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Cassie Stroud

Cassie Stroud

Sydney writer, editor and bookseller whose debut novel Iluka was published by HQ Fiction Australia in February 2026

Jun 17, 2026

3:42
Can you tell me a little bit about, do you have a routine for your creative work? I
3:50
think, I was very interested to do this podcast because I think a lot about creativity, and even though I've just introduced myself as a writer, which is very fun, I feel like my creative work is something that I have to have in my life every single day, something creative, making something from nothing, just in terms of my version of living a full and happy life.
4:18
So I can get quite...
4:22
I can catch myself feeling a little bit low or a little bit down.
4:25
And I think usually that's because I'm consuming more than I'm creating.
4:31
It's usually a little alarm bell to me that I have to make something.
4:35
And whether that's, you know, knitting, whether that's drawing with my son, whether that's, you know, mucking around with a bit of craft or whether that is writing.
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that.

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