Jo Riccioni on her young adult novel 'The Branded' @AustralianWritersCentreCourses

Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

https://www.WritersCentre.com.au/ Jo Riccioni is author of the young adult novel, The Branded. She is also a short story writer and creative writing teacher. Her first novel The Italians at Cleat's Corner Store won the fiction category of the International Rubery Award and was long-listed for the New Angle Prize in the UK. Jo was interviewed on the podcast: 'So you want to be a writer' by the Australian Writers' Centre.

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Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/so-you-want-to-be-a-writer/id836440322
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6DOYgwsiKLyTgYttJAVK5D

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