S6 Ep258: Summer Series! Amie Kaufman

Welcome to our Summer Series -- a chance to catch up on some episodes you may have missed out on the first time around. If you listened to the season 6 finale, you'll know that The First Time is taking a break in it's current format in 2024 BUT! Don't delete the feed just yet, Katherine will be back (solo) in March with something new. It'll feature interviews with writers but also creatives, comedians and entrepreneurs. Finally, to celebrate six years of the pod and to kick off the coach-sulting (coaching/consulting) work she'll be doing this year (see here) , check out Katherine's tips on interviewing and being interviewed (via Instagram ). This episode Kate talk to someone she has wanted to speak with for ages: New York Times and internationally bestselling author Amie Kaufman ! Not only has Amie's multi-award winning work been translated into nearly thirty languages, and is in development for film and TV, but she is incredibly experienced in talking and teaching about writing and the strange world of BEING a writer. Raised in Australia and Ireland, Amie has degrees in literature, law, history and conflict resolution, and is currently undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing. Her series include The Illuminae Files, The Aurora Cycle , the Other Side of the Sky duology, The Starbound Trilogy , the Unearthed duology and The Elementals Trilogy . Her work has taken home multiple Aurealis Awards, an ABIA, a Gold Inky, made multiple best-of lists and been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Check out Amie's podcasts Amie Kaufman On Writing and Pub Dates with Kate J. Armstrong and her newsletter Finding North . Get in touch via Instagram - Katherine @katherinecollettewriter , Kate @kmildenhall or The First Time Podcast @thefirsttimepod .

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S6 Ep258: Summer Series! Amie Kaufman is an episode from The First Time.

This episode is 64:37 long.

This episode was published on Feb 4, 2024.

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