Watershed Writers with Tanis MacDonald

by Tanis MacDonald

Watershed Writers with Tanis MacDonald is a podcast for readers and for writers, for people interested in how writing works and why it’s vital to where and how we live in the Grand River watershed of the Region of Waterloo. It was launched in November, 2021. We upload one new episode every week, featuring interviews with local novelists, poets, playwrights and essayists and offers a showcase for a community of nationally-known  ...   ...  Read more
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  • Season 1

  • Episode 10 - Madhur Anand

    Episode 10 - Madhur Anand

    S01 E10
    58:07

    In this episode, we begin by asking when writing a memoir, at what point does your parents’ story become your own?” We talk with Governor General Award winner, Madhur Anand about challenging the standard memoir form, and how she decided to explore its limits in her book A Red Line Goes Right Through To Your Heart.

  • Watershed Writers - Emily Urquhart

    Watershed Writers - Emily Urquhart

    S01 E09
    01:00:00

    In this podcast episode, we ask about age. What if artistic experimentation does not decline with age? Are many of our assumptions about aging just flat-out wrong? Listen in as we talk with author, Emily Urquhart about her new book, The Age of Creativity: Art, Memory, My Father, and Me.

  • Watershed Writers - Luke Hathaway

    Watershed Writers - Luke Hathaway

    S01 E08
    58:45

    In this episode, we talk with Luke Hathaway about Luke’s Waterloo Region roots and the international reach of his latest book, Years, Months, and Days, as well about the importance of influences in maker culture. - Hosted by Tanis MacDonald Produced by Frances Roberts Reilly Edited by Brendon Highmore Music by Alysha Brilla Artwork by John Roscoe Sponsored by The Region of Waterloo Arts Fund

  • Watershed Writers - Janet Rogers

    Watershed Writers - Janet Rogers

    S01 E07
    58:56

    We talk with Tuscarora writer, performer, and publisher Janet Rogers. As the national Truth and Reconciliation conversation continues, we listen as Janet speaks of writing as a response to the work of her forebears. She reads from her new book Ego of a Nation about personal and political power. - Hosted by Tanis MacDonald Produced by Frances Roberts Reilly Edited by Brendon Highmore Music by Alysha Brilla Artwork by John Roscoe Sponsored by The Region of Waterloo Arts Fund

  • Watershed Writers - Tasneem Jamal

    Watershed Writers - Tasneem Jamal

    S01 E06
    59:59

    We talk with author Tasneem Jamal about migrant writing in Canadian literature, the challenge of writing across generations in her novel Where The Air is Sweet. - Hosted by Tanis MacDonald Produced by Frances Roberts Reilly Edited by Brendon Highmore Music by Alysha Brilla Artwork by John Roscoe Sponsored by The Region of Waterloo Arts Fund