Totally Lit!

Ky Garvey

The monthly podcast celebrating reading, writing and creating literature. Join your host Ky Garvey as she chats with readers, writers, illustrators & all types of creators of books and stories. Be inspired to read, write, create, ignite!

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Totally Lit!

Episodes (126)

Fri Jun 12th Mary Colussi - Touch Grass: The Surprising Novel That Won the Penguin Prize
Tue Jun 2nd Samantha Ross on Manifesting Magic, Music and Impossible Springs
May 28th Anna Johnston - When Lemons Give You Life: A Recipe for Redemption

Totally Lit!

Jun 12, 2026
42½ minutes
38 MB

Host Ky Garvey interviews Mary Colussi, the 2025 Penguin Literary Prize winner, about her debut novel Touch Grass — a near‑future speculative story in which a woman wakes up as a cactus and consciousness‑swapping becomes an endemic phenomenon. They discuss the book's themes of derealisation, digital life versus material reality, and the strange, humane humour behind the premise. Mary describes her writing and editing process, the surprise of shortlisting and winning (including the Penguin publishing deal and $20,000 prize), early ARC reactions, influences like Octavia Butler and Ling Ma, and her background in scriptwriting. She also shares practical advice...

Totally Lit!

Mary Colussi - Touch Grass: The Surprising Novel That Won the Penguin Prize

Ky Garvey

00:00 -41:30