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    Guest: Seth AKA @dramakingbooks / TikTok

    Love, Just In, Natalie Murray

    Beach Read, People We Meet on Vacation, Book Lovers, Happy Place, Funny Story, Great Big Beautiful Life, Emily Henry

    How to End a Love Story, Yulin Kuang

    ‘How to Write a Good Sex Scene’ (The Cut) 

    That Island Feeling, Karina May

    ‘Which Emily Henry Books Are Becoming Movies?’

    A Novel Love Story, Ash Poston

    A Love Like The Sun, Riss M Neilson

    Out On A Limb, Hannah Bonham Young

    You and I Rewritten, Chip Pons

    The Prospects, KT Hoffmann

    Here We Go Again, Alison Cochrun

    Seven Days In June, Tia Williams

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    Guest: Amy Barry (@amybarryauthor / @amytmatthews_author)

    Kit McBride Gets a Wife, Amy Barry (Simon & Schuster, 2024)

    Marrying Off Morgan McBride, Amy Barry (Simon & Schuster, 2024)

    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

    Calamity Jane (1953)

    Young Guns (1988, Stan)

    Tess LeSue (Amy’s earlier romance author alter ego)

    Done & Dusted, Lyla Sage (2023, Hachette)

    Flawless, Elsie Silver (2023, Hachette)

    Love on Campus podcast

    Cowboy Carter, Beyonce

    ‘Cowboy Phase’ by Lily O’Brien in Kill Your Darlings

    Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery (1908)

    LaVyrle Spencer

    Jude Devereaux

    Jodi Thomas

    Darry Fraser (Australian historical/colonial romance author)

    Best, First and Last, Amy T Matthews (March 2025, Simon & Schuster)

    That Island Feeling, Karina May (Dec 31 2024, Pan Macmillan)


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    Writes4Women RWA Conference Round Up  

    Tenderly I Am Devoured, Lyndall Clipstone

    ‘Romance Novels Are Literature’, Casey McQuiston, TIME Magazine

    The Paradise Problem, The Unhoneymooners, Beautiful Player, The True Love Experiment, Christina Lauren

    The Hating Game, Sally Thorne

    The Book Ninja, While You Were Reading, Fancy Meeting You Here, Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus

    Books On The Rail

    Nicci French

    The Glass House, Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist

    Stuck Up And Stupid, Angourie & Kate Rice

    The View Was Exhausting, Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta

    The Wedding Forecast, Nina Kenwood

    Experienced, Kate Young

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    Guest: Anne Freeman (@annefreemanwrites, newsletter, workshops) 

    Me That You See / Returning To Adelaide, Anne Freeman

    @hollybrunnbauer

    Anne & Casey Nott on Writes4Women

    Parks and Rec

    The Happy Ever After Playlist, Abby Jimenez 

    The Paradise Problem, Christina Lauren 

    City of Girls, Elizabeth GIlbert 

    The Studio Girls, Lisa Ireland 

    Never Ever Forever, Karina May 

    Love Match, Clare Fletcher 

    The Wedding Forecast, Nina Kenwood

    Consider Yourself Kissed, Jessica Stanley 

    A Language of Limbs, Dylin Hardcastle 

    Secret Book Stuff

    Alice and the Impossible Game, Anna Foxkirk 


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    Guest: @AbraPresslerAuthor

    Love and Other Scores, Abra Pressler (2023, Pan Macmillan)

    Northern Beaches Writers Festival Sept 27-29


    Here For The Right Reasons, Jodi McAlister

    Red, White and Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston

    Carrie Soto Is Back, Taylor Jenkin Reid

    A League Of Their Own

    ‘Take Me Out To The Ballgame’ sung by Clare’s daughter Dot

    Love Match, Clare Fletcher

    Icebreaker, Hannah Grace

    The Mighty Ducks

    Playing The Field, Zoe Foster Blake

    Fangirl Down, Tessa Bailey

    Cleat Cute, Meryl Wilsner

    Amy Andrews’ rugby themed books

    The Prospects, KT Hoffman

    The Art of Catching Feelings, Alicia Thompson

    10 Things that Never Happened, Alexis Hall

    I Hope This Finds You Well, Natalie Sue

    You Belong With Me, Mhairi McFarlane


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    Featuring: Clare Fletcher (Instagram) and Karina May (Instagram)

