ReadA Book Podcast
Episodes
ReadA Book Podcast- Katie Hoskins When The Party's Over
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Loved this novel, it's like the perfect Summer extender and I am SO jealous of everyone reading it for the first time now! I loved it! I love wom...
ReadA Book Podcast- Emma Grey Start at the End
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Love love love Emma Grey, I like to think I discovered her because I was the first person to ask her for a podcast interview for her debut Start at th...
ReadABook Podcast- Theresa Miller Speak Up
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I love my podcast all the time; the ability to be able to reach out and ask if I can chat to you it SO FANTASTIC!! This isn't my usual author to ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Laura McCluskey The Cursed Road
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I don't think I stopped smiling or giggling this whole conversation; which is ridiculous because this is such a thrilling thriller..George and Ri...
ReadA Book Podcast- Fiona Hardy Old Games
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This was such a great chat if I do say so myself! I really loved the opportunity and because we recorded it a little while ago it was brand new to my ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Cassie Stroud Iluka
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Loved this opportunity to chat with debut author Cassie Stroud. I loved Iluka! Talk about an atmospheric, character driven drama! I've tried SO ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Lainie Anderson Murder on North Terrace
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I love a cosy crime, I love historical fiction and I love love love a cosy historical crime involving real life people. I had been hoping to chat with...
ReadA Book Podcast- Jodi Wilson A Brain That Breathes
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I adored this conversation! Love this gentle, wise and so thoughtful book. A book that couldn't be more timely and just filled to the brim with b...
ReadA Book Podcast Libby Iriks Home to the Heart Country
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
 I loved this novel; I love me a romance and I love love love when a romance can give me the feels as well as give me lots to think about... Home t...
ReadA Book Podcast- Aaron Tait Far Horizons
04 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Loved this chat I got to have with Aaron Tait, I really can see that this memoir could be described as Eat, Pray Love..but with guns. Its super compul...
ReadA Book Podcast- Jessica Mansour- Nahra The Farm
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Goodness I could not tear myself away from this chat, poor Jessica had made time in-between editing her next book and I got to interrupt that to talk ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Rebecca Armitage The Heir Apparent
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the novel I have been waiting since 2005 to read hahah..what really goes on behind the palace walls? How do those heavy tiaras stay in all nig...
ReadA Book Podcast- Emma Mugglestone In The Long Run
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What a fun romcom In The Long Run is! Who knew what I wanted most in the world was a fake dating/ friends to lovers novel set in the world of run club...
ReadA Book Podcast- Racheal Johns The Lucky Sisters
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Could not have loved The Lucky Sisters more! Twins, bonsai, kitkats, adoption..SO much to love!!! I got to chat with Rachael Johns recently about Stev...
ReadA Book Podcast- Joanna Nell The Funeral Crashers
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I adore Joanna Nell novels, don't you? The older characters having adventures, living their best lives..crashing funerals and rating carrot cake?...
ReadA Book Podcast- Blake Johnston Swellbeing
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I live in Cronulla and thought I knew Blake Johnston's story, yet I was still caught crying like a baby on the train. SO heartfelt, SO raw, SO we...
ReadA Book Podcast- January Gilchrist The Final Chapter
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This was one that took some editing; there was a lot of chat! I adore January Gilchrist and we managed to get off topic quite a bit I'm not sorry...
ReadA Book Podcast- Jess Kitching The Life Experiment
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I got to chat with Jess Kitching recently about The Life Experiment and I am so glad I did! She does have a scratchy throat from plane aircon and unfo...
ReadA Book Podcast- Sophie Green Lessons in Love at the Seaside Salon
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My new favourite Sophie Green novel! Loved everything about this one!! And the chance to chat was just just as great! Sophie is the definition of a bu...
ReadA Book Podcast- Stefanie Koens Daughters of Batavia
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I fell into this novel; real characters, a story I couldn't stop thinking about and I could smell the ginger in the tea! SO well done!!!!!! I cou...
