Secrets from the Green Room
In each episode of the Secrets from the Green Room podcast hosts Irma Gold and Karen Viggers chat with a writer about their experience of the writing and publishing process in honest green room-style, uncovering some of the plain and simple truths, as well as some of the secrets – whether they be mundane or salubrious – and having a lot of fun in the process.
Podcasting since 2020 • 79 episodes
Secrets from the Green Room
Latest Episodes
Season 7: Episode 79: Tasma Walton
Karen and Irma talk about the importance of writers centres, and urge listeners to sign the Writers Victoria petition.Then Irma chats to Tasma Walton about novelising the story of her ancestor Nannertgarrook, how she protected herself in...
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Season 7
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Episode 79
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50:01
Season 7: Episode 78: Fleur McDonald
Karen and Irma debate whether AI is useful to break writer’s block.Then they both chat to Fleur McDonald about pioneering the way in rural crime writing, how she built her profile over the years and then rebranded, connecting emotionally...
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Season 7
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Episode 78
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39:16
Season 7: Episode 77: Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Pulitzer Prize finalist)
Irma and Karen chat about the year ahead, and dive into their first Book Chat of the year, championing Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, and Colony by Annika Norlin.Then Karen talks to Colombian writer Ingrid Rojas Contreras ...
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Season 7
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Episode 77
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39:57
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Special Series: Episode 76: Craig Leeson (impact film maker)
In a special series direct from the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Karen chats to Craig Leeson (impact filmmaker) about how growing up in Tasmania made him an environmental activist, how to find a hook to capture your audience, how to tel...
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Episode 76
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36:43
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Special Series: Episode 75: Banu Mushtaq (International Booker Prize Winner 2025)
In a special series direct from the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Karen chats to Indian author, winner of the 2025 International Booker Prize, Banu Mushtaq about what drives her to write about the fundamentalist Muslim community in which...
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Episode 75
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25:20