The Exophonic Writer Podcast

Hi, I'm Zoe! 🙋‍♀️ I'm a Visual Linguist and Exophonic Writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Join me each episode while I podcast my quest to understand how exophony is changing the world.

Exophony (or the art of creative writing in a non-native language) is an old practice that's getting more and more prominence in recent years.

Some questions that keep me awake at night (which fuel this podcast) are:

✨Why do writers choose to write in a non-native language over their mother tongue? How does this choice impact their work?

✨Is the world welcoming the works of exophonic writers? Or are they treated as less good than native authors?

✨Are exophonic writers embracing our own imperfect styles or are we trying to appear as close to native as possible?

✨ What will normalising exophonic practices mean for global readers and literature?

If that sounds like what you need to hear right now, press play and embark with me in an exophonic creative journey! 🎧 SEASON 2, COMING AUGUST 1ST 2025! 🎧

Podcasting since 2023 • 28 episodes

The Exophonic Writer Podcast

Latest Episodes

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

Hello 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 cult...

December 21, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 28 • 43:49

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

Hi 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 ...

November 01, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 27 • 34:47

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

Hello 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:

October 12, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 26 • 22:10

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

Hi, 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 li...

October 05, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 25 • 27:39

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

Whether 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 o...

August 29, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 24 • 39:20

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