A podcast about the first time…you publish a book. One part reality show, one part writers’ master class, it’s hosted by Katherine Collette and Kate Mildenhall.

Katherine Collette’s first novel The Helpline was published by Text Publishing in 2018. Katherine had been awarded a retreat fellowship at Varuna, the Writers House and was part of the ACT Writers 2016 Hardcopy program. Katherine works as an engineer and lives in the northern suburbs of Melbourne with her partner and their two kids. www.katherinecollette.com.

Kate Mildenhall is a writer and teacher. Her debut novel, Skylarking (Black Inc., 2016) was named in Readings bookstore’s Top Ten Fiction Books of 2016 and longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017 and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. Kate lives in Hurstbridge, Victoria, with her young family. www.katemildenhall.com

The First Time podcast is created with the support of Writers Victoria, ACT Writers and the RMIT School of Media and Communication.