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 writers as well as writers who are just getting started. We are committed towards engaging an inclusive perspective on Canadian books and their authors by featuring First Peoples writers, as well as LGBTQ writers and writers from other marginalized communities.

We record in the Grand River Watershed region, the traditional territories of the Neutral, Anishnaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples.

Hosted by Tanis MacDonaldProduced by Frances Roberts ReillyEdited by Brendon HighmoreMusic by Alysha BrillaArtwork by John RoscoeSponsored by The Region of Waterloo Arts Fund