The Whole Truth: Motherhood and the Writing Life with Nadia Mahjouri

• Alice Robinson on Writing Your Way Through Separation and Making Something Beautiful From It All

  Todays interview guest is the luminous Alice Robinson, author of If You Go, as well as two previous novels - Anchor Point, longlisted for the Stella Prize and the Indie Book Awards and The Glad Shout, shortlisted for an Aurealis Award and The Colin Roderick Literary Award and winner of the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction.Alice and I chat about separation, grief and how time changes our understanding of ourselves as parents, and of our own parents and how they parented us. I loved this conversation, and I adored If You Go - if you havent read it - hurry to get a copy now. ____Melbourne Friends! I am finally launching Half Truth in Melbourne at the end of March and early April. Please see my bio on instagram or tickets are links are available from the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Penguin Events⁠⁠⁠⁠ page.WHO IS YOUR HOST??Nadia Mahjouri is the author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Half Truth ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- her debut novel that will be released Feb 11 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pre-orders available NOW!!!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Holding Space Counselling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online.  Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere. Her website is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.nadiamahjouri.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Or you can email  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

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• Lauren Keegan on Saying Yes to Your Writing, No Matter What

  Today's episode is with the wonderful Lauren Keegan, author of All The Bees In The Hollows, Lauren has two kids and works as a perinatal psychologist, and is finishing her second novel! Don't miss this gorgeous chat with the lovely Lauren all about choosing to write even when it means others may miss out!______And for Melbourne Friends - Good news! I will be in Melbourne for three events in the coming weeks! Firstly at The Wheeler Centre for ⁠The Next Big Thing panel with debut writers - Twists and Turns is the Theme⁠And secondly - a ⁠Melbourne Launch on 1 April at Sandringham Library where I will be in conversation with the wonderful Anna Johnston, author of The Borrowed Life of Frederik Fyfe. ⁠Tickets free for both but essential!And thirdly, I am excited to be having an event at the lovely Eltham Bookshop - in conversation with Anne Freeman, author of Me That You See - Tickets are $45 and include moroccan tea, sweets and a copy of the novel or else your choice of another book or gift voucher!

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• Leesa Ronald Wrote What She Knew And Ended Up With A Publishing Contract and a Very Confused Local Midwife

  Melbourne Friends! I am finally launching Half Truth in Melbourne at the end of March and early April. Please see my bio on instagram or tickets are links are available from the ⁠⁠⁠Penguin Events⁠⁠⁠ page.Today's episode is with the lovely Leesa Ronald - author of Special Delivery - published by Allen and Unwin. You can find out more about Leesa on her website www.leesaronald.com.au or follow her fabulous instagram account @leesaronaldwrites____WHO IS YOUR HOST??Nadia Mahjouri is the author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Half Truth ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- her debut novel that will be released Feb 11 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pre-orders available NOW!!!⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Holding Space Counselling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online.  Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere. Her website is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.nadiamahjouri.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Or you can email  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

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• Nadia Mahjouri on The Whole Truth Behind Half Truth - With Guest Interviewer Arianne James from TheBookShelf!!!

  Today is a special episode where I turn the tables and become the guest!! Thanks to the wonderful Arianne James from Tas Writers for allowing me to share this interview she did with me last week on Edge Radio The Book Shelf program with you all. And watch out for her debut novel Second Skin out with HQ next year!And for Melbourne Friends - Good news! I will be in Melbourne for two events in the coming weeks! Firstly at The Wheeler Centre for The Next Big Thing panel with debut writers - Twists and Turns is the ThemeAnd secondly - a Melbourne Launch on 1 April at Sandringham Library where I will be in conversation with the wonderful Anna Johnston, author of The Borrowed Life of Frederik Fyfe. Tickets free for both but essential!

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• Lily Redwood is Not a Shit Mum and Shes Pretty Sure You're Not Either

  Todays episode is with poet and spoken word artist Lily Redwood. Lily writes about the everyday extraordinary from the political to the poetical. Lily combines spoken word with tender verse, which comes alive through her live performance. Most of her poems are written on the notes app hiding in the toilet from her 2 children, or scribbled on the back of an old envelope, whilst burning the dinner. Lily lives off-grid in South Wales with her family.   Lily's debut pamphlet, You Make Me Think of Swifts, is a raw witty and unflinching journey through the landscape of early motherhood - a place where the boundaries between self and other merge and the natural world seeps through the cracks to inhabit us. It has been described as:  "Scorchingly honest and human" (Jude Jones, Journalist) and "visceral, loving and brave"(Emylia Hall, Founder of Mothership Writers). You Make Me Think of Swifts is out now with The Collective Press.  Lily facilitates creative writing workshops and spaces for mothers, often incorporating nature connection practices. In 2016 Lily and her husband, Pete created the award-winning ecological documentary wetheuncivilised, A LifeStory . You can find Lily online -@lilyredwoodpoet / www.lilyredwood.co.uk/ www.wetheuncivilised.org Also - my debut novel ⁠Half Truth⁠ is out now and you can listen to me discuss the truth behind the novel on Conversations with Sarah Kanowski My Moroccan matrescence - ABC listenPlease join me in Melbourne at The Wheeler Centre for The Next Big Thing on March 31 or on 1st April at Sandringham Library to Launch Half Truth. TBA Ticket links are available from the ⁠⁠Penguin Events⁠⁠ page.If you are interested in Matrescence, please come along to The Matrescence Festival in Melbourne on March 29 and 30. Tickets available from Matrescence Festival — Claire Tonti____ABOUT YOUR HOST:Nadia Mahjouri is the author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Half Truth ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- herdebut novel that will be released Feb 11 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pre-orders availableNOW!!!⁠⁠⁠⁠Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Holding Space Counselling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online. Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere. Her website is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.nadiamahjouri.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Or you can email  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  

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