For many summers, Pedlar Press publisher and in-house editor Beth Follett directed the Creative Writing programme at Centauri Summer Arts Camp [www.centauri.on.ca], a wonderful summer artspace that helps to alter the painful geek identities young artists carry throughout a school year into those of emerging practicing artists of every stripe. In celebration of Centauri's tenth year, a collection of the finest writing was gathered, including works by very young campers through to older campers-turned-counsellors, counsellors-turned-directors, and other gorgeous permutations of the camp artist. This collection has proven itself to be an extremely valuable tool for teachers of theatre and creative writing for young people.

Beth Follett is the founder and publisher of Pedlar Press, a Canadian literary house. Her first novel, Tell it Slant (Coach House Books, 2001), a retelling of Djuna Barnes’s 1936 novel Nightwood, met with critical acclaim. Her poetry, prose and nonfiction work have appeared in Brick, Best Canadian Poetry 2019, and elsewhere. She lives in St John’s, NL.

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Laura Farina has published two full-length poetry collections. She is the recipient of the Archibald Lampman Award, and has appeared on the longlist for both the ReLit Award and the CBC Poetry Prize. This Is the Path the Wolf Took is her first picture book. Laura lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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