    Pan Macmillan open submissionsAustralian Society of Authors (ASA) contract review service and Virtual Literal speed dating eventsAlex Adsett Literary ConsultancyAustralian Writers Centre (AWC) coursesYear of the Novel with Emily Maguire and upcoming Writing NSW coursesEmily MaguireRomance Writers of Australia (RWA) conference, Adelaide 2024Penny Carroll editorKatherine Collette author and writing coach

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    Featuring: Clare Fletcher (Instagram) and Karina May (Instagram)

    Blinky Bill, Dorothy Wall (1933, HarperCollins)The Muddleheaded Wombat, Ruth Park (1962, HarperCollins)Anything from May GibbsThe Secret Garden (1911, Penguin) A Little Princess (1905, Penguin), Frances Hodgson BurnettBridget Jones’s Diary, Helen Fielding (1996, Macmillan)One Day, David Nicholls (2009, Hachette)Jessica Dettmann (How To Be Second Best, This Has Been Absolutely Lovely, Without Further Ado)Minnie Darke (Star-Crossed, The Lost Love Song, With Love from Wish & Co)The Baby-Sitters Club, Baby-Sitters Little Sister, (1986-2000, Ann M. Martin, Scholastic)Anything from Sophie KinsellaAnything from Jane Green

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    Guest: Melanie Saward (@LittleRedWrites on Instagram & TikTok)

    Love Unleashed, Melanie Saward (August 6, 2024, Penguin)

    Tom Lake, Ann Patchett

    Abby Jimenez

    Manhattan Dreaming, Anita Heiss

    I Heart New York, Lindsey Kelk

    Gossip Girl

    Sex And The City

    A Winter in New York, Josie Silver

    Someone Else’s Bucket List, Amy Matthews

    You, Again, Kate Goldbeck

    Everything from Nora Ephron

    Serendipity

    Book Lovers, Emily Henry

    The Truth According to Ember, Danica Nava

    The Prospects, KT Hoffman

    Out On a Limb and Next Of Kin, Hannah Bonam-Young

    The House With All The Lights On, Jessica Kirkness


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    Guest: Natalie Murray (Instagram, TikTok)

    Love, Just In, Natalie Murray

    Emmie and the Tudor King, Natalie Murray

    Funny Story, Emily Henry

    ‘Emily Henry Is Proud to Be Called a Romance Writer’

    https://www.tiktok.com/@todayshow/video/7361216748193991979 

    The Idea of You, Robinne Lee / movie

    The Work, Bri Lee

    Tessa Bailey 

    Four Night Stand, Georgia Moore

    Emily Henry on Shameless Book Club

    Sarah J. Maas

    Kit McBride Gets A Wife, Amy Barry

    Experienced, Kate Young

    Open Minded, Chloe Seager


    NOTE: Our conversation defaulted to mostly cis-het spicy romances, but some authors we love who rep queer and diverse characters are Claire Christian, Casey McQuiston, Abra Pressler, Georgia Clark, Ashley Herring Blake, Meryl Wilsner and KT Hoffman. Links and more on our Substack.


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    Mudgee Readers Festival (Aug 17-18)

    Sydney Writers Festival

    Adaptable

    One Day

    Bridgerton

    Before Sunrise

    Before Sunset

    When Harry Met Sally

    Love, Just In, Natalie Murray

    The Hating Game, Sally Thorne

    Mhairi McFarlane

    The Flat Share, Beth O’Leary

    The Last Love Note, Emma Grey

    Kit McBride Gets A Wife, Amy Barry

    Marrying Off Morgan McBride, Amy Barry

    Romantic Comedy, Curtis Sittenfeld

    Talking at Night, Claire Daverley

    All The Beautiful Things You Love, Jonathan Seidler

    Blue Sisters, Coco Mellors

    Part of Your World / Yours Truly Abby Jimenez

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    Guest: Victoria Brookman (Instagram)


