Secrets from the Green Room

About 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.

Publisher

Irma Gold & Karen Viggers

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

14 Nov 2020

Latest episode

3 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

87 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Aug 2026

   Season 7: Episode 86: Virginia Haussegger

   Irma and Karen make an exciting announcement about the future of the podcast, then discuss a cautionary tale involving a freelance editor and AI. Then Karen talks to journalist and feminist author Virginia Haussegger about how she became a TV journalist and was sent to Darwin to make all her mistakes, how working on TV has both changed and not changed for women since the 1980s, the ways that deadlines help her to write, how book ideas strike her like meteorites, why counting her writing...

2. 

   14 Jul 2026

   Season 7: Episode 85: Debut author series: Sarah Walker and Sam Elliott

   Irma and Karen talk about starting your novel with a bang to get readers’ attention. Then in our new occasional series, Karen talks to debut novelists Sarah Walker and Sam Elliott about the process of getting their first books published, how Sam bounced back from workplace bullying to write fiction, how Sarah got an overseas agent, the ways having an agent or winning an award helps with getting published, what Sam learned through podcasting that helped with publishing, and the news that made ...

3. 

   22 Jun 2026

   Season 7: Episode 84: Festival directors: Corrie Perkin and Veronica Sullivan

   Karen and Irma chat about how to decide on the POV(s) for a novel, and how to listen to what the book itself wants to be. Then Irma talks to Melbourne Writers Festival Director Veronica Sullivan and Sorrento Writers Festival Director Corrie Perkin about their pathways to becoming directors of two of Australia’s biggest festivals, the way they plan their programs, practical advice on what writers and their publishers can do to break into the festival circuit, what writers do wrong when pitchin...

Who has been a guest on Secrets from the Green Room

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Markus Zusak
• Helen Farch
• Bob Brown

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

51

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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