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It's a MindsetEpisode 70 - Unmasking, Authenticity & Escaping Into Fantasy Worlds with Author Alina BellchambersHave you ever looked at the life you’re presenting to the world and thought… “This isn’t actually me”?
So many of us move through life wearing masks - hiding our sensitivities, our complexity, our neurodivergence, or simply the parts of ourselves we fear won’t be accepted.
Today’s guest, Alina Bellchambers, knows this journey intimately. Alina grew up inside her family’s bookstore, spending her childhood immersed in other worlds - worldbuilding, psychology and fantasy becoming early languages she now weaves into her writing.
Today, she’s the author of two highly acclaim...
2025-12-0956 min
Writers TalkingTalking to Alina Bellchambers, author of The Weight of CrownsThis week's convo with Alina Bellchambers was fascinating! If you've been on social media or in bookshops in the past year (or more!), you'll KNOW that the love for Fantasty & Romantasy books has reached peak levels and I was lucky enough to be introduced to this bright new voice in the Australian market.A prolific writer who was raised in her family's bookshop, Alina has had a connection to story for a long time and it shows! In our conversation, she shares her path from writing for herself and for escape to writing for an audience...
2025-10-2340 min
Neurodivergent MatesBeyond Imagination: Writing with Aphantasia and Autism - Alina BellchambersSend us a textIn this episode of Neurodivergent Mates, Will chats with South Australian author Alina Bellchambers, whose fantasy duo-logy The Order of Masks and The Weight of Crowns (Pan Macmillan) is being called a “feminist Game of Thrones.”Diagnosed as autistic at 29 and living with aphantasia, Alina shares how she writes epic worlds without mental imagery, her journey from struggling student to breakout author and actor, and how embracing her neurodivergence has shaped her creativity and success.Questions Alina, to kick things off, could you introduce your...
2025-09-171h 01
Words and Nerds: Authors, books and literature.1. Radelaide Reads - Adam Cece and Alina Bellchambers - NEW SPIN OFF SERIESRadelaide Reads is a brand new series where Adam Cece shines a light on talented South Australian authors and illustrators.
Today Adam chats to SA YA Author Alina Bellchambers about the conclusion to her epic romantasy duology, The Weight of Crowns.
They chat about writing processes, paths to publication, the binge-worthy appeal of the duology, and how Alina’s inability to visualise may actually be her writing superpower.
They also chat about acting in a horror movie, even when you’re terrified of horror movies, and how Alina’s sensational bookcase background is similar to her writing journey: amazing, but it did...
2025-09-1531 min