ReadA Book Podcast- Jessica Dettmann Your Friend and Mine
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a speedy episode, but a great one. I LOVED the opportunity to chat with author Jessica Dettmann about the wonderful Your Friend and Mine..a bo...
ReadA Book Podcast- Siang Lu Ghost Cities
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Wondering Women and I read Ghost Cities (published by UQP Books) Â for our August read. It was a reread for me and gosh I am SO glad I had the opp...
ReadA Book Podcast- Emma Babbington The Neighbours
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Could not put this novel down! I could not work out who had killed celebrity surgeon Richard Wellington, but gosh I was going someone had! A more unli...
ReadA Book Podcast- Sam Guthrie The Peak
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Could not put this novel down and completely messaged Sam Guthrie at 5 in the morning after being completely half awake thinking about The Peak all ni...
ReadA Book Podcast- Sarah Clutton The Remarkable Truths of Alfie Bains
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I had to record this chat on my phone I am sorry to have to admit. The quality of the audio does not do justice to the remarkable-ness of the novel or...
ReadA Book Podcast- Kelly Rimmer The Midnight Estate
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I could loved The Midnight Estate. The gothic mansion, the book within the book, the book love and magic, the wonderful character of Fiona...loved it ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Holly Brunnbauer What Did I Miss
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I adored this sassy, funny, sweet rom com! I loved Makayla and Beau SO much! The chat with Holly was just as I knew it would be; my cheeks hurt from g...
ReadA Book Podcast- Kayte Nunn The Palazzo
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Palazzo gave me all the feels, you don't know who has been killed or who is the killer..it's a group of family and friends staying at a ...
ReadA Book Podcast Maya Linnell Cockatoo Cove
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I adored Cockatoo Cove and the chat I got to have with Maya Linnell. I turn into a tree change wanta be I think whenever I read a Maya Linnell; small ...
ReadA Book Michael Thompson All The Perfect Days
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I could chat to Michael Thompson all day every day, I am a huge fan of his novels and could not have loved All The Perfect Days more. I can't eve...
ReadA Book Podcast- Saman Shad The Sex Lives of Married Women
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This does sound unedited, but honestly I took out lots of giggling and lots of just chat! It is hard to talk the sex lives of married women when you a...
ReadA Book Podcast- Sal Gallaher Secrets In The Lake
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Loved this chat with my friend Sal celebrating 6 months of Secrets in the Lake! I can't imagine indie publishing, I completely take my hat off to...
ReadA Book Podcast- Joanna Jenkins The Bluff
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I devoured How to Kill a Client and absolutely jumped at The Bluff..I was completely chuffed when I got to speak with Joanna Jenkins and cannot believ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Pip Fioretti Skull River
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cannot believe historical thrillers weren't on my radar! I loved this one!! What a way to thrill!!! The opportunity to speak to Pip Fioretti was ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Nathan Dunne When Nothing Feels Real
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I had never heard of depersonalisation prior to hearing Nathan's experience, and gosh I am glad I have. I think this is just such a generous memo...
ReadA Book Podcast- Joan Sauers Whiskey Valley
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What a fun chat this was! I really loved Whiskey Valley, I love the Southern Highlands of NSW and loved all the eating and drinking that was being don...
ReadA Book Podcast- Georgia Harper What Would I Do to You
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gosh I loved this book and chat, loved Georgia! What Would I Do to You imagines an Australia that has brought back capital punishment, with the stipul...
ReadA Book Podcast- Lisa Kenway All You Took From Me
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I loved this psychological thriller, I can't believe its a debut! So atmospheric, such believable characters...so twisty, so clever! Loved the c...
ReadA Book Podcast- Lauren K McKellar The Calendar Mums
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This was a novel that caught me by surprise; light and fun but weeks later I am still thinking about these people..OK characters that aren't actu...
ReadA Book Podcast- Rachel Paris See How They Fall
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I could not put this novel down! Clever, compulsive and SO much to chew on! Gosh it's a great time to be a reader!!! I loved the opportunity to c...
