- Aging with Grace
The Nun Study and the Science of Old Age
Resource Type: Book
- Alchera Press
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Archetype: The Fiction Writer's Guide to Psychology
Resource Type: Website
Maybe your character needs psychotherapy and you're wondering what goes on behind the closed doors of the therapist's office. Maybe you need to know how to make the psychologist in your fiction sound like a real shrink. Or maybe you're just looking for the psychology behind a really great villain, or wish you could ask a real clinician your psychology questions.
- The Art of the Handwritten Note
A Guide to Reclaiming Civilized Communication
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2002
Sales coach Tom Stoyan (www.CanadasSalesCoach.com) recommends #looking for opportunities to send thank yous#, preferably in a hand written letter.
- Basic Magazine Writing
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1986
Covers the A to Z of magazine writing in a readable manner and offers hints for the advanced as well as beginning magazine writer.
- Allan Bonner Communications Management Inc.
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- The Brain Booster
Your Guide to Rapid Learning and Remembering
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1983
Techniques and exercises in organization, visualization and association that can dramatically increase your ability to absorb a large amount of information and remember it clearly.
- The Brain That Changes Itself
Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2007
Doidge explains neuroplasticity and shows that the brain is not a collection of specialized parts but a dynamic organ and can rewire and rearrange itself as the need arises.
- Business Writing Basics
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2002
- The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2004
Broad surveys of fiction, drama, and poetry, Aboriginal writings, Francophone writings, autobiography, literary criticism, writing by women, urban writing, nature writing, travel writing, and short fiction.
- Canada Council for the Arts
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- The Canadian Guide To Working and Living Overseas
For Entry Level and Seasoned Professionals
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1992
This work profiles 700 employers in government, the private sector,voluntary and international organizations for people who want to work in the Third World.
- Canadian Information Sharing Service
Volume 1, Number 6 - March 1977
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1977
- The Canadian Press Stylebook:
A Guide For Writers and Editors
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1988
- The Canadian Writer's Handbook
4th edition
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2005
A guide to research, writing, and documentation.
- The Canadian Writer's Market
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1978
- The Canadian Writers' Guide
13th edition
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2003
Over 130 how-to articles on many aspects of writng for publication.
- Communicating Through Letters and Reports
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1972
- Communication for and Against Democracy
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1989
This anthology explores the circumstances in which communication serves at times as an instrument of repression and domination, and at others as a support for human emancipation.
- Connexions
Volume 10, Number 1 - Spring 1986 - The Arts and Social Change
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1986
- Connexions
Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1987
- Connexions
Volume 11, Number 2 - Winter 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1988
- Connexions Digest
Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1990
- Connexions Digest
Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1992
- Creator Spirit Come
Resource Type: Book
- Decline of the English Murder
And Other Essays
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1981
A collection of essays by George Orwell.
- The Elements of Style
Resource Type: Book
- Fame & Fortune Online
Resource Type: Website
Comprehensive listing of awards available to Canadian journalists.
- Fiction: The Art & Craft of Writing & Getting Published
Resource Type: Book
This is a concise book on writing and getting published. In three sections Michael Siedman explores writing in the real world, the power of networking and the business of publishing. With over 40 years experience in the field his book is fact- filled and comprehensive.
- First Chapter
The Canadian Writers Photography Project
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2001
A "photographic archive" of Canadian writers from across the country.
- Fundraising For Social Change
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1988
- George Orwell: A Life
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1980
A biography of George Orwell.
- The Globe and Mail Style Book
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2003
- The History of Writing
Resource Type: Article
The history of writing from the Neolithic to present day. From Wikipedia.
- How to Make Your Words Work
A practical guide to type layout and design
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1990
- How to Write Porno Novels for Fun and Profit
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1985
- In The News
The Practice of Media Relations in Canada
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2002
Carney gives everyone, from student to seasoned practitioner, a thorough understanding of who the media are, how they work and how to approach them with stories.
- In The News
The Practice of Media Relations in Canada
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2002
Carney gives everyone, from student to seasoned practitioner, a thorough understanding of who the media are, how they work and how to approach them with stories.
- In the News
The Practice of Media Relations in Canada - 2nd Edition
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2008
An introduction of media relations in Canada, from both a practical and philosophical approach.
- The Issue is Not Trump, It is Us
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2017
Until real politics return to people's lives, the enemy is not Trump, it is ourselves.
