ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 27 September 2024

Date With a Debut is featured as part of the Australian literary platform Words & Nerds. Check out all shows on the platform here: https://danivee.com.au/podcasts/

Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication.

For the fifteenth episode of series two, Nick sits down with Susannah Begbie, author of The Deed. They discuss the book, winning the Richell Prize, chaotic family dynamics, how siblings view their parents in different ways, creating country Australia on the page, and more.

BOOKS:

Debut Feature:

• The Deed by Susannah Begbie: https://bit.ly/3XIDZcY

Other Books Mentioned:

• The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje: https://bit.ly/3Tu6ZTr

• Lost & Found by Brooke Davis: https://bit.ly/4eoxcuS

• Sidelines by Karen Viggers: https://bit.ly/3BdADG7

• Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson: https://bit.ly/3B3mSKb

• My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin: https://bit.ly/4gkUQdn

• The Shiralee by D'Arcy Niland: https://bit.ly/47pjplb

PRODUCTION NOTES:

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guest: Susannah Begbie

Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev

Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz

Production Code: 2:15

Episode Number: #28

Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Holly Jeffrey (Hachette Australia)

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