The Write Project

Interview with Rebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen Party from Breakwater Books Ltd.! Rebecca North is the author of A Picnic at the Lighthouse and Elliot and the Impossible Fish, finalist for the Bruneau Family Children’s/YA Award Rebecca grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and now lives in Kingston, Ontario. She is the mother of two young children and spends many hours reading and re-readi...

Living her own fairytale in the heart of Downtown St. John's, Kit Sora is a Conceptual & Fine Art Photographer curiously seeking the beauty, magic, and uniqueness around her. With the love and support of her partner in crime & hoard of animals, she spends her days passionately bringing her vivid imagination to life. To pick up this book to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3KlanMH Ori...

Authors are often formed not just through talent but through connections they make in the industry! They say no man is an island, and it is especially true of authors.  In this episode of The Write Project, we talk to 14 authors about who their writer-friends are, and how their influence has affected their work! Featuring, from Engen Books : Chelsea Bee, author of Christmas Mornings Jon Dobbin, au...

On this episode we interview John Haas, author of The Reluctant Barbarian ! From his bio: John Haas was born and raised in Montreal before moving to Calgary where he lived for twelve wonderful years. Now he lives in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, but still misses seeing those Rockies in the distance. John has been writing for most of his life and writes in the genres of Fantasy, Horror and Science-Fict...

Artists tend to wear their hearts on their sleeves. Writers chief among them... but is that a necessity? Can you be a writer without feeling those emotions strongly? We ask these nine authors their opinions on that! Featuring: Brad Dunne, author of The Merchant's Mansion Bridget Canning, author of The Greatest Hits of Wanda Janes Ellen Curtis, author of Infinity Paul Carberry, author of Carch...

“Asimov, Bradbury and Clarke may have laid the foundation, but we’ll always need visionaries and creators – essential for the future. Gareth Mitton is both of these things.” -- The Miramichi Reader The guise, the guise a god should take. In a future where the rich and privileged live in sprawling megacities stacked high above the now-squalor surface cities below, a third layer of reality tempts in...

Interview with author Carolyn R Parsons, author of the The Forbidden Dreams of Betsy Elliott from Flanker Press and Desolate from Engen Books. Carolyn R. Parsons is a Newfoundland & Labrador author with a background in freelance journalism and is the owner-operator of Cabochon Manuscript Services. She served on the board of the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador until 2021 and...

A gifted author with a talent for the strange, Shannon K Green has been recognized in both the genre community and the contemporary literary community for his pursuits. In the past, he has been shortlisted for the 1996 Arts and Letters Award, and later won the 2015 Audience Choice Steampunk Newfoundland Showcase. Green’s short fiction has appeared in Fantasy from the Rock, The Hamthology, Jibberno...

From the back cover: A tragic story uncovers the depths of dysfunction in the Catholic Church. How can a story about a man trying to bring an abusive priest to justice reveal truth about the Catholic clerical child sexual abuse crisis? Grace Ungiven, based on extensive research and over 100 in-depth interviews with Catholics from all walks of life, achieves this. It is, essentially, a fictional ac...

From the back cover: She’ll Reign Over His Heart…In This Time or Another . After decades of war, two hostile druid factions come close to a peace treaty that could save hundreds of lives. All they need is the hand of Princess Ashlynn to seal the deal, but the stubborn and powerful daughter of Clann Kavanagh’s High Priestess will have nothing of it. Desperate to change her fate, Ashlynn ventures in...

Ali House is an award-winning, bestselling author, originally from Newfoundland. She is a graduate of the Fine Arts program at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College (MUN), and currently resides in Halifax where she works in arts administration and spends more time than a person should in and around theaters. She is a master storyteller whose work has helped define the landscapes of science-fiction, fantasy...

Authors reveal the first books that ever made them cry, tear up, get emotional! What books affect the people who write what affects you? Featuring, from Engen Books Ltd. : Kelley Power, author of Tombstories Helen C Escott, author of I Am Funny Like That Chelsea Bee, author of London Calling Jon Dobbin, author of The Starving Ellen Curtis, author of Compendium Brad Dunne, author of The Merchant&ap...

