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Author: Matthew LeDrew
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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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Questions with bestselling author Alex Hickey Originally broadcast on March 2, 2026 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! Support the show Produced and recorded at CH...
The Evening Star author Alex Hickey 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! Support the show Produced and recorded at CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, Newfoundland. Listen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/ This program is sponsored by: Engen Books: Check...
Alex Hickey on Misfortune Bay 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! Support the show Produced and recorded at CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, Newfoundland. Listen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/ This program is sponsored by: Engen Books: Checkout En...
Brad Dunne Shelly Kawaja Ellen Curtis Erin Vance Tanith Frost Derek Yetmen Ali House Paul Tucker John Haas Andrew Pike Kit Sora Claire Wilkshire Susan MacDonald Shannon Fay Lori Doody Olivia Robinson 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! Support the sho...
Teresita Dziadura Dianna Gallant Krysta Fitzpatrick Matthew Daniels Craig Francis Power Alisha Morrissey Kevin Eastman Amanda Labonte Elizabeth Whitten Jen Winsor Shelly Kawaja Kayla Krantz Sandy Carruthers 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! Support ...
Questions (and answers!) with Krysta Fitzpatrick, the author of The Vicious Kind, The Naiads, and (soon) Shadow Marks My Bone! Originally broadcast on January 26, 2026 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...
Dr. Krysta Fittzpatrick talks The Vicious Kind, The Naiads, and Shadow Marks My Bone! Originally broadcast on January 19, 2026 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! S...
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 September 15, 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! Sup...
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 1, 2025 on CHMR 93.5 FM i...
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...














