Waywords Studio

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The studio produces several programs for fans of literature, from the Waywords Podcast to audio fiction and genre-bending works, as well as voice-overs and special projects. Many episodes have bonus content for our subscribers and members.

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Ghost in the Garden – Dark Montgomery Pt. 1

by | 22 September 2026 | Literary Nomads, Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  What if Anne of Green Gables wasn't just an escapist daydream, but a calculated strategy that saved its author's life? Today we find the divide between L.M. Montgomery’s sunlit public fiction and her claustrophobic domestic reality. From hidden...

Building Fantasies

by | 8 August 2026 | Literary Nomads, Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  How does the map overwrite the physical territory it claims to represent? Today we look at literary simulations, from the bedroom of Victor Hugo to the Orlando welter of parks and rides. Guided by the semiotics of Umberto Eco, the simulation theory of...

Mapping Dreams

by | 2 August 2026 | Literary Nomads, Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  How do we navigate the space between the curated tourism experience and the raw concrete of the world beneath it? We investigate the "imaginative geographies" we project onto other lands, examining how Italo Calvino’s semiotic cities, Arthur Conan...

Author Footprints Pt. 2 – The Aracataca Paradox

by | 25 July 2026 | Literary Nomads, Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  What happens to a real, working community when a fictional landscape is physically constructed on top of it? We discover the socio-economic friction behind literary travel, contrasting the magical ideals of Gabriel García Márquez’s Macondo with the...

Author Footprints Pt. 1 – Aura & Reliquary

by | 17 July 2026 | Literary Nomads, Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  Why do we drive thousands of miles just to touch the wooden beams of an author's birthplace? From Poe's Baltimore to PEI and Waywords's own Waterford, MI, we consider what it takes to build a literary destination and how this works to undermine the very...

Packing Lists Pt. 2 – Stalwart Women

by | 10 July 2026 | Literary Nomads, Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  Who carries the weight of our leisure? Some readings from the past by thoughtful and resilient women! Take in some early writing of place and circumstance, journals and reflections which reflect the jarring collisions between our travel expectations and...

Packing Lists Pt. 1: Dreams and Dirt

by | 3 July 2026 | Literary Nomads, Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  Did your horse throw ya, buddy? We investigate what we hope to achieve by literary travel . . . and why our packing cannot prepare us for it! While the global tourism industry spends billions to shape our eager expectations, what is it that we're...

Grand Tours Pt 2: Bat on the Narrow Road

by | 26 June 2026 | Literary Nomads, Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  What's the difference between being a passive tourist and a wayfarer? Follow the 17th-century footsteps of Matsuo Basho to interrogate the gap between curated tourist destinations  and the open-ended, ego-stripping realities of true travel. By...

Grand Tours Pt 1: The Postcard Illusion

by | 20 June 2026 | Literary Nomads, Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

  Are we consuming an authentic place, or are we willingly participating in a beautifully staged performance designed around our own expectations? In this opening episode of Journey 7, we begin our exploration of literary tourism. When we travel to the...

Literary Tourism Trailer

by | 5 June 2026 | Literary Nomads, Podcasts, Waywords | 0 Comments

Welcome to the summer trailhead! Join Journey 7 of Literary Nomads as we explore the secrets of literary tourism and travel writing. Discover how authors like L.M. Montgomery constructed the identity of Prince Edward Island, unpack the cultural legacy of...

Literary Criticism

Literary Nomads

Wanderings on Literature and Language

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Audio Fiction

Legacy

A Memoir of Sorts

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Audio Micro-Fiction

Scenes and Moments

(forthcoming)

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Literature Performance

Finnegan’s Wake

Excerpts from Joyce with original musical compositions from Randon Myles.

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