Bianca Marais

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4,862 appearances 37 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 6d ago

Bianca Marais’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 37 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 9.

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The Shit No One Tells You About Writing · Author Insights from Hank Phillippi Ryan, Linwood Barclay and Laura Moriarty · 20 Aug 2026 podcast

So I love that you said that because one of my later questions was we do generally on the podcast, when we look at opening pages, we say to people, start in scene rather than just telling. podcast-host

But you know podcast-host

When you're in the hands of a master you can feel it. podcast-host

Like I don't know if you read Hello Beautiful by Anne Napoletano. podcast-host

Her first chapter was quite a long chapter and it was all telling of backstory. podcast-host

And you wouldn't have realized that unless you stopped to go back and have a look because she just got you so caught up in it. podcast-host

So, again, for our listeners, if you're going to break the rules, you need to do it really well. podcast-host

You can't just be like Laura did it, so I'm gonna do it. podcast-host

It takes a certain skill set to be able to do that and still keep the reader with you. podcast-host

We podcast-host

gonna discuss shortly as well the whole looking back podcast-host

vibe, the whole redemptive narrative. podcast-host

But for now, there's a section I want you to read for us because telling the truth and honesty is such a huge theme throughout the book. podcast-host

And as such, it's so important that it gets introduced early. podcast-host

So you introduce it on page two. podcast-host

Can you read that section podcast-host

Such a great curiosity seed for what's to come and really setting the themes of the novel very, very early on. podcast-host

And it tells us so much about character and intrigues us. podcast-host

Now, Leonard, as well, is such a great curiosity seed. podcast-host

You start off with him like within the first two pages, just a passing reference to him. podcast-host

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