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Discussions between bestselling author Matthew LeDrew and a variety of other authors from Newfoundland and beyond, with backgrounds in a variety of genres and styles. Get to the heart of the stories behind the stories, and find out what makes authors tick.
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For writers, writing scratches a very specific itch... but what would they do to satisfy that itch if they couldn't write, for some reason? Six authors try and answer that question on today's episode of Write Project. Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd.: Andie Bullmann, author of Salt Beef Buckets Kerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex: Trigger Warning Claire Wilkshire, author of The Love Olympics From Marvel and DC Comics: JM DeMatteis, author of Kraven's Last Hunt From Anstruther Press: ...
Alright people: deal with the devil time. If you could give up one thing to be a better author, what would it be? Featuring, from Engen Books Ltd.: Teresita E. Dziadura, author of Corporate Invasion Erin Vance, author of Exposure Elizabeth Whitten, author of Off-Panel: A History of NL Comix Lisa Timpf, contributor to A Toast to Hope From Breakwater Books Ltd.: Rebecca Rose, President and Publisher Paul David Power, author of Crippled Rebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen Party Gemma Hick...
Language has Power Andrew Hawthorn P Dixit gemma travis houseless Heather Antos Originally broadcast on October 27, 2025 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country. Check out As Loved Our Fathers, the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BABIt's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history! Suppo...
It can be a lightbulb moment for an author: that moment when we learn that language can do things: change minds, tell stories, get us things. Today on Write Project, our guests offer their own stories of how it happened for them. Featuring, from Engen Books: Hannah Jenkins, contributor to The Birds Come Back in the Spring AJ Ryan, author of Slipstreamers From Breakwater Books Ltd.: Rebecca Rose, President and Publisher Michelle Porter, author of Approaching Fire Shelley Kawaja, author of Th...
Magazines the print stories by authors can be a lifeline early in your career. On today's episode, Write Project guests rate their best magazines for young authors to follow! Featuring, from Engen Books: Andrew Peacock, author of VIRAL Matthew Daniels, author of Interstiches Sarah Thompson, author of The Love of Summer Kelley Power, author of Tombstories also featuring: Colleen Helme, author of The Shelby Nichols Series, and more! Originally broadcast on September 22, 2025 on CHMR 93.5 FM ...
Some authors crave financial success. Others bestseller status. Others awards. Still other just want their stories told... it's one of the most decisive things in the art industry, and today on Write Project, we examine: how do you define success? Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd.: Paul David Power, author of Crippled Rebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen Party Shelley Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of Morning Olivia Robinson, author of The Blue Moth Motel Dr Richard Elcock, contribu...
Billy, Old Dan, and Little Ann—a boy and his two dogs... A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee County. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains—and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. And close by was the strange and wonderful power that's only found... Where the Red Fern Grows —An exciting tale of love and adventure you'll never forget... ....
Alright people: deal with the devil time. If you could give up one thing to be a better author, what would it be? Featuring, from Engen Books: Elizabeth Whitten, author of Off-Panel: A History of NL Comix Jon Dobbin, author of The Starving Brad Dunne, author of The Merchant's Mansion Andrew Pike, author of The Greatest Science-Fiction from Newfoundland From Harper-Collins Canada: Charlene Carr, author of Hold My Girl and We Rip The World Apart From Breakwater Books Ltd.: Morgan Murray, aut...
Writing is hard, but as with any hard thing worth doing, that hardness comes in degrees. What is the hardest part of the creative process? 12 authors reveal their picks. Featuring, from 47North: Shannon Fay, author of Innate Magic From Engen Books Ltd.: Chelsea Bee, author of London Calling Sarah Thompson, author of The Love of Summer Jennifer Shelby, author of Plague of the Dreamless From Marvel and IDW comics: Heather Antos, editor on Star Wars and Gwenpool From Anstruther Press: Daze J...
Okay... look. It's embarrassing, but writers are good storytellers, they're not always good at spelling. That's editors. So, come clean, writers: what is a word you cannot spell? Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd.: Rebecca Rose, President and Publisher Ainsley Hawthorn, Land of Many Shores Kerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex: Trigger Warning Michelle Porter, author of Approaching Fire Olivia Robinson, author of Blue Moth Motel Tzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, Now Trudy Morgan-Cole, author...
