The Canadian Writer's Guide

The Thirteenth Edition - Purchasing a Copy

The Canadian Writer's Guide
Thirteenth Edition

Fully updated and expanded with 90% new material!

The Canadian Writer's Guide is the most comprehensive tool available for Canadian writers today.

Completely revised, it draws on the expertise of a wide variety of professionals including CBC Radio broadcaster Marjorie Doyle; arts and entertainment lawyer Marian Dingman Hebb; novelist and speech-writer Matt Hughes; songwriter Bruce Madole; and Nebula and CAA award-winning science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer.

It also includes valuable insight and advice from a further 85 professional writers from the United States, Europe, Australia and across Canada!

130 New and Updated "How-to" Articles

This edition contains over 130 new and updated "how-to" articles on diverse areas of international publishing, including:

ideas & inspiration
character development
overcoming writer's block
book contracts
copyright
editing
fiction
biographies
periodicals

children's books
personal essays
poetry
speechwriting
radio commentaries
songwriting
stage and film
the Internet

Comprehensive Canadian Writer's References

New to this edition is a valuable listing of writing schools, workshops and retreats. The Writer's Reference section also includes a thorough listing of writer's organizations, awards and fellowships, literary agents, and granting agencies. It also contains the most comprehensive compilation of Canadian contests for writers available anywhere.

This edition of The Canadian Writer's Guide continues a fifty-year tradition for the Canadian Authors Association, resulting in the most comprehensive reference published especially for Canadian writers of all genres and all skill levels.

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Purchase The Canadian Writer's Guide

The Canadian Writer's Guide, Thirteenth Edition.
ISBN 1-55041-740-1.
Published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside.

Order It From the CAA Office

You may order The Canadian Writer's Guide directly from the CAA Office at a cost of $36.00 Canadian, which includes tax and shipping. Please note: Additional shipping fees may apply to international deliveries.

Order Form

Please print out and mail the Order Form (PDF - 119k) along with your cheque, money order or credit card details for $36.00 per copy.

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