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The Write ProjectDAZE JEFFERIES, author of WATER / WEPT, and 11 other authors reveal shocking secrets about their writing! | The Write ProjectOkay... look. It's embarrassing, but writers are good storytellers, they're not always good at spelling. That's editors. So, come clean, writers: what is a word you cannot spell?Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd.:Rebecca Rose, President and PublisherAinsley Hawthorn, Land of Many ShoresKerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex: Trigger WarningMichelle Porter, author of Approaching FireOlivia Robinson, author of Blue Moth MotelTzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, NowTrudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids TrilogyFrom Anstruther Press: Daze...2025-07-2829 min
The Write ProjectWhat Book Would Your Recommend to a Fan of Your Work? | The Write ProjectReaders a voracious. Most publishers don't realize this. Publishers are not in competition with each other. What they're in competition with is a void. An absence of books to read in the same line as what the fan just read. So we asked some of Newfoundland's top authors: if you're a fan of their work, what should you read NEXT once you've exhausted their catalog? Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd.:Kevin Major, author of Three for TrinityTrudy Morgan Cole, author of The Cupids TrilogyDerek Yetman, author of The Yankee Privateer2025-05-2628 min
The Write ProjectCHARLENE CARR and EIGHT other amazing authors reveal their most INTIMIDATING TBRs! | The Write ProjectFor one reason of another, books can be INTIMIDATING. Too long? Intimidating. Too much pressure to like it? Intimidating. Too much pressure to hate it? Intimidating. A tight deadline? Intimidating! But what are the most intimidating books, in the minds of these authors?From Harper-Collins Canada:Charlene Carr, author of Hold My Girl and We Rip The World ApartFrom Breakwater Books Ltd.: Andie Bullmann, author of Salt Beef BucketsTrudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids TrilogyAlso featuring: Lucy A. McLauren, author of Awakening, Paul Tucker artist of Hollow...2025-03-3130 min
The Write ProjectJM DeMatteis joins amazing Newfoundland authors in revealing: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO READ? | The Write ProjectEveryone asks writers about their WORK space -- where they write -- but what's often more revealing is where they like to read! Today on Write Project, twenty authors -- including the astonishing JM DeMatteis -- break down their answers!Featuring, from Marvel Comics:JM DeMatteis, author of Kraven's Last HuntFrom Engen Books Ltd.:Samm Joyy, author of A DecadeRhea Rollmann, author of A Queer History of NewfoundlandFrom Breakwater Books Ltd.: Shelley Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of Morning2025-01-1329 min
It's My Country Radio ShowIt's My Country Radio Show 6-12-24 (162)It's My Country Radio Show
Show 162
1. KC Johns - Rodeo Queen – 3.23
2. Jason Jobst – Texas – 3.32
3. A. Wright - Old Cletus – 3.26
4. Maddox Ross - Horses and Heartaches – 3.32
5. Katie Beth Mihm - White Horse – 2.28
6. Johnathan Thompson - Wrecked Him Dang Near Killed Him – 2.54
7. Megan Barker Ft Zane Williams - Cowboys Church – 3.10
8. Jaret Ray Reddick - Lone Stars – 3.18
9. Band of Spades - Texas Heat – 3.20
10. Cactus Country - Little Country Dancehall – 4.28
11. Kenneth Waters - Thinkin About Drinkin – 3.21
12. Johnny Cole Murdock - These Colors Dont Run – 3.46
13. Justin Heskett - Anyone But Me – 3.27...2024-12-061h 58
Shelf EsteemEpisode 60: We Descend to the Level of the Sentence and We Come Back Up for AirEpisode 60: We Descend to the Level of the Sentence and We Come Back Up for Air by Trudy Morgan-Cole2024-11-1853 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 59 We Do Not Fear the Robot Overlords (Yet)Poet, novelist, and avid reader George Murray drops by to talk about what he's been reading, which gets us into discussing genre boundaries, literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, artificial intelligence, what it means to be human, and why we shouldn't (yet) fear the rise of the robots. For the full list of books we discussed, check out the show notes at https://shelfesteem2017.wordpress.com/2024-10-1449 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 58: We Learn How To Get Away With MurderIt's time for murder and mayhem as librarian Julia Mayo and I discuss two bookswapped mysteries - Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes, and The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters (which is, arguably, not a mystery at all). We end up talking about those two novels and many, many others in this crime-filled episode.2024-05-0753 