Words and Nerds: Authors, books and literature.
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Words and Nerds: Authors, books and literature.
Words and Nerds Podcast is an entertaining and conversational podcast that aims to get inside a writer's mind. We discuss books, the social and political influences of a writer's work and how literature has the power to change the world. The podcast digs deep to bring you an in depth and sometimes...
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623 episodis
S4 E7 - Date with a Debut - Nick Wasiliev and Melissa Sharman - The Beauty of Broken Things
Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publica...
807. Dani Vee and Gabbie Stroud - The Angry Wives Club and why women should be mad as hell
EPISODE 806 - Dani Vee and Gabbie Stroud
Dear gorgeous listeners,
In this episode I speak to the wonderful Gabbie Stroud ab...
806. Dani Vee and Mary Anastasiou - Production, Publishing and Promotion - Part 1 Long Weekend Special
EPISODE 806 ⭐️ Part 1 ⭐️
Dear beloved creatives,
In Part 1 of this bonus long weekend episode, Dani Vee and Mary Anastasi...
S4, E6 - Date with a Debut - Nick Wasiliev and Emily Lighezzolo - Life Drawing
Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publica...
805. Dani Vee and Seetha Dodd - inclusivity and Myra in the Middle
Dani Vee chats to Seetha Dodd about inclusivity, finding yourself, being a middle child and her new novel Myra in the Middle published by UQP.
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S4 E5 - Date With a Debut - Nick Wasiliev and Leearna Shaw - A Farm in Golden Clouds
Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publica...
804. Dani Vee and Annie Drum - Writing YA novels
Dani Vee chats to Annie Drum, writer of short fiction and poetry. They talk about her heartfelt coming of age novel, Don’t Forget to Remember Me publi...
QWS S5E3 Troy Hunter and Dylin Hardcastle - A LANGUAGE OF LIMBS: a lyric, gorgeous, dark, funny, queer, horny, lovely, wonderful book about love.
QWS S5E3 Dylin Hardcastle and Troy Hunter
In QWS S5E3, Troy chats with Dylin Hardcastle about their super successful, award-winning nove...
803. Dani Vee and Tristan Bancks - How to write a bestselling suspense thriller, Raised By Wolves and horror films
In Episode #803 Dani Vee and bestselling author Tristan Bancks have an epic chat about his brand new suspense thriller Raised By Wolves, a follow up t...
802. Dani Vee and Jacinta Daniher and Taylor Hampton - My Dreamtime Match
Dani Vee chats to author duo Jacinta Daniher and Taylor Hampton about their new picture book My Dreamtime Match.
The talk about why this...
S4, E4 - Date With a Debut - Nick Wasiliev and Katie Hoskins - When the Party's Over
Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publica...
801. Dani Vee and Dervla McTiernan - Three Reasons for Revenge and the best writing advice ever
Dani Vee and bestselling author Dermal McTeirnan chat about her new book Three Reasons for Revenge.
They chat about horror films causing...
S4E3- Date with a Debut - Nick Wasiliev and Amanda Hewitt - The Last Resort
Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publica...
800. Celebrating a milestone with Dani, Adrian, Tristan and Cristy
Celebrate the 800 episode milestone with Dani Vee, Adrian Beck, Tristan Bancks and Cristy Burne.
The gang kick off by chatting about Cris...
799. Dani Vee and Karen Comer - Once Upon Tomorrow, feminism and speculative fiction
Dani Vee and Karen Comer chat about her new YA verse novel Once Upon Tomorrow.
They chat about the complexity of writing three separate s...
S4E2 Date with a Debut - Nick Wasiliev and Bridie Blake - The Boyfriend Clause
Date with a Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publica...
798. Dani Vee and Melissa Manning - Frogsong and why multi-tasking is bad for us
Dani Vee and Melissa Manning chat about her new book Frogsong published by UQP and how Melissa captures the sensual aching years of young life along w...
S4E1 Date with a Debut Newcastle Writers Festival Alejandra Martinez, Sam Elliott and Emma Pei Yin
Date with a Debut - S4, E1 - Live at the 2026 Newcastle Writers Festival with Nick Wasiliev, Alejandra Martinez, Sam Elliott and Emma Pei Yin
797. Dani Vee and Mohammed Massoud Morsi - The Hair of the Pigeon, humanity and pathways to publishing
Dani Vee and Mohammed Massoud Morsi chat about his new novel The Hair of the Pigeon, the importance of humanity in dark times and interesting pathways...
796. Dani Vee and Helena Pantsis - Mother Salad and the female experience
New Episode #796
Dani Vee and Helena Pantsis discuss her unique and dark collection of short stories Mother Salad.
They talk...
795. Dani Vee and Frances Whiting - Nostalgia and The Nocturnals
Dani Vee and Frances Whiting , a senior feature writer and award winning journalism chat about the brilliant The Nocturnals.
