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Of all the writing books available, these are just a few of the ones we recommend. Check back for more as they're added. And email us your favourites to add to this list.

 

101 - and more Writing Exercises to Get You Started & Keep You Going

by Lois J. Peterson. 

Art & Craft of Poetry  by Michael Bugeja
Bird By Bird by Anne Lamott

The First Five Pages:  A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile  

by Noah Lukeman.

How to Write: Advice and Reflections by Richard Rhodes

How To Write A Children’s Book & Get It Published by Barbara Seuling

Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft by Janet Burroway.

Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques no Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore

by Elizabeth Lyon

Nonfiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write by

A Passion for Narrative by Jack Hodgins

The Sell-Your-Novel Toolkit  by Elizabeth Lyon

Sin and Syntax by Constance Hale.

The Sound on the Page: Style and Voice in Writing  by Ben Yagoda

Travel Writer’s Handbook  by Louise Purwin Zobel.

Make Your Words Work by Gary Provost

The Writer’s Journey - Mythic Structure for Storytellers in all Genres  

by Christopher Vogler.

Writing Cookbooks by Judith Comfort

Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg.

Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Non-Fiction by Jon Franklin

A Writer's Guide to Nonfiction  by Elizabeth Lyon.

A Writer's Guide to Fiction by Elizabeth Lyon

Writing Personal Poetry  by Sheila Bender.

Writing Romance by Vanessa Grant

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