Karen Viggers Author

Author of five novels. Latest: SIDELINES coming Jan 2024 about kids’ sport and parental behaviour on the sidelines. Vet, hiker, podcaster, dog lover.

[Karen Viggers Author @ViggersK]

I hope you enjoy this discussion about SIDELINES and parental behaviour at junior sport by @bookswithbecandjane on @abcbrisbane radio. So thrilled and grateful. #sidelines @AllenAndUnwin
#juniorsport #football

https://t.co/nJLEOsCZz3

[Ubud Writers & Readers Festival @ubudwritersfest]

In a powerful conversation, @CraigLeeson discusses with host @ViggersK how to find a hook to capture your audience, how to tell a story in a few words, and how hitting the lowest point of his career paved the way for the highest high: https://t.co/7nxxOg8BI6

[Karen Viggers Author @ViggersK]

@AllenAndUnwin @TheStellaPrize Adored this amazing book

[Karen Viggers Author @ViggersK]

Loved this book

[Allen & Unwin @AllenAndUnwin]

A HUGE congratulations to Emily Maguire for her book, ‘Rapture’ getting longlisted for @TheStellaPrize 2025! 🎉

[Karen Viggers Author @ViggersK]

SUR LA TOUCHE is out in France (aka as SIDELINES in Australia. It’s also been seen in local Australian Post Offices. So if you haven’t read it yet, here’s a little bit about the story.
@LesEscales
@AllenAndUnwin

https://t.co/iDl9pePm9Q

[Secrets from the Green Room @green_room_pod]

Writers sometimes talk about feeling like no-one is listening but in our latest ep Cate Kennedy flips that on its head and turns it into a positive. .

Listen here on Apple (or wherever you get your pods): https://t.co/5qqnQaiMdR

[Karen Viggers Author @ViggersK]

Karen and Irma chat about the challenges of being able to accept praise. Then Irma talks with Katherine Collette about how co-hosting The First Time podcast was life-changing, and all sorts of writerly things.

https://t.co/nrOKEDTHeY

[Babelio @Babelio]

@ViggersK a new french review of Le murmure du vent on Babelio : "
De Karen Viggers : Le murmure du vent.

Ce livre m'a fait voyager dans les grands espaces de l'Australie avec
ses espèces animales qui lui sont propre et l'atmosphère particulière
qui rè… https://t.co/DSTKnne75U

[Secrets from the Green Room @green_room_pod]

In our latest ep we talk to Bob Brown about how he writes (he’s always taking notes out in nature — during the Franklin River campaign he kept a notebook stashed in a tree and wrote in it each time he went up or down the river!) and the impact that words can have on readers.

[Secrets from the Green Room @green_room_pod]

If you’re looking for an inspiring start to 2025 our interview with Bob Brown is it!

Listen here on Apple (or wherever you get your pods): https://t.co/5qqnQajk3p

@BobBrownFndn #writinginspiration #writingpodcast #environment

[Karen Viggers Author @ViggersK]

This is my favourite episode from our U us series. Hope you enjoy it.

[Secrets from the Green Room @green_room_pod]

Secrets

In a special Ubud Writers & Readers Festival series Omar Musa chats about why he stopped reading and writing during a dark period & how a new form of expression saved him, the ways in which earning a living from the thing you love can be deeply problematic, & much more!

[Secrets from the Green Room @green_room_pod]

In a special Ubud Writers and Readers Festival series, Nam Le chats about why he was a secret writer, fighting for his poetry book to be pubbed in the US, the ways he’s wrestling with his cultural identity and representing a particular voice, the damage of self-doubt, and more!

[Secrets from the Green Room @green_room_pod]

In our special season direct from the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Nam Le talks about ditching law to become a writer. Irma chats to Nam about the ups and downs of his career and Nam is so generous in his answers. Tune in wherever you get your pods.

#uwrf24

[Secrets from the Green Room @green_room_pod]

In our latest ep JP Pomare talks about why he fact checks instead of researching. And how this led to an attempt to break into prison, a stay in New Zealand’s worst motel and the most frightening midnight walk. JP has so many great stories!

[Karen Viggers Author @ViggersK]

A lovely Airbnb in Canberra owned by a friend of mine. It’s a lovey airy peaceful place to stay. Better than a hotel any day.

[@gingergorman @GingerGorman]

Coming to Canberra? My airbnb is a gorgeous place to stay...it's consistently rated 5 stars.

Discounts available on request (especially for stays longer than two weeks - I love longer stays!)

https://t.co/8snrlR17Tx

[Secrets from the Green Room @green_room_pod]

How do you write? In our latest ep novelist and screenwriter Kylie Needham talks about how she gets the words down.

Listen here on Apple (or wherever you get your pods): https://t.co/5qqnQajk3p

[Karen Viggers Author @ViggersK]

We hope you enjoy this interview and all the good advice in it.

[Secrets from the Green Room @green_room_pod]

In our latest ep literary agent @Jacinta_DiMase unpacks what an agent can do for authors, and so much else about the publishing industry. Do not miss this ep!

Listen here on Apple (or wherever you get your pods): https://t.co/5qqnQajk3p

#writingpodcast #literaryagent

[Karen Viggers Author @ViggersK]

Make sure you listen to this great episode. Lots of advice for aspiring writers.

[Secrets from the Green Room @green_room_pod]

💚NEW EP!💚 In this special ep Irma does a deep dive on all things publishing with agent @Jacinta_DiMase about what agents do to earn their 15%, details re contracts, the dos and don’ts of submitting to agents, foreign rights, how co-agents work, film/TV deals, and SO much more!

[Karen Viggers Author @ViggersK]

I love this frank and fearless interview with Hilde Hinton

[Secrets from the Green Room @green_room_pod]

In our latest ep Hilde Hinton talks about how an argument with her brother (actor Samuel Johnson) led to her writing her first novel.

Plus she shares her three-book plan (which she’s never publicly shared before) and how she made it happen.

[Karen Viggers Author @ViggersK]

Very excited about attending this festival in early October.

[Secrets from the Green Room @green_room_pod]

Irma has recently signed a contract for her second novel, Shift, and Karen has signed a shopping contract (for film/TV) on her most recent novel, Sidelines, so they chat all things contracts. Lots of useful advice for writers facing the contracts stage.