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Novel Experience

Kate Sawyer

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Frequency: 1 episode/5d. Total Eps: 160

A podcast about writing and books for anyone who reads, writes or dreams of being published.

Guest authors, from across form and genres, all at different stages in their careers, generously give an insight into how they write, why they write and their journeys to, through and beyond publication.

Host is Kate Sawyer, award winning author of The Stranding & This Family.

https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast

Hosted by Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/novel-experience

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Minisode 60 - Jennie Godfrey - stoking creativity

Thursday, April 25, 2024 • Duration 02:28

Guest Author: Jennie Godfrey Twitter: @jennieg_author Instagram: @jennie.godfrey Book: The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes: https://www.spreaker.com/show/novel-experience

Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCH Twitter: @KateSawyer Instagram: @mskatesawyer or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.

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Minisode 59 - Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow - breaking through writer's block

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 • Duration 02:34

Guest Author: Viktoria Lloyd Barlow Book: All The Little Bird Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes: https://www.spreaker.com/show/novel-experience

Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCH Twitter: @KateSawyer Instagram: @mskatesawyer or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.

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Minisode 50 - Lauren Mackenzie - tips for creativity and breaking through blocks

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 • Duration 05:00

Guest Author: Lauren Mackenzie Twitter: @Lulumack57 IG: @57lulum Books: The Couples by Lauren Mackenzie

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes: https://www.spreaker.com/show/novel-experience

Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCH Twitter: @KateSawyer Instagram: @mskatesawyer or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.

S5 Ep6 Sarah Hardy author of The Walled Garden

Season 5 · Episode 6

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 • Duration 01:00:13

Journalist and author Sarah Hardy, author of THE WALLED GARDEN
Sarah chats about:

How writing a letter to a newspaper led to her journalism career at Vogue.
How redundancy led her to writing her first novel
How journalism taught her the discipline of writing every day
How her home was the inspiration for her historical fiction debut
How she writes flawed characters hoping to evoke compassion for those we don’t agree with

Guest Author: Sarah Hardy Books: The Walled Garden by Sarah Hardy
Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023.
Sarah’s recommendations:
A book for fans of Sarah’s work: South Riding by Winifred Holtby
A book Sarah has always loved:Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnon, The Towers of Trevisand by Rose McCauly
A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: The Seal Woman’s Gift by Sally Magnusson
Other books discussed in this episode: The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

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Minisode 4 - Wiz Wharton - advice to unpublished authors

Thursday, May 4, 2023 • Duration 03:46

Author Wiz Wharton shares the advice she'd give to herself if she could go back to before she was published.
Guest: Wiz Wharton author of GHOST GIRL, BANANA (Out May 18th in the UK - already out in the USA)

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S5 Ep5 Laura Price author of Single Bald Female

Season 5 · Episode 5

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 • Duration 56:43

Author, Journalist and Podcaster Laura Price, author of SINGLE BALD FEMALE
Laura chats about:

How her cancer diagnosis lead her to start writing fiction
How the Faber Academy helped her find her writing support system
Her background in food journalism and how it led to her podcast LIFE IN FOOD

Guest Author: Laura Price Twitter: @LauraPriceWrite IG: @LauraPriceWrite Books: Single Bald Female by Laura Price
Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023.
Laura’s recommendations:
A book for fans of Laura’s work: Glittering a turd by Kris Hallenga
A book Laura has always loved: A Little Life by Hanya Yanigahara & City of The Beasts by Isabelle Allende
A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman, It’s Complicated by Emma Hughes & Driving Forwards by Sophie L Morgan
Other books discussed in this episode: No Such Thing As Perfect by Emma Hughes, Pretending by Holly Bourne & How Do You Like Me Now by Holly Bourne

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Minisode 3 - Alice Slater - advice to unpublished authors

Thursday, April 27, 2023 • Duration 03:54

Author Alice Slater shares the advice she'd give to herself if she could go back to before she was published.
Alice Slater, podcast host of WHAT PAGE ARE YOU ON? podcast and author of DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER which is published *today*! (Happy Publication Day Alice!)

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S5 Ep4 Bethany Rutter author of Welcome To Your Life

Season 5 · Episode 4

Tuesday, April 25, 2023 • Duration 01:05:10

Author, podcast host, event chair and plus-sized fashion influencer Bethany Rutter. Bethany talks about her first wonderful rom-com novel for adults WELCOME TO YOUR LIFE and the journey to writing her two YA hits NO BIG DEAL and MELT MY HEART.
Bethany also chats about:

how her background as a journalist and plus-sized fashion blogger led her to writing fiction
how her book about dating is encouraging people to dust off their dating profiles
writing fat main characters
planning the entire story before writing a single word
how editing one novel teaches her a lot about what to write next
Setting yourself deadlines so you have something to be accountable to
How being an author is learning to impose narrative order to vibes

Guest Author: Bethany Rutter Twitter: @bethanyrutter IG: @bethanyrutter Books: Welcome To Your Life by Bethany Rutter , Melt My Heart by Bethany Rutter, No Big Deal by Bethany Rutter Podcast: What Page Are You On?
Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: & Bethany’s recommendations:A book for fan’s of Bethany’s work: Wild Things by Laura KayA book Bethany has always loved: The Crimson Petal and The White Michel FaberA book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: You Just Need to Lose Weight by Aubrey GordonNovel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer -To receive transcripts and news from Kate to your inbox please or visit for more information.

S5 Ep3 Georgina Moore author of The Garnett Girls

Season 5 · Episode 3

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 • Duration 01:07:52

Sunday Times best-selling author and book publicist to some of the biggest names in literature, Georgina Moore. George discusses her best-selling debut novel THE GARNETT GIRLS.
George also chats about:

what being a bookseller and publicist taught her about being published herself
writing about women who are thriving in mid-life
family saga and how it’s time for the UK to embrace the home-grown books as we do those novels set in the USA
the specificity of writing about a particular place - in this case, the Isle of Wight
leaning into the glamorous side of her characters in order to peel back the layers

Guest Author: Georgina Moore Twitter: @PublicityBooks IG: @georginamooreauthor Books: The Garnett Girls
Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023.
George’s recommendations:
A book for fan’s of George’s work: The Shell Seakers by Rosamunde Pilcher & The Chamomile Lawn by Mary Wesley
A book George has always loved: Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: This Could Be Everything by Eva Rice, 30 Days in Paris by Veronica HenryOther books discussed in this episode: The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice, The Most Fun We’ve Ever Had by Claire Lombardo, 73 Dove Street by Julie Owen Moylan, My Canape Hell by Imogen Ewards JonesNovel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer -To receive transcripts and news from Kate to your inbox please or visit for more information.

S5 Ep2 Liz Nugent author of Strange Sally Diamond

Season 5 · Episode 2

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 • Duration 54:25

Liz Nugent author of BBC Between The Covers book club pick STRANGE SALLY DIAMOND and four previous crime thriller novels UNRAVELLING OLIVER, LYING IN WAIT, SKIN DEEP and OUR LITTLE CRUELTIES. Her novels have all been No1 Bestsellers and she has won four Irish Book Awards, as well as the James Joyce medal for Literature.
Liz chats about:

How the frustration of working in theatre and tv led her to writing
Why her first novel took her six years to write
How she discovered that crime was her genre
How her famous ‘killer’ opening lines are how her books start
Why her process is organic despite her work being plot driven

Guest Author: Liz Nugent Twitter: @LizzieNugent IG: @LizNugentWriter Books: Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent, Our Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent, Skin Deep by Liz Nugent, Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent, Unravelling Oliver by Liz Nugent
Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: & Liz’s book recommendations:A book for fan’s of Liz’s work: I Know This Much is True by Wally LambA book Liz has always loved: Perfume by Patrick Suskind, The Book of Evidence by John BanvilleA book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-RobinsonOther books discussed in this episode: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Elgelby by Sebastian Faulks, The Secret History by Donna TarttNovel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer -To receive transcripts and news from Kate to your inbox please or visit for more information.

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