Mariposa Podcast

1991 Leacock Medal Howard White

DoverWrites – a podcast series that celebrates the reading and writing community in Port Dover and Norfolk County. In this episode, we talk with Gregg Brown, a popular keynote speaker and internationally recognized expert on change  management and the future of work.  He is also best-selling author of Spark Action. 

For more in the DoverWrites series, check the Beach Reads Bookshop website under Our Community or  doverwrites.blogspot.com

DoverWrites Interview with Gregg Brown -  Spark Action

This is an episode in the podcast series DoverWrites, which celebrates the reading and writing community in Port Dover and Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.  It features an interview with the Port Dover resident and celebrated poet John B. Lee – whose work has garnered many, many  prestigious national and international recognitions including The People's Poetry Award and the CBC Literary Award.  For links to John’s work and more interviews with local authors, look under Our Community on the Beach Reads Bookshop website - or check  doverwrites.blogspot.com 


DoverWrites Interview with Poet John B. Lee

DoverWrites, a podcast series celebrating writers in Port Dover and Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.  This episode pays tribute to the late writer, artist, and satirist Bruce McCall.  The Simcoe native was a successful New York advertising executive and popular contributor to the National Lampoon, Vanity Fair, Playboy, and The New Yorker.  He also worked as a writer for Saturday Night Live and authored two bestselling memoirs, both focusing on his early life in Norfolk County.  The podcast features an interview with Bruce's daughter Amanda who said that he developed his love of drawing and writing before the age of ten and that his celebrated career really started in his family home in Simcoe.

DoverWrites Interview with Amanda McCall on her father Bruce

DoverWrites Interview with Stephen Selk on Long Point Company

DoverWrites, a podcast series celebrating writers in Port Dover and Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.  This episode features an interview with JP Riemens.  The area native was a successful song writer and influential music industry producer and engineer who was once part owner of Hamilton’s famed Grant Avenue studios.  But his life had many other features as described in his memoir Slightly Below the Surface. 



DoverWrites Podcast Interview Paul Riemens Musician and Author

DoverWrites, a podcast series celebrating writers in Port Dover and Norfolk County, Ontario.  This episode features an interview with Dr. Kailey Buller,  a double board-certified family and emergency physician who talks about her book Surviving Tiny Humans: The Messy Truth About Parenting and Your Guide to Baby’s First Year.  Her book has been described as a mix of compassion, humour, and hard-earned experience.  She is a mother of two who had own serious health issues during her pregnancies and can not only relate to new parents but also to local authors who sometimes struggle to balance other pressures and find time to write.


Dr-Buller-Podcast Interview

DoverWrites, a podcast series celebrating writers in Port Dover and Norfolk County, Ontario.  This episode features an interview with Ilse and Aurora Tozer, sisters who have excelled in the Youth and Children’s categories of the Norfolk County Literary Prize Awards.  We talked about their winning entries, their interest in writing, and their creative process which involves their backyard swing.

Ilse and Aurora Tozer Interview - DoverWrites

DoverWrites a podcast series celebrating the reading and writing community in Port Dover and Norfolk County, Ontario.  This episode features an interview with Roselle Lim,  a Waterford author who internationally successful novels draw upon Filipino-Canadian background, her love of food, and a little magic. She talks about her background, how she draws readers into a different cultural experience, and her approach to writing as a visual artist.


DoverWrites Roselle Lim Interview

DoverWrites a podcast series celebrating the reading and writing community in Port Dover and Norfolk County, Ontario.  This episode features an interview with Liz Grace,  a Simcoe author and occupational therapist whose memoir Resilient: Surviving My Mental Illness was shortlisted for the Ontario Legislative Assembly Speaker’s Book Award in 2024. Liz’s book recounts her life with schizo-affective disorder, profound hearing loss, and repeated psychiatric hospitalizations that began in her teens.  Our conversation include discussion of self-harm, suicidal ideation, and other issues that may be upsetting to some. 


DoverWrites-Liz-Grace

This episode features an interview with Jeff Tribe,  a long-time sports journalist and photographer who has written a romance novel in part as educational experience and a way to remain humble. 
In the interview, Jeff spoke about his journalism career and his new book Accountant with Benefits. But we also talked about cannabis, rhinoceros poop, and his parents sex life. 
 For more on this and interviews with other local authors,  check  doverwrites.blogspot.com

1991 Leacock Medal Howard White

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