That Rom Com Pod

About That Rom Com Pod

From meetcute to rock bottom to grand gesture, Karina and Clare ride the highs and lows of classic and contemporary romantic comedies; and share insights from behind the scenes as authors of rom-coms. Presented by: Clare Fletcher, author of Love Match, 2023 & Five Bush Weddings, 2022, Penguin Karina May, author of Never Ever Forever, 2023 & Duck a l’Orange for Breakfast, 2023, Pan Macmillan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Clare Fletcher and Karina May

Category

arts · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Aug 2023

Latest episode

23 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Dec 2025

   Summer Bonus

   Subscribe to our Substack (https://thatromcompod.substack.com/) for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/ (https://thatromcompod.substack.com/) BookRiot's reading log (https://bookriot.com/2025-reading-log-book-tracker/) Australian Society of Authors free webinar: Understanding readers and their habits, with Australia Reads (https://www.asauthors.org.au/events/understanding-readers-and-their-habits-a-discussion-with-australia-reads/) Dymocks Sydney Books in Bars Valentine’s Day romance author panel with Karina May, Josh Hortinela, Natalie Murray, Leesa Ronald and Amy Andrews. Save the date – Thursday, February 12, 2026 Dangerously Modern Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890-1940 at The Art Gallery of NSW (https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781035042449/) until 15 February 2026 (Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MM5ybs0KjtHFaGoYGflSm?si=AqkcH2WPT9Oj1G0z4W7JwQ), Coffee table book (https://shop.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/dangerously-modern-australian-women-artists-in-europe-1890-to-1940/) One Golden Summer (https://www.penguin.com.au/books/one-golden-summer-9781405965439), Carly Fortune (2025) Love & Other Scores (https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781761267826/), Abra Pressler (2023) After the Siren (https://www.penguin.com.au/books/after-the-siren-9781761355257), Darcy Green (2025) Power Moves (https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Leesa-Ronald-Power-Moves-9781761472749), Leesa Ronald (2025) Engaged, Apparently (https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781038942562/engaged-apparently-the-new-must-read-fake-dating-friends-to-lovers-romantic-comedy-of-summer-2026-from-a-bestselling-australian-author/), Amy Andrews (Coming January 2026) In Spite Of You (https://publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-au/books/in-spite-of-you-by-patrick-lenton/9780648619079), Patrick Lenton (2025) Hate You to Love You (https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/DEBUT-NOVEL-BY-JOSHUA-HORTINELA), Josh Hortinela (Coming September 2026) Heart the Lover (https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Lily-King-Heart-the-Lover-9781837265787), Lily King (2025) Table for One (https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008382759/table-for-one/), Emma Gannon (2025) Chosen Family (https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Chosen-Family/Madeleine-Gray/9781761635724), Madeline Gray (2025) A Smart Girl’s Guide to Second Chances (https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460767061/a-smart-girls-guide-to-second-chances-a-new-romantic-comedy-from-the-author-of-the-love-contract-perfect-for-fans-of-beth-oleary-mhairi-mcfarl/), Steph Vizard (2025) Lights, Camera, Love (https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Natalie-Murray-Lights,-Camera,-Love-9781761472435), Natalie Murray (2025) Love Overdue (https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Ali-Berg-and-Michelle-Kalus-Love-Overdue-9781761470660), Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus (2025) Your Friend and Mine (https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Jessica-Dettmann-Your-Friend-and-Mine-9781922928061), Jessica Dettmann (2025) Ghosted (https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Ghosted/Amy-Hutton/9781761424878), Amy Hutton (2025) The Mushroom Tapes: Conversations on a Triple Murder Trial, (https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/the-mushroom-tapes-conversations-about-a-triple-murder-trial) Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein (2025) Chosen Family (https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Chosen-Family/Madeleine-Gray/9781761635724), Madeline Gray (2025) The Hiding Place (https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/The-Hiding-Place/Kate-Mildenhall/9781761429057), Kate Mildenhall (2025) Heart the Lover (https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Lily-King-Heart-the-Lover-9781837265787), Lily King (2025) The Heir Apparent (https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460767900/the-heir-apparent-a-riveting-royal-story-now-a-reeses-book-club-pick/), Rebecca Armitage (2025) The Light Years (https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781035042449/), Elizabeth Jane Howard (2024) How to End A Story, Collected Diaries (https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/how-to-end-a-story-collected-diaries-1978-1998), Helen Garner (2025) Everyone and Everything (https://publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-au/books/everyone-and-everything-by-nadine-j-cohen/9780645240092) re-read, Nadine J. Cohen (2023) Almost Life (https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781035097807/), Kiran Millwood Hargrave (2026) Consider Yourself Kissed (https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/consider-yourself-kissed), Jessica Stanley (2024) Better Than the Real Thing (https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781038961082/better-than-the-real-thing-notting-hill-meets-bridget-jones-baby-in-this-whip-smart-funny-emotionally-charged-contemporary-fiction-about-messy-p/), Brooke Crawford (2026) When the Party’s Over (https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781761770906/), Katie Hoskins (2026) Writers and Lovers (https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781529033137/), Lily King (2021) Loved One (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/736799/loved-one-by-aisha-muharrar/), Aisha Muharrar (2025) The Time After Now (https://www.annefreeman.com.au/), Anne Freeman (2026) Side Character Energy (https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/side-character-energy), Olivia Tolich (February, 2026) The Boyfriend Clause (https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/the-boyfriend-clause), Bridie Blake (March, 2026) People We Meet on Vacation (https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/people-we-meet-on-vacation-trailer) premieres 9 January on Netflix! Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co (https://www.markercreative.co/). | @thatromcompod (https://www.instagram.com/thatromcompod/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   5 Aug 2025

