The Exophonic Writer Podcast

28 - Exophonic Storytelling for Brands and Transcreation - A chat with Mages Ruiz Diaz

Send us a textHello friends and welcome to the last episode of the Exophonic writer Podcast of 2025.I have great company! Join me on my chat with Mages Ruiz Diaz from Acts of Imagination, as we discuss how we both brought our Argentinian cultural backgrounds to our work here in Australia.Also, we touched on particularly interesting topics such as Mages' branding work for an Azerbaijani client, changing names after migration and  some pondering on the Spanish language.This one is a must-listen-to, so I hope you tune in! 😎Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode, please consider rating and reviewing the podcast to help other listeners find us!Also, come and say hi on Instagram: @the_exophonic_writer I'll be thrilled to hear from you! :)

27 - Cultural Literacy and Exophonic Writing - with Dr Gabriel García Ochoa

Send us a textHi exophonic friends,We are here again with yet another amazing guest! Dr Gabriel García Ochoa is a Mexican-born academic and writer based in Melbourne, Australia. He teaches at Monash University, where his work explores cultural literacy, world literature, and translation. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and is the author of the 2019 science fiction novel The Hypermarket. Join me in my conversation with Gabriel as we discussed cultural literacy, English as birth right, cultural expectation on exophonic writers and, —surprise, surprise— imposter syndrome!We also delved into Gabriel's first novel (linked below) and what he's writing next.https://www.amazon.com.au/Hypermarket-Gabriel-Garcia-Ochoa/dp/0578650967Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode, please consider rating and reviewing the podcast to help other listeners find us!Also, come and say hi on Instagram: @the_exophonic_writer I'll be thrilled to hear from you! :)

26 - Hand out a sample of your work (my novel "Tango Masala" read aloud)

Send us a textHello Exophonics,As promised, here are the first few chapters (poems) of my debut novel Tango Masala.I tried my best and I hope you like it (but much respect for voice actors!)I read the first 46 pages, and the following poems:Comfort Zone Hamster Palace The Millers LiamMicro Lila and Rim Pink House Castle-hotel Check Mate MilanHindi Here to work New Teacher If you want to see more, head to my website www.zoegomezcass.com or read a sample on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tango-Masala-Zoe-Gomez-Cass/dp/1763595234?asin=1763595234&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1See you on the next one.Much love,Zoe XxSupport the showIf you enjoyed this episode, please consider rating and reviewing the podcast to help other listeners find us!Also, come and say hi on Instagram: @the_exophonic_writer I'll be thrilled to hear from you! :)

25 - Early and surprising lessons from self-publishing my book

Send us a textHi, exophonics! ✨Let me share with you all that I'm learning as a newly self-published exophonic author. We'll talk about: why your friends may not read your bookstocking your book in real-life bookstores and librarieswhere is a good place to promote your indie-publish book.Plus, if you stick until the very end I'll tell you one surprising marketing technique I'm deploying 🙃In the episode, I mentioned Creative Pep talk Podcast  (which is pretty famous), but just in case you didn't know it here is the link: https://www.creativepeptalk.com/Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode, please consider rating and reviewing the podcast to help other listeners find us!Also, come and say hi on Instagram: @the_exophonic_writer I'll be thrilled to hear from you! :)

24 - Recognising what you're doing right as a writer - a chat with book coach Karmen Spiljak

Send us a textWhether to reach a wider audience, or to detach yourself from saying hard things, or because your native language has a very complex writing system. Whatever the reason that brings you to write in a non-native language... this is a story that only you can tell, so write it!In conversation with author and book coach Karmen Spiljak, we talked about grammar skills, cultural expectations, opportunities for exophonics in the publishing world and her own trajectory in being an exophonic writer.If you want to know more about today's guest, you can find more here:https://karmenspiljak.com/https://storyallegiance.com/about/Tune-in and add to your exophonic reality a little piece of truth from the point of view of other exophonics from across the globe ✨🙂Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode, please consider rating and reviewing the podcast to help other listeners find us!Also, come and say hi on Instagram: @the_exophonic_writer I'll be thrilled to hear from you! :)