Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2025 Special Series: Episode 61: Green Room Stories

In this episode Irma and Karen chat about the 2025 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, painting a picture of the festival atmosphere and sharing some of the highlights.

Then they ask six authors at the festival – Clare Wright, Jenny Erpenbeck, Lech Blaine, Yves Rees, Craig Leeson and Virginia Haussegger – to share a green room story. They uncover Bryan Brown’s funny festival request, thievery by one of Australia’s most famous authors, Jenny Erpenbeck’s props room catastrophe, Annabel Crabb’s near miss, an unexpected diversion with David Attenborough, and how Virginia Haussegger burnt a hole in a green room floor.