Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a podcast that celebrates authors and their books! I'm your host, Kelly Sgroi, writer, reader, and soccer mum.

Listen to my 24th episode where I chat to Jo Dixon, best-selling Tasmanian-based author of twisty, suspenseful stories, such as your multi-award-winning debut, The House of Now and Then, and her latest, A Disappearing Act, which came out in October 2025.

We discuss:

• How Jo refers to this book as the one that nearly broke her
• Imposter syndrome
• Pitching
• How to write multi POV and dual timeline stories

And more!

Thank you for listening!

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Music credit to Levgen Poltavskyi from Pixabay.

Welcome to Pictures & Pages with Amy Freund, a Kelly's Writerly Q&A Podcast spin-off series that takes you behind the scenes of the Australian publishing industry!

Listen to Amy's 1st episode where she chats to Andy Warren, the award-winning book designer of The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams and Affirm Press and many more books published by Hardie Grant Books, Bonnier Publishing Australia, Five Mile, and Harper Collins Australia. He's the designer behind so many books for all ages across a wide range of genres.

This episode is all about:

• How a book actually gets made.
• How much say an author really has in their book design.
• If we should we judge a book by it's cover.

Thank you for listening!

FROM THE ARCHIVES 🎙️ Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast!

Listen to my 23rd episode where I chat to Donna M Cameron, an AWGIE-nominated radio dramatist, award-winning playwright and short film writer. Her first novel, Beneath the Mother Tree, was published in 2018. Her second novel, The Rewilding, was published in 2024 and was shortlisted in the 25th Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards. An important read!

Then I take a look back on some key tips on courses and comps, rejection, and writing and feedback from Amy Freund, R.W.R. McDonald, Deb Jordan, Casey Nott, Emma Mugglestone, Camille Booker, Clare Griffin, Kylie Orr, Shaeden Berry, and Valerie G Miller.

Thank you for listening!

*If you enjoy this podcast, please consider buying me a Ko-fi. Your support, big or small, will help cover hosting and production costs, and keep me creating and supporting authors and books!

Music credit to Levgen Poltavskyi from Pixabay