Ursula Pflug is the author of eight books of fiction and editor or co-editor of three anthologies, published by traditional Canadian, US and UK small presses. These include the novels Green Music and The Alphabet Stones, the novellas Mountain and Down From, and the story collections, Harvesting the Moon and Seeds and Other Stories. Approx … Continue reading Ursula Pflug

This week our guest is Ted Amsden. Ted went to university in Toronto graduating with an Honours BA in English Literature from Glendon College in 1972. During the early 80’s he became a writer for Gloucester Group at Maclaren Advertising producing TV, radio newspaper advertisements. But then he moved to Mexico with his wife Cynthia. … Continue reading Ted Amsden

Shannon Linton is an indie songwriter with a powerful voice and stories to tell.After narrowly avoiding a career in opera, she began performing and recording her own songs inspired by artists like Ani Difranco, Sarah Harmer and Carsie Blanton who aren’t afraid to speak the truth.Shannon’s debut EP, In Spite of Everything, was released in 2022. … Continue reading Shannon Linton

This week’s episode is an encore presentation of an episode we made with Terry Fallis, in which we interviewed Terry and he reads from his tenth, and most recent novel, The Marionette.

This week we welcome Mia Musée Mia Burrus Mia is a writer and artist who lives in a restored one-room schoolhouse in the country north of Cobourg. But her passion is using words, images and found objects to explore the boundaries and spaces between what is spoken and silent, solid and ephemeral, known and unknowable, … Continue reading Mia Burrus

This week we are delighted to have Christopher Cameron join us for another visit. Christopher Cameron enjoyed a successful career as a professional opera singer, retiring in 2009 after 33 years in the business. A dozen years ago he began a new career as a freelance writer and editor. His first book, a memoir of … Continue reading Christopher Cameron

This week’s episode features a discussion of the collaborative anthology of ekphrastic poetry, LIMINAL SPACES, with its authors, Katie Hoogendam, Kathryn MacDonald, Felicity Sidnell Reid and Gwynn Scheltema. Join us for an introduction to this form of poetry and an explanation of how the collection came together as well as readings from some of the … Continue reading Liminal Spaces

Welcome on this December 28th to the final show in our holiday schedule for 2025. This is an encore presentation of a Christmas show we made in 2017. Maureen Mullally, reads a poem that she and her late husband Bryan worked on together called Two Old Gents. Felicity Sidnell Reid shares her story, Stage Struck, … Continue reading Final Holiday show for 2025

This is our new episode for Word on the Hills for the 2025 holidays. Old friends and new join together to entertain you while you prepare for winter feasts and celebrations. There are stories, freshly written, from Ronald McKay and Christopher Cameron, music from Shannon Linton and poems from Phylliss Wright, Katie Hoogendam and Antony … Continue reading Holiday Episode 3 the new show for 2025

This programme if an encore presentation of our show for December 20, 2020. Join our holiday celebration hosted by Chris Cameron and enjoy poetry from Katie Hoogendam, Kim Aubrey and Felicity Sidnell Reid, a story by Donna Wootton and music from Jessica Outram and Marie-Lynn Hammond, who both wrote songs specially for this programme. Merry … Continue reading Second Holiday Show 2025