We went into lockdown in the middle of filming, so they were having all these video dates, which were really uncomfortable. It was timely because it became the Love in Lockdown series of The Bachelor here in Australia. I posted it to our team chat and it went off. After the first one, I was inspired to write a recap of the episode, just for entertainment purposes. We were watching along, catching up with each other the next morning in a chat thread. It was a little bit of a bright spark in our working week, so we all put our hands up for that. Last year when we were in deep lockdown – because I’m based in Melbourne, Australia – my colleagues said, how about we watch The Bachelor and have a sweep stake of who wins. Sandy Barker: I do like a good competition reality show. Are you a fan of those sorts of reality shows for a start? I wondered how you got inspired to do it.

It’s an unusual and creative take on things.

It’s based on a reality TV show with eerie similarities to things like Married at First Sight or The Bachelor. Jenny Wheeler: Your latest book is called The Dating Game, so we’ll get right into it and talk about this book. Sandy Barker: Thank you so much for the invitation, Jenny. We’ve got three E book copies of The Dating Game to give away to three lucky readers, so enter the draw for the new festive promo Joy to the world on our web site the Joys of Binge or on the Bring Reading Facebook page.īefore we get to Sandy just a reminder you can support the podcast for the equivalent of a cup of coffee a month and get exclusive bonus content while you do including access to Behind the Scenes stories, tips on who is coming up in future episodes so you can read the books beforehand, and insights into our featured authors – like Sandy – in the Getting to Know you quickfire questions Hi there I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in today’s Joys of Binge Reading episode Sandy talks about how a meeting with her husband in Greece launched her career as an author, and how a fascination with reality TV inspired The Dating Game… Sandy Barker turned an adventurous travelling life into fiction and half a dozen books later she’s still going strong, with her latest, The Dating Game, described as the perfect escapist romcom for the holiday season. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:47 - 35.5MB) | Embedĭon't miss out on the latest episodes.

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