Tea Time with Mirela

Tea Time with Ayesha Inoon

In this episode, I chat with Ayesha about her debut novel Untethered, the complexities of migrant identity, how to make setting its own character in a story, and the act of learning to love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mirelacufurovic.substack.com [https://mirelacufurovic.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Tea Time with Mehreen Faruqi

In this episode, I chat with Senator Mehreen Faruqi about her memoir Too Migrant Too Muslim Too Loud and her life in Australian politics, what her writing process looks like, and on the importance of being true to oneself. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mirelacufurovic.substack.com [https://mirelacufurovic.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Tea Time with Zeynab Gamieldien

In this episode, I chat with Zeynab about her debut novel The Scope of Permissibility, on writing multiple points of view that make characters feel alive on the page, and on finding beauty in being human. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mirelacufurovic.substack.com [https://mirelacufurovic.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Tea Time with Winnie Dunn

In this episode, I chat with Winnie about what it takes (and means) to be a bad writer but in a good way, on being the first Tongan-Australian published author with her debut Dirt Poor Islanders, and what the Sweatshop Literacy Movement is all about. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mirelacufurovic.substack.com [https://mirelacufurovic.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Tea Time with Shirley Le

In this episode, I chat with Shirley about critical love as a form of writing empowerment, how her debut Funny Ethnics challenges traditional storytelling, and the wonder that comes when embracing the chaos. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mirelacufurovic.substack.com [https://mirelacufurovic.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]