Interviews with local authors - see links below.
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Jeff Tribe - Romance, Sports, Staying Humble
In the interview, Jeff spoke about his journalism career and his new book Accountant with Benefits. But we also talked about cannabis, rhinoceros poop, and his parents sex life.
Liz Grace - Surviving Mental Illness
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.
Roselle Lim - Drawing us into a new community
This episode features an interview with Roselle Lim, a Waterford author whose internationally successful novels build upon her Filipino-Canadian background, her love of food, and a little magic.
She talks about her life, how she draws readers into a different cultural experience, and her approach to writing as a visual artist.
Ilse and Aurora - Literary Award Winners
This episode features an interview with Ilse and Aurora Tozer, sisters who have excelled in the Youth and Children’s categories of the Norfolk County Literary Prize Awards.
They talked about their winning entries, their interest in writing, and their creative process which involves their backyard swing.
Dr. Kailey Buller - Babies & Finding Time to Write
JP Riemens - Writing as Fun
This episode features an interview with JP Riemens. The area native was a successful song writer and influential music industry producer and engineer who was once part owner of Hamilton’s famed Grant Avenue studios. But his life had many other features as described in his memoir Slightly Below the Surface. The book not only recounts the stories that defined his life but also resonating song lyrics and the voice of a ghost.
Stephen Selk - Local and Social History
This episode features an interview with Stephen Selk, the author of Lake Erie’s Long Point and the Company that Saved it.
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.
Bruce McCall - Writer, Artist, Satirist
was a successful New York advertising executive and popular contributor to the National Lampoon, Vanity Fair, Playboy, and The New Yorker. He also worked as a writer for Saturday Night Live and authored two bestselling memoirs, both focusing on his early life in Norfolk County. The podcast features an interview with Bruce's daughter Amanda who said that he developed his love of drawing and writing before the age of ten and that his celebrated career really started in his family home in Simcoe.
Autumn Demarest (Ongaro) - Cooking-Agri-Food
Her book mixes high-quality photography with the stories of local farms, local agricultural history, and recipes that make the most of seasonal foods.
Gregg Brown - Change Management
John B. Lee - Poetry and History
Close to one hundred published books carry his name as an author and editor. In this interview, he discusses to two poetry collections, That’s
not You and A School called Normal, and the non-fiction biography King Joe.
Kari Guson - Ecology and Wildlife
Kari Gunson is a road ecology expert and principal of the consulting firm Eco-Kare International.
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 - War and Writing for Young Adults
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.
Peter Ivey - Fantasy and Adventure
Peter Ivey was raised in Port Dover, visits often, and taught for a number of years in area schools. He is an educator with experience in varied media and works as a freelance research analyst.
He also writes fantasy and adventure novels.
His books include The Lost Tribe series.
Janice MacLeod - Travel, Art and Romance
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.
Mary Fairhurst Breen - Pride and Tragicomedy
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 - History & Library Research
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
Dick Bourgeois-Doyle - Humour Writing
The interview below was a Canada-Reads-style broadcast on CBC around the launch of my book on humor writing and the Leacock Medal history.
Here is a link to my writing-oriented bio and one to a Youtube presentation on Canadian humorous literature with my best guesses about technique.
The Norfolk County Public Library flattered me with this platform and opportunity to share my book.
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