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Words and Nerds: Authors, books and literature. Words and Nerds: Authors, books and literature.
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4.9 • 76 Ratings
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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 humorous analysis of the author's book and its influences. Join us for a new way of looking at literature.
Dani Vee your host, English teacher, podcaster, reader, book enthusiast and over-thinker. Dani is joined by various guest co-hosts and has a number of spin off episodes including the Feedback Sessions, Summer Series Takeover, Bite-Size Episodes, livestreams, mash-ups and cross-overs.
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628. Jane Crowley and Dani Vee - Beeswax and Tall Tales
As an antique dealer, Athol Salter has peddled in other people’s stories for over sixty years. From humble beginnings in his Junque Shop in country New South Wales in the 1960s to Dirty Janes in the Southern Highlands, he has rummaged through ramshackle huts, dealt with dubious property from deceased estates and cleared grand country properties and crumbling mansions looking for pieces filled with stories to pass on. Beeswax and Tall Tales includes not just snippets from Athol’s hilarious and poignant life, but the stories told in the antiques he trades and the enchanting people he meets along the way – from farmhands, colourful eccentrics and Italian migrants to long-lost relatives, British squires and a charming cockatoo…
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627. Date With A Debut: Suzanne Frankham and Nick Wasiliev - Shadow Over Edmund Street
Date With A Debut: Suzanne Frankham and Nick Wasiliev - Shadow Over Edmund Street
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626. Nathan Luff and Chris Kennett with Dani Vee and Adrian Beck - Family Disasters
626. Nathan Luff and Chris Kennett with Dani Vee and Adrian Beck - Family Disasters
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625. Kell Woods and Dani Vee - After the Forest
Kell Woods and Dani Vee - After the Forest chat about dark fairytales, nostalgia, women in history and writing.
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624. Vanessa McCausland and Dani Vee - Dreaming In French
Vanessa McCausland and Dani Vee chat about Vanessa's new novel Dreaming In French. They chat about finding character through writing, travelling the world and how writing changes over time.
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623. Adrian McKinty and Alex Dook -
In this TAKEOVER superstar Adrian McKinty chats to Alex Dook about his new book The Detective Up Late.
Customer Reviews
Warm and Wonderful
Like having a fireside chat with your favourite authors! Dani brings an infectious enthusiasm to her interviews which brings out the best in everyone she chats to. The perfect podcast for book lovers.
Great podcast for keeping across literary goss!
I’m an author who spends a lot of time driving in the course of my day job. I use this time to listen to excellent podcasts like this one by Dani, and consider it a great way to keep up with what’s going on in the world of Australian literature. Thanks for all the work you put into this Dani –the literary community appreciates you!
BRILLIANT!
Only had to listen to one podcast … and now I am hooked! LOVE IT.