They chat ab...
794. Dani Vee and Zoe Gaetjens - Drawing Nudes, Writing Process, Path to publication
🩷 NEW EPISODE 🩷
Catch this brand new episode with Dani Vee and Zoe Gaetjens, not her first time on the Words and Nerds podcast (she was...
793. Dani Vee and Louise Milligan - Multi-generational women, feminism and Shellybanks.
Dani Vee and award winning investigative journalist Louise Milligan chat about her new book Shellybanks. A novel about buried secrets and unimaginable...
792. Dani Vee and Jayne McIntyre - The Feathers of Farwood and fantasy
Meet Jayne McIntyre, debut author of the trilogy The Feathers of Farwood, published by Riveted Press.
In this episode we chat about:
791. Dani Vee and Ian Kemish - Two Islands and finding goodness in characters
Dani Vee and Ian Kemish chat about Two Islands, balancing fiction and non-fiction and finding the goodness in characters.
They talk about...
S5E2 - QWS podcast - Kemper Donovan and Troy Hunter
QWS S5E2 Kemper Donovan and Troy Hunter
🎙️ New QWS Podcast Episode! 🌈✨
In QWS S5E2, Troy chats with USA crime author Kemper Don...
790. Dani Vee and Laura Brooke Robson - Love is an Algorithm
Dani Vee and Laura Brooke Robson chat from Sydney to New York about her new book Love is an Algorithm!
They chat about the timely nature...
789. TAKEOVER - Rory H Mather with Renae Hayward and Susan Joy Lu - What Can I Get For Mother's Day!
In this TAKEOVER episode Rory H Mather chats to author Renae Hayward and illustrator Susan Joy Lu about their beautiful new picture book What Can I Ge...
788. Dani Vee and Emma Styles - The Shark and writing crime fiction
Dani Vee and Emma Styles chat about her new crime novel The Shark, a darkly unique thriller from an author who writes contemporary Australian noir abo...
787. Dani Vee and Julianne Negri - The Belly of a Wolf and art as medicine
Dani Vee and Julianne Negri explore the devastating impact of youth suicide through the verse novel The Belly of a Wolf.
They chat about...
786. Dani Vee and Ashley Kalagian Blunt - Like, Follow, Die; the writing process and self-care
Dani Vee and best selling author Ashley Kalagian Blunt chat about her new crime novel Like, Follow, Die.
They chat about tapping into a p...
785. Dani Vee and NIraj Lal: Behind the Screens, debating AI, keeping kids safe
Dani Vee and Niraj Lal chat about his new book Behind the Screens and how we can keep our kids safe. Giving your teenager a phone is a big deal, they...
784. Dani Vee, A.L. Tait and Tash Besliev - Engaging readers in a YKNR / Affirm collaboration
Dani Vee chats to author and YKNR host A.L. Tait and Affirm Press publisher Tash Besliev about their brand new collaboration on a children's series se...
783. Dani Vee and Pip Knight - Vampires, dating and the challenge of writing
Dani Vee and Pip Knight chat about her new book Pip Wants to Die. This is not your average vampire novel. A female vampire who wants to be human.
QWS S5E1 Samantha Byres full episode
QWS S5E1 Samantha Byres and Troy Hunter
New season, brand new episode! In QWS S5E1, Troy chats with Samantha Byres about her debut novel...
782. Dr Helen Edwards and Dani Vee - Writing, anxiety and ADHD
Dr Helen Edwards and Dani Vee chat about her new book A Light on the Rocks, a historical fiction novel with a little magic.
They chat abo...
1. BEST OF SERIES 2025 - Dani Vee and Trent Dalton - Gravity Let Me Go, obsession and our dark selves.
TOP 30 COUNTDOWN BEST OF SERIES 2025
Dani Vee chats to bestselling author and superstar Trent Dalton about his new novel Gravity Let Me G...
2. BEST OF SERIES 2025 - TAKEOVER Rory H Mather, Sarah Speedie, Sharna Carter and Toni D'Alia
TOP 30 COUNTDOWN BEST OF SERIES 2025
TAKEOVER: Rory H Mather chats to Sarah Speedie, Sharna Carter and Toni D'Alia in this picture nook...
3. BEST OF SERIES 2025- Dani Vee and Adrian Beck - Villain and 7 Special Guests talk about writing and creativity.
TOP 30 COUNTDOWN BEST OF SERIES 2025
Superstar Adrian Beck chats to Dani Vee about his new middle grade book VILLAIN. The switch board li...
4. BEST OF SERIES 2025 Dani Vee and Tina Strachan - maths and storytelling, creativity and writing
TOP 30 COUNTDOWN BEST OF SERIES 2025
In this episode Dani Vee chats to Tina Strachan about the maths ins storytelling and pantsing vs plo...