ReadA Book Podcast- Darcy Tindale Burning Mountain
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dave is off camping so I am living the podcast dream! This is a chat I had last Sunday morning and here it is here edited and out! I LOVED this chat, ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Madeleine Cleary The Butterfly Women
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There is something for everyone in this novel; part thriller, part romance, lots women's stories..so much historical fiction..I loved every sin...
ReadA Book Podcast- Laura McCluskey The Wolf Tree
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a longer episode, but if you could see all the chitchatI cut out! I just couldn't tear myself away from Laura McCluskey, I LOVED The Wolf...
ReadA Book Podcast- Mary-Lou Stephens The Jam Maker
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I couldn't have loved The Jam Maker more; wonderful story that I knew nothing at all about; for someone who made money with a scones I can't...
ReadA Book Podcast- Jenny Pattrick Sea Change
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jenny Pattrick is a new author to me, she is a best selling New Zealand known for her historical fiction..you can imagine I have finished recording wi...
ReadA Book Podcast- Dervla McTiernan The Unquiet Grave
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gosh I had to pinch myself black and blue that I got to chat with Dervla McTiernan, I love her! I absolutely LOVE Cormac Reilly and I was so excited t...
ReadA Book Podcast- Gareth Ward & Louise Ward The Bookshop Detectives
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When late to the party means you get to smash 2 great reads is that even abad thing? I LOVED my time in Sherlock Tomes, being a bookshop detective...t...
ReadA Book Podcast- Claire Van Ryn Where the Birds Call Her Name
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Wondering Women and I are reading this beauty for our April bookclub and we are loving it! Evocative, so exquisite and excellent in general! When ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Jane Caro Lyrebird
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You had better believe I took the day off for the opportunity to chat with Jane Caro! I raced through Lyrebird and was so completely chuffed to have b...
ReadA Book Podcast- Kylie Ladd The Mix Up
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What an interesting novel The Mix Up is! Imagine a mix up that sees two embryos mixed up..what would you do? What would you do if that mix up hadn&apo...
ReadA Book Podcast- Cassie Hamer The Stranger at the Table
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Stranger at Table is the latest novel by Cassie Hamer. I could not put it down!!!! Darker, twistier and full of secrets and lies...I loved it!! O...
ReadA Book Podcast- Amanda Hampson The Deadly Dispute
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the Wondering Women and I got to be beta readers for The Deadly Dispute!! We were SO SO lucky, and you had better believe I was itching to int...
ReadA Book Podcast- Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion The Oasis
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I LOVED this chat, I loved The Oasis and authors Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion! I so admire what they are doing with The Menzies Mental Health Service...
ReadA Book Podcast- Kasey Edwards Goodbye Good Girl, Hello Me
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I just found Goodbye Good Girl, Hello Me so inspiring! It's an incredibly generous and moving memoir. I loved my conversation with author Kasey E...
ReadA Book Podcast- Victoria Brownlee Eat Your Heart Out
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is such a fun foodie rom com of a novel. I ate it up with a spoon. SO fun, SO much great eating, SO much France! Victoria Brownlee was also just ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Darry Fraser The Night on the Darling River
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I adored being swept up in Tess' story in The Night on the Darling River and you had better believe I loved the chance to chat with Darry Fraser ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Kate Solly The Paradise Heights Craft Store Stitch Up
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is just like a chat I couldn't tear myself away from! I did ask lots of Craft Store Stitch Up questions but honestly I just loved chatting w...
ReadA Book Podcast- Kell Woods Upon a Starlit Tide
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I adore this novel; the fairytale steeped in history..so magical! I instantly felt transported to a magical 1758 Saint-Malo! I loved it! I got to cha...
ReadA Book Podcast- Rachael Johns The Bad Bridesmaid
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gosh I LOVE Rachael Johns, love her contemporaries, her romances, her rurals..The Bad Bridesmaid is a sequel of sorts to The Other Bridget which I jus...
ReadA Book Podcast- Ashley Kalagian Blunt Cold Truth
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This was a fantastic conversation I got to have with Ashley Kalagian Blunt in December about her new thriller Cold Truth! A novel set in Winnipeg &apo...
