Kelly's Writerly Q&A

About Kelly's Writerly Q&A

A monthly podcast featuring authors and their books. Established in 2025, Season 1 of Kelly's Writerly Q&A is complete at 23 episodes and season 2 is set to be even better! With the introduction of Pictures and Pages, a spin-off series brought to you by Amy Freund, that focuses on industry professionals, Kelly's Writerly Q&A has double the content to share in 2026! Thanks for tuning in! From Kelly and Amy xx

Publisher

Kelly Sgroi

Category

arts · arts · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 May 2025

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   S2E14 Oct 2026 Q&A with Dani Vee on Publishing

   Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a podcast that celebrates authors and their books! I'm your host, Kelly Sgroi, writer, reader, and soccer mum. Listen to my 37th episode where I chat to Dani Vee, Author, Podcaster and Larrikin House slush pile culler, School of Larrikin organiser, writer of copy and doer of a million other things, including being part of the Larrikin House team as they open their doors to adult commercial fiction! So exciting! We discuss: Larrikin House opening to c...

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   S2E13 Sept 2026 Q&A with Lauren Hackney on PANDA

   Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a podcast that celebrates authors and their books! I'm your host, Kelly Sgroi, writer, reader, and soccer mum. Listen to my 36th episode where I chat to Lauren Hackney, a Queensland-based screenwriter and author of middle grade trilogy, The Lolly Shop, who also has a fabulous YouTube channel that spotlights creatives. PANDA is her first picture book, out with Seed and Sage Publishing this month, and it’s a little gem! We discuss: PANDAWorking with an illus...

3. 

   10 Sept 2026

   S2E12 September 2026 Q&A with Kate Beattie on Head to Head

   Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a podcast that celebrates authors and their books! I'm your host, Kelly Sgroi, writer, reader, and soccer mum. Listen to my 35th episode where I chat to Kate Beattie, primary school teacher and award-winning contemporary fiction author of 3 novels. Head to Head is the second book in her Sage Street Series which came out on September 1st and I loved it! We discuss: Writing a seriesPromo merchandiseHow to build confidence in writingAuthor eventsAnd mor...

Who has been a guest on Kelly's Writerly Q&A

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

• KM Allan
• Jacqueline de Rose-Ahern
• Deb Jordan

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

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Quality

55

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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