Our guest this week is Sue Davidson. After finishing a Bachelor of Journalism degree at Carleton University, Sue worked on a weekly newspaper in Renfrew and then went on to complete a Master of Library and Information at Western University. She was a librarian in Ottawa for many years, working in departmental libraries with the … Continue reading Sue Davidson

This week we are rebroadcasting an early episode of Word on the Hills with Cynthia Reyes. Cynthia has been a writer all her life.She was a writer and producer for the CBC for many years and won awards both nationally and internationally. Cynthia has given numerous workshops and has taught many memoir writing courses. In … Continue reading Cynthia Reyes

This is an encore presentation of an interview with Jennifer Bogart. Jennifer is a writer, with three adult novels and two middle-grade books to her credit. For many years she was a publisher and editor at Morning Rain Publications and then became the owner of Let’s Talk Books, Cobourg’s independent bookstore since 2016 specializing in new books, … Continue reading Jennifer Bogart

This week we welcome Liz Torlee. Liz lived and worked in England and Germany before emigrating to Canada in her twenties. She built a long career in both advertising and market research but is now devoted to her real passion: storytelling. A Long Walk With Fate (2025), published by Blue Denim Press, is Liz’s third … Continue reading Liz Torlee

Ronald Mackay’s first book tells of life in an isolated village in Tenerife, one of the CanaryIslands, in the early 1960s. His second, recounts his exploits during the two years he worked in Romania under the regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu. In 2024, he published “Windows on My Worlds”, a collection of 31 short stories. They … Continue reading Ronald Mackay

Our guest this week is Sharon Stevens. Sharon was born in Buffalo New York. Her first jobs were teaching high school English. But one day in 1968 she discovered Niagara on the Lake and realized that Canada was where she belonged. She entered a new career when she and a friend opened a restaurant across … Continue reading Sharon Stevens

This is the last of our August holiday encore presentations. We hope you enjoy it. Lois Gordon is a writer and editor. She has published several humorous essays in anthologies and articles which have appeared in lifestyle magazines. Her second mystery novel, “Death at Iron House Lodge”, was shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis “Best Unpublished … Continue reading Lois Gordon

This week we broadcast an encore prestation of a programme we made with Ted Barris last winter. Ted is is an award-winning historian with 21 books to his credit and his journalism has appeared regularly in the national press, as well as magazines as diverse as Air Force, esprit de corps and Zoomer. He has … Continue reading Ted Barris

WORD ON THE HILLS, wordonthehills.com This programme was broadcast on August 3rd. Thomas Harrison is a teacher, lawyer and artist who lives on his family horse farm in rural Prince Edward County. He has taught in a wide range of settings, teaching literacy in Kingston Penitentiary, with Young Offenders in detention, in high schools and … Continue reading Thomas Harrison

WORD ON THE HILLS wordonthehills.com This week we are playing a re-run of interviews we conducted last spring with Phyliss Wright. Phyliss Wright’s journey as a poet started in university days, when she edited a literary magazine in Colorado during the tumultuous sixties, where she also taught mountain climbing and piton-craft. She returned to writing … Continue reading Phyliss Wright