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 57: We Run Only Slightly Towards DangerJournalist and broadcaster John Gushue joined me in my new recording location at Bad Times Club Studio to discuss what we've been reading lately, particularly the memoirs that have fascinated us. That led us into a deep dive into a book that I read on John's recommendation and we both had a lot of thoughts about: Sarah Polley's collection of personal essays Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations With a Body of Memory.2024-03-2242 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 56: We Journey to Black HarbourIn the first podcast episode of 2024, we have a Black History Month special where I visit with Xavier Michael Campbell and Heather Barrett and talk about their book Black Harbour. Our conversation ranges from the record of enslaved people in Newfoundland history, to peppermint knobs, salt fish, and men named Junior, as well as to the idea that "there's no Black people in Newfoundland," why we can sometimes be defensive about our history, and some more reading suggestions for people who'd like to delve deeper into Black history.2024-02-2339 min
The Write Project🔒 The Weirdest Questions we ask Write Project guests | The Write Project +Subscriber-only episodeSometimes we can't contain the crazy answers our authors give to just one topic! Check out this uncensored premium- content only as the following authors answer these questions!See an Adaptation of?Andrew Marc Rowe, author of The Bawdy BardWhat do you snack on while writing?Nicole Smith, and, Shelley Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of MorningWhat are the most Unfortunate Character Names You've Seen?Christine Rains, author of The 13th Floor Trudy Morgan Cole, author...2024-02-0114 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 55: We Take a Journey to the DiscworldFor my last podcast episode of 2023, I sat down with my frequent co-host and even more frequent daughter, Emma Cole, and two of her friends, Emma Pappas and Myles Bradley, to discuss the book they'd just read for their friend-group book club, Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment.2023-10-2642 min
The Write ProjectWhat books do Breakwater authors find Intimidating? | The Write ProjectFor one reason of another, books can be INTIMIDATING. Too long? Intimidating. Too much pressure to like it? Intimidating. Too much pressure to hate it? Intimidating. A tight deadline? Intimidating! But what are the most intimidating books, in the minds of these authors? Rebecca Rose, President & Publisher at Breakwater BooksTrudy Morgan Cole, author of A Roll of the BonesAndie Bullman, author of Salt Beef Buckets: A Love StoryDr. Hasan Khalili, author of A Life Spent ListeningShelley Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of MorningOriginally...2023-10-2530 min
The Write ProjectWill these 7 Breakwater authors make a deal with the devil? | The Write ProjectAlright people: deal with the devil time. If you could give up one thing to be a better author, what would it be?Rebecca Rose, President & PublisherAinsley Hawthorn, author of Land of Many ShoresGemma Hickey, author of Almost FeralKerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex: Trigger WarningPaul David Power, author of CrippledTrudy Morgan Cole, author of A Roll of the BonesTzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, NowOriginally broadcast on October 18, 2023 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations...2023-10-1829 min
The Write ProjectWhat are Breakwater authors' favorite Public Domain books? | The Write ProjectThe public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because no one holds the exclusive rights, anyone can legally use or reference those works without permission.As examples, the works of William Shakespeare, Ludwig van Beethoven, Miguel de Cervantes, Zoroaster, Lao Zi, Confucius, Aristotle, L. Frank Baum, Leonardo da Vinci and Georges Méliès are in the public domain either by virtue of their having been created before copyright existed, or by their copyright term ha...2023-10-1128 min
The Write ProjectDiverse authors Answer: What are your Desert Island Books? | The Write ProjectIt's one of the most impossible questions we ask of our authors: if you were going to be trapped -- forever -- on a desert island with only three books: what three books would you want with you to read and thrive forever?Featuring, from Engen Books:Samm Joyy, author of A DecadeFrom Harper-Collins Canada:Charlene Carr, author of Hold My GirlFrom Breakwater Books:Dr Hasah Khalili, author of A Life Spent ListeningShelley Kawaja, author of The Raw...2023-10-0228 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 54: We Could All Use Some Bunter in Our LivesMartha Muzychka and I enjoyed a thorough discussion of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels by Dorothy L. Sayers, wrapping up my three-episode celebration of the 100th anniversary of Whose Body, the first Lord Peter novel.2023-09-291h 07
The Write ProjectIf They Didn't Write, what would Breakwater Authors do for creative outlet? | The Write ProjectFor writers, writing scratches a very specific itch... but what would they do to satisfy that itch if they couldn't write, for some reason? Nine Breakwater Books authors try and answer that question on today's episode of Write Project.Featuring:Rebecca Rose, President and PublisherAinsley Hawthorn, author of Land of Many ShoresMorgan Murray, author of Dirty BirdsClaire Wilkshire, author of The Love OlympicsRebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen PartyDerek Yetmen, author of The Yankee PrivateerTrudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids...2023-09-1329 min
Experience Your Day With A Inspiring Full Audiobook.A Roll of the Bones by Trudy J. Morgan-ColePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704652to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Roll of the Bones
Author: Trudy J. Morgan-Cole
Narrator: Christa Borden
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 16 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2023
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
In 1610, John Guy established a small colony in Cupids, Newfoundland, on the very edge of a world unknown to Europeans. Two years later, he brought a shipment of supplies to his all-male settlement: 70 goats, 10 heifers, 2 bulls, and 16 women. A Roll of the Bones tells the story of some of these nameless women by tracing the journeys of three young people—Ned Perry, Nancy Ellis, an...2023-09-121h 16Get Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+A Roll of the Bones by Trudy J. Morgan-ColePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704652to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Roll of the Bones
Author: Trudy J. Morgan-Cole
Narrator: Christa Borden
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 16 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2023
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
In 1610, John Guy established a small colony in Cupids, Newfoundland, on the very edge of a world unknown to Europeans. Two years later, he brought a shipment of supplies to his all-male settlement: 70 goats, 10 heifers, 2 bulls, and 16 women. A Roll of the Bones tells the story of some of these nameless women by tracing the journeys of three young people—Ned Perry, Nancy Ellis, an...2023-09-121h 16
The Write ProjectBreakwater authors reveal their 'Writing Kryptonite' | The Write ProjectSometimes you're there. You're in the zone. The words are flowing, and things are going great, and then it just... stops. Sometimes that's random, but sometimes... it's the same thing over and over again. In this episode. 11 authors reveal their greatest weaknesses: the writing kryptonite that can stop their work dead in its tracks, every time!Featuring:Tzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, NowTrudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids TrilogyShiela Roberts Lukins, author of Bottom's UpKerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex: Trigger WarningShelly Kawaja, a...2023-08-3029 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 53: We Explore London's Underworld In the Company of Bright Young ThingsContinuing my summer series celebration 100 years of Lord Peter Wimsey, I bookswapped Murder Must Advertise with Kate Atkinson's Shrines of Gaiety -- two novels set amongst a drug- and crime-ridden London underworld -- in conversation with writers, visual artist, and cousin, Jennifer Morgan.2023-08-251h 16
Adventist Voices by Spectrum: The Journal of the Adventist ForumNovelist Explores Food and AdventismIn the novel, Stillwater, by noted Canadian writer, Darcie Friesen Hossack, sixteen-year-old Lizzy is trapped, caught between her passion for science and the teachings of her Seventh-day Adventist father and Mennonite mother. In this conversation with her, profound Adventist author Trudy Morgan-Cole, joins me as we explore food, religion, Canadian regional lit, and what it’s like to create Adventist characters. Darcie Friesen Hossack is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers with roots in the Mennonite and Seventh-day Adventist communities. A career food writer and editor of the online WordCity Literary Journal, her s...2023-08-1849 min
