11 Breakwater Authors reveal when they learned the Power of Language | The Write Project

It can be a lightbulb moment for an author: that moment when we learn that language can do things: change minds, tell stories, get us things. Today on Write Project, our Breakwater Books guests offer their own stories of how it happened for them.Featuring:Rebecca Rose, President and PublisherDaze Jefferies - Land of Many Shores / TransVersingLisa Moore, editor of Hard TicketKerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex: Trigger WarningRebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen PartyKevin Major, author of Four for FogoTracey Waddleton, author of Send More Tourists... The Last Ones Were DeliciousMichelle Porter, author of Approaching FireTom Moore, author of Goodbye MommaShelly Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of MorningOlivia Robinson, author of Blue Moth MotelThis episode is the 35th 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 emerging and well-known authors from across Canada and overseas. Breakwater publishes award-winning writing in all literary genres—fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, art, young adult and children’s books, as well as cookbooks, guidebooks and educational resources.Originally broadcast on September 06, 2023 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations in the province. Check out As Loved Our Fathers, the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BABIt's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history! Support the showProduced and recorded at CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, Newfoundland. Listen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/​This program is sponsored by:Engen Books: Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​Or sign up for their newsletters at: The Write Project signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTEngen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLEngen's Science-Fiction Newsletter for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/ir5JmgThis recording copyright © 2026 Matthew LeDrew