Amy Baker Writes
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2 May 0 891

If there’s any better form of escapism than getting weird in a field for a whole weekend with your dearest and dearest, I’m yet to find it. It seems…

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29 Mar 0 1270

As money sadly makes the world go round and jobs don’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon, sometimes we find ourselves stuck at home, glumly saving up for…

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27 Mar 0 942

Forget basket-wielding bunnies and gorging yourself silly on chocolate, Easter in Spain is a sombre affair. The whole week of Semana Santa (Holy Week) is passionately celebrated with religious…

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5 Mar 0 897

Read Amy Baker’s ultimate guide to backpacking around South America.

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30 Aug 0 1084

In episode 17, we chatted to Winnie M. Li about her Not the Booker Prize winning debut novel, Dark Chapter. We discuss how writing helped her make sense of…

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22 Aug 0 1011

Amy and Rosy chat to Gabriel Tallent, author of the sensational My Absolute Darling about getting to know your characters, allowing time to work its magic on your preconceptions,…

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10 Aug 0 1114

The Riff Raff chat to Emma Flint, author of the incredible Little Deaths about historical themes that still resonate, the responsibility of writing about a real crime and how…

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1 Aug 0 913

The Riff Raff chat to Zinzi Clemmons about her incredible debut What We Lose. We discuss writing a book with an unusual structure, knowing when to start over with…

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28 Jul 0 983

Amy Baker and Rosy Edwards talk to Indu Balachandran, author of The Writers’ Retreat about creating characters in your own image, writing scenes your mother shouldn’t read and dolphins…

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21 Jul 0 896

In episode 12 of The Riff Raff podcast, Amy and Rosy chat to bestselling author, Felicia Yap about her debut novel, Yesterday. We discuss the power of memory, fact…

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