Kathleen Jennings - Honeyeater

03/09/2025 50 min
Kathleen Jennings - Honeyeater

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Episode Synopsis

Kathleen Jennings is the author of multiple works, including Flyaway and her latest, Honeyeater. She's also an illustrator, and both her writings and illustrations have been nominated for multiple awards, including Locus Awards, Hugos, British Fantasy Awards, and World Fantasy Awards. Kathleen visits The Otherworlds to talk about her new novel, Honeyeater, out September 2 in the U.S. and September 16 in Australia.

Kathleen talks about how Covid and living in a place that floods influenced Honeyeater, people making bad choices in backyards, the mythic weight some places have, writing suburban Australian gothic, being edited by Ellen Datlow, and more!

To learn more about Honeyeater, Kathleen, and her other books, visit her author website https://tanaudel.wordpress.com, follow her on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/tanaudel?igsh=MXEybmpuYzZkY2pqMg==, or follow her on Bluesky @tanaudel.bsky.social

To learn more about Kathleen's work as an illustrator, visit https://www.kathleenjennings.com