The Write Project

Us, Now is a collection of stories connecting Newfoundland and Labrador to the world via racialized Newfoundlanders . These are stories that fit George Elliot Clarke's thinking on what a truly Canadian national tale might be: local, yet connected, broadly and diversely. But what do their authors and editor think? What are their favorite comic book characters? Their favorite children's bo...

Interview with Heather Antos, editor on Star Wars Adventures, Doctor Aphra, Gwenpool, and more! Bio: "Heather Antos was born with secret aspirations to become the next James Bond. However since her lack of British heritage has pushed that dream aside she now spends her days as the girl who will never grow up. Having worked as a Producer for web-series such as “Lagged Out” as well as a Comic J...

Us, Now is a collection of stories connecting Newfoundland and Labrador to the world via racialized Newfoundlanders . These are stories that fit George Elliot Clarke's thinking on what a truly Canadian national tale might be: local, yet connected, broadly and diversely. But what do their authors and editor think? How do they choose names for their characters, and what do those names mean to t...

Interview with  Dr. Richard Elcock, Us Now (2021, Breakwater Books). Dr. Richard Elcock is a GTA native, born in Toronto, ON and raised in Mississauga, ON. He is a first generation Canadian of Afro-Barbadian and Afro-Jamaican descent. He holds dual certification from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in both General Psychiatry as well as Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Pick...

Interview with  Xavier Michael Campbell, Us, Now (2021, Breakwater Books). Pick up Us, Now using the following link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3kWTopL Originally broadcast on July 19 2021 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/3HB7BA...

Interview with  Tzu-Hao Hsu from Us, Now (2021, Breakwater Books). Born in Taiwan and raised in Newfoundland, Tzu-Hao Hsu arrived in St. John’s with her family more than twenty-five years ago and is a proud Taiwanese Townie. Tzu-Hao received both her Bachelor of Commerce and Masters of Business Administration Degrees from Memorial University, and is currently a business manager by trade. She is ac...

From Simcoe Ontario, Timpf is a storied author and poet with over thirty speculative fiction stories published to her credit in a variety of venues, including "Roxy," "Roxy's Rule," and "Gone" in New Myths ; "The Disconnect" in Third Flatiron's Brain Games anthology; "The Caller" in the anthology Future Days , and "It's All Good...

Interview with Hannah Jenkins, author of The Birds Come Back in the Spring . Hannah Jenkins is an award-winning Newfoundland and Labrador writer currently completing a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature. Hannah is an active member of her university’s writing community where she was on the editorial board of her school’s journal and is currently serving as President of the Grenfell...

Interview with Hannah Jenkins, author of The Birds Come Back in the Spring. Hannah Jenkins is an award-winning Newfoundland and Labrador writer currently completing a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature. Hannah is an active member of her university’s writing community where she was on the editorial board of her school’s journal and is currently serving as President of the Grenfell...

Interview with Tom Moore, author of My Father's Son , and, The Sign on my Father's House . Tom Moore is an award-winning writer in St. John’s, Newfoundland. His first novel, Good-Bye Momma , became a Canadian bestseller and won a “Children’s Choice” award from the Children’s Book Centre in Toronto. It was translated into Danish in 1982 and into Romanian in 1979. The CBC produced a radio...

Pick up Mythology from the Rock using this link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3L5CLTv Originally broadcast on June 7 2021 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/3HB7BAB It's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologi...

Pick up Mythology from the Rock using this link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3L5CLTv Originally broadcast on May 31 2021 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/3HB7BAB It's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologi...

Writer of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #54 , "Mere Appendix," in which Raphael seriously injures the Fugitoid in a bar room brawl leaving the robotic hero struggling with damaged circuitry, a process that tests Professor Honeycutt's fragile psyche to its outer limits!  Pick up Mythology from the Rock using this link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3L5CLTv Originall...

