//podcastplus.net/feed/published-or-not~5e04fb69 Australian and international authors talk about their books and how they got published or how they self-published. Listeners, writers and readers will also hear about what's going on in our local writing community. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:45:43 +0000 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/10/02/1130/202510021130_published-or-not_64.mp3 Makayla wants to make up for lost time after her divorce but her list of no regrets detailing things yet to be done leads to complications she didn't quite foresee in Holly Brunnbauer's novel, What Did I Miss?The Empress Murders is a razor-sharp whodunit by Toby Schmitz. Thu, 02 Oct 2025 01:30:00 +0000 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/10/02/1130/202510021130_published-or-not_64.mp3 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/09/25/1130/202509251130_published-or-not_64.mp3 Noel Harcourt writes about his job for 33 years as one of the zoo keepers at Melbourne Zoo in his memoir ‘For Keeps’.Philomena McCarthy is compromised in her role as a police officer because she is the daughter of one of London's crime bosses. How then does she investigate and solve the robberies and murders on her beat in 'The White Crow'? Michael Rowbotham makes it all clear in his latest crime thriller.    Thu, 25 Sep 2025 01:30:00 +0000 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/09/25/1130/202509251130_published-or-not_64.mp3 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/09/18/1130/202509181130_published-or-not_64.mp3 George Ivanoff gives us 'Prehistoric Peril' in the latest choose your own adventure where virtual reality, mad scientists and you, as the reader, decides what will happen next.A heist, a robbery, a theft planned and undertaken to not only save the Earth, but even refugees from another planet.  Science Fiction at its most dramatic, absurd and humorous for kids and their parents to read in the ‘Heist’ trilogy by Joel McKerrow Thu, 18 Sep 2025 01:30:00 +0000 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/09/18/1130/202509181130_published-or-not_64.mp3 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/09/11/1130/202509111130_published-or-not_64.mp3 Pip Smith explores the emotional and psychological consequences of the refugee vessel, The Janga, that crashed into Christmas Island in her fictionalised account of that event, The Pull of the Moon. Thu, 11 Sep 2025 01:30:00 +0000 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/09/11/1130/202509111130_published-or-not_64.mp3 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/09/04/1130/202509041130_published-or-not_64.mp3  Monica Raszewski's, 'Crimson Light, Polished Wood', explores the intersecting lives of three generations of women and their connection over time.The love of literature from Then as 17 year olds to Now, 20 years later may lead to a new chapter in this rom-com ‘Love Overdue’ by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus.  Thu, 04 Sep 2025 01:30:00 +0000 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/09/04/1130/202509041130_published-or-not_64.mp3 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/08/28/1130/202508281130_published-or-not_64.mp3  Our social contract with the world, our very purpose in the digital age is brought into question in the novel, 'Arborescence', by Rhett Davis Martha has ideas but she is shy. Can she show her friends, family and classmates who she really is and what she is capable of?   Jo Dabrowski is the author, and ‘The Making of Martha Mayfield’ is her book.  Thu, 28 Aug 2025 01:30:00 +0000 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/08/28/1130/202508281130_published-or-not_64.mp3 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/08/21/1130/202508211130_published-or-not_64.mp3 Toni Jordan’s book ‘Ternderfoot’ is a coming of age story set in the 70’s.A. L. Booth’s crime novel, ’Death at Booroomba’ includes a mysterious inheritance, a violent murder, a hint of romance and a large dollop of country town gossip.  Thu, 21 Aug 2025 01:30:00 +0000 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/08/21/1130/202508211130_published-or-not_64.mp3 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/08/14/1100/202508141100_published-or-not_64.mp3 If you had the power to change history would you dare? ‘The Turing Protocol’ by Nick Croydon.'King Tide' is Luke Johnson's debut novel set in a small coastal town where a mutilated body of an adolescent is found. Added to that, a child disappeared some five years before. Are the events linked and who is responsible?An American war hero with harsh life experiences and a naïve Melbourne socialite are such opposites just as Night and Day, which is a melodic theme through this book.  Set in the 1940’s, ‘Flight’ is a historical romance written by Anne Vines.  Thu, 14 Aug 2025 01:00:00 +0000 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/08/14/1100/202508141100_published-or-not_64.mp3 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/08/07/1130/202508071130_published-or-not_64.mp3 Matt Rogers takes us on a nhilistic journey of murder and corruption with equal parts of philosophy and asceticism in his novel, 'The Forsaken'.Jayne Tuttle's memoir is an exploration of creativity, motherhood and Paris. Thu, 07 Aug 2025 01:30:00 +0000 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/08/07/1130/202508071130_published-or-not_64.mp3 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/07/31/1130/202507311130_published-or-not_64.mp3 Dmetri Kakmi's novel, The Woman In the Well, blends the spiritualism associated with numerous faiths; Christianity, Islam and indigenous belief.Not even a respectable job digging graves can keep an ex-con from a form of corruption that could put him behind bars once again. This is the world of guilt and suspicion that Mark Brandi explores in his latest novel, Eden,  Thu, 31 Jul 2025 01:30:00 +0000 https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/published-or-not/2025/07/31/1130/202507311130_published-or-not_64.mp3