Author : William E. Messenger
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,75 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199025572
Essentials of composition -- Essentials of grammar and style : sentences -- Essentials of grammar and style : parts of speech; diction -- Essentials of punctuation -- Essentials of mechanics and spelling -- Essentials of research : planning, writing, and documenting sources.
Author : Canadian Authors Association
Publisher : Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,10 MB
Release : 2002-12-14
Category : Authorship
ISBN : 9781550417401
The Canadian Writer's Guide is the most comprehensive tool available to Canadian writers today. Completely revised and updated, 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. This edition contains over 130 new and updated "how-to" articles on diverse areas of international publishing, including: - ideas and inspiration - character development - overcoming writer's block - book contracts - copywriting - editing - fiction - biographies - periodicals - children's books - personal essays - poetry - speechwriting - radio commentaries - songwriting - stage and film - the Internet 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.
Author : Diana Hacker
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Nelson Canada
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,26 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780176042110
A Canadian Writer's Reference, adapted from the most widely used college handbook ever published — and with the help of several Canadian instructors — has advice that's easy to find and easy to understand. It provides the comprehensive coverage, concrete examples, and trusted models students need for writing in almost every postsecondary course and beyond. A new tabbed section, Writing about Literature, offers advice on interpreting and writing about works of literature and includes two annotated student essays. Grounded in Canadian texts, culture, and current events, examples throughout the book provide relevant context and advice for Canadian writers. And a new instructor's edition offers classroom activities and teaching tips for Canadian instructors — making it easier than ever to integrate the handbook into the course.
Author : William E. Messenger
Publisher : Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 24,81 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
The Canadian Writer's Handbook focuses on the specific needs of Canadian writers. Throughout its five chapters, on issues of grammar, punctuation, mechanics, style and composition, the Handbook presents accessible descriptions for all levels of English writers.
Author : William E. (deceased) Messenger
Publisher : OUP Canada
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780195447095
This text is a workbook to accompany The Concise Canadian Writer's Handbook. It covers the topics in the main book, from the mechanics of building strong sentences and paragraphs to the intricacies of writing, formatting, and documenting full-length research papers.
Author : Public Works and Government Services Canada Translation Bureau
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,21 MB
Release : 1997-09-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1554883172
The revised edition of The Canadian Style is an indispensable language guide for editors, copywriters, students, teachers, lawyers, journalists, secretaries and business people – in fact, anyone writing in the English language in Canada today. It provides concise, up-to-date answers to a host of questions on abbreviations, hyphenation, spelling, the use of capital letters, punctuation and frequently misused or confused words. It deals with letter, memo and report formats, notes, indexes and bibliographies, and geographical names. It also gives techniques for writing clearly and concisely, editing documents and avoiding stereotyping in communications. There is even an appendix on how to present French words in an English text.
Author : Ben Gadd
Publisher : Jasper, Alta. : Corax Press
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 37,94 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : Joanna Karaplis
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 13,99 MB
Release : 2012-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1551993694
The essential guide for freelance writers, now completely updated and revised. The Canadian Writer's Market is the authority on who publishes what and how best to bring your work to their attention. It offers practical advice on everything from manuscript preparation to copyright law, from information on pay rates to writers' workshops. This useful guide also includes comprehensive and up-to-date listings for: comsumer magazines; literary and scholarly journals; trade, business, and professional publications; daily newspapers; book publishers; literary agents; awards, competitions, and grants; writers' organizations and support agencies; writers' workshops, courses, and retreats.
Author : Patrick James
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 40,63 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739114933
Handbook of Canadian Foreign Policy is the most comprehensive book of its kind, offering an updated examination of Canada's international role some 15 years after the dismantling of the Berlin Wall ushered in a new era in world politics. Highlighting both well-known and understudied topics, this handbook presents a marriage of the familiar and the underappreciated that enables readers to grasp much of the complexity of current Canadian foreign policy and appreciate the challenges policymakers must meet in the early 21st century.
Author : Joanne Buckley
Publisher : Brantford, Ont. : W. Ross MacDonald School, 1995. (Peterborough : Ontario Audio Library Service)
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,49 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780774732482