ReadA Book Podcast- Vanessa McCausland The Last Illusion of Paige White
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I am a huge Vanessa McCausland fan; through her novels I have travelled down the south coast, to the Capertee Valley, to remote Tasmania, to France an...
ReadA Book Podcast- Sophie Green Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is one of the conversations I just have sat on, I am so sorry..and I loved Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel; I blame life...but having reflected on ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Penelope Janu The Summerfield Saddler
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I love me some rural fiction and have adored Penelope Janu novels from the first one I read years ago now! Animals, adventure and romance go so well t...
ReadA Book Podcast- Lauren Jackson Break The Rules
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Such a fun, spicy read! I love having the luxury of just being able to try new reads and aren't we just so lucky to be readers..this was so the b...
ReadA Book Podcast- Belinda Alexandra The Masterpiece
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You would not be able to find a bigger fan of Belinda Alexandra than me, I LOVE her!!!! I remember like it was yesterday picking up White Gardenia...b...
ReadA Book Podcast- Emma Grey Pictures of You
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I really did squeal when I saw Pictures of You in my book mail, I really had been looking forward to reading another Emma Grey as soon as I closed the...
ReadA Book Podcast- Pip Drysdale The Close-Up
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I could NOT turn the pages fast enough in The Close-Up!!!! And then of course I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since turning the las...
ReadA Book Podcast- Mary-Anne O'Connor Mary Christmas
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My Christmas season has started thanks to this delightful Christmas romance! I adored it and am so looking forward to it being part of my Christmas tr...
ReadA Book Podcast- Léonie Kelsall The Homestead in the Eucalypts
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I've been a huge fan of Léonie Kelsall's for SO long; all the small rural town love, all the big themes so carefully examined.. I completel...
ReadA Book Podcast- Sandie Docker The Lyrebird Lake Ladies Choir
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Loved the Lyrebird Lake Ladies Choir SO much! The small town community, the big themes, the characters, the love..ahhh it just ticks all the boxes! L...
ReadA Book Podcast- Anna Johnston The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I adored this novel, I LOVED Frederick, I LOVED it all so much! This is another one that has been sitting waiting to be edited I'm sorry to say,...
ReadA Book Podcast- Susannah Glenn Between Husbands and Wives
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm back baby!!!I got to chat with Susannah Glenn about her debut novel Between Husbands and Wives back in July I am sorry to say. I have just be...
ReadA Book Podcast- Danielle Binks Chapters for Change Readathon Ambassador
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This was an honour of a chat; I got to learn more about the fantastic charity that is Chapters for Change. I got to learn more about what they do and ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Maya Linnell Wallaby Lane
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I had an absolute ball chatting with author Maya Linnell recently. I got to ask all about her latest novel Wallaby Lane; the country shows, community ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Julie Bennett The Lost Letters of Rose Carey
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I was absolutely captivated by this novel, the mystery, the diving, the letters...I loved the modern day timeline just as much as I did the 1920s and ...
ReadA Book Podcast- B.M. Carroll One Of Us Is Missing
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Loved this chat, loved this thriller! A family going to a Coldplay concert as a reward for having gotten through a challenging year...such a premise!!...
ReadA Book Podcast- Kyra Geddes The Story Thief
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I LOVED The Story Thief, I thought it was just such an all encompassing coming of age Australian novel. I loved Lillian and the opportunity to watch h...
ReadA Book Podcast- Jane Tara Tilda is Visible
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Such a treat to chat with Jane Tara. I loved Tilda is Visible and think it is one for everyone. I think at one point or another we have all felt like ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Diane Armstrong The Wild Date Palm
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I got so swept up in this story- the adventure, the romance, the exotic location...loved it. The opportunity to chat with Diane Armstrong about it was...
8. ReadA Book Podcast- Fiona Lowe The Accident
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is my first post new job podcast, I am back baby!!!!! And what a way to come back! I got to chat with bestselling author Fiona Lowe!!! What a tre...
