Bruce Kauffman is the host of a long running radio show from Kingston, “Finding a  Voice”, the founder of a monthly open mic programme, Poetry @ the Artel, the author of several books of poetry and the editor of several more.

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Author of a fascinating memoir, A Scotsman Abroad, Mackay tells Word on the Hills how he came to focus, in his memoir, on the period of his life when he taught linguistics at Bucharest University, Romania.

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Deborah, a well-known Cobourg poet, talks about poetry, how she approaches writing her poems and reads from her work.

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Jan Thornhill is a celebrated and award winning children’s author. She talks about her career and introduces her newest book, The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk which will be released by Groundwood Books this fall.

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Janet Richards is a poet and journalist. She talks about her book, The Glass Skin, (HIdden Brook Press)  a collection of poems written after moving from the city to the Quinte area.

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Nathalie is a teacher of French who has recently published a book for Intermediate French Learners and also runs a Facebook page called J’apprends le Francais Canadien which has 25,000 followers.

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Patricia Calder is both a writer and photographer and has made use of both talents in the production of her latest book about her visit to Sable Island. She describes the Island’s topography, history and wildlife, illustrating her narrative with her fine photographs.

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Linda Hutsell-Manning, novelist, poet and playwright, discusses her recent work and her plans for a new project.

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Ray Herbert has published a memoir, a novel and short fiction. He is part of a musical duo and well known as an entertainer in his home town of Brighton.

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Cobourg author Ellen Curry talks about her 2 volumes of memoir, Be Careful What You Think

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