The Six Books Guaranteed To Get You Out Of A Reading Slump

After being inundated with requests for this topic, we’re here to share the books that are guaranteed to get you out of a reading slump. No matter how dire the circumstances are… From the ultimate modern romance novel, to a sweeping family drama that will have you in tears and a decadent series th…

BONUS: Out Loud's Best Books To Read This Summer

Dropping into your feed in 2021 with a bonus ep from Mamamia Out Loud. After a year many of us struggled to find the energy and attention span for a lot of reading, Holly, Jessie and Mia are here with the page-turners you won't be able to put down in 2021... From big hits to an old classic, and e…

Introducing Lady Startup Stories: Sally Hepworth Wrote A Book That Wasn't Good Enough

Hey! We're just popping into your feed to share an awesome episode of Lady Startup Stories with you - the podcast where Mia Freedman interviews female founders about the highs and lows of running their own business. This episode features Sally Hepworth. Sally is an author, a mother, a wife, and th…

Gloria Steinem Knows The Truth Will Piss You Off

It was Gloria Steinem who said, “The truth will set you free… but first it will piss you off.” Now, 62 years since she wrote her first book, ‘The Thousand Indias’, Steinem has published a book of her most iconic quotes. “Without leaps of imagination” she once wrote, “or dreaming, we lose the exci…

Paullina Simons: What Makes The Perfect Love Story

Ask a woman to name her favourite book of all time, and many, without skipping a beat, will tell you it’s The Bronze Horseman.  Often referred to as one of the greatest love stories of all time, The Bronze Horseman is set in Leningrad, upon the backdrop of World War II. As Hitler’s armies encroach…

Peter FitzSimons Knows How To Write A Bestseller

Peter FitzSimons is one of Australia’s best selling non-fiction authors of the last 20 years. With no less than 36 published works to his name, FitzSimons is also one of the countries most popular columnists and after-dinner speakers.  In 2011, FitzSimons was named a Member of the Order of Austral…

How Jane Harper Wrote The Dry

Jane Harper is the author of international bestsellers The Dry, Force of Nature and The Lost Man, and is inarguably one of the biggest names in Australian fiction.  Harper, a former journalist, has a formula for writing a book that’s now been shared all over the world. She knows better than just a…

Memoir or Fiction? Trent Dalton On Boy Swallows Universe

Trent Dalton’s childhood was filled with dark people, underground rooms and strange secrets. In his critically-acclaimed debut book Boy Swallows Universe, memoir meets fiction, as Dalton explores suburban Australia, brotherhood and the most unlikely of friendships.  All the questions you had after…

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Can you love and dislike a character at the same time? Does a story about of two being good to each other enough to make it a good book? Is this book an accurate description of loneliness? And what the hell is a jerkin? On our final episode, we’re going to be discussing Gail Honeyman's book Eleano…

The Pisces

It’s not every day you pick up a book about people having sex with a fish. But if you’re listening to this podcast you’ve probably read Melissa Broder's book The Pisces, and you’re probably here because, well, you need to talk about the fact that a woman had sex with a merman. On this episode, Jes…