Joãowow Lucas survived a near-fatal choking by American crime novelist Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club) to duel with me on this week’s rendition of The Writer’s Gauntlet! The first rule of The Writer’s Gauntlet is you cannot talk about The Writer’s Gauntlet….
https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-joaowow-lucas
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Who is brave enough to follow the mighty Mat Ricardo in my weekly Writer’s Gauntlet column for The Hooghly Review? She describes herself as The Worst Comedy Hack You’ve Ever Seen! A Midwestern U.S. farmgirl transplanted to Portugal who performs standup comedy in Lisbon’s best basements. Meet the brilliantly witty Jen Nafziger!
https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-jen-nafziger
This week on The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye, my opponent is the effortlessly erudite and witty Mat Ricardo – showman, best dressed juggler, and America’s Got Talent loser who wrote a book for kids about how to be criminals (The Magic in You, published by Faber!)
https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-mat-ricardo
He’s also been my guest on RTHK Radio 3 in my Mental Ideas Podcast and doc As Bad As It Gets and is an ambassador for Mental Ideas!
https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/07/battle-of-the-wits-sadie-kaye-versus-mat-ricardo
Jonathan Han’s author bio as clickbait headline made me howl! When he’s not in your area or murdering pot plants, he writes reviews for Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Asian Review of Books & Hong Kong Review of Books.
https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-jonathan-han
BUZZ have been granted permission by The Hooghly Review to reprint my weekly column, The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye. They chose a different title for it though! Battle of The Wits is also the name of the affiliated podcast, which will be launching in all the usual podcast places (and some unusual ones!!!) mid-Sept. You can also follow our playlist of music from the IG posts of the columns on Spotify. Enjoy!
Who is brave enough to follow in the footsteps of Helen Lederer? Into the fray steps Stewart McKay! His debut novella The Ballad of Billy Lopez is a masterclass of dark wit and pathos. Here, he shares his insights into his secret internal world!
https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-stewart-mckay
My latest delulu piece for The Hooghly Review is a sketch I performed at the WiPS launch of Imprint 24 at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2026. You may need to lie down after reading In Bed with Sadie.
https://thehooghlyreview.com/in-bed-with-sadie-by-sadie-kaye/
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You can find all my columns for The Hooghly Review in one delulu place: https://thehooghlyreview.com/tag/sadie-kaye
