When funding is available, WCC occasionally publishes anthologies and chapbooks featuring WCC writers. Take a look at our offerings below. Your purchases help us continue to cultivate authentic voices.
Anthologies
Then, I Was A Dragon
This landmark collection of writing from Canadian women veterans is the product of a unique community writing and mentorship program called Her Story, developed by Writers Collective of Canada (WCC) and delivered over nine weeks in 2024.
The diversity of these stories and poems is a testament to how the WCC workshop experience creates a wide-open space for self-discovery and expression. These narrators wrestle with trauma, celebrate fredom, and explore life’s many seasons through story. Just as powerfully, this collection provides confirmation of the authors’ journeys from isolation to community.
Why We Write
This inspiring chapbook celebrates what Writers Collective of Canada (WCC) has learned over ten years of delivering its innovative community writing workshops. Like the organization and its workshops, the book is structured around the WCC’s Six Essential Practices. Each chapter examines one practice, why it is essential, and how it achieves its desired impact. The story is told through a kaleidoscope of voices that include WCC writers, partners, volunteers, staff, researchers, and supporters.
Who is We 2023
A collection of the courageous writing presented on stage by their authors—writers from Writers Collective of Canada—at the Art of Time Ensemble’s WHO IS WE production at the Toronto Harbourfront Centre, May 2022.
Front Lines 2022
In 2021, 60 courageous emerging Canadian writers took part in Writers Collective of Canada’s Write On! mentorship program. Their work resulted in three anthologies on the themes of Hope, Courage, and Resilience. Front Lines: Courage features the poetry and prose of 38 of those writers. Be sure to check out Front Lines: Hope and Front Lines: Resilience for more powerful, authentic pieces from these magnificent writers.
Explore Our Original Anthologies
Bent Not Broken: Featuring 24 profound voices of courageous individuals who explore their voices in Writers Collective of Canada* (WCC) workshops and who were mentored in the 2020 WCC Write On! program. These works include poetry and short prose pieces.
*Formerly Toronto Writers Collective (TWC)
Voices From the Toronto Writers Collective: Featuring the authentic voices of writers who explore their innate genius in Writers Collective of Canada* (WCC) workshops and who were mentored in the WCC Write On! program. These works include poetry and short prose pieces.
*Formerly Toronto Writers Collective (TWC)
Until the Words Run Pure: Featuring the work of 22 courageous individuals who explore their voices in Writers Collective of Canada* (WCC) workshops and who were mentored in the WCC Write On! program. The works include poetry and short prose pieces.
*Formerly Toronto Writers Collective (TWC)