Meet CNFC member Rachel Rose
CNCF board member Lesley Buxton interviewed Rachel about writing in different forms, teaching, and her recent book crush.
A Mentor, a Mentee, and a Beautiful Residency
In our latest blog post, CNCF member, Sandra Phinney, and Board Member, Darryl Whetter discuss the importance of mentorship.
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The Road to a Book, Part One
Part 1 of Beth Kaplan’s three-part series of essays focused on the writing and publishing of her new memoir, Loose Woman: my odyssey from lost to found
An interview with Marion Agnew
Check out Lesley Buxton’s interview with Marion Agnew on writing her new book Reverberations: A Daughter’s Meditations on Alzheimer’s.
Miss the 2017 conference? Watch exclusive video footage of our two morning sessions
Deborah Campbell delivered the keynote presentation on May 6, 2017. Following that, Joy Kogawa was in conversation with Hal Wake.
Listen to “Who’s Afraid of the Personal Essay” workshop with Andreas Schroeder
On May 6, 2017, CNFC founding member Andreas Schroeder gave a much-anticipated workshop about the personal essay as part of the organization’s annual conference. An audio recording of this workshop is now available for all CNFC members. Workshop description: The personal essay is one of the most flexible forms in creative nonfiction. It can include elements of every other genre there is. It can be lyrical, rhetorical, formal, or informal. Its apparent looseness (“a sally through a mazy mind,” as…
CNFC member Janet Wilson takes a stand
At the 2016 CNFC conference in Banff, our sponsor Fitneff generously donated an adjustable standing desk to be given away to one lucky member at the annual general meeting — something they’ve agreed to do again this year in Vancouver. Janet Wilson tells us more. I pumped my fist into the air and yelled, “Yes!” I had won the prize at the 2016 Creative Nonfiction Collective Conference — a brand new Fitneff Sit Stand Desk. At the end of a great weekend…
‘More than anything I want to be immersed in story’
Nicole Breit, winner of the 2016 CNFC/carte blanche contest, offers tips and words of encouragement for this year’s contestants