{"id":15011,"date":"2023-08-24T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T22:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/?p=15011"},"modified":"2023-08-24T13:18:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T03:18:46","slug":"podcast-interview-australian-book-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/podcast-interview-australian-book-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Interview: Australian Book Lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.australianbooklovers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-2-300x273.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15016\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-2-300x273.png 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-2-150x136.png 150w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-2.png 699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.australianbooklovers.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.australianbooklovers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Australian Book Lovers<\/a> supports and promotes Australian authors, believing that there&#8217;s nothing better than curling up with a good story. Their podcast is a mix of literary news, interviews, readings, discussions and contemplations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s also a handy search engine on their <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.australianbooklovers.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.australianbooklovers.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, which helps you discover your next fantastic read! After all, it&#8217;s the imagination of passionate readers that brings life to the words on a page, as the ABL says themselves&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;From sun soaked adventures to dusty thrillers, from sweeping romance to heart pounding science fiction and fantasy, here you&#8217;ll not only find that perfect next book to read, you&#8217;ll also have the pleasure of learning more about the great Australian authors bringing literary magic to the world!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s the perfect place for readers and listeners seeking intellect, insight and warmth. So I was delighted to be interviewed recently by the lovely Veronica Strachan, and to engage with her about all things books and words \u2013 plus she said I had courage and enterprise in the creative field! How lovely!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1718602\/13448063-author-zena-shapter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-4-300x293.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15026\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-4-300x293.png 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-4-768x751.png 768w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-4-150x147.png 150w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-4.png 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The interview is now available on their podcast as &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1718602\/13448063\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1718602\/13448063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 93<\/a>&#8216;, which is currently being promoted to book lovers across the globe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The episode begins with a snippet from my interview, then some news and discussion, and my actual interview begins around 45:22 minutes. I also do a reading from <em>When Dark Roots Hunt<\/em> at 2:17:20 minutes. Veronica and I talk about all kinds of literary topics, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1718602\/13448063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-1-300x258.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15017\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-1-300x258.png 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-1-1024x880.png 1024w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-1-768x660.png 768w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-1-150x129.png 150w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-1.png 1047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When you <em>know<\/em> you have a true passion for writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to look for holes in society and fix them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unpacking the layers under our skin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The power of observation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The different perspectives time can bring to a text<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing narrative voice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Author branding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My favourite characters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The messy lives we live, and the acceptance of that reading brings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tapping into memory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My community work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advice for aspiring authors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And of course my new release <em><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/portfolio\/when-dark-roots-hunt\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/portfolio\/when-dark-roots-hunt\/\">When Dark Roots Hunt<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to the full interview <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1718602\/13448063\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1718602\/13448063\" target=\"_blank\">over here<\/a>. I hope you enjoy it! Let me know if you have any questions, inspired by the interview!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1718602\/13448063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"644\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15038\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview.png 688w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-300x281.png 300w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-150x140.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Book Lovers supports and promotes Australian authors, believing that there&#8217;s nothing better than curling up with a good story. Their podcast is a mix of literary news, interviews, readings, discussions and contemplations. There&#8217;s also a handy search engine on their website, which helps you discover your next fantastic read!\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/podcast-interview-australian-book-lovers\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Thank you Australian Book Lovers for featuring me on your amazing podcast! @AustralianBooks @AustralianBookLovers #Loveozya #lovebooks","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[2531,1067,891,1982,2319,1977,666,2445,712],"class_list":["post-15011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-news","category-writer-advice","tag-australian-book-lovers","tag-author","tag-community","tag-creativity","tag-interview","tag-passion","tag-towards-white","tag-when-dark-roots-hunt","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zena-Shapter-Australian-Book-Lovers-Podcast-Interview-4.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15011"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15048,"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15011\/revisions\/15048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}