   Bitter & Sweet (with Amal Awad)

   Subscribe to our Substack (https://thatromcompod.substack.com/) for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/ (https://thatromcompod.substack.com/) Guest: @amalmdawad (https://www.instagram.com/amalmdawad/?hl=en) or her website (https://amalawad.com/) If you’d like to make a donation, Amal recommends the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (https://www.pcrf.net/) or Medecins Sans Frontieres (https://msf.org.au/donate/monthly). Courting Samira (https://www.amazon.com/Courting-Samira-Amal-Awad/dp/0646573683/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1573132893&sr=8-3), Amal Awad (2011) This is How You Get Better (https://www.amazon.com/This-How-You-Get-Better/dp/0992422728/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=amal+awad&qid=1573132893&sr=8-4), Amal Awad (2015) The Things We See in the Light (http://amalawad.com/books/), Amal Awad (2021) Our conversation with Saman Shad (who released her new novel The Sex Lives of Married Women (https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-sex-lives-of-married-women-9781761345999) earlier this year): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/set-ups-with-saman-shad/id1703734806?i=1000651936624 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/set-ups-with-saman-shad/id1703734806?i=1000651936624) https://thatromcompod.substack.com/p/episode-16-set-ups-with-saman-shad (https://thatromcompod.substack.com/p/episode-16-set-ups-with-saman-shad) Bitter & Sweet (https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/DKyPkn), Amal Awad (2023) Eat, Pray, Love (https://www.booktopia.com.au/eat-pray-love-elizabeth-gilbert/book/9780747585664.html?srsltid=AfmBOorYsMwoZd8dF56Kqc0Ra6sFp-ACA1DDoC_rLaDrP5M_pXIWEai8), Elizabeth Gilbert (2007) Beyond Veiled Clichés: The Real Lives of Arab Women (https://www.penguin.com.au/books/beyond-veiled-cliches-9780143782612), Amal Awad Mostly Martha (https://www.primevideo.com/dp/amzn1.dv.gti.72a9f7a3-871d-c03c-177d-92aee9b3f290?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb) (2002, available to rent on Prime) No Reservations (https://play.stan.com.au/programs/375820) (2007, Stan) Blessed Are The Cheesemakers (https://www.penguin.com.au/books/blessed-are-9781775533634), Sarah-Kate Lynch (2001, Penguin) By Bread Alone (https://www.penguin.com.au/books/by-bread-alone-9781775533641), Sarah-Kate Lynch (2003, Penguin) Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co (https://www.markercreative.co/). | @thatromcompod (https://www.instagram.com/thatromcompod/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   22 Jul 2025

   Rockstar Romance (with Laura Carter)

   Subscribe to our Substack (https://thatromcompod.substack.com/) for full, linked shownotes: https://thatromcompod.substack.com/ (https://thatromcompod.substack.com/) Guest: @lauracarterauthor (https://www.instagram.com/lauracarterauthor/) Catch A Falling Star (https://www.boldwoodbooks.com/book/catch-a-falling-star/), Laura Carter The Idea Of You (https://www.primevideo.com/dp/amzn1.dv.gti.918b5f07-0744-4ada-ab44-979c14087b2b?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb) Lick (https://kyliescott.com/books/lick/), Kylie Scott Daisy Jones & the Six (https://www.penguin.com.au/books/daisy-jones-and-the-six-9781804945957), Taylor Jenkins Reid Deep Cuts (https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008695842/deep-cuts/), Holly Brickley Sing You Home (https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Jodi-Picoult-Sing-You-Home-9781760112776), Jodi Picoult The Lost Love Song (https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-lost-love-song-9780143792314), Minnie Darke Love is a War Song (https://www.hachette.com.au/danica-nava/love-is-a-war-song-the-cowboy-pop-star-romance-novel-youve-been-waiting-for-and-the-perfect-summer-read), Danica Nava Never Been Shipped (https://www.penguin.com.au/books/never-been-shipped-9781804996362), Alicia Thompson August Lane (https://www.reginablack.com/books), Regina Black | The Critical Heart (https://reginablackwrites.substack.com/) Here Comes The Ex (https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008328849/here-comes-the-ex/), Portia MacIntosh Back in the Saddle (https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008770389/back-in-the-saddle/), Maggie Eckersley Rock My World (https://www.boldwoodbooks.com/contributor/camilla-isley/), Camilla Isley Romance is Dead (https://www.hachette.com.au/katie-bohn/romance-is-dead-the-funny-and-spicy-enemies-to-lovers-romcom-debut), Katie Bohn Head First (https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Claire-Kershaw-Head-First-9781804189474), Claire Kershaw Say You’ll Remember Me (https://www.hachette.com.au/abby-jimenez/say-youll-remember-me-an-irresistibly-hilarious-and-heartbreaking-love-story-from-the-bestselling-author-of-just-for-the-summer), Abby Jimenez Isn't It Nice We Both Hate the Same Things (https://www.penguin.com.au/books/isnt-it-nice-we-both-hate-the-same-things-9781761340109), Jessica Seaborn Recorded on Gadigal land. | Editing: Joshua Broadbent, Marker Creative Co (https://www.markercreative.co/). | @thatromcompod (https://www.instagram.com/thatromcompod/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Who has been a guest on That Rom Com Pod

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

• Jessica Stanley
• Chloe Berry
• Jodi McAlister

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

16

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77