Interviews with local authors - see links below.
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This episode features an interview with Liz Grace, a Simcoe author and occupational therapist whose memoir Resilient: Surviving My Mental Illness was shortlisted for the Ontario Legislative Assembly Speaker’s Book Award in 2024. Liz’s book recounts her life with schizo-affective disorder, profound hearing loss, and repeated psychiatric hospitalizations that began in her teens. Our conversation includes discussion of issues that may be upsetting to some.
She talks about her life, how she draws readers into a different cultural experience, and her approach to writing as a visual artist.
The book is a comprehensive history of the Long Point Company, the
consortium that has controlled a major part of the Long Point sand spit since
before confederation.
Stephen talked about his personal connection to Long Point and the happenstance the led him
to take on this project.
Her book mixes high-quality photography with the stories of local farms, local agricultural history, and recipes that make the most of seasonal foods.
She is co-author of the book Wildlife on Roads – a handbook and reference drawing upon her years of experience working
to reduce wildlife mortality in Long Point and other areas in Norfolk County,
Ontario, Canada. You can help too. Click here.
Deborah Ellis is a multi-award-winning writer whose works include the celebrated Breadwinner series which inspired an Academy Award nominated film and raised millions for Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, Street Kids International Children in Crisis, and UNICEF.
She describes her experiences in difficult
circumstance around the world, writing for younger audiences, and her life in Norfolk
County.
He also writes fantasy and adventure novels.
His books include The Lost Tribe series.
Port Dover resident Janice MacLeod is an artist and the author of the New York Times Bestseller Paris Letters.
Janice describes her roots in Norfolk County and her path to publishing success.
Here is her website with info on her art, other publicaitons, and writing courses.
Tamiah Johnston, a meditation teacher, life coach, Reiki practitioner, podcaster, and speaker, is author of Unveiling
Enough: A Woman's Journey to Embracing Her Worthiness, a candid memoir and
personal-growth story that would eventually become an Amazon bestseller.
Mary describes herself as a late blooming author of queer tragicomedies. But she also writes creative nonfiction, op-eds and works for younger audiences such as her most recent book Pride and Persistence.
Mary's book featured at Port Dover's 2024 Pride in the Park event, and afterwards talked on the phone about her books and her work helping people record their own stories.
David Beasley is a long-time Norfolk County resident and an author whose publications include poetry, plays, novels, nonfiction, and texts on library science. His works draw upon his travels abroad, and years as an activist and senior research librarian in New York.
He talks about hurdles in his writing career, advantages of being a writer in Norfolk
County, and his favourite pastime which may surprise given his age of 93. Dr. Beasley's website