    Burnt Out, Victoria Brookman

    Mystic Ridge, Lucy Lever

    Annie Seaton

    The Most Important Job In The World, Gina Rushton

    “Why We Need More Climate Change Love Stories”

    A Court of Thorns and Roses / Throne of Glass series / Crescent City series Sarah J. Maas

    Bride, Ali Hazelwood

    Love From Scratch, Amy Hutton

    Me That You See, Anne Freeman

    All The Beautiful Things You Love, Jonathan Seidler

    Because of Her, Devon May (Devon’s Instagram)

    Claire Christian’s Substack, PEARLER

    Part of Your World / Yours Truly / Just For The Summer / Worst Wingman Ever, Abby Jimenez


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    Guest: Saman Shad (Saman Shad, Instagram, TikTok)

    The Matchmaker, Saman Shad (2023, Penguin)

    ‘Rom-coms need more diverse characters, and I’m helping to make that change’, Saman Shad, SBS Voices

    Anyone But You (2023)

    Set It Up (2018)

    Upgraded (2024)

    ‘Anyone but You was a mega hit, but romcom sequels are a terrible idea’ (GQ)

    ‘First trailer for Zach Braff's new rom-com with Vanessa Hudgens’

    The Leo graph (Reddit)

    The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020)

    Emma, Jane Austen (1815)

    No Strings Attached (2011)

    Friends With Benefits (2011)

    Set It Up (2018)

    The Set Up, Lizzy Dent (2022, Penguin)

    Five Blind Dates (2024)

    What’s Love Got To Do With It (2022)

    See Also with Monica Heisey


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  • Guest: Amy Hutton (Sit, Stay, Love / Love From Scratch) @amyhuttonauthor


    Marley & Me, John Grogan

    The Dog Sitter, Zara Stoneley

    Love, Just In, Natalie Murray

    The Other Bridget, Rachael Johns

    Breaking All The Rules, Amy Andrews

    You’ve Got Mail

    Who Gets the Dog

    Puppy Love

    Colin From Accounts

    Love Unleashed, Melanie Saward

    The Truth About Cats and Dogs

    Romance Writers of Australia 

    In A World

    The Word Count

    The Hating Game, Sally Thorne

    Tom Lake, Anne Patchett


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    The Rise of Rom-Com at Newcastle Writers Festival

    Someone Else’s Bucket List, Amy T Matthews

    Who’s That Girl, Mhairi McFarlane

    Love and Other Scores, Abra Pressler

    Notting Hill

    Starstruck

    Music And Lyrics

    The Bodyguard, Katherine Center

    Romantic Comedy, Curtis Sittenfeld

    The Idea Of You, Robinne Lee

    One Day, David Nicholls / Netflix series / Official playlist

    High Fidelity, Nick Hornby / 2000 film / 2020 TV series

    The Matchmaker, Saman Shad

    The Dead Romantics, Ashley Poston

    Sit Stay Love, Amy Hutton

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  • Guest: Rachael Johns

    The Other Bridget, Rachael Johns

    Helen Fielding: Bridget Jones’s Diary / film / The Edge of Reason / film / Mad About The Boy / Bridget Jones’ Baby / film 

    The Sparkle Pages, Meg Bignell 

    Sweet Home Alabama 

    Dawson’s Creek 

    Felicity 

    Twilight 

    West Side Honey, Claire Christian

    The Search Party, Hannah Richell 

    Naked in Death, J.D. Robb

    Watermelon, Marian Keyes

    Someone Else’s Bucket List, Amy T Matthews 

    Grace Under Pressure, Tori Haschka 

    Magpie / Friendaholic, Elizabeth Day 

    Just Friends, Gyan Yankovich

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    Guest: Josh Hortinela


    Good Material, Dolly Alderton 

    Love, Just In, Natalie Murray

    Perfectish, Jessica Seaborn 

    She's The Man 

    One Day, David Nicholls / Netflix  

    Sleepless in Seattle / An Affair To Remember 

    You've Got Mail

    The Seven Year Slip, Ashley Poston / The Lake House

    Fire Island 

    Anyone But You

    Ralph’s Party, Lisa Jewell

    Just Friends, Gyan Yankovich

    A Winter in New York, Josie Silver

    Everyone and Everything, Nadine Cohen

    Part Of Your World, Abby Jimenez


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    The Bronze Horseman, Paulina Simons

