Posts by: Kat

Kat

Kat Mayo is a freelance writer, podcaster, Twitter tragic, and compulsive reader. Her reviews have appeared in Books+Publishing, and she was the winner of the 2014 RWA Romance Media Award. She believes in happy endings, and kills fairies with glee.

3 February 20223 February 2022

BT bloggers: The dynamic is off – BT077

*Podcasts

Rudi, Gabby and Kat talk about significant reading moments, man-hymens, sex positions that destabilise the patriarchy, problematic faves, and our love for a good grovel. Also: Gabby ghosts us, and some ... Read more

15 April 202015 April 2020

BT bloggers: The glory days – BT076

*Podcasts

Reunited once more, the BT bloggers take on the Goodreads reading challenge.

30 March 202029 March 2020

Anna Cowan: Break the taboo – BT075

*Podcasts

Anna Cowan talks about life after Untamed, the struggle to manage motherhood with personal ambition, and some of her queer romance recs.

16 March 202029 March 2020

BT bloggers: Understanding the chemistry – BT074

*Podcasts, Historical romance, Reviews, Romance

Rudi, Gabby and Kat finally manage to read the same book in time for this episode. We talk about The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite, WLW books, ... Read more

18 November 201918 November 2019

Podversary 4: Petty and holding grudges – BT073

*Podcasts

What happens when one of the Book Thingo bloggers moves overseas?

4 November 20193 November 2019

Sophie Ly: Romancing her with some spaghetti – BT072

*Podcasts

Romance reader Sophie Ly taks to Kat and Rudi about why she loves graphic novels, and gives us some recommendations for series with strong romantic arcs.

7 August 20197 August 2019

BT Bloggers: Bookish betrayals – BT071

*Podcasts

The Book Thingo bloggers decided to knock one book off our TBR piles. Spoiler alert: only one of us actually did the work, and you get no prizes for guessing ... Read more

22 July 201921 July 2019

Aislinn Kearns: Stay away from the beans – BT070

*Podcasts

What happens when you combine a love of 80s action films with romance genre tropes? You get Ainslinn Kearns’s books!

27 May 201927 May 2019

#RomBkLove: Rebellious readers – BT069

*Podcasts

Guests: Rudi and Gabby | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 23/05/2019 Sydney #RomBkLove, the brainchild of the amazing Ana Coqui, is a month-long celebration of romance books, authors and readers. ... Read more

27 March 201927 March 2019

Melanie Milburne: I’ve always felt the tension – BT068

*Podcasts

Guest: Melanie Milburne | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 18/08/2018 RWAus When I heard Melanie Milburne’s keynote at the 2018 Australian Romance Readers’ Award, I knew we had to ... Read more