Cowrie shells, calves and musical theatre with Meg Bignell

Cassie Hamer on faking it, toxic secrets and uniforms

Toni Jordan on tray bakes, busted discs and punctuation

Secrets, excess adjectives and fingerless gloves with Charity Norman

Victoria Brookman on kilts, bushwalking and activism

Criminology, pilates and writing in bed with Kimberley Allsopp

Nicky Pellegrino on the tango, flower subscriptions and the power of friendship

Natasha Lester on Tiffany watches, French resistance fighters, and New York bestseller lists

Sewing, jails and treating your writing as a business with Meredith Jaffe

Paige Toon on reader gifts, characters and deadlines.

Beth O'Leary on Aussie novels, easy dinners and road trips

Kelly Rimmer on reader emails, hitting the million copies mark and foreign translations

Feminism, spag bol and spring cleaning with Sasha Wasley

Esther Campion talks Ireland, labradors and the Famous Five

Community gardens, yachting and books with Fiona Lowe

Comedy and motherhood with Jessica Dettmann

Vanessa McCausland on family, journalism and fiction

Bird-watching, seniors pilates and positive ageing with Joanna Nell

Monica McInerney on Covid-reading, back-up singing and the motivating power of bad reviews

Catching babies, writing novels and parachuting into her 50s with Fiona McArthur