Balancing the Books

Hosted by Cailean · Cailean Steed

5.0from 5 ratings

Books guests

35Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored

20
Episodes: 5
Ratings: Weekly
Cadence: 2025
First episode

About Balancing the Books

A podcast for writers about balancing the day job ... along with everything else in life. Writer and teacher Cailean Steed chats to writers about managing their careers alongside day jobs, side gigs, childcare, caring responsibilities, disabilities, finances, and everything else in life.

Publisher: Cailean Steed
Category: arts · fiction
Language: en
Explicit: Yes
First episode: 15 Jun 2025
Latest episode: 17 Aug 2026

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20 episodes in the feed.

17 Aug 2026
Episode 10 - Rebecca Ryan
Author of three funny/sad and sad/funny novels Rebecca Ryan joins Cailean to chat about juggling writing alongside multiple jobs and childcare as a single mother, the experience of being from a working-class background in the publishing industry, and the value of not writing full time.
10 Aug 2026
Episode 9 - Isabelle Schuler
Cailean chats to Isabelle Schuler, author of Lady Macbethad and The House of Barbary, about getting the dream deal, going back to work after being a full-time author, and treating writing like a relationship.
3 Aug 2026
Episode 8 - Hannah King
Author of three novels and court transcriber Hannah King joins Cailean to chat about the unusual way she found her agent, writing while working full time, and how she found a community of writer friends.

Who has been a guest on Balancing the Books

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

Callum McSorley
Ben Davies
Heather Parry
Imran Mahmood

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Spotify: 5.0 / 5; 5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

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Quality: 70
Social presence: 0
YouTube: 0
Engagement: 0

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Cailean host the show. Published by Cailean Steed.

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