    Cloudstreet, Tim Winton

    The Other Bridget, Rachael Johns

    Green Dot, Madeleine Gray

    Search History, Amy Taylor

    Nobody Puts RomComs In the Corner, Kathryn Freeman

    Love Interest, Claire Gilmore

    The Burnout, Sophie Kinsella

    Edenglassie, Melissa Lucashenko

    The Hummingbird Effect, Kate Mildenhall

    Everyone and Everything, Nadine Cohen

    The Work, Bri Lee

    Anything Joanna Nell & Sophie Green

    Who’s That Girl, Mhairi McFarlane

    Someone Else’s Bucket List, Amy T Matthews

    Dreaming in French, Vanessa McCausland

    A Winter In New York, Josie Silver

    Anything Penelope Janu

    The Next Big Thing, James Colley

    Her Fidelity, Katharine Pollock

    Four Night Stand, Georgia Moore

    Loving Lizzie March, Susannah Hardy


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    Spoiler alert!

    This episode we’re digging into the three Christmas texts we assigned as homework, and there will be spoilers! You’ve been warned! 


    If you want to read/watch for yourself before listening, the texts are:

    One Day in December by Josie Silver (2018, Penguin) Falling For Christmas (2022, Netflix)Window Wonderland (2013, Prime) 
    Christmas cocktail

    Cheers with a Candy Cane Christmas cocktail. Love how this recipe does not include quantities, it’s a really choose-your-own-adventure, but you’ll need:

    VodkaCranberry juiceGrenadinePeppermint schnappsSplash of lemonadeIce cubesCrushed candy canes for rim and/or mini peppermint candy cane for garnish
    Also randomly mentionedLonely Harts Club Radio by Adeline Knight, Audible Original novella (2023)Mean Girls (2004, Binge)New Girl (2011-2018, Disney+)The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan (2023, Hachette) recommended by Jacinta Rose Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey (2023, HarperCollins) recommended by @ReadingWithCake All I Want For Chris-mas, “A spicy holiday romance inspired by Hollywood’s hottest man”, anthology featuring Elouise Tynan, Stephanie Hazeltine, Alison Middleton, Emma Mugglestone (2023) (Friend of the pod) Penny Carroll’s interview with Emma Mugglestone 

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    Single All The Way

    Catch Me If You Claus 

    A Merry Scottish Christmas 

    Christmas Inheritance 

    This Has Been Absolutely Lovely, Jessica Dettmann

    Jones Family Christmas 

    The Holiday 

    Love Actually 

    Happiest Season 

    Never Ever Forever, Karina May 

    Dash and Lily 

    Home for Christmas 

    A Moody Christmas 

    One Day in December, Josie Silver 

    Christmas Shopaholic, Sophie Kinsella 

    A Country Vet Christmas

    The Fabric of Christmas

    Good Material, Dolly Alderton

    Heart Sick, Jessie Stephens

    Emergency Exit Only, Michelle Upton

    You Again, Kate Goldbeck

    The Italian Marriage, Jenna Lo Bianco


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    Never Ever Forever, Karina May

    ‘What Does A Happily Ever After Look Like?’, The Pudding

    The Unhoneymooners, Christina Lauren

    Duck a l’Orange for Breakfast, Karina May

    Dreaming in French, Vanessa McCausland

    One Summer in Santorini, Sandy Barker

    Returning to Adelaide, Anne Freeman

    Just One Wish, Rachael Johns

    Amber and Alice, Janette Paul

    The Last Love Note, Emma Grey

    How To Be Second Best, Jessica Dettmann

    Five Bush Weddings, Clare Fletcher

    The Lost City (Binge)

    Romancing The Stone (Disney+)

    The Mummy (Binge)

    True Lies (Disney+)

    Someone Else’s Bucket List, Amy T Matthews

    Bound To Happen, Jonathon Shannon

    Love In Theory, Elodie Cheesman

    Something Blue by Alex Sarkis


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