The Write Project

Something ALWAYS ends up on the cutting room floor. Sometimes it's a character. Sometimes it's a chapter. Sometimes it's a whole plotline. In this episode, 10 Breakwater authors reveal what's missing from their novels! Featuring: Gemma Hickey, author of Almost Feral Morgan Murray, author of Dirty Birds Kerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex: Trigger Warning Rebecca North, author...

Interview with Lucy A. McLaren, the author of the 2022 smash-hit novel Awakening ! From the back cover: "The Kingdom of Septima is ruled in all but name by the Commune, a ruthless cult that seeks control of an ancient power that has taken root in unsuspecting children in Septima. To maintain their hold on the kingdom, the Commune will stop at nothing to capture children who show signs of this...

On this episode of Write Project, 12 Breakwater Authors Admit Their Great Shame: They Google Themselves! And we have on an all-star cast of authors to answer Rebecca Rose, President and Publisher Ainsley Hawthorn, Land of Many Shores Rebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen Party Shiela Lukins, author of Bottom's Up Tzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, Now Kerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex...

Kenneth Tam (born 1984 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian science-fiction author. His best-known works include The Equations Novels, the Defense Command series, the His Majesty's New World series, and the recently-complete Champions series. He is the son of fellow Canadian author Jacqui Tam. Both Tam and host Matthew LeDrew are routinely called the "start of New...

Breakwater Authors: if you were going to be trapped on a dessert island for the rest of time and could only have three books with you to keep your mind occupied: what three books would they be? Rebecca Rose, President and Publisher Amanda Dorothy Jean Bulman, author of Salt Beef Buckets Derek Yetmen, author of The Yankee Privateer Trudy J Morgan-Cole, author of A Roll of the Bones Shelly Kawaja, a...

Comics can return a long-studied writer to the purest form of reading: reading for enjoyment. Reading for the sake of reading. Today, seven richly talented authors reveal their favorite comic book (or comic book character)! Featuring from HarperCollins Canada : Charlene Carr, author of Hold My Girl From Breakwater Books Ltd .: Tzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, Now Dr Richard Elcock, contributor to U...

Why do authors keep setting goals for themselves... then resetting the goal posts further once they achieve them? What is it about authors that makes us do that? In this episode of Write Project, we sit down with Breakwater Books' best to figure that out! Amanda Dorothy Jean Bulman, author of Salt Beef Buckets Lisa Moore, editor of Hard Ticket Xavier Micheal- Campbell, contributor to Us, Now...

Interview with JRH Lawless, author of Always Greener , and its new sequel The Rude Eye of Rebellion , now from Engen Books! Born in Newfoundland, Canada, raised in France, and come into his own as an author while living near an 12th century abbey in rural England, J.R.H. Lawless is an attorney by day and a speculative fiction author by night, penning novels and short stories, mostly in adult Scien...

From the cover: On July 2, 2015, influential social activist Gemma Hickey began a 908-kilometer walk across the island of Newfoundland to raise awareness and funds for survivors of religious institutional abuse. Almost Feral celebrates the community of support that gathered around this journey and recounts Hickey’s remarkable story of self-discovery which led to the realization that they are trans...

Interview with Rhea Rollmann, contributor to  'Acceptance: Stories from the Centre of Us' from Engen Books and their own non-fiction book "A Queer History of Newfoundland," also from Engen's non-fiction imprint! Originally broadcast on June 12, 2023 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country. Pickup the Winterset-longlisted book A Qu...

From the cover: On July 2, 2015, influential social activist Gemma Hickey began a 908-kilometer walk across the island of Newfoundland to raise awareness and funds for survivors of religious institutional abuse. Almost Feral celebrates the community of support that gathered around this journey and recounts Hickey’s remarkable story of self-discovery which led to the realization that they are trans...

Interview with Rhea Rollmann, contributor to  'Acceptance: Stories from the Centre of Us' from Engen Books and their own non-fiction book "A Queer History of Newfoundland," also from Engen's non-fiction imprint! Pickup the Winterset-longlisted book A Queer History of Newfoundland  using this link to help the channel! From the back: “There have always been queers in Newfoun...

