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Nina Kenwood was one of the featured authors at this year’s Rachael Johns Book Club Readers Retreat in Geelong, Victoria, a few months ago, so we met her there. At the time we had not organised to talk to Nina about her...
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Dear Rach & Soph
Hosted by Sophie Hamley · arts · EN
About this Podcast:
Bestselling Australian authors Rachael Johns ( The Lucky Sisters , The Other Bridget , The Patterson Girls ) and Sophie Green ( The Frock Shop , Lessons in Love at the Seaside Salon , Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society ) talk about writing and books and all sorts of things. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What is Dear Rach & Soph about?
Bestselling Australian authors Rachael Johns ( The Lucky Sisters, The Other Bridget, The Patterson Girls ) and Sophie Green ( The Frock Shop, Lessons in Love at the Seaside Salon, Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society ) talk about writing and books and all sorts of things.
Who hosts Dear Rach & Soph?
Dear Rach & Soph is hosted by Sophie Hamley. The show has published 87 episodes to date.
What has Dear Rach & Soph covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Talking about People Skills - with novelist Nina Kenwood" (3 October 2026, 68 minutes), "Romance novels and new starts" (19 September 2026, 58 minutes), and "Writers need to have confidence - and other topics of interest" (5 September 2026, 58 minutes).
How often does Dear Rach & Soph publish?
Dear Rach & Soph publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 54 minutes across 87 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Dear Rach & Soph?
Booking probability for Dear Rach & Soph is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Dear Rach & Soph requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Dear Rach & Soph's contact route on record: verified email.
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The strongest fits for Dear Rach & Soph are Artists, Writers & Performers. Dear Rach & Soph has an arts audience.
About the host
Sophie Hamley hosts Dear Rach & Soph, an arts podcast with 87 episodes published.
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Episode #13
Romance novels and new starts
Sep 19, 202658 minS4A year ago, on the podcast, we talked to Chloe Berry , who was in the process of launching a digital marketing agency for authors and also planning to become a literary agent. Chloe is in her twenties and has worked in...
Sep 5, 202658 minS4Listeners-slash-viewers a.k.a. liewers, you’re going to have to watch or listen to find out why, quite early on in our latest episode, Rachael says, ‘This is not a poo podcast.’ We're not giving you any hints! What we...
Aug 22, 202644 minS4At the time of recording this episode Rachael was preparing her day-long workshop for the RWA Conference, which is happening this weekend. Sophie was meant to attend but, due to personal circumstances, had to cancel, so...
Jul 25, 20261h 1mS4This episode of the podcast was recorded a few weeks before Sophie's latest novel, The Frock Shop , was published and Rachael asked her some questions about it, including how she manages writing multiple points of view...
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Episode #8
Listener questions about writing
Jul 11, 20261 hourS4For the past four years Rachael has - with her book club co-host Anthea Hodgson - run a readers retreat. Sophie has attended twice as a ‘featured author’ and this year she was on staff, partly to teach a one-hour...
Jun 27, 20261h 8mS4We recorded this episode a week ahead of the 2026 RJ Book Club Readers Retreat, which was held in Geelong and was as jam-packed and fun as the previous years. Rachael runs the book club and the retreats (and the podcast...
Jun 13, 20261h 12mS4Belinda Alexandra is one of Australia’s favourite novelists, with very good reason - her books are wonderful! And there’s some biographical information about her below, as well as the blurb of her latest novel, The...
May 30, 20261h 1mS4From Sophie: At the time of recording this episode I had a cold and Rachael was in the middle of preparing her house to go on the market. When I pressed ‘record’ I forgot to pull my microphone close enough and my usual...
Episode #4
We decide to talk about A.I.
May 16, 202647 minS4Have you heard the term ‘regurgitated volume’ before? No? Good. That’s because Sophie made it up in this episode of Dear Rach & Soph, to describe large volumes of content being produced by generate A.I. In other words...
Episode #3
Why are we posting on social media?
May 2, 202653 minS4From Sophie: On this podcast Rachael Johns and I let these conversations go where they will, and in this episode we start talking about how important it is for grown-ups to engage in play. That means in our writing as...
Episode #2
On not saying 'sorry'
Apr 18, 202655 minS4In this episode we talk about a subject that has been on our list for a while: the reflexive nature of saying ‘sorry’. Admittedly it’s something Sophie put on the list, as it’s something she's had an interest in...
Episode #1
We're baaaaack - season 4 begins
Apr 4, 202650 minS4Hello longtime Dear Rach & Soph liewers (that's listeners + viewers to the uninitiated)! Thank you for your patience while Rachael Johns and I took a break to focus on writing our next books (two of them, in Rach's...
Dear Rach & Soph
Summer reading sorted! With these new releases from Q4 2025
Dec 3, 202510 minS3Due to manuscript deadlines and other commitments, it’s taken until now to bring you up to date with October and November new releases. But it’s just in time for summer reading! See how I managed to spin that! As a...
Dear Rach & Soph
All about The Lucky Sisters
Nov 22, 202550 minS3**SPOILER ALERT** If you haven’t read Rachael Johns’s latest novel, The Lucky Sisters, please be advised that in this bonus episode of our podcast, Dear Rach & Soph, we discuss the ending of the book. The episode was...
Nov 2, 20251h 1mS3We recorded this episode in September, and Rachael was under the weather at the time, but she’s not any more! And she also talks about her latest novel, The Lucky Sisters , maybe being out by the time this episode is...
Oct 25, 20251h 10mS3When Rachael and I were offered the chance to have Lyla Sage as a guest on the podcast, we said yes straightaway. While our focus is Australian books and authors, Lyla has created something special in her Rebel Blue...
Oct 15, 202539 minS3Note from Sophie: This is an episode featuring me alone - not because Rachael lost her voice or anything else, but because my guest is Qin Qin, and I published her book, Model Minority Gone Rogue: How an unfulfilled...
Episode #31
How a respected journalist becomes a bestselling crime novelist - with guest Michael Brissenden
Oct 11, 202559 minS3Michael Brissenden had a long career as an esteemed journalist (see bio below) and all the while was writing fiction, as we found out when we spoke to him recently. We were interested in finding out more about how he...
Oct 4, 202544 minS3‘So I just get this tiny snapshot of extreme humanity at its most tempestuous or its most vulnerable almost … I obviously have had a lifetime of influence of what humans can do when they're pushed to the edge in...
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