Welcome to a special episode of Totally Lit, hosted by Ky Garvey. In this exciting installment, we unveil the launch of the Totally Lit Microfiction Prize, opening up opportunities for emerging and established authors to showcase their storytelling prowess. With esteemed judges Cheryl Gwither, Lauren Elise Daniels, Geneve Flynn, and Pamela Jeffs sharing invaluable tips on crafting prize-winning short stories, this episode is a must-listen for writers aiming for excellence. Join us as we delve in...
Oct 31, 2024•18 min•Ep. 69
Welcome to this episode of Totally Lit, the podcast that celebrates reading, writing, and the creation of literature. Join host Ky Garvey as she sits down with acclaimed illustrator Ross Morgan, a fine artist from Adelaide, South Australia, to delve into the world of children's book illustration. In this engaging conversation, Ross shares his artistic journey from a young boy inspired by the rural landscapes of his upbringing to becoming an award-winning illustrator. Learn about his creative pro...
Oct 24, 2024•50 min•Ep. 70
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Festival Chair - Susan Midalia about the upcoming Australian Short Story Festival in Fremantle 22nd-24th November. The Australian Short Story Festival is an annual festival celebrating short stories in written and spoken forms. Founded by Anna Solding of MidnightSun Publishing and Caroline Wood of Margaret River Press, the Festival connects audiences with short story writers, storytellers, publishers, and editors of literary magazines. It brings together reade...
Oct 13, 2024•21 min•Ep. 68
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Rural Romance author Louisa Duval. Louisa Duval is a debut Australian author who writes rural romance set in the fictional country town of Ballydoon. Here the heroes are rugged as the landscape around them, and the stories steamier than an Aussie heat wave. Undre her pen name Sabrina Duval she writes reimagined fairytales and witchy mysteries with a happily ever after. Louisa has worked in radio, recruitment, education, freelance writing and corporate communic...
Oct 11, 2024•51 min•Ep. 67
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Sarah Surgey on her latest release The Heavy Bag. Sarah’s book The Heavy Bag is a children’s book that looks at the 5 stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Sadness and Acceptance. Children can experience grief for a loved one, a pet or even moving on from a school or area. When all of the emotions build up inside a child’s mind they can feel like they are carrying around a huge weight with them. It has just been released in Australia through Daisy Lane P...
Oct 04, 2024•40 min•Ep. 66
Meet the judges! Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Sheryl Gwyther, Lauren Elise Daniels, Geneve Flynn and Pamela Jeffs, the judges of the Totally Lit Micro Fiction Prize. www.kygarvey.com Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contributio...
Sep 30, 2024•18 min•Ep. 65
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Amelia Mellor about her latest release The Lost Book of Magic. Amelia Mellor (authorameliamellor.com) https://affirmpress.com.au/ Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeacoffee.c...
Sep 26, 2024•34 min•Ep. 64
Have you checked out the GENRE FICTION PODCAST? Jack Roney Author & Harry Colfer interview authors and industry experts. For over a year they have been recording episodes for audio podcast platforms such as podbean, spotify, applepodcast, audible and others, but have now embarked on uploading all the videos onto their brand new Youtube channel. Check it out and click on the 'subscribe' button to help them grow the platform. Jack also has a new playlist covering a range of crime fiction tips ...
Aug 18, 2024•3 min•Ep. 63
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Leo Baker about his latest release Tuckshop Terrors. Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeacoffee.com/Totallylit For those of you who know me I am kind of a caffeine addict! So...
Aug 18, 2024•53 min•Ep. 62
It's the Briskidlitcrew episode! Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Bethany Loveridge, Jess Galatola & Kristen Willis on their experience at the recent CYA Conference. Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeac...
Aug 08, 2024•50 min•Ep. 61
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Angela Slatter. www.angelaslatter.com Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeacoffee.com/Totallylit For those of you who know me I am kind of a caffeine addict! So you can keep m...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 60
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to CYA conference organiser Tina Clark and CYA presenter Phil Kettle. The 2024 conference will be a hybrid with in-person classes on the 6th July, and streamed, and online classes on the 13th and 14th July. Children, Young Adult, and Adult Writers’ and Illustrators’ Conference, is a conference for writers and illustrators of all ages, all genres. We are dedicated to helping creatives improve their craft and take their writing and illustrating to the next level. W...
Jul 03, 2024•35 min•Ep. 59
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Chelsea Luker on her book Square Me, Round World. Home - Connect Us Psychology Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeacoffee.com/Totallylit For those of you who know me I am kin...
