In this episode of The Whole Truth: Motherhood and the Writing Life, Nadia Mahjouri chats with Kate Kruimink, mother of two, fiction editor of Island Magazine and author of two award winning novels, and a newly released novella.

In this conversation, we discuss how Kate wrote her first novel with her newborn baby on her boob, and how it ended up being a Vogel Award Winner!

We also discuss Heartsease, Kates most recently released novel - a gorgeous novel - described as 'An account of love and ghosts so sharp it will leave you with paper cuts.'

We talk about the logistics of getting work done in amongst the messy middle of it all and talk about the benefits of working with a group of other women all juggling the same madness! Zoom writing groups for the win!

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You can follow Kate Kruimink on Instagram @katekruimink

Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at ⁠The Holding Space Counselling⁠. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online. Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere.

Nadia Mahjouri is also the author of ⁠Half Truth ⁠- her debut novel that will be released in Feb 2025. ⁠Pre-orders available soon⁠

Her website is ⁠www.nadiamahjouri.com⁠ and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter ⁠The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy⁠

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