Through forty-three personal essays, Resonance: Essays on the Craft and Life of Writing brings together insights from writers and publishers across Canada on the practices that fuel their work, and invites readers to join the conversation through a series of engaging writing prompts. The essays collected here include strategies for pre-writing, writing and revision, as well as thoughts on the writing life and the world of writing. Resonance is for any writer of fiction, non-fiction or poetry who has ever wanted a helping hand, a quick chat, or a word of encouragement along the lonely road from blank page to published work. Resonance seeks to build community and extend the practice of creativity to writers everywhere.

Contributors (in order of appearance): Janet Fretter, Raoul Fernandes, Katherine McManus, Andrew Chesham, Christina Myers, Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Reg Johanson, Kayla Czaga, Joseph Kakwinokanasum, Peter Babiak, John Whatley, JJ Lee, Leanne Dunic, Jónína Kirton, K. Ho, Claudia Cornwall, Paul Headrick, Rob Taylor, Joanne Arnott, George Bowering, Madeline Sonik, Joan B. Flood, Candie Tanaka, Maria Reva, Jen Sookfong Lee, Eileen Cook, Joanne Betzler, Janie Chang, Caroline Adderson, Aislinn Hunter, Betsy Warland, Wayde Compton, Claudia Casper, Stella Harvey, Laura Farina, Carleigh Baker, Brian Payton, Fiona Tinwei Lam, Kevin Spenst, Leigh Nash, Brian Kaufman, Andrew Steeves, and Brian Lam.

Andrew Chesham is the director of the Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University. He has worked in the literary arts since 2006, as a writer, editor, publisher, and educator in Canada and Australia. He has also edited the anthologies: From the Earth to the Table, and Stories for a Long Summer (Catchfire Press).

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Laura Farina has published two full-length poetry collections. She is the recipient of the Archibald Lampman Award, and has appeared on the longlist for both the ReLit Award and the CBC Poetry Prize. This Is the Path the Wolf Took is her first picture book. Laura lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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