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! 🎧
The Exophonic Writer Podcast
4- Are you an exophonic reader? - Read more to write better! :)
To write exophonically, first you need to read lots in the language you're seeking to write in.
In this episode I talk about:
-How I wasn't a reader growing up and became one only recently.
-Changing schools mid-first grade and having to quickly adapt to cursive (when all I new was printed letters).
-The first book I ever read on my own and liked:
Dailan Kifki by María Elena Walsh
✨ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/311950.Dailan_Kifki
-How I used to think I needed to read all the classics to "earn" the right to read modern authors. 🤦♀️
-Some of my favourite books:
Fiction:
- Neil Gaiman - everything he does!
- Alissa Nutting - Tampa
- Madeleine Ryan - A Room Called Earth
- Sarah Crossan - One (she writes novels in verse!)
Non- fiction:
- James Clear - Atomic Habits
- Mark Mason - The subtle art of not giving a f*ck
- Natalie Goldberg - Writing down the bones
All this and more. Listen on :D
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