Why We Write
It's easy to feel helpless and hopeless in these increasingly complex and uncertain times. I find that flipping through the pages of a story is one of the easiest, most beautiful and nourishing antidotes to despair.
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It's easy to feel helpless and hopeless in these increasingly complex and uncertain times.
I find that flipping through the pages of a story is one of the easiest, most beautiful and nourishing antidotes to despair.
These books serve as powerful reminders of the power and significance of our storytelling.
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It's easy to feel helpless and hopeless in these increasingly complex and uncertain times. I find that flipping through the pages of a story is one of the easiest, most beautiful and nourishing antidotes to despair. In an age when we are bombarded with content and when the allure of convenience is ever-present, what compels us to write?
How it works
- These books show us the magnitude of testimony, of bearing witness, of preserving our languages, and of insisting on our humanity.
- In this moving collection, critically acclaimed novelist Kim Echlin examines how we turn to literature to measure our lives against the darknesses of our time.
- Tell Others explores how literature resists silencing and repression with truth...
- These books serve as powerful reminders of the power and significance of our storytelling.
- These books remind us that defiance of the status quo has always been necessary for our survival and for our thriving.
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What drives us to labour over each word and turn of phrase? Storytelling for a World in Turmoil by Kim Echlin (Penguin Group Canada).
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