Word on the Hills Radio Program

With small town settings and big world themes, Janet Trull’s short story collections and novels examine relationships during times of social and cultural change. Janet is the recipient of several awards, including a CBC Canada Writes challenge and a Commonwealth Fiction prize. Her historical novel, End of the Line, is an immigration story about a … Continue reading Janet Trull

Brian Moore grew up on a farm near Owen Sound, Ontario, on the traditional territories of The Peoples of the Three Fires known as Ojibway, Odawa, and Bodéwadmi Nations. He has written short fiction most of his life but to pay the bills, he moved to Toronto as a young man and worked in a … Continue reading Brian E. Moore

Working at the margins, Beverley Brewer’s post-secondary teaching experience set the stage for her storytelling. Bev completed her PhD at the University of Toronto. Following an award-winning teaching career, she moved to the family cottage in Muskoka. There, she retired into writing. As a member of the Muskoka Authors Association, she supports writing colleagues by … Continue reading Beverly Brewer

This week we welcome back Patricia Arato as part of our encore series. Patricia Arato’s book The Language Thief is her “personal story, one that has taken a life-time to unfold.” Her memoir tells of her many years caring for and rehabilitating her aphasic ex-husband and how, because of that work, she became the driving … Continue reading Patricia Arato

As we continue our encore series, we welcome again, Beth Bruder, who, at the time of this interview, was Vice President at Dundurn Press. Beth is experienced in all aspects of publishing books, both nationally and internationally. She worked in the reference world of Wiley Canada before transitioning to Canadian trade publishing at Dundurn Press. … Continue reading Beth Bruder

Our encore presentation this week is from December 2014 when we interviewed memoir writer Diane Taylor. Diane has had several careers as a medical lab tech, a teacher, a sailor and a writer. She is the author of The Gift of Memoir and is well known as a workshop presenter and teacher of memoir writing. She started writing while sailing … Continue reading Diane Taylor

In this week’s encore presentation from July 2014, we talk to Erika Rummel. Erika  is the author/editor of many non-fiction, historical works, and an established novelist. In 2020 one of her historical novels, THE INQUISITOR’S NIECE, a story from the time of the Spanish Inquisition, received the award for “best historical novel” from the Colorado Publishers’ … Continue reading Erika Rummel

For our encore summer presentation this week we welcome Richard Pope. Richard was born in Toronto and lived and birded there until 2006. He is a retired professor of Russian literature and culture. Richard is a long-standing member of the Toronto Ornithological Club, The Ontario Field Ornithologists, and the Willow Beach Field Naturalists. He is … Continue reading Richard Pope

Join us for an encore presentation of interviews with Sher Leetooze we made in November 2014. Sher wanted to write all through school, and to that end submitted material to the annual High School Year Book. In 1994 she published her first local history book and it was an instant success. Sher went on to … Continue reading Sher Leetooze

This week’s summer encore interview is from November 2014 with Melody Crowe. Elder Melody Crowe is an Ojibway woman from the Alderville First Nation, where she has lived all her life. Melody is an Eagle Feather Carrier and for more than 25 years she has taught the Ojibway language and culture to children, youth, adults and elders. … Continue reading Melody Crowe