Day: January 1, 2021

Podcast: So You Want to be a Writer
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

Writing Podcast Episode 374 Tea Cooper’s ‘The Cartographer’s Secret’ [Story Sessions series]

In Episode 374 of So You Want To Be A Writer: This ‘inbetweenisode’ is part of our Story Sessions series featuring ‘The Cartographer’s Secret’ by Tea Cooper. Follow Letitia Rawlings on her quest in 1911’s Hunter Valley to heal a family rift. An intricately illustrated map offers a clue to the fate of her long-lost aunt. We bring bookshop browsing to you in this episode with the first chapter of this mesmerising historical mystery.

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