When I saw the other short-listed authors for the Indie Book Awards 2022 Debut Fiction category, it felt amazing to be included among them. To be told that The Silent Listener has won the debut fiction category is nothing short of surreal. T
Read MoreI really enjoyed joining Jackie Russell on the fantastic Global Girls Online Bookclub, live on Facebook. And now you can watch and listen to it any time you want.
Read MoreIn this Craft of Writing episode, Pam chats to Lyn about the process that took The Silent Listener from rough manuscript to published novel. Topics discussed include using fact to create fiction, writing trauma, and the role of voice and tense in creating plot and character.
Read MoreToday the Indie Book Award announced their 2022 shortlist, and I’m thrilled to announce that The Silent Listener has been shortlisted in the Debut Fiction category. The support that independent booksellers give to Australian writers and Australian writing is extremely important to the writing and reading community. Please support them so they can continue to support us!
Read MoreThe new edition, released 364 days after The Silent Listener was first published by Penguin Random House Australia.
Read MoreYou could have knocked me over with a quill when I was driving along listening to The Bookshelf on ABC’s Radio National and heard Kate Evans give a shoutout to The Silent Listener on the Best Reads 2021 show.
Read MoreThe fabulous Janet from Bayside Library Service recommends The Silent Listener in one of her relaxed and really interesting bookchats! She’s the Margaret Pomeranz of books!
Read MoreIn this conversation on The Write Way podcast Sam Elliot’s insightful questions drew out some information about The Silent Listener that I promise you won't hear anywhere else🎙️
Read MoreEvery podcast i’ve been on shines a light on a whole different aspect of writing this first novel, and this chat with James and Ashley was no exception! An incredibly wide-ranging conversation that went deep into ideas of isolation and self-doubt, peppered with some fun side-chats about synaesthesia, plotting and how some uninvited characters wrangled their way into The Silent Listener.
Read MoreThe Silent Listener has been long-listed for the 2021 Historical Novel Society Australasia ARA adult historical fiction prize!
Thanks so much to the judges, and congratulations to the authors of the wildly impressive titles on this list.
Read MoreI loved being part of the Margaret River Readers & Writers festival this year. On Sunday morning Jen Bowden and I talked on stage about The Silent Listener. We had such a great time that the festival followed up with this podcast.
Read MoreWhen The Silent Listener was a rough and far-from-ready manuscript, some wonderful women in a book club read it, gave me feedback, waited for a year before reading it again, gave me more feedback, then waited another year before celebrating with me at the launch! Now they’ve gone on this fantastic podcast by Moonee Valley Libraries to talk about their experience! It’s a ripper! Thanks Lovely Ladies Bookclub!!
Read MoreIt was a delight to talk to Dani Vee on the Words & Nerds podcast and the interview is now live! Dani has a way of diving deep and coaxing details from unsuspecting authors, and this was no exception. I loved it! And I hope you do too 🎙️😆📚
Read MoreUK's leading book recommendation website, LoveReading, has selected The Silent Listener as Debut of the Month!! And they’ve written a spectacular review.
Read MoreThe Silent Listener available in UK on 24 June 2021!!
Joffe Books is releasing The Silent Listener on 24 June, so I’ll be celebrating with friends and family by getting stuck into some bangers, mash and lager…somewhere in Melbourne (thanks covid!)
Early readers and reviewers in the UK have written some fantastic reviews, so if you or someone you know in the UK likes literary suspense with a dash of Aussie gothic, The Silent Listener is now available to purchase in paperback or as an ebook from Amazon UK.
Read MoreBooktopia are great supporters of Australian writers, and the writing industry, so I was pretty stoked to be part of their Exciting New Voice podcast. With three different perspectives on the process of getting a book ready for publication, there are some great insights here about what to expect.
Read MoreIn this episode of the always-lively Words and Nerds podcast, literary agent Jacinta di Mase provides invaluable tips for authors looking for an agent, reveals what she loves to see in a manuscript— and drops a couple of hot news items about The Silent Listener.
Read More“Our first College Table for 2021 was on Friday, 16th April and with the incredible Lyn Yeowart leading discussions on ‘How to get published in just 62 years’. It was a joyful and poignant @GradHouse experience with a lovely group of people sitting around the long luncheon table dining, conversing and sharing.”
Read the full review in the Graduate Union May 2021 newsletter
Well, this was a lot of fun! Thanks Rosemary Puddy of The Book Podcast for the opportunity to talk about The Silent Listener. Lots of topics discussed…including the book’s provenance, my anthropological discoveries at uni, and the joy of working with the team at Penguin Random House Australia during the editing process.
Read MoreIn between laughs during this episode of The Empty Page podcast, host Gavin Miller and I talk about the process of writing and editing The Silent Listener. And while we were chatting, I realised that working with Penguin Random House Australia gave me deep insight into how I could help others to improve their work too …everything from plotting and structure to character development and voice.
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