Episode 26: Cowboy Romance (with Amy Barry)
Save a horse, ride a cowboy!
Thanks for listening to That Rom Com Pod, recorded on Gadigal land.
We were out of our usual recording comfort zone for this episode, so please forgive us for the intimate audio, recorded sitting cross-legged on the floor with our lovely guest. (Shout out to our long suffering editor Josh, who has added some fun sound FX in post! Yee ha!)
Our guest is Amy Barry, who writes sweeping historical stories about love. She’s fascinated with the landscapes of the American West and their complex long history, and she’s even more fascinated with people in all their weird tangled glory. Amy is the author of Kit McBride Gets a Wife and Marrying Off Morgan McBride.
As Amy T. Matthews she is the author of Someone Else’s Bucket List and Best, First and Last. Amy is Associate Professor in Creative Writing at Flinders University in Adelaide, where she lives with her family.
Follow Amy on Instagram (@amybarryauthor / @amytmatthews_author).
Also we have to make sure you’ve heard the very important news that Karina’s new novel That Island Feeling has been announced, and is available for preorder before its December 31 publication date. I’ve read it (Clare is writing this) and IT’S SO GOOD!
OK, here’s episode 26!
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