Gathering around a campfire, or the dinner table, people have always told stories. Through the stories we tell, we define our own identities, establish and maintain relationships, and shape our understanding of the world. Master storyteller and bestselling author Richard Van Camp writes of the power of storytelling and its potential to transform both the speaker and the audience in Gather. Describing the elements required to make a compelling story, he offers insights into how to capture the attention of listeners, create community, and even banish loneliness through storytelling. A member of the Tlicho Dene First Nation, Van Camp includes stories from Elders whose wisdom-and humour-influenced him. Praise for Richard Van Camp "Stories and storytellers are an important part of what makes us human. Van Camp's stories, whether they feature light comedy, family discord and reconciliation or his vivid images of the legendary Wheetago monsters, revived by global warming and horrifically hungry for human flesh, are gifts to the reader." -Vancouver Sun "Van Camp is a brilliant weaver of tales." -Quill & Quire | Gather by RICHARD VAN CAMP, Paperback | Indigo Chapters