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It's in the nature of creative efforts that we are inspired by the world around it: the arts, world events, and... people! Friends, family, even perfect strangers form the inspiration of the characters that wind up in our books. But what do we owe those people, once they're there? Acknowledgement?  Respect? Money?

Featuring from Breakwater Books Ltd.:
Susan MacDonald, author of Edge of Time
Rebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen Party

From Engen Books Ltd.:
Chelsea Bee, author of Fall With Me
Ali House, author of Variety Show
Jennifer Shelby, author of Plague of the Dreamless
Brad Dunne, author of The Merchant's Mansion

Also featuring:
Tanith Frost, author of Vines and Vices
Candace Osmond, author of Dark Tides
Josh Connors, author of Small Town Queer
BC Laybolt, author of To Drown in Sand
Heather Reilly, author of The Binding of the Almatreak
and Alisha Morrissey from Rogue Penguin Creative, and more!

Originally broadcast on March 23, 2026 as a part of The Write Project + Premium Content. 

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 Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history!

Produced and recorded at CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, Newfoundland. Listen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/​

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