ClanDestine Café

ClanDestine Café

Drop in to the ClanDestine Café - the podcast for writers, readers and creators. An inclusive, informative and silly place where we talk all things writing and publishing with our favourite genre authors. And believe us - between us - we know just about everybody!

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May 30, 2026 25 mins

Welcome back to ClanDestine Café. In this episode ⁠Jacq Ellem⁠ sits down to lunch with Fin and Liz to talk all things short story. Both writers are serial offenders in the Scarlet Stiletto crime and mystery competition run by Sisters in Crime Australia - and now in its 33rd year. They've both won several category prizes and the First Prize of the iconic and highly sought-after red shoe trophy.

Fin J Ross is a novelist and...

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Welcome back to ClanDestine Café. In this episode Jacq Ellem sits down for coffee with Vikki and Lindy to talk about the differences between writing true crime and crime fiction, how one informs the other, and how satisfying it is to push a fictional bad guy off a cliff.

Vikki Petraitis is a ridiculously hard-working and prolific writer. She’s the author of 14 true crime books; two crime novels, and counting, featuring the fabulous ...

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April 13, 2026 23 mins

Welcome to the first gathering in the ClanDestine Café where Jacq talks to Narrelle and Steve about words and the love of editing, and where we also learn about writing a crime novel in a motorhome – in the middle of a cyclone.

Narrelle Harris - Melbourne writer, book editor and Sherlock Holmes nerd – is the author of a host of short stories, and 12 novels the latest is The She-Wolf of Baker Street; and editor or co-editor of severa...

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March 15, 2026 1 min

A little tease for our forthcoming podcast dedicated to books, banter and shameless name-dropping.

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