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Oh we go so many places in this ep: starting new projects, Kryall Castle school holiday plans, The Little Mermaid, how to land an ending on a tv series, great books, and old school video stores.   Our Featured Book this week is Untethered by debut novelist, Ayesha Inoon. This segment is brought to you by Harper Collins.  Ayesha Inoon is a Sri Lankan-Australian writer with a unique cultural perspective, which she brings to her writing. Born in Colombo, she travelled widely and worked as a journalist in Sri Lanka before immigrating to Australia in 2013. Winner of the ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize 2022, her debut novel, Untethered, is partly based on her experiences as an immigrant Muslim woman. Ayesha was a recipient of the inaugural 2019 Penguin Random House Write It Fellowship for an early draft of this novel. In 2020 she was selected for the Rosie Scott Writing Residency in NSW, and in September 2022 she was awarded a KSP fellowship by the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre in WA to work on her second novel.  Ayesha lives in Canberra with her two children.  Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter (@thefirsttimepod) or Instagram (@thefirsttimepod).  You can support us and the making of Season Six via our Patreon page. Thanks for joining us!

Oh we go so many places in this ep: starting new projects, Kryall Castle school holiday plans, The Little Mermaid, how to land an ending on a tv series, great books, and old school video stores. Our Featured Book this week is <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781867267065/untethered/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Untethered</a> by debut novelist, Ayesha Inoon. This segment is brought to you by Harper Collins. Ayesha Inoon is a Sri Lankan-Australian writer with a unique cultural perspective, which she brings to her writing. Born in Colombo, she travelled widely and worked as a journalist in Sri Lanka before immigrating to Australia in 2013. Winner of the <a href="https://www.asauthors.org/services/the-asahq-commercial-fiction-prize" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize</a> 2022, her debut novel, <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781867267065/untethered/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Untethered</a>, is partly based on her experiences as an immigrant Muslim woman. Ayesha was a recipient of the inaugural 2019 <a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/news/3859-write-it-fellowship-2023-now-open" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Penguin Random House Write It Fellowship</a> for an early draft of this novel. In 2020 she was selected for the Rosie Scott Writing Residency in NSW, and in September 2022 she was awarded a <a href="https://www.kspwriterscentre.com/fellowship-program" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KSP fellowship</a> by the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre in WA to work on her second novel. Ayesha lives in Canberra with her two children. Check out show notes for this episode on our website <a href="http://www.thefirsttimepodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thefirsttimepodcast.com</a> or get in touch via <a href="https://twitter.com/thefirsttimepod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter (@thefirsttimepod)</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thefirsttimepod/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram (@thefirsttimepod)</a>. You can support us and the making of Season Six via our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/user/overview?u=14470635" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon page</a>. Thanks for joining us!

S6 Ep224: Kate & Katherine catch up PLUS Featured Book UNTETHERED by Ayesha Inoon

Winner of the 2022 ASA/HQ Fiction Prize Ayesha Inoon chats about her debut novel, Untethered. We also discuss balancing your personal story with fiction, cultural identity and the big submission risk Ayesha took that thankfully paid off.

Winner of the 2022 ASA/HQ Fiction Prize Ayesha Inoon chats about her debut novel, Untethered. We also discuss balancing your personal story with fiction, cultural identity and the big submission risk Ayesha took that thankfully paid off.