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S4E6 The Italian Correspondent with guest Belinda Alexandra
Belinda Alexandra is one of Australia’s favourite novelists, with very good reason - her books are wonderful! And there’s some biographical information about her below, as well as the blurb of her…
S4E5 On bookshops and buried pasts with guest Sarah Clutton
From Sophie:At the time of recording this episode I had a cold and Rachael was in the middle of preparing her house to go on the market. When I pressed ‘record’ I forgot to pull my microphone close…
S4E4 We decide to talk about A.I.
Have you heard the term ‘regurgitated volume’ before? No? Good. That’s because Sophie made it up in this episode of Dear Rach & Soph, to describe large volumes of content being produced by…
S4E3 Why are we posting on social media?
From Sophie:On this podcast Rachael Johns and I let these conversations go where they will, and in this episode we start talking about how important it is for grown-ups to engage in play. That means…
S4E2 On not saying 'sorry'
In this episode we talk about a subject that has been on our list for a while: the reflexive nature of saying ‘sorry’. Admittedly it’s something Sophie put on the list, as it’s something she's had an…
S4E1 We're baaaaack - season 4 begins
Hello longtime Dear Rach & Soph liewers (that's listeners + viewers to the uninitiated)!Thank you for your patience while Rachael Johns and I took a break to focus on writing our next books (two…
S3 Summer reading sorted! With these new releases from Q4 2025
Due to manuscript deadlines and other commitments, it’s taken until now to bring you up to date with October and November new releases. But it’s just in time for summer reading! See how I managed to…
S3 All about The Lucky Sisters
**SPOILER ALERT**If you haven’t read Rachael Johns’s latest novel, The Lucky Sisters, please be advised that in this bonus episode of our podcast, Dear Rach & Soph, we discuss the ending of the…
S3E34 All about audiobooks from an audio insider, with guest Chiara Priorelli from Wavesound
We recorded this episode in September, and Rachael was under the weather at the time, but she’s not any more! And she also talks about her latest novel, The Lucky Sisters, maybe being out by the time…
S3E33 From self-publishing to series smash and new stories - with guest Lyla Sage
When Rachael and I were offered the chance to have Lyla Sage as a guest on the podcast, we said yes straightaway. While our focus is Australian books and authors, Lyla has created something special…
S3E32 When a writer works for a writers festival - with guest Qin Qin
Note from Sophie:This is an episode featuring me alone - not because Rachael lost her voice or anything else, but because my guest is Qin Qin, and I published her book, Model Minority Gone Rogue: How…
S3E31 How a respected journalist becomes a bestselling crime novelist - with guest Michael Brissenden
Michael Brissenden had a long career as an esteemed journalist (see bio below) and all the while was writing fiction, as we found out when we spoke to him recently. We were interested in finding out…
S3E30 From emergency medicine to compelling fiction - guest Michelle Johnston
‘So I just get this tiny snapshot of extreme humanity at its most tempestuous or its most vulnerable almost … I obviously have had a lifetime of influence of what humans can do when they're pushed to…
S3E29 From blogging to writing fiction - with guest Holly Brunnbauer
This year Holly Brunnbauer released her first novel, What Did I Miss? - but it is far from her first attempt at writing (and not even her first fiction manuscript). Holly began writing in earnest…
S3E28 From helping others to healing through stories - guest Renae Black
Renae Black (bio below) was a guest on the first season of Dear Rach & Soph, and at that time we talked about whether or not she needed a literary agent. This time around, we wanted to talk to…
S3 September 2025 new releases
These are the Australian books being released in September 2025 that we know about. There is no one central place to find out about book releases so we rely on authors reporting to us and also on the…
S3E27 Writing, characters, pitching - we answer questions!
When we started doing this podcast it was mainly us talking to each other. Then we started bringing guests onto the podcast and that has taken on its own life. And we certainly love talking to other…
S3E26 Is there a ‘second novel syndrome’? With guests Saman Shad and Emma Pei Yin
Two guests join me and Rachael Johns in this episode, and they are both fabulous (you can read their bios below). Emma Pei Yin has just released her first novel, When Sleeping Women Wake, and is…
S3E25 From marketing romance to writing romance - with guest Patrick Lenton
Patrick Lenton is the author of the book of short stories A Man Made Entirely of Bats (2015), the book of comedic essays Uncle Hercules and Other Lies (2019), and the full length short story…
S3 All about Lessons in Love at the Seaside Salon
Each time one of us releases a book (separately) we devote an episode of Dear Rach & Soph to discussing the book - Sophie will interview Rachael about hers, and vice versa.This latest episode,…
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