Date With A Debut

ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 30 May 2024 Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/   Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.   For the sixth episode of series two, Nick sits down with Linda Margolin Royal, author of The Star on The Grave. They discuss the book, creating fictional stories with real figures of history, who Chiune Sugihara was, and more.   PROMOTION:   Words & Nerds is excited to partner with Booktopia, Australia’s Local Bookstore for a special offer. Until 22nd May 2024, get 10% off at Booktopia when using the special code WORDS10 at checkout! Ts & Cs apply!*   USE PROMO CODE: https://bit.ly/4aJgiFJ    *Ends 11.59pm, 22-May-2024. Offer applied at checkout and cannot be used with any other offer. Not applicable on eBooks, eTexts, Gift Certificates, Gift Wrapping, magazines, digital subscriptions or the cost of shipping.   BOOKS:    Debut Feature: The Star on the Grave by Linda Margolin Royal: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/q4MjRY    Other Books Mentioned: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/VmRrR6  To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/jrbLEP  Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/angXyR  Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/AWZNro  The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/Ry5a6R  PRODUCTION NOTES:    Host: Nick Wasiliev Guest: Linda Margolin Royal Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz Production Code: 2:6 Episode Number: #19 Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Tace Kelly (Affirm Press)   FOLLOW NICK WASILIEV (+ DATE WITH A DEBUT): A LITTLE IDEA PODCAST: Feed WEBSITE: www.nicholaswasiliev.com YOUTUBE: @NickWasiliev_Official INSTAGRAM: @nickwasiliev TWITTER/X: @Nick_Wasiliev FACEBOOK: Nick Wasiliev TIKTOK: @nickwasiliev   © 2024 Nick Wasiliev and Breathe Art Holdings   ‘Date With A Debut’ is a Words and Nerds and Breathe Art Podcasts co-production recorded and edited on Awabakal Country, and we pay our respects to all elders past and present.

ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 29 May 2024 Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/   Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.   For the fifth episode of series two, Nick sits down with Sharlene Allsopp, author of The Great Undoing. They discuss the book, transforming previous texts and recontextualising history, the different contexts of truth, first nations storytelling in speculative fiction, Ernest Scott, and more.   PROMOTION:   Words & Nerds is excited to partner with Booktopia, Australia’s Local Bookstore for a special offer. Until 22nd May 2024, get 10% off at Booktopia when using the special code WORDS10 at checkout! Ts & Cs apply!*   USE PROMO CODE: https://bit.ly/4aJgiFJ    *Ends 11.59pm, 22-May-2024. Offer applied at checkout and cannot be used with any other offer. Not applicable on eBooks, eTexts, Gift Certificates, Gift Wrapping, magazines, digital subscriptions or the cost of shipping.   BOOKS:    Debut Feature: The Great Undoing by Sharlene Allsopp: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/k06WGx    Other Books Mentioned: Taylor Jenkins Reid Collection: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/GmWg36  Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/g10Gkv  Sense And Sensibility by Jane Austen: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/oqMOWe  Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/baXVem  Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/21Dd3M  PRODUCTION NOTES:    Host: Nick Wasiliev Guest: Sharlene Allsopp  Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz Production Code: 2:5 Episode Number: #18 Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Zoe Victoria (Ultimo Press)   FOLLOW NICK WASILIEV (+ DATE WITH A DEBUT): A LITTLE IDEA PODCAST: Feed WEBSITE: www.nicholaswasiliev.com YOUTUBE: @NickWasiliev_Official INSTAGRAM: @nickwasiliev TWITTER/X: @Nick_Wasiliev FACEBOOK: Nick Wasiliev TIKTOK: @nickwasiliev   © 2024 Nick Wasiliev and Breathe Art Holdings   ‘Date With A Debut’ is a Words and Nerds and Breathe Art Podcasts co-production recorded and edited on Awabakal Country, and we pay our respects to all elders past and present.

ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 23 May 2024 Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/   Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.   For the fourth episode of series two, we have a very special episode: Date with A Debut LIVE at the 2024 Newcastle Writers Festival! Nick hosted a special panel on the final day of the festival, featuring debut authors Rosemary Lewis, John Morrissey and Megan Rogers.   PROMOTION:   Words & Nerds is excited to partner with Booktopia, Australia’s Local Bookstore for a special offer. Until 22nd May 2024, get 10% off at Booktopia when using the special code WORDS10 at checkout! Ts & Cs apply!*   USE PROMO CODE: https://bit.ly/4aJgiFJ    *Ends 11.59pm, 22-May-2024. Offer applied at checkout and cannot be used with any other offer. Not applicable on eBooks, eTexts, Gift Certificates, Gift Wrapping, magazines, digital subscriptions or the cost of shipping.   BOOKS:    Debut Feature: Life’s Not a Paragraph by Rosemary Lewis: https://bit.ly/3w7rv41  The Heart is a Star by Megan Rogers: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/m5MGkD  Firelight by John Morrissey: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/Y9eNkO    Other Books Mentioned: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/XYkNv5  I for Isobel by Amy Witting: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/zNM45m  The Box Man by Kobo Abe: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/6ejEQN  A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/R5QbN7  PRODUCTION NOTES:    Host: Nick Wasiliev Guest: Rosemary Lewis, John Morrissey, Megan Rogers Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev, Scion Audio (Live Recording Production at Event), NUspace Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz Production Code: 2:4 Episode Number: #17 Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Rosemarie Milsom & Amy Lovat (Newcastle Writers Festival), Text Publishing, Fourth Estate Publishing - Harpercollins Australia, Catchfire Press, NUspace, University of Newcastle    FOLLOW NICK WASILIEV (+ DATE WITH A DEBUT): A LITTLE IDEA PODCAST: Feed WEBSITE: www.nicholaswasiliev.com YOUTUBE: @NickWasiliev_Official INSTAGRAM: @nickwasiliev TWITTER/X: @Nick_Wasiliev FACEBOOK: Nick Wasiliev TIKTOK: @nickwasiliev   © 2024 Nick Wasiliev and Breathe Art Holdings   ‘Date With A Debut’ is a Words and Nerds and Breathe Art Podcasts co-production recorded and edited on Awabakal Country, and we pay our respects to all elders past and present. This episode was recorded on unceded Awabakal and Worimi Country. 

ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 16 May 2024 Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/   Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shines a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.   For the third episode of series two, Nick sits down with Trish Bolton, author of Whenever You’re Read. They discuss the book, writing compassionately and translating grief to the page, looking back on your life in your old age, and more.   TRIGGER WARNING: this podcast and book discusses topics of suicide and suicidal themes, so reader and listener discretion is advised. If you or anyone you know is struggling, help is available to you. Contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.   BOOKS:    Debut Feature: Whenever You’re Ready by Trish Bolton: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/g1n2xA    Other Books Mentioned: Never Look Desperate by Rachel Matthews: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/zNK7or  The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/nLK75A  The Harp In The South by Ruth Park: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/216Av7  Enid Blyton Collection: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/R5rkMN  PRODUCTION NOTES:    Host: Nick Wasiliev Guest: Trish Bolton Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz Production Code: 2:3 Episode Number: #16 Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Isabelle O'Brien and Caitlin Hester (Allen & Unwin)   FOLLOW NICK WASILIEV (+ DATE WITH A DEBUT): A LITTLE IDEA PODCAST: Feed WEBSITE: www.nicholaswasiliev.com YOUTUBE: @NickWasiliev_Official INSTAGRAM: @nickwasiliev TWITTER/X: @Nick_Wasiliev FACEBOOK: Nick Wasiliev TIKTOK: @nickwasiliev   © 2024 Nick Wasiliev and Breathe Art Holdings   ‘Date With A Debut’ is a Words and Nerds and Breathe Art Podcasts co-production recorded and edited on Awabakal Country, and we pay our respects to all elders past and present.

ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 5 April 2024 Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/   Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.   For the second episode of series two, Nick sits down with Abra Pressler, author of Love and Other Scores. They discuss the book, the value of championing homegrown queer romance, what Abra would do if Rafael Nadal would appear in front of her, and more.   WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language   BOOKS:    Debut Feature: Love and Other Scores by Abra Pressler: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/y2K1L2    Other Books Mentioned: Book Lovers by Emily Henry: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/Kj6N9x  Sit, Stay, Love by Amy Hutton: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/756Nxy  PRODUCTION NOTES:    Host: Nick Wasiliev Guest: Abra Pressler Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz Production Code: 2:2 Episode Number: #15 Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds) and Chloe Patterson (Pan Macmillan Australia)   FOLLOW NICK WASILIEV (+ DATE WITH A DEBUT): A LITTLE IDEA PODCAST: Feed WEBSITE: www.nicholaswasiliev.com YOUTUBE: @NickWasiliev_Official INSTAGRAM: @nickwasiliev TWITTER/X: @Nick_Wasiliev FACEBOOK: Nick Wasiliev TIKTOK: @nickwasiliev   © 2024 Nick Wasiliev and Breathe Art Holdings   ‘Date With A Debut’ is a Words and Nerds and Breathe Art Podcasts co-production recorded and edited on Awabakal Country, and we pay our respects to all elders past and present.

ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 7 March 2024 Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/   Welcome to the miniseries hosted by author, podcaster and book fanatic, Nick Wasiliev. This is Date With A Debut: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.   For the first episode of our new series, Nick sits down with Eleanor Elliot Thomas, author of The Opposite of Success. They discuss the book, setting a story over the course of a day, the moment where things just got to hell, and more.   WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language   BOOKS:    Debut Feature: The Opposite of Success by Eleanor Elliot Thomas: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/R5qRmb    Other Books Mentioned: The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/y2Ar9W  The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Waot by Junot Diaz: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/75qboQ  PRODUCTION NOTES:    Host: Nick Wasiliev Guest:  Eleanor Elliot Thomas Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz Production Code: 2:1 Episode Number: #14 Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds) and Emily Booth (Text Publishing)   FOLLOW NICK WASILIEV (+ DATE WITH A DEBUT): A LITTLE IDEA PODCAST: Feed WEBSITE: www.nicholaswasiliev.com YOUTUBE: @NickWasiliev_Official INSTAGRAM: @nickwasiliev TWITTER/X: @Nick_Wasiliev FACEBOOK: Nick Wasiliev TIKTOK: @nickwasiliev   © 2024 Nick Wasiliev and Breathe Art Holdings   ‘Date With A Debut’ is a Words and Nerds and Breathe Art Podcasts co-production recorded and edited on Awabakal Country, and we pay our respects to all elders past and present.

ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: December 2023 Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/   Welcome to the miniseries hosted by author, podcaster and book fanatic, Nick Wasiliev. This is Date With A Debut: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.   In our thirteenth episode (and finale for 2023), Nick sits down with Philippa Kaye, author of Girl Detectives Just Wanna Have Fun. They discuss the book, setting a story in the world of the Eighties, first nations representation, creating a ‘comfort’ crime novel, and more.   Also, stay tuned to the end for some exciting news about the future of Date With A Debut at the end of this podcast.   BOOKS:    Debut Feature: Girl Detectives Just Wanna Have Fun by Philippa Kaye: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/rQbo3y    Other Books Mentioned: Five Bush Weddings by Clare Fletcher: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/EKVvXQ  Duck a l'Orange for Breakfast by Karina May: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/Y990JJ  Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/bay9Jb    SEE ALSO:   A Little Idea Podcast: https://www.nicholaswasiliev.com/podcasts    PRODUCTION NOTES:    Host: Nick Wasiliev Guest: Philippa Kaye Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds)    Follow Nick Wasiliev (+ Date With A Debut): A LITTLE IDEA PODCAST: Feed WEBSITE: www.nicholaswasiliev.com YOUTUBE: @NickWasiliev_Official INSTAGRAM: @nickwasiliev TWITTER/X: @Nick_Wasiliev FACEBOOK: Nick Wasiliev TIKTOK: @nickwasiliev   © 2023 Nick Wasiliev and Breathe Art Holdings   ‘Date With A Debut’ is a Words and Nerds and Breathe Art Podcasts co-production recorded and edited on Awabakal Country, and we pay our respects to all elders past and present.

ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: November 2023 Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/   Welcome to the miniseries hosted by author, podcaster and book fanatic, Nick Wasiliev. This is Date With A Debut: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.   In our twelfth episode, Nick sits down with Amy Lovat, author of Mistakes And Other Lovers. They discuss the book, growing up and being in the space of life transition, setting a story in Newcastle and how that translated to the themes of the book, and more.   BOOKS:    Debut Feature: Mistakes and Other Lovers by Amy Lovat: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/zNXAEe    Other Books Mentioned: Salt and Skin by Eliza Henry-Jones: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/WqJZnG  The Wakes by Dianne Yarwood: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/nL1d7M  Hot Little Hands by Abigail Ulman: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/EKGLme  Denizen by James McKenzie Watson: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/nLjqGo    SEE ALSO:   Secret Book Stuff: https://www.secretbookstuff.com/    PRODUCTION NOTES:    Host: Nick Wasiliev Guest: Amy Lovat Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds) and Jane Watkins (Pan Macmillan Australia).    Follow Nick Wasiliev (+ Date With A Debut): A LITTLE IDEA PODCAST: Feed WEBSITE: www.nicholaswasiliev.com YOUTUBE: @NickWasiliev_Official INSTAGRAM: @nickwasiliev TWITTER/X: @Nick_Wasiliev FACEBOOK: Nick Wasiliev TIKTOK: @nickwasiliev   © 2023 Nick Wasiliev and Breathe Art Holdings   ‘Date With A Debut’ is a Words and Nerds and Breathe Art Podcasts co-production recorded and edited on Awabakal Country, and we pay our respects to all elders past and present.

ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: October 2023 Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/   Welcome to the miniseries hosted by author, podcaster and book fanatic, Nick Wasiliev. This is Date With A Debut: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.   In our eleventh episode, Nick sits down with Meg Vertigan, author of The Strong Dress. They discuss the book, the dark world of experimental medical treatments that still persist to this day, capturing the world of trauma, Australia in the 1970s, and more.   TRIGGER WARNING: this podcast contains references to dangerous medical practices and assault. Listener discretion is advised.   BOOKS:    Debut Feature: The Strong Dress by Meg Vertigan: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/9gx194    Other Books Mentioned: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/k0QnQ0  Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/Gmo6on  The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/VmRrR6    FEATURE:   A Little Idea Podcast: https://www.nicholaswasiliev.com/podcasts    PRODUCTION NOTES:    Host: Nick Wasiliev Guest: Meg Vertigan Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds) and Paul McDonald (University of Newcastle). This podcast was recorded at the University of Newcastle Podcast Recording Studio (Awabakal).    Follow Nick Wasiliev (+ Date With A Debut): A LITTLE IDEA PODCAST: Feed WEBSITE: www.nicholaswasiliev.com YOUTUBE: @NickWasiliev_Official INSTAGRAM: @nickwasiliev TWITTER/X: @Nick_Wasiliev FACEBOOK: Nick Wasiliev TIKTOK: @nickwasiliev   © 2023 Nick Wasiliev and Breathe Art Holdings   ‘Date With A Debut’ is a Words and Nerds and Breathe Art Podcasts co-production recorded and edited on Awabakal Country, and we pay our respects to all elders past and present.

ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: September 2023 Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/   Welcome to the miniseries hosted by author, podcaster and book fanatic, Nick Wasiliev. This is Date With A Debut: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.   In our tenth episode, Nick sits down with Suzanne Frankham, author of Shadow Over Edmund Street. They discuss the book, the world of crime novels and subverting expectations, the experience of having your book received by an audience, and more.   BOOKS:    Debut Feature: Shadow Over Edmund Street by Suzanne Frankham: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/Qy20M6    FEATURE:   A Little Idea Podcast: https://www.nicholaswasiliev.com/podcasts    PRODUCTION NOTES:    Host: Nick Wasiliev Guest: Suzanne Frankham Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Lise Clayton (Batemans Books New Zealand)   Follow Nick Wasiliev (+ Date With A Debut): A LITTLE IDEA PODCAST: Feed WEBSITE: www.nicholaswasiliev.com YOUTUBE: @NickWasiliev_Official INSTAGRAM: @nickwasiliev TWITTER/X: @Nick_Wasiliev FACEBOOK: Nick Wasiliev TIKTOK: @nickwasiliev   © 2023 Nick Wasiliev and Breathe Art Holdings   ‘Date With A Debut’ is a Words and Nerds and Breathe Art Podcasts co-production recorded and edited on Awabakal Country, and we pay our respects to all elders past and present.