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Writers talking
By John Metcalf, Claire Wilkshire. 2003
Includes interviews with and commentaries from eight Canadian writers. Listen in to Terry Griggs on where stories come from, Michael…
Winter on writing Newfoundland, and K.D. Miller on being 'an actor who writes'. Also features short stories by these authors. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003.The Canadian writer's workplace: building writing skills
By John A Roberts. 2007
A complete grammar and composition text designed as a flexible resource for writers who need to improve their writing skills.…
It provides instructors with a wealth of grammar exercises and writing opportunities, and gives students a solid foundation for grammar mastery and the development of different styles and approaches to writing. 2007.The joy of writing: a guide for writers, disguised as a literary memoir
By Pierre Berton. 2003
Pierre Berton shares his own experiences in learning to write and in improving during his writing career. Includes information about…
editors, tips for writer's block, and story development through many drafts. 2003.Includes both Reagan's own writing and his favourite quotations, proverbs, and excerpts from speeches, poetry, and literature. The breadth of…
these notes sheds light on a man who was deeply engaged with the arts, culture, and politics. Known as the "Great Communicator," Reagan sought wisdom from a wide-ranging set of political figures, philosophers, novelists, and poets. Some strong language. c2011.Collins Cobuild English grammar: helping learners with real English (Collins Cobuild Ser.)
By University of Birmingham Staff. 1990
A comprehensive reference grammar specially developed for advanced students and teachers of English. Using information from the COBUILD database, the…
editors have selected what they consider to be the most important examples of spoken and written modern English. 1990.Writing romance (The writing series)
By Vanessa Grant. 1997
A step-by-step guide on writing and selling a romance manuscript. From plotting, developing believable characters, writing romantic scenes, and editing,…
to working with an agent and finding a publisher. Includes examples from published romance novels, and a resource guide for both new and experienced writers. 1997. (Self-Counsel writing series)Write it right: a handbook for students (Palgrave study guides)
By John Peck, Martin Coyle. 2005
Would you put that in writing?: how to write your way to success in business
By Dianna Daniels Booher. 1983
The author, editor, and literary critic offers his William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization, which…
he delivered at Harvard in 1994. In a prologue and three essays, the author reflects on his experiences, especially in the field of literature, before, during, and after World War II. He discusses contemporary writers and literary trends of the time. 1995.Worth repeating: a literary resurrection 1948-1994
By Pierre Berton. 1998
Witness to war: a biography of Marguerite Higgins
By Antoinette May. 1983
Reporter and war correspondent Higgins, a combination of intelligence, beauty, and drive, was an unbeatable competitor whose only goal was…
to get the story. Living in the dust and mud and fighting male chauvinism every step of the way, she was among the first to reach the concentration camp at Buchenwald and later to make her mark in Korea. 1983.Witness to a century: encounters with the noted, the notorious, and the three SOBs
By George Seldes. 1987
The memoirs of the American journalist are built around personalities such as Mussolini, Hemingway and Lenin, that Seldes encountered from…
the time he took his first newspaper job in 1909. Some strong language. 1987.Where war lives
By Paul Watson. 2007
Paul Watson was born a rebel with one hand, who became a journalist specializing in war and guerrilla fighters. When…
Watson reported on Osama bin Laden's first battlefield victory in Somalia, his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of the desecrated corpse of Staff Sgt. David Cleveland - whose Black Hawk was shot down over the streets of Mogadishu - helped hand bin Laden one of his earliest propaganda coups. With each new beheading announced on the news, Watson wonders whether he helped teach the terrorists one of their most valuable lessons. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. c2007.When memory speaks: reflections on autobiography
By Jill K Conway. 1998
Conway considers the memoir -- how it has developed over the centuries, the forms and styles it assumes, the strikingly…
different ways in which men and women present their lives, and why we are so drawn to the reading of autobiography. 1998.Voluptés (Récits)
By Marianne Apostolides, Madeleine Stratford. 2014
Transcriptions de conversations courageuses, traversées subjectives, incarnations du désir en action, décalages ou fragments d'origines, les Voluptés de Marianne Apostolides…
sondent la vie - cette trame qui se tisse - comme une perpétuelle mise en scène. Ces neuf récits jouent le jeu de l'oeuvre littéraire, cherchant au passage à « connaître le fin fond de l'histoire », celle d'un adultère, d'une première fois, ou celle du père et de son enfance troublée par la guerre. Voluptés ou la réalité de l'écriture de soi explore intelligemment la place qu'occupent le langage et le désir au sein de nos existences. Aspirant à devenir « pur plaisir », Marianne Apostolides se laisse aller au récit comme glisserait un vaisseau de vérité absolue. 2014. Titre uniforme: Voluptuous pleasures.Veronica Guerin: the life and death of a crime reporter
By Emily O'Reilly. 1998
Veronica Guerin, a young crime reporter with the "Sunday Independent", was shot dead in Dublin in June 1996 as a…
direct consequence of her work - investigating the shadowy figures of Dublin's underworld. This is an account of one of the biggest and most shocking of Irish news stories. Strong language. 1998.Two solicitudes: conversations
By Margaret Atwood, Howard Scott, Phyllis Aronoff, Victor Lévy Beaulieu. 1996
Well-known French-Canadian novelist and renowned author Margaret Atwood spent several weeks together during which they discussed many topics of mutual…
interest: the importance of childhood, of myth, and of belonging to territory; the real versus the imaginary world; the native question in Canada; power and lack of it; the writing life - and, of course, their own works. Their conversations were recorded and broadcast in French on Radio-Canada. Here they have been transcribed and some additional quotations and notes have been added. 1996. Uniform title: Deux sollicitudes.Treasures of the place: three centuries of nature writing in Canada
By Wayne Grady. 1992
A collection from 28 authors representing the best and most significant writing in Canadian natural sciences. Each piece is introduced…
by the editor. Authors include Samuel Hearne, Farley Mowat, and Roderick Haig-Brown. 1992.Tissé par Mille
By Camille Laurens. 2008
Entendre, justement, c'est par ce mot que Camille Laurens a démarré son feuilleton "Tissé par Mille". Habilement, elle le décortique,…
en dévoile tous les sens, nous proposant un jeu littéraire exquis qui tient tout à la fois de la définition d'Alain Rey (le chroniqueur de France Inter), de l'analyse à la Roland Barthes (ses textes me font penser à "Fragments d'un discours amoureux"), ou encore du Raymond Devos jouant avec les mots. 2008.Time zones: a journalist in the world
By Joe Schlesinger. 1990
A refugee from Czechoslovakia, Joe Schlesinger came to Canada where he began his career as a journalist. He describes his…
early years as well as his experiences as a foreign correspondent in Vietnam, China, the Middle East, South and Central America.