Month: March 2026

Dave Vaughan

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WORD ON THE HILLS; wordonthehills.com

Dave Vaughan is an author who made a sharp left turn from a long career in transportation into the far less predictable world of fiction and film. These days, the only passengers he deals with are imaginary, loud, and terrible at following directions. He studied writing at George Brown College and went on to write the screenplay for Hokum, which won “Best Thriller Film” at the 2010 New York International Film & Video Festival, and the feature Advocate. His first novel, Ballet of Deception, brought his love of tension and character to the page, followed by the short story Unscheduled Departure, featured in the Hills Spirits VI anthology. His latest novel, Killing Them Again, is a darkly satirical psychological thriller and winner of the first-ever AI-judged fiction contest from MyPoolitzer, Quantifiction, and Blue Denim Press. Dave lives in Cobourg and is currently at work on his next novel.

Jody Glover

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Our guest this week is Jody Glover. Jody worked in technology for nearly 30 years and began a second career as a filmmaker in 2019. Educated as a pianist at the University of Western Ontario and certified as a high school music and mathematics teacher at the University of Toronto, her work has always focused on helping others—first customers adopting new technology, and now students learning history and coping with difficult times. Her mission with the docudrama HIDDEN – The Kati Preston Story is to help Hungarian Holocaust survivor Kati Preston share her story with the public, especially young people. Kati recounts what happened to her and her family during and after World War II, and how she overcame adversity without becoming a victim of circumstance. The film offers hope to students in an era of uncertainty driven by challenges such as democracy, AI, and climate change. HIDDEN is currently screening at festivals and has won eight awards, including the Mass Impact Award at the Boston Film Festival and Best Documentary Feature at the Canadian International Film Festival in Toronto.

Mary Worwood

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Mary Worwood is the pseudonym for Canadian author, Mary Louise Dumka. Her writing career began as a part time journalist for a string of community newspapers. (From 2003 to 2007). And she is currently employed by the Trent Hills Public Library. Mary formed the Trent Hills Public Library Writers Group in 2015 and continues to facilitate the group. She has taken writing courses at Trent University and Loyalist College. She credits her instructor, speculative author Ursula Pflug, for recognizing and nurturing her latent talent as an author. Her post-secondary education included: theatre arts, and art history at the University of Victoria, until she was accepted into Langara College’s Studio 58 Theatre Arts Program in Vancouver. She is an avid photographer and enjoys reading, gardening, cross-country skiing, boating and when she can afford it travelling. She lives on a lake in Northumberland County with her husband, artist Jim Dumka and two cats. Her current work Overtime is her first novel.