On this episode of Write Project, fourteen authors dig deep and reveal their favorite books they read as children. Will these shine a mirror onto how they write as adults? Featuring, from Engen Books Ltd. : Yasmine Dalloul, poet contributor to Mythology from the Rock Matthew Daniels, author of Diary of Knives Jennifer Shelby, author of Plague of the Dreamless Lisa M Daly, author of Navigating Stor...

On this episode of Write Project, 16 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! From Engen Books Ltd. : Erin Vance, author of Exposure Yasmine Dalloul, poet contributor to Mythology from the Rock Lisa M Daly, author of Navigat...

Every so often, a special book comes along that changes what we think about fiction. What it can do. What it can accomplish. These books are especially poignant for authors, at it affects how we live out lives. How we craft our stories. Eleven authors share these moments with you. Featuring, from Flanker Press : Susan Flanagan, author of Supermarket Baby From Engen Books : Yasmine Dalloul, poet co...

Youth, they say, is wasted on the young. What would YOU do, if you you could go back and whisper just one small piece of advice into your younger self's ear? These fourteen authors reveal their answers! Featuring, from Flanker Press : Susan Flanagan, author of Supermarket Baby From Engen Books Ltd. : Yasmine Dalloul, poet contributor to Mythology from the Rock Kit Sora, The Artobiography Lisa...

Interview with Yasmine Dalloul, whose poetry is featured in Mythology from the Rock ! Yasmine Dalloul is an astonishing fresh talent from Kuwait City, and currently residing in Montreal. Her previous work includes articles such as “Za’atar Grows in Palestine” in A Matter of Taste. Mythology from the Rock will be her first fiction credit, with her poem ‘Old Wives.’ Pick up Mythology from the Rock u...

Interview with author Susan Flanagan, author of the Supermarket Baby from Flanker Press and The Degrees of Barry Lick from Running the Goat. Susan Flanagan has worked as a freelance journalist in St. John’s for more than thirty years. She graduated from King’s College in Nova Scotia with a Bachelor of Journalism in 1991, and her written works have appeared in Canadian Geographic , National Geograp...

Jennifer Shelby hunts for stories in the beetled undergrowth of New Brunswick’s fairy-infested forests. She fishes for them in the dark space between the stars. These stories, and many others, are made available through her catch-and-release program. You can learn more at jennifershelby.ca or on twitter @jenniferdshelby. Plague of the Dreamless: A Slipstreamers Adventure is her first novella! Star...

Interview with Dr. Lisa M. Daly, author of Navigating Stories . A native Newfoundlander, Lisa M Daly is an archaeologist, historian, professional ballroom dance instructor, crafter, and avid baker. Previous non-fiction writing credits include essays Sacrifice in Second World War Gander and An Empty Graveyard: The Victims of the 1946 AOA DC-4 Crash, Their Final Resting Place, and Dark Tourism . She...

Interview with the USA Today Bestselling author Colleen Helme! Colleen Helme is the author of the bestselling Shelby Nichols Adventure Series, a wildly entertaining and highly humorous series about Shelby Nichols, a woman with the ability to read minds. When not writing, Colleen spends most of her time thinking about new ways to get her characters in and out of trouble. She loves to connect with r...

Writing -- no matter if for a hobby or your career -- can sometimes be fairly cheap, and other times, quite expensive. Editing, covers, all that. But what's the best thing you can spend your money on? These eleven authors reflect on their most impactful purchases over their careers. Featuring: from Breakwater Books : Rebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen Party Tracey Waddleton,  autho...

ANDREW PEACOCK was born in Toronto and raised in the town of Kapuskasing in northern Ontario. After finishing degrees in biology at Trent University and veterinary medicine at the University of Guelph he moved with his wife to the small fishing village of Freshwater on the island of Newfoundland. As a veterinarian he worked in a mixed animal practice in rural Newfoundland from 1982 until 2010. He...

Writing takes time. No matter how you cut it, unless you're getting an AI to run things for you, time is a factor. On this episode, eleven authors break down exactly how long it takes them to write a novel. Featuring from House of Zolo : JE Solo, author of Phreak From Breakwater Books Ltd .: Rebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen Party Tracey Waddleton,  author of Send More Tourists, t...