Interview with Tanith Frost, author of Resurrection ! From the Back Cover: The vampires of Maelstrom are monsters in every sense of the word. Aviva should be, too, but she struggles to let go of her past life and her connection to humanity. It's her weakness and her shame, neither of which are tolerated in her dark new world. Start the Immortal Soulless series using this link to help the chan...

Have you ever had Reader's Block? You know, when you want to read something... anything... but you just can't? It's incredibly frustrating, almost more than writer's block! Today, these nine authors discuss what books gave them that horrible feeling... and how they dealt with it! Featuring, from Engen Books: Erin Vance, author of Exposure Paul Carberry, author of Carcharodon El...

Interview with Erin Vance, author of Exposure ! From the back cover: Look, all Joshua Deering wanted was to pass his final photography project. It should have been simple: find a subject, take some photos, get an A, and get his dad off his back. But that’s not what happened. And, okay, maybe he should’ve known better than to befriend a guy chilling out in a cemetery. Maybe he should’ve taken the h...

For a writer, there's nothing quite like that first book that got them interested in writing. That first book that was so good it sparked creativity... or maybe, it was so bad it made them think "hey, I can do better than this"! Today we talk to 11 different authors about what their 'First' was! Featuring, from Engen Books: Paul Carberry, author of Carcharodon Brad Dunne,...

Interview with Paul Carberry, author of Carcharodon and The Last of the Dragons ! From the back cover: There is no 'safe.' The small island of Newfoundland and its people are used to the perils of the sea, and the mysteries that lie beneath its murky depths. But even they could not have been prepared for the horrors that arose from beneath the decks of The Swift Current one dark evening....

Ellen Curtis is a writer born and raised in St. Johns, Newfoundland; whose aptitude for the written word began at a young age, when she began writing short stories, poetry, lyrics and novellas. Her first collection of stories, Compendium , was published in October 2009. She has gone on the be the co-editor of the bestselling From the Rock series. She has written five novels for the Infinity series...

We all have things we'd like to change about our writing style. If you could go back and whisper something to your younger writing-self, what would it be? If you could impart that to a new author in the industry, what would you say? Featuring, from Flanker Press : Helen C Escott, author of Operation: Wormwood From Engen Books : Chelsea Bee, author of London Calling Jon Dobbin, author of The S...

Interview with Peter Breau, author of Mississippi Zombie ! He's a comic book writer and feature writer for First Comics News! Peter Breau doesn’t leap tall building with a single bound but he does write about heroes who do. Peter is a comic book, screen and fiction writer. He is currently lead writer for Mississippi Zombie, published by Antarctic Press, along with his creator-owned titles, Th...

Some of the best authors just always fly under the radar, and they deserve a push. What is your favorite unknown author? Featuring, from Flanker Press : Helen C Escott, author of Operation: Wormwood From Engen Books Ltd. : Chelsea Bee, author of London Calling Jon Dobbin, author of The Starving Ellen Curtis, author of the Infinity series Brad Dunne, author of After Dark Vapours From Breakwater Boo...

Interview with Mary Walsh, author of the NLBA-nominated book Crying for the Moon . Mary Walsh  is a Canadian actress, comedian, and writer. She is known for her work on CODCO and This Hour Has 22 Minutes . In this episode she speaks candidly about the process of writing her first fiction novel. Pickup Crying for the Moon using this link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3IDwRaB Originally broad...

Talk with the Questions with 2018 NLBA Nominees! Get to know these amazing authors ahead of the awards show! Featuring, from Running the Goat : Lori Doody, author of Lana Llama From Breakwater Books Ltd. : Sheila Lukins, author of Once Upon an Iceberg Rebecca North,  author of Nanny's Kitchen Party Bridget Canning, author of   No One Knows About Us From Harper-Collins : Mary Walsh, author of...

Bridget Canning, author of The Greatest Hits of Wanda Janes . Bridget Canning’s debut novel, The Greatest Hits of Wanda Jaynes , was selected as a finalist for the 2017 BMO Winterset Award, the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, the NL Fiction Award, and was longlisted for the Dublin International Literary Award. It is currently being adapted to film. Her second novel, Some People’s Childr...

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...