The Secret Library Podcast

Welcome to episode one of season eight of the Secret Library Podcast. I can think of no better guest than Katherine May who will start us in this journey of seeking wonder. Katherine is an internatio…

I am really excited to have Sonal Champsee on the podcast today where we are taking her concept of writer therapy and accepting questions from The Secret Library cafe about the murky middle and discu…

Show veteran Hannah Dennison is joining me this week. As the author of 17 books, I know she’s no stranger to the murky middle and finding her way through it. I love having Hannah on because we really…

There will be many stories similar to yours, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t put yours on the page! Today on the podcast, Danny Ramadan, author of The Foghorn Echoes, shares his 5-year experience…

I’ve completely fallen in love with Cooper’s Chase, the setting in Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club Mystery book series, so much so that my husband and I joke that is where we want to end up when…

My guest this week is Emerson Whitney and I had so much fun recording this interview, it felt like one of those episodes where you get to play. His upcoming book, Heaven, is a powerhouse of a book th…

The romance genre is going through a revolution — more and more books include deeper storylines that people are clamoring for (and publishers and bookshops are taking note). Today’s conversation with…

Thomas Kearney, the author of Thumbs Up: A Hitchhiking Irishman and 25,000 Kilometres from Patagonia to the Arctic, is joining me on the podcast today to share a bit about his journey of hiking from …

The murky middle during memoir writing is one that deserves it’s own episode because you’re quite literally writing about your own life, so it can feel a bit more personal. I’m excited to have Courtn…

Sometimes you start your novel without fully knowing the depth of the story that you’re telling. LaToya Watkins, author of Perish, is joining me today on The Secret Library Podcast to share her writi…

I’m so excited to have SLP veteran, Chloe Benjamin on the show to kick off the seventh season of the podcast. Chloe is sharing what life has been life after the unexpected success of The Immortalists…

Today we discuss Austria‘s approach with author and editor, Evelyn Steinthaler. Evelyn has worked for and with multiple independent publishing houses and is bringing all of that experience to our con…

I’m so excited to have another friend of the show on the podcast again this week, Mary Laura Philpott. In our conversation, you’ll hear about the writing process for her second book, Bomb Shelter, wh…

It’s easy to believe that the publishing model in the US and UK are the only models out there, given how much coverage they get. Renée Belliveau joins me on the SLP to share her publishing journey in…

Can you imagine writing 17 books with the same characters? Jacqueline Winspear is the queen of series writing and she’s on The Secret Library podcast today to share her process of not only writing on…

It’s easy to believe that when we send our book off to publishers that we’ll receive at least one, or maybe multiple offers. But what happens when we don’t hear anything besides rejection? This is a …

One of the best things about The Secret Library is getting to be in relationship with writers from the time their book is just an idea to getting to see it through publication. Today’s guest, Melissa…

It can take a lot more than courage to bring your writing to life. This week on the Secret Library, A.L. Berggren (Louise) is joining us to share a pandemic-activated self publishing journey that cre…

I’m so excited to have Kemi Nekvapil back on the podcast to kick of season six of The Secret Library Podcast. Kemi has found herself on the side of self publishing and traditional publishing. Today, …

Here we are at the end of season 5 of the podcast where we've focused on making a writing life. Today we're discussing the topic that has changed my life arguably the most out of everything we have t…