Breakwater authors reveal the first books that ever made them cry, tear up, get emotional! What books affect the people who write what affects you? Ainsley Hawthorne, Land of Many Shores Claire Wilkshire, author of The Love Olympics Daze Jefferies - Land of Many Shores / TransVersing Tracey Waddleton, author of Send More Tourists... The Last Ones Were Delicious Kerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex...

He's one of the most popular and enduring characters of the 20th century... but what are the best single-issue stories to get you into Spider-Man? Two giant Web-Heads try to answer that question in this COMICPOP / WRITE PROJECT crossover episode! Books discussed: Spectacular Spider-Man #200 Amazing Spider-Man #50 Spectacular Spider-Man #171 Spectacular Spider-Man #170 Amazing Spider-Man #38 C...

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. Rebecca Rose, President & Publisher Claire Wilkshire, author of The Love Olympics Prajwala Dixit, author of The Tales of Dwipa Gemma Hickey, author of Almost Feral Or...

Let's clear the air: everyone has bad days. Everyone has periods when they can't write. But some writers call that writer's block... and others don't believe that's really a thing. Lets poll seven incredible authors and see their results! Featuring from Engen Books Ltd .: Shannon K Green, author of The Snows of Aetalus AJ Ryan, contributor to Acceptance: Stories at the Cen...

Andie Bulman is a chef, writer and comedian in St. John's. She is the author of the book Salt Beef Buckets: A Love Story and writes frequently for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. Pick up Salt Beef Buckets using this link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3mx75fj This episode is the 22nd part of a fifty-episode Write Project sub-series celebrating the fifty-year anniversary of Breakwater Boo...

He's one of the most popular and enduring characters of the 20th century... but what are the best single-issue stories to get you into Spider-Man? Two giant Web-Heads try to answer that question in this COMICPOP / WRITE PROJECT crossover episode! Book discussed: 7. Spider-Man Unlimited #1 8. Spider-Man #7 9. Spectacular Spider-Man #241 10. Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #6 Checkout...

Andie Bulman is a chef, writer and comedian in St. John's. She is the author of the book Salt Beef Buckets: A Love Story and writes frequently for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. Pick up Salt Beef Buckets using this link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3mx75fj This episode is the 21st part of a fifty-episode Write Project sub-series celebrating the fifty-year anniversary of Breakwater Boo...

Interview with Kathryn Taylor, author of Misty's Misadventures and host of Let's Get Writing! From the back cover: Misty Muldoon's favourite view of Newfoundland was always the one in her rear-view mirror so going back with two young daughters, a mountain of debt, and a broken heart, is hardly her idea of a happy home-coming. That is, until she lands a job with the local paper and c...

Andie Bulman is a chef, writer and comedian in St. John's. She is the author of the book Salt Beef Buckets: A Love Story and writes frequently for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. Pick up Salt Beef Buckets using this link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3mx75fj This episode is the 20th part of a fifty-episode Write Project sub-series celebrating the fifty-year anniversary of Breakwater Boo...

The purpose of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association is to promote, advance, and support science fiction and fantasy writing in the United States and elsewhere, by educating and informing the general public and supporting and empowering science fiction and fantasy writers. In this special episode of The Write Project Podcast, science-fiction author JRH Lawless explains what he sees a...

He's one of the most popular and enduring characters of the 20th century... but what are the best single-issue stories to get you into Spider-Man? Two giant Web-Heads try to answer that question in this COMICPOP / WRITE PROJECT crossover episode! Book discussed: 1. Amazing Spider-Man #500 2. Spectacular Spider-Man #114 3. Spectacular Spider-Man #21 4. Spectacular Spider-Man #27 5. Ultimate Fa...

Interview with Daze Jefferies,  author of 'TransVersing' and contributor to 'Land of Many Shores,' both published through Breakwater Books and 'Acceptance: Stories at the Centre of Us' published through Engen Books. Pick up Land of Many Shores using this link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3F8HQ9E Originally broadcast on April 26, 2023 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. Joh...

It's poetry month! Let's return to where we started, having changed with Jason Normore, arsonist poet! Originally broadcast on April 24, 2023 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country.  Listen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/​ Check out  As Loved Our Fathers , the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BA...