Talking Aussie Books with Brooke Crawford

About this episode

Claudine Tinellis chats with author Brooke Crawford about her debut novel 'Better Than the Real Thing'.

Brooke Crawford is a Melbourne based author of the terrific debut novel ‘Better Than the Real Thing’ published by HQ Fiction. Described as ‘Notting Hill’ meets ‘Bridget Jones’ Baby’ this novel is smart, pacy, funny, drama filled and utterly romantic. I can’t recommend it highly enough!! The perfect summer read and one I suspect will be filling Christmas stockings around the country before too long. I enjoyed a wonderful chat with Brooke about her wonderful novel for the podcast recently.

People in this episode

Guest: Brooke Crawford

Topics covered

• books
• fiction
• romance

Keywords

• Melbourne
• debut novel
• summer read
• Christmas stockings

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Better Than the Real Thing

Books & works: Better Than the Real Thing, Notting Hill

Places: Melbourne

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