The Write ProjectQuestions with Trudy J Morgan-Cole, author of A Company of Rogues | The Write ProjectInterview with Trudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids Trilogy from Breakwater Books Ltd., as well as Most Anything You Please, By the Rivers of Brooklyn, and That Forgetful Shore!Her newest, A Company of Rogues, releases this October from Breakwater Books!This episode is the thirty-fifth part of a fifty-episode Write Project sub-series celebrating the fifty-year anniversary of Breakwater Books! Breakwater Books was founded in 1973 to showcase the vibrant literary culture in Newfoundland and Labrador. Since then, we’ve continued our commitment to Newfoundland and Labrador writers while expanding our focus to feature em...2023-08-1629 min
The Write ProjectHow do Breakwater Authors select a name for characters? | The Write ProjectSometimes characters come to you with names fully formed... but sometimes, they don't. When that happens, how do you develop a name for the characters in your work?Amanda Dorothy Jean Bulman, author of Salt Beef BucketsShiela Lukins, author of Bottom's UpXavier Micheal- Campbell, contributor to Us, NowOlivia Robinson, author of Blue Moth MotelPaul David Power, author of CrippledShelly Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of MorningTrudy J Morgan-Cole, author of A Roll of the BonesTzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, Now...2023-08-0230 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 52: We Love It When Everyone KNOWS They're In a Mystery NovelBack from an unplanned hiatus, I dive into a summer mini-series where I get my reading partners to read some of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels, my favourite book series of all time, by Dorothy L. Sayers. This month, Emma and I swapped the first of the Lord Peter books, Whose Body, with the Truly Devious mystery series by Maureen Johnson. Tune in to find out what a Gen Z reader thinks of a novel published in 1923, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Lord Peter Wimsey.2023-07-261h 10
The Write ProjectWhat THREE BOOKS would Breakwater authors read for all time? | The Write ProjectBreakwater Authors: if you were going to be trapped on a dessert island for the rest of time and could only have three books with you to keep your mind occupied: what three books would they be?Rebecca Rose, President and PublisherAmanda Dorothy Jean Bulman, author of Salt Beef BucketsDerek Yetmen, author of The Yankee PrivateerTrudy J Morgan-Cole, author of A Roll of the BonesShelly Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of MorningDr Hasan Khalili, author of A Life Spent ListeningOriginally broadcast...2023-06-2830 min
The Write Project9 writers breakdown their hedonistic treadmill! | The Write ProjectWhy do authors keep setting goals for themselves... then resetting the goal posts further once they achieve them? What is it about authors that makes us do that? In this episode of Write Project, we sit down with Breakwater Books' best to figure that out!Amanda Dorothy Jean Bulman, author of Salt Beef BucketsLisa Moore, editor of Hard TicketXavier Micheal- Campbell, contributor to Us, NowTzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, NowBridget Canning, author of The Greatest Hits of Wanda JanesTrudy...2023-06-2131 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 51: Stranded on a (Literal or Metaphorical) IslandIn this month's Bookswap, Lori Savory and I discuss two recent novels that are both, in their way, "pandemic novels," though only one is explicitly set during the Covid19 era. Both deal with isolation, finding your path in life, breaking up with the perfect or imperfect boyfriend ... and somehow, the whole discussion ends with us talking about our dogs.2023-04-3058 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 50: Sentient Sourdough Starters and Smoking Hot Fire SpiritsChristine Hennebury - writer, storyteller, founder of Association for the Arts in Mount Pearl, and all-round powerhouse -- swaps fantasy novels with me. In discussion "The City of Brass" by SA Chakraborty and "A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking" by T Kingfisher, we touch on the topics of powerful young women, hot but jerkish mentors, and the ability of fantasy and sci-fi to let us imagine a better world.2023-03-0154 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 49: We are FOR Canadian Graphic Novels and AGAINST Internalized MisogynyIn another mother-daughter bookswap, Emma and I discuss Kate Beaton's graphic novel Ducks, and Mariko and Jillian Tamaki's YA graphic novel This One Summer. We touch on coming-of-age stories, the power of the everyday, both external and internalized misogyny, and a whole lot more!2023-02-0149 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 48: Three Books I Loved in 2022Three fellow avid readers join me for this year-end special, each to discuss one book that both they and I read and loved this