Episode 7 | Susannah Begbie
Meet my guest.
Susannah grew up on a sheep farm in NSW.
She has worked as a GP from Boggabri to Broome, South Coast to Red Centre and a whole lot of places in between.
In 2006, Susannah started a Graduate Diploma in Professional Writing at Canberra University. She was awarded Editor’s Pick for short story ‘Fly to meet you’ in the UCan’s First anthology, and best written text for children’s book ‘Don’t You Dare!’ in the Get Real project.
The Deed is Susannah’s first novel. It won the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers in 2022 and is published by Hachette Australia. Susannah is represented by the Jane Novak Literary Agency.
What we talk about: Susannah and I chat about death and humour, taking the pitching and submissions process seriously (and doing the due research), and writing for the sake of writing, and removing the pressure off our words to be more than what they are.
Meet the debut book.
A perceptive and unforgettable debut novel from the 2022 Richell Prize winner that explores the messy, sometimes volatile, complications that only the best and worst of family can bring.
MEET THE EDWARDS FAMILY
Tom Edwards is dying, and cranky. He's made his peace with the dying part. But he'd bet his property - the whole ten thousand acres of it - that there'd be no wailing at his funeral. His kids wouldn't be able to chop down a tree, let alone build a coffin to bury him in.
Then Tom has an idea ...
Christine is furious, David ashen-faced, and Sophie distracted. Only Jenny listens carefully as Vince Barton, of Barton & Sons, reads their father's will. Either they build his coffin - in four days - or they lose their inheritance. All of it.
A perceptive and unforgettable debut novel, The Deed explores the messy, sometimes volatile, complications that only the best and worst of family can bring. Sometimes greed can be good.
What was the last book that you read and loved? Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Website: susannahbegbiewrites.au
Instagram: instagram.com/susannahbegbiewrites
The Deed by Susannah Begbie is available to purchase wherever you buy your books. Alternatively, check in with your local library. If they don’t have a copy yet, put in a request!
For more debut Australian books, check out The Australian Debut Author Book List, curated by yours truly!
