Let’s Get Writing

In this episode, I discuss writing horror with Kelley Power whose debut novel Tombstories was released in August 2021.

Join me as I talk to Sam Martin about his profound love of Newfoundland and how it has influenced his writing. Sam is a CFA (Come From Away) who found a true home in NL when he was studying for his doctorate at Memorial University.

My guest today on Let's Get Writing is Paul David Power who has spent the past 25 years working as a writer, playwright, actor and director. He has been named a finalist for the 2021 Governor General's Literary Awards in the Drama category for his newly published play, Crippled. Paul is currently the Artistic Director of his own NL based company - Power Productions – a professional theatre company dedicated to the development of works and artists with a focus on the disabled, Deaf, and MAD Arts domain.

Join me as I sit down with Ida Linehan Young for a lively discussion about her latest book “the Stolen Ones” and our take on Newfoundland culture. You won’t be disappointed.

My guest, Susan Flanagan, published not one but two books in 2021: the Degrees of Barley Lick, a young adult novel (published by Running the Goat Books and Broadsides) and Supermarket Baby, winner of the 2019 Percy Janes First Novel Award (published by Flanker Press.) Susan is also a mom to five kids, a freelance journalist, columnist, outdoor enthusiast and aspiring amateur naturalist. Enjoy the show!

My guest today is Bernardine Stapleton, an award-winning playwright, writer, and performer of unique distinction. She has served as writer in residence at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her plays are regularly produced nationally and internationally. She’s just published a new book with Breakwater Books, love, life,(a mostly true fable).

Join me as I chat with Helen C. Escott who has just published her sixth book, Operation Trafficked, a crime thriller. She’s a one-woman crime spree in the literary world and a passionate believer in the rights of women everywhere. Prepare to be enthralled and engaged as we discuss her book and the journey behind her crime novels.

My guest today is Bernardine Stapleton, an award-winning playwright, writer, and performer of unique distinction. She has served as writer in residence at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her plays are regularly produced nationally and internationally. She’s just published a new book with Breakwater Books, love, life,(a mostly true fable)

Helen C. Escott is an award-winning, bestselling Canadian author. Her crime thriller Operation Vanished was awarded a Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction at the 24th annual Independent Publisher Book Awards. Operation Vanished is a mind-bending, sophisticated psychological crime thriller that will keep you guessing who the real killer is.

In Operation Wormwood: The Reckoning, Escott’s main character, Sgt. Nick Myra, is back with a vengeance, and he is looking for blood. This roller coaster of a crime thriller is the explosive follow-up to the bestselling crime thriller Operation Wormwood, a finalist in the 2019 Arthur Ellis Awards for Best First Crime Novel.

In addition to her fiction work, Escott is the author of In Search of Adventure: 70 Years of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Newfoundland and Labrador, culminating from two years of research and interviewing veterans to create this comprehensive collection of personal stories and history of this province.

Her hysterical blog, I Am Funny Like That, was turned into a bestselling memoir. It is a collection of humorous stories about raising children, keeping a marriage together, working, cleaning, and life in general.

Escott is also a playwright who wrote and created the brilliant musical comedy, If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Your Mother.

She is a retired civilian member of the RCMP and was the communications lead on high-profile events, including the RCMP’s NL response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Helen wrote and implemented the Atlantic Region Communication Strategies to combat organized crime and outlaw biker gangs, created a media relations course, and taught it in several provinces as well as at the Canadian Police College, Ottawa. She also served as a communications strategist at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Before joining the RCMP, Escott worked in the media for ten years. In 2017, she was presented with the CLB Governor and Commandant’s Medallion in recognition of her achievements of excellence in volunteering and fundraising work, including creating the idea and concept for the Spirit of Newfoundland dinner theatre show Where Once They Stood.

In 2019 she was presented with the Governor General’s Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers.