Maria Issaris is a journalist, editor and community media specialist, researcher and writer. She has worked in community media for the past 15 years. During that time she also founded and was editor of an independent regional newspaper, and was the Editor and a journalist for Ethical Investor Magazine (specialising in sustainable technologies and ethical business practices). Her program New Voices, features new writers being interviewed and critiqued by complete strangers.

Maria is also the founder of audiobooks producer audiobooks@radio which enables Australian authors to publish their work as an audiobook.

Maria has a Master’s degree in English Literature from Sydney University, and has worked on management and communication contracts in Qantas, Nine Network and several not-for-profit organisations, including CEO for the Royal Australian Historical Society.

You can visit Maria’s website at www.MariaIssaris.com

2RPH – New Voices website

audiobooks@radio – www.audiobooksradio.com.au

Articles by Maria…

Produce your own Audiobook – new MeetUp group

Produce your own Audiobook is a new how-to MeetUp group for writers interested in turning their books into audiobooks ... Read More

1st 2RPH “New Voices” produced under COVID-19

This week's episode of 2RPH's New Voices program is the first to be produced under "Covid conditions" and features former "mail order bride" Olga Ivanova ... Read More

A treasure trove of writing plots… New Voices on 2RPH

The plight of the single white male... the search for a moral compass in rearing children ... and unwittingly finding your writer's voice are subjects on this week's New Voices episode on 2RPH.  ... Read More

2RPH New Voices programme enjoys great response

2RPH Radio Program: New Voices is going from strength to strength, proving a great showcase and promotional opportunity for new writers ... Read More

New Voices radio program interviews new writers

The first episode of the new 2RPH Radio Program New Voices, which interviews new writers from all walks of life, is being broadcast on Monday 6 April at 5.30pm for the first time ... Read More

Editing the Editor: what Dave’s Fishing Column taught me about editing

Editing the Editor, or, more importantly, what Dave’s Fishing Column taught me about editing. Dave the fisher, from a small town on the far north coast of NSW taught me more about editing than anything else could. I have been in the writing industry most of my adult life. I ... Read More

Short Story Comps and You

Short Story Comps and You Developing your author profile (note to self) Creating an author profile is important for writers who haven’t yet scored a big publishing deal. And entering/winning or even being a runner-up can be a huge asset in building a reputation. It really was like finding a ... Read More

The genius of gut-driven publishing choices…

Thank God that people still insist - insist with the force of a kind of madness - to throw all thoughts of commercial success out the window and instead follow some unbridled chaotic inspiration that has nothing to do with sales/data/established traditions/funding requirements/popular approval/ratings ... Read More

The commercial imperative – and the whole beauty of ignoring it

The beauty of writing and the whole messy, vulnerable, seeing-the-world-from-your-guts place where the act of writing deposits you ... Read More

Grants for New Writers! Plus other stuff

Many organisations offer grants for new writers. A Writers Grant info evening was recently held at NSW Writers Centre - here are the details ... Read More

Exploring Xlibris

To be read you need to be published. And there’s the rub. Here's what happened when one writer contacted Xlibris, one the largest and most global of the self-publishing organisations ... Read More