
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 • 68 episodes
Secrets from the Green Room
Latest Episodes
Season 6: Episode 68: Emily Maguire
Irma and Karen chat about small regional writers’ festivals.Then Karen talks to Emily Maguire about how a high school teacher initially crashed her dreams of becoming a writer, how she became a feminist without realising it, how she avoi...
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Season 6
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Episode 68
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45:48

Season 6: Episode 67: Pip Williams
Irma and Karen talk about copyright, and the productivity commission’s recent recommendations regarding AI. Then Karen talks to Pip Williams about how she shifted from academic research to writing novels, how COVID lockdown inadvert...
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Season 6
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Episode 67
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49:14

Season 6: Episode 66: Terri-ann White (publisher)
Karen and Irma chat about book to film adaptations, and recommend recent reads in their new Book Chat segment.Then Irma talks to Upswell Founder and Publisher Terri-ann White about the current state of the publishing industry and what ne...
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Season 6
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Episode 66
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52:30

Season 6: Episode 65: Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist
Karen and Irma chat about foreign rights deals, and Irma shares some shocking stats.Then Irma chats to Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist about how a conversation between them on their first wedding anniversary was pivotal in Anne’s career, t...
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Season 6
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Episode 65
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50:09

Season 6: Episode 64: Markus Zusak
Irma and Karen chat about how a two-book deal was secured via an explosive Booktok profile. Then in a new occasional segment, Book Chat, they share recent reads they’ve enjoyed.Next Karen talks to Markus Zusak about his family of storyte...
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Season 6
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Episode 64
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57:32
