The First Time

A podcast about the first time…you publish a book.One part reality show, one part writers’ master class. Novelists Katherine Collette (https://www.katherinecollette.com/) (The Helpline, The Competition) and Kate Mildenhall (https://katemildenhall.com/) (Skylarking, The Mother Fault, The Hummingbird Effect) discuss the feels and logistics of writing and publishing and speak to Australian and international writers about their books and creative process.Now in its sixth season, The First Time podcast has features more than 200 authors including industry icons Helen Garner, Claire G Coleman, Christos Tsiolkas, Tony Birch, Sarah Winman and George Saunders.The First Time Podcast includes Featured Book segments supported by a range of Australian publishers.

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Recent Episodes
  • S6 Ep274: Children's Laureate Sally Rippin talks kid lit with Katherine & Kate
    Sep 29, 2024 – 01:19:05
  • 274: First Time Live at SWF with Melanie Saward, James Colley & Charlotte Wood
    Jul 17, 2024 – 50:51
  • S6 Ep273: Interview: Nat Kringoudis (The Next Step)
    May 14, 2024 – 54:36
  • S6 Ep272: Interview: Comedian Laurie Kilmartin (The Next Step)
    May 7, 2024 – 46:52
  • S6 Ep271: Interview: Cookbook author and entrepreneur Sarah Pound
    Apr 30, 2024 – 45:03
  • S6 Ep270: HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN BUSINESS (FROM SCRATCH) Interview: Luisa Zhou (The Next Step)
    Apr 23, 2024 – 53:17
  • S6 Ep269: Interview: Author/writer Brigid Delaney (The Next Step)
    Apr 16, 2024 – 36:14
  • S6 Ep268: Interview: (NBA, WNBA) basketball shooting coach BriAnna Garza
    Apr 9, 2024 – 49:22
  • S6 Ep267: Interview: Comedian Jack Druce (The Next Step)
    Apr 2, 2024 – 45:08
  • S6 Ep266: ADVICE GIVING: Jessica Weisberg (The Next Step)
    Mar 26, 2024 – 40:13
  • S6 Ep265: Interview Mia Freedman (The Next Step)
    Mar 19, 2024 – 50:12
  • S6 Ep264: MANIFESTATION with Jessica Gill (The Next Step)
    Mar 12, 2024 – 50:36
  • S6 Ep263: Introducing THE NEXT STEP
    Mar 6, 2024 – 02:44
  • S6 Ep262: Summer Series! (the last episode of) Brian Moylan
    Mar 3, 2024 – 42:56
  • S6 Ep261: Summer Series! Garry Disher
    Feb 25, 2024 – 31:37
  • S6 Ep260: Summer Series! Alison Bell
    Feb 18, 2024 – 01:15:18
  • S6 Ep259: Summer Series! Cate Kennedy
    Feb 11, 2024 – 01:44:03
  • S6 Ep258: Summer Series! Amie Kaufman
    Feb 4, 2024 – 01:04:37
  • S6 Ep257: Summer Series! Tim Winton
    Jan 28, 2024 – 01:01:57
  • S6 Ep256: Summer Series! Chloe Hooper
    Jan 21, 2024 – 37:13
  • S6 Ep255: Summer Series! Jessie Stephens
    Jan 14, 2024 – 45:35
  • S6 Ep254: Summer Series! Interview: Andy Griffiths
    Jan 7, 2024 – 48:08
  • S6 Ep253: Summer Series! RA Spratt
    Dec 31, 2023 – 38:58
  • S6 Ep252: Season 6 Finale!
    Dec 3, 2023 – 01:15:56
  • S6 Ep251: Re-release: Masters Series Kevin Wilson
    Nov 26, 2023 – 45:20
  • S6 Ep250: Follow a First Timer #8: Listener Questions
    Nov 23, 2023 – 47:57
  • S6 Ep249: Masters Series: Richard Flanagan
    Nov 19, 2023 – 54:15
  • S6 Ep248: Kate, Katherine & Anna Downes on retreat plus Featured Book ROSEGHETTO by Kirsty Jagger
    Nov 12, 2023 – 01:16:02
  • S6 Ep247: Masters Series: Lucy Treloar
    Nov 5, 2023 – 50:11
  • S6 Ep246: Kate + Katherine Catch Up + FEATURED BOOK The Ghost of Gracie Flynn by Joanna Morrison
    Oct 29, 2023 – 01:05:17
  • S6 Ep245: Live at Write Around the Murray with Kathryn Heyman, Irma Gold, T.R Napper & Kate Mildenhall
    Oct 22, 2023 – 01:15:31
  • S6 Ep244: Interview: Jessie Stephens
    Oct 15, 2023 – 44:39
  • S6 Ep243: Kate and Katherine Catch Up PLUS Featured Book ONE WRONG TURN by Chenée Marropadi
    Oct 8, 2023 – 01:13:28
  • S6 Ep242: Kate and Katherine Catch Up + Featured Book Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt
    Oct 1, 2023 – 01:11:22
  • S6 Ep240: Spoiler Riddled Deep Dive #2 The Hummingbird Effect by Kate Mildenhall
    Sep 24, 2023 – 45:06
  • S6 Ep239: Follow a First Timer #7: Megan Rogers Marketing, Publicity and Events
    Sep 17, 2023 – 34:56
  • S6 Ep238: Kate and Katherine Catch up + Featured Book THE DISORGANISATION OF CELIA STONE by Emma Young
    Sep 10, 2023 – 01:11:30
  • S6 Ep237: Kate & Katherine Catch Up Plus ONE DAY WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE by Elise Esther Hearst
    Sep 3, 2023 – 01:05:39
  • S6 Ep236: Masters Series: Alison Bell
    Aug 27, 2023 – 01:14:21
  • S6 Ep234: Follow a First Timer #6: Megan Rogers Three Months After Publication
    Aug 23, 2023 – 32:59
  • S6 Ep235: Interview: Cecilia Rabess
    Aug 20, 2023 – 45:51
  • S6 Ep233: Book Tour + Featured Book The Double Bind by Loraine Peck
    Aug 13, 2023 – 55:42
  • S6 Ep232: BONUS EPISODE: Willy Lit Fest - Sad Girl Novel with Pip Finkemeyer
    Aug 9, 2023 – 46:26
  • S6 Ep231: Deep Dive #1: The Hummingbird Effect
    Aug 6, 2023 – 35:44
  • S6 Ep230: Catch Up with Charlotte Wood Plus Featured Book The Body Country by Susie Anderson.
    Jul 30, 2023 – 58:53
  • S6 Ep229: Kate and Katherine Catch Up + Featured Book BLIND SPOT by Robyn Dennison
    Jul 23, 2023 – 50:09
  • S6 Ep228: A Year of Fresh Voices: Penguin Books special feature with debut authors Erin Riley, Vidya Madabushi, Annette Higgs & Nick Bhasin
    Jul 16, 2023 – 01:28:37
  • S6 Ep227: Bonus Episode: Brian Moylan
    Jul 9, 2023 – 42:58
  • S6 Ep226: Masters Series: Ling Ma
    Jul 2, 2023 – 51:26
  • S6 Ep225: Kate and Katherine Catch Up + Featured Book THE WITCHING TIDE by Margaret Meyer
    Jun 25, 2023 – 01:01:22
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