Episodes

  • S8E04 - With special guest, foreign rights agent Tanja Goossens
    Jun 5 2025
    Bestselling thriller writers Gillian McAllister and Holly Seddon talk to brilliant Curtis Brown foreign rights agent, Tanja Goossens, about what foreign publishers are looking for, how the whole foreign rights side of publishing works and what really happens at book fairs.
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    46 mins
  • S8E03 - With special guest Erin Kelly
    Jan 17 2025
    In a festive episode that - true to tradition is going out in mid-January - we catch up about our own writing, plus we talk to the brilliant Erin Kelly about getting (and staying) published, trends and lessons learned.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • S8E02 - With special guest Liane Moriarty
    Nov 13 2024
    Liane, Gilly and Holly talk work/life balance, coming up with fresh ideas, meeting readers, fate, parenting and a whole bunch of other extremely relatable things.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • S8E01 - We're BACK! And we have Blake Crouch with us.
    Oct 2 2024
    Gillian and Holly grill Blake Crouch about his journey to publication, getting adapted, becoming a showrunner and coming up with new ideas.
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    50 mins
  • S7E05 - We answer listener questions!
    Apr 23 2024
    Gilly and Holly answer a whole heap of quick fire listener questions on plotting, writers' block, the publishing industry, making a living as an author and more!
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    35 mins
  • S7E04 - Our Achilles Heels, plus chat about reviews
    Mar 6 2024
    We chat our Achilles heels, plus chat about reviews and Mastermind specialist subjects, and - what we don't talk about - why our voices are so husky and coldy.
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    30 mins
  • S7E03 - Our incredibly late new year episode
    Jan 19 2024
    In keeping with all the preceding years, the Honest Authors Christmas and New Year episode is dropping late. Gilly and Holly talk hopes, fears, and book prices.
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    58 mins
  • S7E02 - With special guest Mhairi McFarlane
    Nov 7 2023
    Gillian and Holly chat to Mhairi McFarlane about getting started, coming up with fresh ideas, bad reviews and Archilles heals.
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    50 mins