- Journalism & Writing Topic Index in Sources Directory of Experts
Spokespersons, Experts, and Resources
Resource Type: Website
A subject guide to experts and spokespersons on topics related to journalism and writing in the Sources directory for the media.
- Literary lists: Proof of our existence
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2013
Katie Kitamura on why novelists are compulsive list-makers.
- Make Art! Change the World! Starve!
The Fallacy of Art as Social Justice - Part I
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2012
- Maximum Gifts by Return Mail
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1989
Excellent book on direct mail fundraising.
- The Observation Deck
Resource Type: File Cards
Published: 1998
A deck of cards and accompanying book designed to stimulate authors.
- Online Guide to Writing in Canada
news, events, contests and small pressings
Resource Type: Website
This site is broken up into various sections of use to canadian writers, or those looking into canadian writing. what you will find here is a mixture of all genres- not simply a fiction directory. included are non-fiction, genre, children's, and young adult writers. The main feature is our a-z author's listing. with each writer there is be a listing of works by that writer, works on them, awards they've won, and annotated links to online resources for each author.
- Eugene Oscapella, Barrister and Solicitor/Oscapella and Associates
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- The Oxford Guide to Writing & Speaking
The Key to Effective Communication
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1998
- Proposal Preparation
Second Edition
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1992
New information includes how to exercise "straight-line control", computer-aided proposal preparation techniques, and a detailed index.
- Random Shots: Balkan Wars, Now and Then
Against The Current vol. 81
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1999
At the NATO summit, it was decided that the organization would not tolerate genocide if practiced by non-members who did not possess nuclear weapons and were within artillery range of Europe.
- Random Shots: Daimler and Dubya Chronicles
Against The Current vol. 91
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2001
Daimler-Chrysler CEO Juergen Schrempp has pledged not to sell off the Chrysler division. Not that anyone was lining up to buy it. All the same to us on the line: If you're not the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
- Random Shots: Dubya's Many Axes of Evil
Against The Current vol. 97
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2002
The concept of an Axis of Evil seems to derive from a 1942 Captain Marvel comic-book series about the Monster Society of Evil. Of course, that's a little before Dubya's time.
- Random Shots: Go And Do Likewise
Against The Current vol. 83
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1999
Most of us are glad to see a spouse commit a misdemeanor, e.g. violating a diet or a budget. It gives us license to go and do likewise.
- Random Shots: Life Imitates Art
Against The Current vol. 100
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2002
In the movie version of “The Sum of all Fears,” the terrorist nuke is hidden in a cigarette vending machine. In real life, if placed in an underground parking garage, it would have been ripped off in about twenty minutes.
- Random Shots: New and Old Millenia
Against The Current vol. 85
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2000
Kampfer prepared for Y2K by stockpiling ammunition. He figured that would get him anything else he needed.
- Random Shots: Notes for Life Under Siege
Against The Current vol. 95
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2001
When one thinks of of communities around the world that have been under siege for decades, one wonders how the U.S. will cope in the absence of a quick fix. Return to normal? This is normal for a lot of people. It's safety that is an aberration and an illusion.
- Random Shots: Of Drugs and Diamonds
Against The Current vol. 99
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2002
Marx characterized religion as the opium of the people. For some cults, it seems to act more like viagra.
- Random Shots: People and Other Animals
Against The Current vol. 88
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2000
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has taken out an ad urging college students to drink beer instead of milk, to avoid exploiting cows. Sounds like a good excuse to me.
- Random Shots: Pirates, Gladiators and Assassins
Against The Current vol. 96
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2002
Dubya may come to regret his efforts to classify his crusade against terrorism as a war. The legal ramifications of waging war against a non-governmental organization may keep the lawyers busy for generations. One would think that the 18th Century international convention on piracy, which declared pirates to be the general enemies of all mankind rather than any particular state, might be conveniently applied here.
- Random Shots: Stranger Than Cinema
Against The Current vol. 87
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2000
Looking at the Elión Gonzalez case, how many people remember “Popi,” a 1969 movie starring Alan Arkin as a poor Puerto Rican janitor who tries to put his kids on Easy Street by passing them off as Cuban flotsam?
- Random Shots: Teens and Other Freaks
Against The Current vol. 94
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2001
Many parents are annoyed by the popularity of “freak-dancing” among today's teenagers. Of course, annoying parents is the teenagers' main purpose in life.
- Random Shots: Tender Loving Care
Against The Current vol. 92
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2001
A kinky personal ad?
