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Author | Podcast Guy | Walking paradox of artsy-fartsy sports lover | also a journalist at @nickwsports
🎙Host of DATE WITH A DEBUT - S4 in production

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Saturday at #NWF2026 was buzzing with ideas and stories from debut authors and literary legends.

Our Sunday program is in full swing, so come to the Civic Precinct and explore what’s on! Highlights include our Family Fun Day, in conversations with @peter_fitzsimons, Bob Carr, @lauriewoolever and @heather_rose_writes, as well as panels on speaking truth to power and writing fiction from life.

Learn more and book tickets at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au

📸 @simonedepeak and @stefanwhite_productions

Image description: A series of photos captured during the festival on Saturday, including authors in sessions, a man lying on a bench while reading a book and people at MacLean’s pop-up bookshop.

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The lovely Nick Wasiliev popped in the other day to sign copies of his book, 'When Men Cry'. Come and grab a signed copy now!

A story of mateship, despair and redemption, When Men Cry is a sobering look at the world of mental health and masculinity: brought to life in Nick Wasiliev's debut novel.

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There are few things more pleasurable than chatting to like-minded people about your own private obsessions. A huge thanks to @nickwasiliev for the thoughtful and thought-provoking questions. I’ll post the link to the full pod in comments.

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Danger lurks in this house of ill repute…

For episode six of Date with a Debut, we travel to the 1860s and the world of Little Lon and Nick Wasiliev chats with Madeleine Cleary about her book, The Butterfly Women.

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We’ve been lucky to have Liam Driver capturing NWF since 2017 and it’s always a pleasure to see the weekend through his lens 📸

Enjoy this collection of photos captured by Liam at #NWF2025

[image description: 1. Jimmy Barnes speaks into a microphone while gesturing with his free hand. 2. Michelle De Kretser is shown speaking into a microphone while smiling and with a distant gaze. 3. Jennifer Robinson is shown signing a book for an audience member. 4. Lech Blaine is shown speaking with Drew Ambrose beside him. 5. Anita Heiss laughs while holding a microphone and looking to her left. 6. Dan McIvor reads animatedly from a book during Kink in the Tale: Live Storytelling for Grown-ups. 7. Nardi Simpson speaks into a microphone to Kate Mildenhall. 8. John Safran is shown speaking to Marieke Hardy on stage at the Conservatorium of Music. 9. Eda Gunaydin speaks into a microphone while gazing up and with Paris Rosemont beside her, smiling. 10. Michael Robotham speaks into a microphone with Anna Downes out of focus in the background. 11. Nick Wasiliev speaks into a microphone with Natasha Rai, Lisa Kenway and Zahid Gamieldien seated beside him and the audience in front. 12. Two people are shown reading books by writers who participated in the festival while seated outside NUspace.]

#NewcastleWritersFestival #NWF #CreateNSW #NewcastleNSW #Newcastle #WritersFestival #Writer

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BEST OF SERIES Top 9 🩷

Catch up on the 9 most listened to episodes of 2024 🩷

Which one is your favourite?

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2024 PODCAST WRAP UP 🩷🩷🩷

Thank you for listening and coming on this journey with us!

Special thanks to my partners in crime Nick Wasiliev for his awesome Date with a Debut series, RWR McDonald and Jono Butler for the brilliant QWS series, and my TAKEOVER hosts and more regular TAKEOVER hosts Alex Dook, and my buddy Adrian Beck for stepping up when I couldn’t 🩷🩷🩷 THANK YOU!!!

New 2025 format, with more creatives talking more about creativity, process, challenges, why we write and create and how to finish that manuscript!

Thanks for creating this community with me 🩷🩷🩷

2 million downloads here we come! ❤️‍🔥😈🔥

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Who is Ada?

For the eighth episode of this season of Date With A Debut, Nick sits down with Brydie Lee-Kennedy, author of Go Lightly. They discuss the book, exploring the chaos of your twenties, how you present yourself to other people, comparing screenwriting to literature, and more..

LISTEN NOW: https://on.soundcloud.com/E7YZSP4GS3rXkrMp9

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A triumphant story of hope and survival.

For the seventh episode of this season of Date With A Debut, Nick sits down with Carly-Jay Metcalfe, author of Breath. They discuss the book, a childhood of living in hospital, surviving cancer, cystic fibrosis and a lung transplant, the value of humour to get through the hard times, and more.

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Sooooooo ‘good-exhausted’ after the smashing time I’ve had at @newcastlewritersfestival Can’t put sentences together. So many memorable moments with no photo to document. Authors are the best. Books are the best. The end.

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Game, set - perfect match?!

For the second episode of our new series, Nick Wasiliev sits down with Abra Pressler, author of Love and Other Scores. They discuss the book, the value of championing homegrown queer romance, what Abra would do if Rafael Nadal would appear in front of her, and more.

LISTEN NOW: https://on.soundcloud.com/YTP48u7q1NEkPiJs9

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