· An exploration of art writing and language in essays from an accomplished author of creative non-fiction, lyric prose, and poetry, and teachers of the craft.
· Examines the materials, tools, concepts, and forces behind the craft of writing, and how the way a writer deals with these can affect whether a piece of writing is a success or it flounders.
· Originally published in 2010, this book became a bestseller, and has been taught in courses at Simon Fraser University, Carleton University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Alberta, the University of Saskatchewan, Victoria University, the University of Western Ontario, the University of Windsor, York University, Langara College, and Humber College, among others.
· Betsy Warland is a highly-respected author of fourteen books of creative nonfiction, memoir, and poetry. Warland’s contribution to the arts was recognized in 2016 when she received the Mayor’s Arts Award for Literary Arts in Vancouver.
· Warland has dedicated much of her life to working with emerging writers: In 1975, she initiated the Toronto Women’s Writing Collective that produced numerous literary events and publications. She also initiated and co-coordinated the Women and Words — les femmes et le mots conférence (Vancouver 1983), that brought together one thousand women from across Canada involved in all aspects of contemporary literature. She designed and directed The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser from 2001-2012, where she held faculty and mentor positions for a number of years.