- Random Shots: That Was the War That Was
Against The Current vol. 82
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1999
Notice how quickly the Chinese government reined in those public demonstrations at the U.S. embassy in Beijing. Perhaps they remembered Wellington's attitude towards expressions of opinions by the troops: “If you allow them to cheer, another time they will feel entitled to hiss.”
- Random Shots: The Kings of the World
Against The Current vol. 98
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2002
Carrying on a tradition dating back to the Crimean war, they've come out with a set of trading cards for the Dubya Crusade. The cards used to come with cigarettes, then bubble gum. Now all you get is paper.
- Random Shots: The Prices of Progress
Against The Current vol. 93
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2001
Back in 1965 you could fill your gas tank for $3. Of course, that was two hours pay back then.
- Random Shots: In Praise of Viagra Mania
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1998
Comments on random current news topics
- Random Shots: Red Flags Over Motor City
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1998
THE GOOD NEWS is that there were about a million people waving red flags in the streets of Detroit. The bad news is that it was on account of some hockey game.
Comments on random current news topics.
- Sources.com
Portal for Journalists and Writers - The directory for reporters, writers, editors and researchers
Resource Type: Website
Published: 2009
Sources is an information portal for journalists, freelance writers, news editors, authors, researchers and journalism students -- and a resource for organizations, institutions, businesses, and individuals who want to get media coverage of their expertise and their views on newsworthy topics.
Journalists: Use Sources to find experts, media contacts, spokespersons, scientists, lobbyists, officials, speakers, university professors, researchers, newsmakers, CEOs, executive directors, media relations contacts, spokespeople, talk show guests, PR representatives, Canadian sources, story ideas, research studies, databases, universities, colleges, associations, businesses, government, research institutions, lobby groups, non-government organizations (NGOs), in Canada and internationally.
Newsmakers: Use Sources to raise your profile and get media coverage. Sources is a powerful tool which complements and magnifies your other efforts to publicize yourself. See www.sources.com/Profile.htm, fill out the membership form, or call 416-964-7799.
- Sources Select Resources
Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers
Resource Type: Website
Published: 2009
Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers.
- Sources welcomes Eugene Oscapella, Barrister and Solicitor/Oscapella and Associates
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2009
Sources welcomes Eugene Oscapella, Barrister and Solicitor/Oscapella and Associates.
- Speaking and Language
Defence of Poetry
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1972
Goodman writes, "I do not think there can be a rule for the appropriate use of formal or vernacular language...The best is to try for a vernacular that molds itself to what is going on and to use it critically".
- Tight and Bright: How Decluttering Your Language Improves Communication
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2010
How Decluttering Your Language Improves Communication
- Training for Feature Writing - a century ago
Resource Type: Article
- Understanding Media
The Extensions of Man
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1964
McLuhan says that the means by which people communicate determine their thoughts and actions.
- University of Winnipeg
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Utopian Essays and Practical Proposals
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1962
Whatever the subject, Goodman asks: What blocks and limits human freedom, joy, and creativity? What tends to release, free, liberate? In criticizing society and life his purpose is to improve. Goodman is animated by a vision of a good society, a coherent community, a style, and quality, of life that is fully human, and humanizes.
- Wild Mind
Living the Writer's Life
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1990
A guide to being a writer.
- The Woman Reader
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2012
Belinda Jack's history of women's reading and the ceaseless controversies it has inspired, explores what and how women of widely differing cultures have read through the ages.
- The write place to work
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2002
A study of the perfect environment for writing, with views from many of Canada's pre-eminent authors.
- The Write Stuff
All you ever wanted to know about letter writing
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1989
The basics to effective letter writing lies in a little research on the writer's part and their ability to point out weakness in their targets.
- The Writer's Block
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2001
This 3" x 3" x 3" book block serves as a springboard for the writer stuck for an idea to write about.
- The Writer's Handbook
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1976
- Writing and Publishing on your micro-computer.
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1984
- Writing Down the Bones
Freeing the Writer Within
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1986
Suggestions for how to create good writing.
- Writing for broadcast
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1998
Avoid the common pitfalls.
- Writing for the Information Age
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2002
Here are 100 or so techniques for engaging readers in the information age, to produce writing that allows them to find quickly and easily what might be of interest.
- Writing from the Inside Out
Transforming Your Psychological Blocks to Release the Writer Within
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2000
Palumbo encourages writers to use their fears, doubts and stress to construct their stories, instead of trying to overcome them.
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