year. It's December 28 as I post this and I'm still not ready to commit to a Top Ten of 2022, but these three are definitely in at least my Top 25 of the 125 books I read this year.2022-12-2951 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 47 BOOKSWAP 6: The Seven Invisible Husbands of Evelyn LaRueOnce again, Emma Cole joins me for a deep dive into two novels: one that each of us has recommended for the other to read. In this case, though the books are very different, the titles are easily confused: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and the Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab. Join us for a conversation about fake celebrity memoirs, sexy devils, and SPOILERS GALORE!!! As always, if you go to www.trudymorgancole.com and click on the Podcast link, you can get to the Show Notes for this (and every...2022-10-2541 min
Let Free Audiobook Transport You to New WorldsSudden Sun Audiobook by Trudy J. Morgan-ColeListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 623851
Title: Sudden Sun
Author: Trudy J. Morgan-Cole
Narrator: Lucy Brennan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13:57:19
Language: English
Release date: 09-30-22
Publisher: ECW Press
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women
Summary:
When a devastating fire sweeps through St. John's, Newfoundland, in the summer of 1892, nineteen-year-old Lily Hunt hopes it's the beginning of a new life that will transform her from a dutiful daughter to a crusader, a suffragist, and a woman in love. Twenty years later, Lily's daughter Grace is deeply immersed in campaigning for women to have the vote. When...2022-09-301h 57
Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenA Sudden Sun by Trudy J. Morgan-ColePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623851to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Sudden Sun
Author: Trudy J. Morgan-Cole
Narrator: Lucy Brennan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 57 minutes
Release date: September 30, 2022
Genres: Contemporary Women
Publisher's Summary:
When a devastating fire sweeps through St. John's, Newfoundland, in the summer of 1892, nineteen-year-old Lily Hunt hopes it's the beginning of a new life that will transform her from a dutiful daughter to a crusader, a suffragist, and a woman in love. Twenty years later, Lily's daughter Grace is deeply immersed in campaigning for women to have the vote. When Grace learns of her mother's...2022-09-301h 57
Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenA Sudden Sun by Trudy J. Morgan-ColePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623851 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sudden Sun Author: Trudy J. Morgan-Cole Narrator: Lucy Brennan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: When a devastating fire sweeps through St. John's, Newfoundland, in the summer of 1892, nineteen-year-old Lily Hunt hopes it's the beginning of a new life that will transform her from a dutiful daughter to a crusader, a suffragist, and a woman in love. Twenty years later, Lily's daughter Grace is deeply immersed in campaigning for women to have the vote. When Grace learns of her...2022-09-3005 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 46 BOOKSWAP 5: We Are Unclear About What Constitutes a "Beach Read"In our fifth BOOKSWAP!, Emma reads Jennifer Weiner's "The Summer Place," I read Emily Austin's "Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead," and we talk about what a "beach read" is, or should be.2022-08-2550 min
Shelf EsteemEpisode 45: We Are United by Taika Watiti But Divided by BatsMy guest this month was L'nu playwright and artist Leahdawn Helena. We had a wonderful conversation about books, which led naturally into talking about her brilliant upcoming play, Stolen Sisters. Follow this link to find out everything you need to know about the play, which runs from August 16-28 in St. John's and will later tour to the West Coast of Newfoundland: https://www.persistencetheatre.com/stolen-sisters.html . Go see it!!2022-07-3039 min
The Write ProjectInterview with Trudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids Trilogy! | The Write ProjectInterview with Trudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids Trilogy from Breakwater Books Ltd., as well as Most Anything You Please, By the Rivers of Brooklyn, and That Forgetful Shore! Originally broadcast on July 25, 2022 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country. Pick up A Roll of the Bones using this link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3ZzbflsTrudy J. Morgan-Cole is a writer and teacher who lives in St. John’s. Her previous books include By the Rivers of Brooklyn (2009), That Forgetful Shore (2011), and A Su...2022-07-2531 min