It's one of the most impossible questions we ask of our authors: if you were going to be trapped -- forever -- on a desert island with only three books: what three books would you want with you to read and thrive forever? Featuring, the amazing talents of: Christine Rains, author of The 13th Floor Robert Chafe, author of Between Breaths Katheryn Taylor, author of Misty's Misadventures Elizabeth Whitten, author of Off-Panel: A History of NL Comix Kassie Lukeman, and, Rebecca Rose, President a...
Anatomical Venus is a visceral collection of poems that invoke anatomical models, feminine monsters, and little-known historical figures. It’s a journey through car accidents and physio appointments, 18th century morgues and modern funeral homes. Grappling with the cyclical nature of chronic pain, these poems ask how to live with and love the self in pain. Magic seeps through, in the form of fairy tales, in the stories of powerful monsters, in the introspection of the tarot, and the transcend...
Are you the type of writer that starts when the sun rises, and leaves the keyboard jazzed up to start the day? Or is writing the last thing you do before bed, at the end of a long one? Does writing energize you, or does it exhaust you? Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd.: Rebecca Rose, President and Publisher Andie Bullman, author of Salt Beef Buckets: A Love Story Derek Yetmen, author of The Yankee Privateer Tzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, Now Gemma Hickey, author of Almost Feral Shiela L...
On this episode of Write Project, 9 authors think back and reveal what age they draw from when writing the most! Do they pull from their childhood? Troublesome teenage years? Young Adulthood? Current times? They pull deep and let us into their process! Featuring, from Engen Books Ltd.: Sarah Thompson, author of The Love of Summer Lisa Timpf, contributor to A Toast to Hope From Breakwater Books Ltd.: Shelley Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of Morning Tracey Waddleton, author of Send More To...
Brad Dunne is a freelance writer and editor from St. John’s, Newfoundland. He began his writing career as an intern at The Walrus magazine and has published journalism and essays in publications such as Maisonneuve, The Canadian Encyclopedia, and Herizons. His short fiction has been featured in In/Words, Acta Victoriana, The From the Rock Series, Terror Nova, and, The Cuffer Anthology. In October 2018 he released his first novel, After Dark Vapours. It was followed in September 2020 by The Gu...
Readers a voracious. Most publishers don't realize this. Publishers are not in competition with each other. What they're in competition with is a void. An absence of books to read in the same line as what the fan just read. So we asked some of Newfoundland's top authors: if you're a fan of their work, what should you read NEXT once you've exhausted their catalog? Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd.: Kevin Major, author of Three for Trinity Trudy Morgan Cole, author of The Cupids Trilogy D...
As much as we all love reading, there's something about a good movie adaptation. Sitting in the theatre and seeing your favorite book come to life just the way you imagined it, knowing other people imagined it just the same way? Marvelous. These six authors pick their picks for adaptation on today's Write Project! Featuring, from Engen Books Ltd.: Rhea Rollmann, author of A Queer History of Newfoundland Elizabeth Whitten, author of Off-Panel: A History of NL Comix Also featuring: Kassie Luk...
Katie Berry is a Canadian Author of Thrillers. Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Katie moved west to British Columbia during a family migration that occurred during the later-half of the 20th century. A longtime writer and voracious reader, Katie enjoys a variety of creative and recreational activities when she's not absorbed in the written word. With many years of keyboard experience, Katie is an avid digital musician, involved in many musical theatre and stage productions in the beautifu...
Brad Dunne is a freelance writer and editor from St. John’s, Newfoundland. He began his writing career as an intern at The Walrus magazine and has published journalism and essays in publications such as Maisonneuve, The Canadian Encyclopedia, and Herizons. His short fiction has been featured in In/Words, Acta Victoriana, The From the Rock Series, Terror Nova, and, The Cuffer Anthology. In October 2018 he released his first novel, After Dark Vapours. It was followed in September 2020 by The Gu...
May 7-10 at 8:00 PM May 11 at 2:00 PM Relaxed performance with Live Audio Description and Closed Captioning available Livestream May 10 opens at 7:45PM, show starts at 8:00PM General: $39.50 Student/Senior/Artist: $34.50 Community: $19.50 Livestream: $17.75 There’s Nothing You Can Do explores a group of recently reconnected friends who fall into a collective quarter-life crisis as they come to the realization that their lives aren’t what they imagined they’d be as they turn, or near, 30. The...
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