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Writes4WomenCelebrating Women's Voices and Supporting Women Writers Author: Writes4Women
Writes4Women is all about celebrating women's voices and supporting women writers. It's about writing the voice, reading the voice and being the voice. Every week host Pamela Cook, or a special guest host, interviews an outstanding female, trans or non-binary author about their books, writing process and life. Transcript available via the Writes4Women website. Video of most episodes available on the Writes4Women youtube channel. You can find out more about Writes4Women at www.writes4women.com Language: en-us Genres: Arts, Books, Drama, Fiction Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Small Moments, Big Emotions with Favel Parrett
Episode 3
Tuesday, 17 March, 2026
Pamela Cook introduces a Writes for Women Rewind episode featuring award-winning Victorian author Favel Parrett discussing her novel There Was Still Love, inspired by family memories and set across Czechoslovakia and Australia from 1938–1981. Parrett explains her “simple on the page, layered underneath” style built through extensive drafting (often 15 drafts per scene), using memory as non-linear snapshots, and writing in a child’s voice to preserve gaps and subtext. The conversation covers dialogue that relies on silence and mood, weaving motifs like suitcases and food, creating embodied emotion, the intensity of a reclusive routine while writing, and Parrett’s four writing tips: focus on the work first, believe it’s possible, seek feedback at the right time, and read. SHOW NOTES: Writes4Women www.writes4women.com Facebook @writes4women Instagram @w4wpodcast Favel Parrett https://www.favelparrett.com.au Hachette Publishing "There Was Still Love" https://www.hachette.com.au/favel-parrett/there-was-still-love Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook @pamelacookauthor Instagram @pamelacookwrites Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/writes4women?fan_landing=trueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
