Member Price: Free (with donation options)
Non-Member Price: $10
**Digital doors open at 6:55 pm; event starts at 7:00 pm
**Portions of this event will be recorded and made available to registrants to view for 30 days. Breakout room discussions will not be recorded.
The Federation of BC Writers invites you to participate in our newest programming initiative: Book Club for Writers! This online book club for writers offers an opportunity to read and discuss books related to the craft of writing. Book Club events are 75 minutes long and feature a combination of small group discussion using breakout rooms, large group discussion in the main room, as well as an opportunity to hear the author’s insights and ask questions.
Our September pick is Resonance: Essays on the Craft & Life of Writing, edited by Andrew Chesham and Laura Farina (Anvil Press). Contributors Eileen Cook and Christina Myers will be joining us to answer audience questions and share their insights. Register here (bcwriters.ca/events-for-writers) to receive the event link, discussion questions, and reminders. Purchase the book, review the discussion questions, and when it's time for the event, click on the link to join the live Zoom event. We look forward to seeing you there!
BOOK BLURB
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.
PRESENTER BIOS:
Eileen Cook is a multi-published, award winning author in both non-fiction and fiction. She's a popular speaker/instructor at conferences, with Simon Fraser University's The Writer's Studio, and with The Creative Academy for Writers. Her most recent non-fiction guide is Build Better Settings available now and she will have a historical novel out in 2024.
Christina Myers is a writer, editor, and former journalist. Her latest book, Halfway Home: Thoughts from Midlife, was published by House of Anansi in spring 2024, and her debut novel The List of Last Chances (Caitlin Press, 2021) was longlisted for the Leacock Medal, shortlisted for the Fred Kerner prize, and won the 2023 Canadian Book Club Award in the fiction category. She is currently at work on her next few projects, including an anthology on postpartum depression. She is a member of Da’naxda’xw First Nation, grew up all over Canada, and lives in Surrey, BC, with her family: one spouse, two kids, and four (yes, four) cats.
STEPS:
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Register here to receive the discussion questions and event link.
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Purchase your print or electronic version of the book
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Read the book and consider the discussion questions (emailed two weeks before meeting)
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Join the Book Club meeting using the Zoom link to discuss your responses and hear from the author!
Please email Meaghan@bcwriters.ca if you have any questions, or would like to suggest a book.