Jun 21, 2024•27 min•Ep. 58
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Joanne Morrell about her writing and her writing and her podcast The Hybrid Author. www.hybridauthor.com Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeacoffee.com/Totallylit For those o...
Jun 02, 2024•49 min•Ep. 57
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to QBD Books CEO Nick Croydon. Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeacoffee.com/Totallylit For those of you who know me I am kind of a caffeine addict! So you can keep me fueled w...
May 26, 2024•34 min•Ep. 56
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Kirsten Hunter on her exciting new release: Murder at the Narcissus Gardening Club. www.kirstenhunterauthor.com Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeacoffee.com/Totallylit For ...
May 17, 2024•39 min•Ep. 55
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Victoria Vanstone on her book 'A Thousand Wasted Sundays. Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeacoffee.com/Totallylit For those of you who know me I am kind of a caffeine addic...
May 06, 2024•37 min•Ep. 54
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Maura Pierlot on her latest release Alphabetter. www.maurapierlot.com Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeacoffee.com/Totallylit For those of you who know me I am kind of a ca...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 53
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Lucy Hawkins about her latest release The Salvager's Quest. www.lucyhawkinsart.com Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeacoffee.com/Totallylit For those of you who know me I am...
Apr 07, 2024•48 min•Ep. 52
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Crystal Corocher on her latest book Giovanni. www.crystalcorocher.com www.wombatrhiza.com.au Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeacoffee.com/Totallylit For those of you who kn...
Mar 24, 2024•36 min•Ep. 51
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Jack Heath on his latest book Kill Your Husbands. Celebrate with Ky on the release of the 50th Episode of Totally Lit! www.jackheathwriter.com Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.b...
Mar 18, 2024•56 min•Ep. 50
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to fantasy author Isobelle Carmody. www.isobellecarmody.com.au You can join Isobelle's patreon here: Isobelle Carmody will hurry up | creating Books | Patreon Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribut...
Feb 18, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 48
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Dave Faulkner on all things songwriting. www.hoodoogurus.net Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeacoffee.com/Totallylit For those of you who know me I am kind of a caffeine ad...
Jan 18, 2024•51 min•Ep. 47
Sneak peak of Renata Clarke's new podcast The Endless Shelf! www.renataclarke.com.au/theendlessshelf The Endless Shelf is a podcast for kids about kidlit! Authors and readers of all ages are invited to come on and tell host Renata about a book they've recently read that they LOVED. Renata chats and has some laughs with her guests and their definitely won't be some bizarre incident to interrupt the book chat! Podcast Sponsors: Share Your Story www.michelleworthington.com Host: Ky Garvey Theme Son...
Aug 10, 2023•6 min•Ep. 46
Podcast Sponsors: Share Your Story www.michelleworthington.com Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeacoffee.com/Totallylit For those of you who know me I am kind of a caffeine addict! So you can keep me fueled wi...
Jul 23, 2023•6 min•Ep. 45
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Fiona Lowe about current release The Money Club. www.fionalowe.com www.harpercollins.com.au Podcast Sponsors: Share Your Story www.michelleworthington.com Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contributi...
Jul 23, 2023•40 min•Ep. 44
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to G.D. Ison about his work. Podcast Sponsors: Share Your Story www.michelleworthington.com Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contribution at: www.buymeacoffee.com/Totallylit For those of you who know m...
Jun 05, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 43
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Andrea Rowe about her new picture book Sunday Skating. www.andrearowe.com.au www.hardiegrant.com Podcast Sponsors: Share Your Story www.michelleworthington.com Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a contr...
May 28, 2023•32 min•Ep. 42
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Ashley Kalagian Blunt about her new novel Dark Mode. www.ashleykalagianblunt.com www.ultimopress.com Podcast Sponsors: Share Your Story www.michelleworthington.com Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a c...
Apr 25, 2023•44 min•Ep. 41
Join host Ky Garvey as she chats to Louis White about his Adventures of Lily Book series. www.louiswhite.com www.whitetigermedia.com.au Podcast Sponsors: Share Your Story www.michelleworthington.com Host: Ky Garvey Theme Song: Claire Houghton Logo: Emages Design Production: Mike Garvey Totally Lit is an independent podcast. You can help support us to continue to chat with wonderful Australian creatives by leaving a review on Itunes or sharing our socials with your friends. You can also make a co...
Apr 19, 2023•27 min•Ep. 40