ReadA Book Podcast- Saman Shad The Matchmaker
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a 'pre new job' chat that has just been sitting waiting patiently to be edited and goodness I had forgotten what a great chat it had...
ReadA Book Podcast- Kell Woods After The Forest
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I only just spoke to Kell Woods this afternoon and I've edited and here is it!! I want to be able to get these out as soon as possible, I just ne...
ReadA Book Podcast- Camille Booker Author/ PhD Creative Writing Candidate/ All-round coolest person
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I just am flat out learning a new job, not Camille Booker; she is the ultimate in a busy person, I think, as a reader, it's so fascinating to see...
4. ReadA Book Podcast- Sonia Henry Put Your Feet In The Dirt, Girl
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gosh this has been a LONG time coming, I've been so busy learning a new job and then so behind but I am BACK BABY!! And first edit off the rank i...
ReadA Book Podcast- Fleur McDonald Into the Night
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This was such a great chat that I got to have with Fleur McDonald! Loved Into the Night, it was such a fun rural suspense! I was super cautious of spo...
ReadA Book Podcast- Sue Williams That Bligh Girl
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I had a ball chatting with Sue Williams, I loved this book and cannot believe I have only just met Mary Bligh! What a character!! That Bligh Girl was ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Marianne Van Velzen Minnie
20 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I completely inhaled this book. What a story! Minnie completely was remarkable it's true! And I think Marianne Van Velzen has done a wonderful jo...
ReadA Book Podcast- Kylie Ladd I'll Leave You With This
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I LOVED this conversation I got to have with Kylie Ladd, I could have kept her chatting for hours.. as it was the zoom completely ran out! Which reall...
ReadA Book Podcast- Genevieve Novak Crushing
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Crushing was such a fun read but with lots to think about! Genevieve called it a love letter to female friendships and the hospitality industry and it...
ReadA Book Podcast- Amanda Hampson The Tea Ladies
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I just loved this novel! An overlooked gang of tea ladies fighting crime and keeping the biscuits coming..what could be better!!! ***There are three ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Jo Dixon The House of Now and Then
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This debut novel came out at the start of 2023 and I, obviously bought it straight away and then let it sit on my bedside table for ages! It's ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Averil Kenny Those Hamilton Sisters/ The Girls of Lake Evelyn
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I just LOVE Averil Kenny, I'm a big fan of historical fiction and character based stories, throw in a tropical Far North Queensland setting and I...
ReadA Book Podcast- Katherine Kovacic Seven Sisters
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A thriller about a group of sisters getting revenge on their sisters' murderers? So a thriller I never thought I'd be brave enough to read; ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Pip Williams The Bookbinder of Jericho
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Didn't you love The Dictionary of Lost Words? I so did! And The Bookbinder of Jericho even more so!!!!! I loved loved loved Peggie, Maude and Lot...
ReadA Book Podcast- Anthea Hodgson The War Nurses
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
*****This conversation does cover some graphic, serious, tragic fates of the Australian War Nurses*****I loved the latest novel by Anthea Hodgson, The...
ReadA Book Podcast- Karina May Duck à l'Orange for Breakfast
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Love love love this novel and author, it was such a treat to sit down with Karina May to talk Duck!!!A complete delight! I love me a rom com and this ...
ReadA Book Podcast- Josephine Moon The Wonderful Thing About Phoenix Rose
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Love this novel, love the opportunity to have read it early and gotten to interview Josephine Moon about it! This wonderful novel is out today and I a...
ReadA Book Podcast- Sandie Docker The Redgum River Retreat
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I could be president of The Sandie Docker Fan Club. I love her novels- the small town communities, the intergenerational secrets and mysteries her nov...
ReadA Book Podcast- Rae Cairns Dying To Know
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm a shameless Rae Cairns fan!!! I love her novels; they're real trillers about real women (so far at least) who are backed into a corner.....
ReadA Book Podcast- Jessica Dettmann Without Further Ado
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I am a huge Jessica Dettmann fan, I seem to just LOVE everything about them; her characters, themes, settings..I'm the biggest lover of injokes a...