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!
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Kelly's Writerly Q&A
S2E2 Jan 2026 Q&A with Cassie Stroud on Iluka
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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 25th episode where I chat to Cassie Stroud, writer, editor and book lover. Her debut novel, just came out with HQ Books at Harper Collins Australia, and she’s an absolute beauty inside and out. Purchase a copy of Iluka via my Booktopia affiliate link.
We discuss:
- What Iluka is about and what makes it a beauty
- The way Cassie writes with brevity
- Setting and POV
- What's impacted Cassie the most during her journey to beocming an author
- Cassie's first yes
- Her next novel
And more!
Thank you for listening!
Music credit to Levgen Poltavskyi from Pixabay.
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