author: Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus Publisher: Allen & Unwin Genre: Romcom
Title: The Trauma-Informed Writer Author: Dr Alicia Leigh Publisher: Gininderra Press Genre: Non-fiction
Title: The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson Author: Belinda Lyons-Lee Publisher: Transit Lounge Genre: Historical crime
Title: The Neighbours Author: Emma Babbington Publisher: HQ/HarperCollins Genre: Part psych thriller, part family mystery For more information about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com
For more informationabout Sophie Green: https://sophiegreenauthor.com
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Nina Kenwood was one of the featured authors at this year’s Rachael Johns Book Club Readers Retreat in Geelong, Victoria, a few months ago, so we met her there. At the time we had not organised to talk to Nina about her new novel, People Skills, which will be released by Text Publishing on 6 October. And we hadn’t yet read the book, but ahead of recording this episode we did (and have both read the novel before it, The Wedding Forecast). As fans of Nina's writing and her storytelling, of her sense of humour and her compassion for human foibles, we had much to discuss when she joined us on the pod for this episode.
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At the time of recording this episode Rachael was preparing her day-long workshop for the RWA Conference, which is happening this weekend. Sophie was meant to attend but, due to personal circumstances, had to cancel, so we aren’t seeing each other in person as planned. Yet we are together on screen and in audio in this episode, which we recorded about three weeks ago.
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