Creative nonfiction is the term of choice these days. It certainly didn’t start that way, and there are still several other ways of referring to “that way of writing” which readers might also be familiar with: literary nonfiction, literary journalism, narrative prose, you get the idea. We’re trying to find a way to nail this baby, the “baby” being, in the short form of the definition, the application of literary techniques to documentary material.
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Nine kegs of nails (audio)
“Nine kegs of nails” was told by Trevor Ferguson at our storytelling evening, This Really Happened, on April 19, 2012 at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal.
Getting my mother’s story (audio)
“Getting my mother’s story” was told by Monique Polak at our storytelling evening, This Really Happened, on April 19, 2012 at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal.
The Deenie Years (audio)
“The Deenie Years” was told by Maria Schamis Turner at our storytelling evening, This Really Happened, on April 19, 2012 at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal.
Taxidermy (audio)
“Taxidermy” was told by Jeremy Wexler at our storytelling evening, This Really Happened, on April 19, 2012 at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal.
The Devil Downstairs (audio)
“The Devil Downstairs” was told by Jane Martin at our storytelling evening, This Really Happened, on April 19, 2012 at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal.