Language Arts & Disciplines Journalism
Word Carving
Craft of Literary Journalism, The
- Publisher
- Banff Centre Press
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2003
- Category
- Journalism, Composition & Creative Writing, Storytelling
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781894773027
- Publish Date
- Jul 2003
- List Price
- $21.95
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Description
Word Carving: The Craft of Literary Journalism collects the works of twelve writers, either up-and-coming or already at the top of their field. Each writes with passion, skill and storytelling expertise. Their words are shaped with all the care and artistry that artist Peter Schuyff summoned in carving the pencils that adorn the book cover. "For me, [Peter Schuyff's pencils] ... lead us to the unexpected and highly crafted forms the artist of the word and the artist of the wood may produce." -- Alberto Ruy-Sánchez
About the authors
Moira Farr is a writer and editor whose essays, reviews and features articles have appeared in numerous publications, including The Walrus, Saturday Night, Toronto Life, Ottawa, The Globe and Mail, The Ottawa Citizen, Canadian Geographic, More, Chatelaine, This Magazine, and several anthologies.
Ian Pearson is a veteran Toronto writer, editor and radio producer. He has worked as an editor at Maclean's, Toronto magazine and Saturday Night. His articles have appeared in most major Canadian magazines, earning five National Magazine Award nominations. He was books producer for CBC Radio's Morningside for three seasons and later was a story producer on the television series Gzowski in Conversation. He was a contributing editor of Saturday Night for a decade. He was also a judge for the 2006 Nereus Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Award and the National Magazine Awards. He is the proprietor of the Zedtone record label.
Ian Pearson has worked as a writer, editor, and radio and television producer for the last 20 years. He was associate entertainment editor at Maclean's in the early 1980s, and ended the decade as articles editor of Toronto magazine at the Globe and Mail. After a flirtation with film as a development officer of the Ontario Film Development Corporation, he spent three seasons as books producer for CBC Radio's Morningside and later worked on CBC-TV's Gzowski in Conversation.
He has written for most major publications in Canada, including Saturday Night, the Globe and Mail, Destinations, Toronto Life, Toronto, Maclean's and Quest. He has been nominated five times for the National Magazine Award and won silver in 1993.
