In this episode, Gwynn interviews Felicity about how Word on the Hills began and her new book of poetry Where Sun Meets Shadow. Felicity invited Gwynn to partner her in a proposal  for this radio series, Word on the Hills, when the new radio station northumberland897.ca  was looking for content in 2013. To our enduring … Continue reading Felicity Sidnell Reid

Josée Sigouin is French Canadian and lives in Toronto/Tkaronto with her Chinese Canadian husband and their two sons. Watching South Korean films and television series in the mid-2000s launched Josée on a quest to understand the fascinating culture in ever greater depth. She has learned the rudiments of the Korean language, visited the Land of … Continue reading Josée Sigouin

This week we welcome Leslie Bradford-Scott to Word on the Hills. Leslie is the author of the upcoming memoir The Liar's Playbook (Simon & Schuster, 2026), an Indigo Most Anticipated pick for 2026. Her path to publication was anything but conventional — she sold the book on proposal in three weeks, without an agent, after … Continue reading Leslie Bradford Scott

Welcome to Patricia Calder! Pat Calder started writing as a teenager. Inspired by an uncle who reported for the CBC, she secretly wrote stories about her life in the 50s and 60s. As a young adult she travelled around Europe as far as Moscow. Inspired by Russian writers she studied in university, she explored communism. … Continue reading Patricia Calder

This week we welcome Ted Staunton. Ted Staunton wrote his first story long ago, as a class assignment at university. He barely handed it in on time, but he’s glad he did: it became the picture book Puddleman. Now the author of something like fifty books, he writes for all ages, and he’s getting better. … Continue reading Ted Staunton

Kim Fahner lives and writes in Sudbury, Ontario. Her latest book, a novel, is The Donoghue Girl (Latitude 46 Publishing) and her next book of poetry, The Pollination Field, will be published by Turnstone Press in 2025. Kim was a finalist for the 2023 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, and she recently won first place in … Continue reading Kim Fahner

Kim Fahner lives and writes in Sudbury, Ontario. Her latest book, a novel, is The Donoghue Girl (Latitude 46 Publishing) and her next book of poetry, The Pollination Field, will be published by Turnstone Press in 2025. Kim was a finalist for the 2023 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, and she recently won first place in … Continue reading Kim Fahner

Our guest this week is Kate Rogers. Her poem “False Spring” is forthcoming in the Caitlin Press anthology, Sublime: Poems for Vanishing Ice, Editor Yvonne Blomer. Kate won first prize in subTerrain Magazine’s Lush Triumphant Award for her five-poem suite, “My Mother’s House.” Her poem “The Giraffe-bone Knife Set” was shortlisted for ROOM Magazine’s Poem … Continue reading Kate Rogers

Kathryn MacDonald’s poetry has been published in Room, FreeFall and other Canadian literary journals and anthologies, as well as internationally in the U.K., U.S., and other countries. Her new collection The Blue Gate, to be published by Frontenac House in the spring 2026, explores the surprise of love, the shock of loss, and challenges boundaries … Continue reading Kathryn Macdonald

Melissa Thorne (she/her) lives on the traditional and treaty territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations (Cobourg, ON), with her husband, two sons, and Irish Wolfhound, Walter. She reluctantly serves as Walter’s social media manager after he inadvertently went “viral” online. Melissa was recently featured in The League of Canadian Poets’ Fresh Voices series. … Continue reading Melissa Thorne