Delving into the passions and journeys of authors: their lives, their work, what gets them fired up and what makes them happy. If you’re searching for your passion, want to hear the stories of those who’ve embraced theirs, or love all things writing and would like to indulge in an author’s world, the New2theScene podcast gains an insight into what it's like to be new or not yet familiar in the literary scene.
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Meet Luke Richards, author of Dave's New World, a dystopian comedy, and winner of the Bath New Comedy award for 2024 for his stand-up routine. We chat about getting published, performing comedy, future projects and more. Learn about entering the comedy scene, accepting that not everyone will like your work, and the difficulty of getting noticed in …
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Sylvia Bishop: The importance of finding your people
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Meet Sylvia Bishop, author of ten novels for a variety of ages, short-listed and winning awards since 2017. We chat about writing for different age groups, performing comedy, writing workshops, Writers with Faces, and more. Learn what it takes to establish a career in writing, how lonely writing can feel if you shut yourself away from the world, an…
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Meet Victoria Williamson, author of eight novels, and more, which have been short-listed, long-listed, and won numerous awards since 2018. We chat about her work, the importance of children seeing themselves in literature, school librarians, writing for a variety of genres and purposes, and 90's children's TV programmes! Learn what it takes to get …
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M. Jonathan Lee: Writing and mental health
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Meet M Jonathan Lee, author of six novels, shortlisted for The Novel Prize in 2012, and mental health campaigner, in a podcast that’s been over a year in the making. His article, 'Writing and its mental health benefits', inspried New2theScene to exist. We chat about this, the personal experiences leading to that article, and writing through adversi…
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Meet Samantha Howard-Els, creator of the beautifully illustrated Mungo series for 4-7 year olds. We chat about life as an author in South Africa, the good, bad and ugly of self-publishing, and finding a genre that suits your style. Learn what it takes to be a children's author, the process of working with an illustrator (and friend), and what it me…
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Liam Randles: No routine is the new routine
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Meet Liam Randles, author of ‘The Heat of the Summer’, a thriller where a group of boys discover the cost of keeping the party going to forget traumas at home. We learn how Liam came to be an author, his hopes in the literary world, and what’s on the horizon for this fresh voice. Get to know Liam better as he chats with our New2theScene presenter, …
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Patricia Marques: The tricky 3rd book
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Meet Patricia Marques, creator of Inspector Reis, with The Colours of Death and House of Silence already on our shelves, and Broken Oaths, the third novel in the series, due September '24. We chat about getting a university assignment published, the advantages and disadvantages of crossing genres, and how life can impact the writing process as she …
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Meet Chris Nickson, author of over 30 books, including historical crime series featuring Simon Westow and Tom Harper, set in his hometown of Leeds over the last three centuries. We chat about the importance of factual accuracy in fiction, writing several series in unison, following in family footsteps, and penning 50,000 word celebrity books in a m…
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Kristen Bailey: Flicking the switch between mum and author
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Meet Kristen Bailey, author of 10 books, including stand-alone novels Sex Ed, the RNA Romantic Comedy Award nominated Great Sexpectations, and her latest release, Five Gold Rings. We chat about becoming an author, the perception versus the reality of writing for a living, and the imposter syndrome that success doesn't banish. Learn the true ups and…
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