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James and Ashley are staying at home. Partly because there’s a pandemic, partly because they’re writers, and partly because of their health. Through discussions and interviews, they explore...
In March, Ashley launched her new thriller 'Like, Follow, Die.' In episode 129, hear a live recording of the very special Sydney launch even...
In episode 128, author Susan Francis joins James and Ashley to share the insidious ways invisible illness and ageism have impacted her sense...
It's been 30 years since award-winning author Anita Heiss made her debut on the Australian literary scene. She reveals the moment she finall...
In episode 126, internationally bestselling author Christian White describes, in graphic detail, how he thinks of his readers as lobsters. H...
It's that time of year again! (Well, almost … it's actually a bit early.) Collected here is a varied selection of 2025's 'What Are You Readi...
In episode 124, urban ecologist and past guest Darryl Jones returns to discuss the power of nature to heal your brain and other topics from...
How do you write thirty-five novels in a decade and sell a million copies while doing it? Bestselling author Matt Rogers is here to share hi...
In episode 122, Ashley asks fellow crime fiction fan and podcaster what it's like to find yourself as a fictional character in a new novel f...
When bestselling author Sulari Gentill was diagnosed with stage four cancer, she decided to write the ending she wanted. In episode 121, she...
In episode 120, bestselling author Michelle Prak discusses how she set her latest thriller against the backdrop of Australia's housing crisi...
In episode 119, debut author Nathan Dunne joins us to discuss his memoir, When Nothing Feels Real, which shares the story of his onset of se...
Ashley's brand new thriller Like, Follow, Die is out now as an audiobook exclusive from Audible! In episode 118, Ashley discusses the book's...
Award-winning author Melanie Cheng joins James and Ashley to discuss her writing practice, her pet rabbit, and The Burrow, her 'most persona...
If you missed hearing Ashley and James live in conversation at the launch of Cold Truth, we've got the full event recording for you here, co...
How did Jay Martin go from an award-winning memoir to a fiction manuscript she ultimately abandoned? And what did she learn that helped her...
Lynne Ainsworth is the founder of Writers at the Woolshed, an emerging writer, and a person who 'loves hanging out with people who read and...
How does having a stalker change your life? We talk with bestselling novelist Pip Drysdale about her latest novel 'The Close-Up,' its real-l...
What considerations come into choosing to have a baby for creatives? And once baby enters the picture, how do you balance parenting with you...
Cold Truth, Ashley's new thriller, is out now. James and Ashley discuss just how difficult writing this book was, plus why she chose to set...
'I always knew I wanted to write a novel, but I didn't have any ideas that I thought could extend to a novel-length work.' In episode 110, M...
Here it is - the annual end-of-year book recommendation extravaganza! This bumper episode contains every single edition of 'What are you rea...
It's that time of year again - the annual Bed on a Plinth Awards, in which James and Ashley discuss the best books they've read in the last...
'It's not a mental illness. It's actually a creative coping mechanism.' What's it like to discover other people living in your own head? In...
'That was the most naive, worst decision I've ever made in my life, because the disease came back with a vengeance.' In episode 106, Ashley...
In ep 105, James and Ashley interview Arna Radovich, the author of Limits of Forgetting, a collection of stories interwoven with themes of m...
'For me, the only decision was to put myself out there and become more of service to others.' Olympic gold medallist Michael Klim speaks wit...
What's it like putting your creative work out in the world and discovering that some people hate it? In episode 103 of James and Ashley Stay...
'I wasn't even sure I was going to write a novel.' Author Zahid Gamieldien joins us to discuss his debut novel, All the Missing Children. Za...
'I didn't believe that I'd stalked my partner.' In episode 101, we speak with debut author Khin Myint about the multiple strands of biograph...
We made it to 100 episodes! In this celebration of books, reading and creative community, James and Ashley reflect on how the podcast came a...
'There are so many books in bookstores, how could it possibly be that, by complete randomness, someone would pick yours up?' Author Siang Lu...
We've made it to episode 98! Author Imbi Neeme joins James and Ashley to discuss life with misophonia, a hypersensitivity to sounds that she...
Throughout their careers, James and Ashley have each picked up some excellent writing tricks, plus developed a few of their own. Now, they'r...
'The doctors were telling me, "We're going to take your greater omentum out" … I had no idea what these terms meant.' In episode 96, author...
'I had thought I was going to be like Harper Lee. I was going to write one book, it was going to be a massive global success, and then I wou...
Throughout their writing careers, James and Ashley have each picked up some excellent writing tricks, plus developed a few of their own. In...
'I kept this condition very, very secret from everybody.' Adele Dumont's remarkable new memoir, The Pulling, details her life with trichotil...
'The whole concept of transplantation still blows me away. There is something a bit magical about it. But as with most things people do, it...
If you listen to James and Ashley Stay at Home, you know that both Ashley and James credit much of their skill development to their writers...
The tables are turned! Recorded live at the Inaugural Boorowa Literary Festival, festival director, book lover, and all-round excellent huma...
It's books wrap-up season! James and Ashley are getting on the bandwagon and discussing their favourite reads from 2023 in the first annual...
Our most popular episode of the year is back! James has gathered the best 'What Are You Reading?' segments from 2023 into a comprehensive su...
'I wanted to find compassion for me and for any writer out there who's doing the best they can but it's not working out the way they planned...
'When I was a lawyer, I knew what was good enough, because if you did the job properly, you were paid, and if you didn't do the job properly...
Ashley reveals the inspiration behind the twists and turns in her bestselling psychological thriller, Dark Mode . Together with return guest...
'I was still in that really optimistic, sort of naive, wonderful space as an early writer, where you think everything you write is just publ...
'I conflate so many experiences throughout my life with the level of pain I was in at the time.' Amy Lovat, debut author of Mistakes and Oth...
After Indira Naidoo lost her sister to suicide during the pandemic lockdowns, she unexpectedly found herself turning to nature to help her h...
Mark Brandi is the author of four novels, including his latest, Southern Aurora. He joins us to discuss how a short story he began in 2015 b...
It wasn't until a year into working on her novel 'Madukka the River Serpent' that Julie Janson decided to make it a crime novel. At once a s...