Writer's Resources

Are you a budding or amateur writer? Do you want to improve your writing skills or have you already published something but would like more tips and resources? Perhaps the links below will help you become the type of author you always wanted to be.




Quebec Writer's Federation www.qwf.org Canadian Authors Association www.canauthors.org The Writer's Union of Canada www.writersunion.ca Writers' Trust of Canada www.writerstrust.com The Canadian Children's Book Centre www.bookcentre.ca

Contests and Submissions

Writers and Artists Wanted! Polymancer Studios Inc. is recruiting Writers and Artists for their game and non-game publications. Find out more by visiting www.polymancerstudios.com.

Canadian Author's Association Contests listed in different areas of the country: http://www.canauthors.org/contests.html

Selected books in our library collection:

Writing Fiction

The Secret Miracle: the Novelist's Handbook by Daniel Alarcón

Thanks, But This Isn't for Us: A (Sort of) Compassionate Guide to Why Your Writing is Being Rejected by Jessica Page Morrell

How Fiction Works by James Wood

No plot? No problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty

Writing Non-Fiction

The Elements of International English Style: a Guide to Writing English Correspondence, Reports, Technical Documents, and Internet Pages for a Global Audience by Edmond H. Weiss

The Craft of Research by Wayne C. Booth

The Write Stuff: Learn How to Write Better Right Now With the Approach that Combines Creativity and Computer Logic by Harley Bjelland	No Image

The Complete Guide to Writing Non-Fiction by the American Society of Journalists and Authors	No Image

Memoir Writing

Old Friend from Far Away: the Practice of Writing Memoir by Natalie Goldberg

The Joy of Writing: a Guide for Writers, Disguised as a Literary Memoir by Pierre Berton

Writing for Youth

Worlds of Childhood: the Art and Craft of Writing for Children by Jean Fritz

Writer's Resources

The Writer's Handbook 2011

Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market

Guide to Literary Agents

The Writer's Market

Novel & Short Story Writer's Market

Writing your proposal

Your Novel Proposal: from Creation to Contract: the Complete Guide to Writing Query Letters, Synopses and Proposals for Agents and Editors by Blythe Camenson and Marshall J. Cook