Authors & Audiences
In Authors & Audiences, YA author and presentation coach Caroline Leech, chats to authors, illustrators, booksellers, librarians, publishers and other randomly fascinating guests, and invites them to share the secrets of their public speaking confidence and their media/social media strategies. Caroline will also share her own extensive knowledge of public speaking, storytelling, event planning and media strategy, so if you want to feel sure you can present yourself and your books with both confidence and professionalism, you’ve come to the right place.
Episodes
36 episodes
#35 Dr. Paige Quiñones on poetry, submitting to journals and a literary life in Slovenia
I’m back with a new episode of Authors & Audiences, and I’m thrilled to be talking to Dr. Paige Quiñones, an award-winning American poet and author, currently living in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Paige discusses her journey from pre...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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1:00:57
#34 - Katherine Center on romance, roses and line-dancing librarians
Katherine Center is a New York Times-bestselling author, and a Romantic with a capital R. Her first novel, written in the sixth grade was a fan fiction about Duran Duran, has sadly not yet been published, but she has gone on to publish te...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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1:16:29
#33 - Julie Duffy invites you to write a StoryADay in May!
July Duffy was a self-confessed frustrated creative writer-who-wasn’t-writing, when she challenged herself to write a story every day of May 2010. Other would-be writers heard what she was doing and asked to join in. And that was only th...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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1:09:24
#32 Independent Bookstore Day at Brazos Bookstore
[It turns out that I incorrectly posted this episode back in April as just a 42 seconds-long clip. Oops! - frustratingly, I have only just realized, but I have now replaced the short clip with the full episode - So sorry everyone!]
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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43:39
#31 - Norah Woodsey and Kealani Natane
Norah Woodsey, is an indie author, with three novels, THE CONTROL PROBLEM and LIFELESS, and the novella WHEN THE WAVE COLLAPSES. Her next book, THE STATES, will be out in April 2024. After short careers in finance and tech, Norah began w...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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53:55
#30 - Emily Bain Murphy talks comp titles and overcoming nerves
Emily Bain Murphy is the author of two gorgeous magical fantasy books for young adults - THE DISAPPEARANCES and SPLINTERS OF SCARLET - and has this month published her first novel for adults, ENCHANTED HILL, with Union Square & Company, Emi...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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49:44
#29 - Kathryn Casey - from true crime to historical fiction
Kathryn Casey is an award-winning journalist and the author of eleven true crime books and seven crime fiction novels. As a journalist, Casey has written more than a hundred national magazine articles and pieces for The Washington Post, the Bos...
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52:48
#28 - NaNoWriMo 2023 - Five great tips for your social media
Today is November 1st, the opening day of National Novel Writing Month – or NaNoWriMo which takes place every November, as writers from all over the world come together, in person and online, to write 50,000 words in just 30 days. I...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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20:48
#27 - Dhonielle Clayton & P. Djèlí Clark - MG authors
Welcome to the new season of Author and Audiences, and we're starting off with my recent in-person conversation with two incredible middle-grade authors - Dhonielle Clayton and P. Djèlí Clark- during Banned Books Week 2023Dho...
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The best advice from Season 1
I’m so delighted to be back here with you on your favorite podcast app, and I'm absolutely thrilled to kick off my second season, which I hope you will listen to, love and learn from along with me.This season, I’ll still be bringing you ...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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33:49
The countdown is on - Season 2 is almost here
Season 2 of Authors & Audiences begins this week, so to make sure you don't miss any of the coming episodes, please subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast provider.
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#25 - Joy Preble & Melissa Buron discuss school visits
PART THREE – THE SCHOOL VISITS SERIES – EXTENDED EPISODEJoy Preble is both a successful YA author, and the Children’s Programming Director at Brazos Bookstore in Houston. Her first picture book, Lost and Found Hanukkah<...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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1:11:32
#24 - Scott Reintgen and the science of School Visits
PART TWO – THE SCHOOL VISITS SERIES – EXTENDED EPISODEScott Reintgen is a young adult and middle grade author, who specializes in writing fantasy and science fiction. His tenth novel, A Door in the Dark, which came out this week...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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1:12:31
#23 - Performance poet Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton marks International Women's Day
Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton is an internationally-known writer, librettist, educator, activist and performer. She began as a slam poet, competing regularly in national poetry slams, and was even voted one of the top performance poets in the world. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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49:07
#22 - MG debut, Lisa Stringfellow talks Black History Month and School Visits
To mark Black History Month, I talk this week to Lisa Stringfellow, whose debut middle-grade fantasy novel, A Comb of Wishes, was published last February by HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books. The paperback came out this month, and i...
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#21 Ghostwriter L.A. Mitchell pulls back the curtain on publishing's best kept secret
Bestselling author L.A. Mitchell published her first story—a time travel short called THE LOST HIGHWAY—in 2008. Since then, she has published over 33 works of fiction and non-fiction as a ghostwriter. Her ...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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1:03:04
#20 - Louise Marburg, short story writer
Louise Marburg is the author of three short story collections – The Truth About Me, No Diving Allowed and her latest one, You have reached your Destination, which came out in November. Her stories have al...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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47:16
#19 Amelia McHenry shares wisdom on setting goals for 2023
Amelia McHenry is a Technical Writer and Business Analyst, meaning she examines business processes and produces manuals and timelines for them. She’s also a certified money, marketing and soul coach, and founder of
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#18 - The Holiday Survival Guide, and Caroline shares plans for A&A in 2023
Caroline shares her Holiday Survival Guide for authors and illustrators. Her five tips will help you as a writer or author so you can not just survive the holidays, but usefully make the most of them. That way you'll be ready to go int...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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15:24
#17 Lizzy Dent faces the A&A Q&A . . .
Lizzy Dent is a bestselling women's fiction author. Her first novel for women – The Summer Job - came out in 2021 and her second ,
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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14:33
#16 Bestseller Lizzy Dent talks about her transition from writing as "an expensive hobby" to giving up her dayjob
Lizzy Dent is a bestselling women's fiction author. Her first novel for women – The Summer Job - came out in 2021 and her second ,
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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59:50
#15 The 2022 Debuts meet the 2023 Debuts - live webinar Part 2
Last weekend, I invited eight amazing authors who had all debuted in 2022 to join me in presenting a free webinar to a gathering of 2023 Debuts. As you may have heard in Part 1 of the webinar, I had helped the 22s with a webinar this time last ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:02:38
#14 The 2022 Debuts meet the 2023 Debuts - live webinar Part 1
This weekend, I invited eight amazing authors who had all debuted in 2022 to join me in presenting a free webinar to a gathering of 2023 Debuts. As you’ll hear, I had helped the 22s with a webinar this time last year, and so we reconvened to sh...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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#12 Cathy Berner from Blue Willow Bookshop shares the lowdown on book launches
Cathy Berner qualified as a school librarian up in the frozen north, but very quickly found her way to Texas, where she's been a bookseller at Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston for the last 18 yea...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:00:38
#11 - Laurel Goodluck, picture book author, faces the A&A Q&A
Laurel Goodluck is a debut author who writes picture books with modern Native American themes that reflect Native children’s cultural experiences and everyday life, showing Native children that they have a perspective that is unique and powerfu...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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14:51