Craft Advice

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Diversity, Anti-Harassment, and Equity in Publishing, Complied by Yilin Wang for the Magazine Association of BC and the Association of Book Publishers of BC (ABPBC) for the Greater Inclusivity, Accountability and Respect in Publishing Workshops May 23 and 24, 2019
On Seeing and Being Seen: Writing with Empathy and Writing with Love, Alicia Elliott, Room Magazine
"Racial Invisibility and Erasure in the Workshop" by Lisa Lee, Vida: Women in Literary Arts

Student Recommendations (these are stories recommended by my short fiction students)

Writing Intersectional Identities: Keywords for Creative Writers, Janelle Adsit, Renée M. Byrd, Bloomsbury, 2019
Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles and Ted Orland (1993)
The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Writing Classroom by Felicia Rose Chavez (2021).
About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters & Five Interviews by Samuel R. Delany, 2006
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard, 2013
The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri, 1972
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg, 1986
A Passion for Narrative: A Guide to Writing Fiction, by Jack Hodgins, 2001
Critical Response Process: A Method for Getting Useful Feedback, From Dance to Dessert by Liz Lerman
The Way of the Writer: Reflections on the Art and Craft of Storytelling by Charles Johnson, 2016
When the Rewards Can Be So Great: Essays on Writing and the Writing Life, Ed. by Dawes Kwame, 2016
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde, 2007
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott, 1995
A Stranger's Journey: Race, Identity, & Narrative Craft in Writing by David Mura, 2018
Writing Alone and With Others by Pat Schneider, 2003
Craft and the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses, 2021
Elements of Indigenous Style: a guide for writing by and about indigenous peoples by Gregory Younging, 2018

Complete list of Canadian Literary Festivals, The Book and Periodical Council

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