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last updated: 17 September 2003
books marked * are on the misc.writing recommended reading list
Writing For Beginners Writing Craft
Research, Marketing, Publishing etc. Fiction Writing - Crime
Fiction Writing - General Fiction Writing - SF and Fantasy
Fiction Writing - Other Genres: Comedy, Erotic, Historical,Medical, Romance, Sport. Non-Fiction Writing
Journalism General
Writing for Childen Drama
Writing Poetry Reference, Dictionaries, etc.

We also read for fun, and listen to music, so have a look at this month's specials as well!

Non-Fiction Writing

Better Business Writing (Sunday Times), by Timothy Foster. ISBN:  0749438010 £7.99 (paperback 2002)
How to Write About Yourself, by Alison Chisholm and Brenda Courtie ISBN:  0749003677
How to Write Non-fiction Books, by Gordon Wells ISBN 1902713028
Ideas and Research, by Marshall Krantz (article writing) ISBN: 0898797187
Leads and Conclusions, by Marshall J. Cook (article writing) ISBN: 089879661X (USA Edn)
Leaving a trace: The art of turning a life into stories,by Elizabeth Benedict ISBN: 0316120200 £7.99 (h/c, USA, March 2002)
Non-Fiction Books, by Michael Legat ISBN: 0709049455
On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction, by William Zinsser ISBN: 0062735233 *
Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers, by Jaques Barzun ISBN: 0226038688 *
Sports Writing, by Alison Kervin ISBN: 0713646489
The 30-Minute Writer, by Connie Emerson ISBN: 0898797608
The Right Way To Write Reports, by Rupert Morris ISBN: 0716021021
Writing About Food, by Jenny Lingford ISBN: 0713642165
NEW Writing Creative Non-Fiction by Carolyn Forche & Philip Gerard  ISBN: 1884910505 £12.99 (p/b 376pp Jun 2001)
Writing Life Stories: turn your experiences into book-length memoirs, by Bill Roorbach ISBN: 188491036X
Writing from Life: A Guide for Writing True Stories by Heather Robertson ISBN 0771075588 (US)
You Can Write for Magazines: by Greg Daugherty ISBN 0898799023
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Journalism

The Craft Of The Media Interview by Dennis Barker ISBN 0709061315 £16.99
Making Money in Technical Writing, by Peter Kent ISBN  0028618831
Second Lives: Becoming A Freelance Writer by Bill Harris ISBN 0312200048 (US)
Freelance Copywriting by Diana Wimbs ISBN 0713648228 £7.99  (paperback 1999)
Freelance Writing, by Chris Moore ISBN: 0709058691
Freelance Writing for Newspapers, by Jill Dick ISBN: 071364737X
Journalism for Beginners, by Joan Clayton ISBN: 074991260X
A Journalist's Guide to Sources, by David Spark ISBN: 024051470X (US)
The Journalist's Handbook by Christopher Browne ISBN 0713649496 £8.79 (paperback 1999)
Local Radio Journalism, by Pall Chantler & Tim Harris ISBN: 024051422X
Magazine Writing That Sells, by Don McKinney ISBN: 0898796423
Make Money Freelance News Writing, by Ian McCrone ISBN:  0864177887
Sell & Resell Your Magazine Articles, by Gordon Burgett ISBN: 0898797993
Successful Article Writing, by Gillian Thornton ISBN: 0946537879
Writing Articles About The World Around You, by Marcia Yudkin ISBN: 0898798140
Writing Feature Articles, by Brenden Hennessey ISBN: 0750620978
Writing for Magazines, by Jill Dick ISBN: 0713644850

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General

Best Writing on Writing, edited by Jack Heffron ISBN: 1884910017
Best Writing on Writing II, edited by Jack Heffron ISBN: 1884910254
English Through The Ages, by William Brohaugh ISBN: 0898796555
Quick and Easy Newsletters, by Elaine Floyd (includes disc) ISBN: 0963022253
Slang Through the Ages, by J. Green ISBN 0844208345
Writers Digest Guide to Good Writing, edited by Thomas Clark ISBN: 0898798078
How to Write About Yourself, by Alison Chisholm, Brenda Courtie ISBN 0749003677

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Travel Writing 

NEW Writing About Travel by Morag Campbell  ISBN: 0713631317 £6.39 (p/b 112pp Oct 1995)

Writing for Children and Young Adults

How to Write for Children, by Marion Hough ISBN: 0946537992
NEW How To Write For Children by Tessa Krailing  ISBN: 0749002581 £7.99 (p/b 192pp Jul 2002
How to Write for Children and Get Published, by Louise Jordan ISBN: 0749918802
NEW Writing A Children's Book : How to Write for Children and Get Published by Pamela Cleaver  ISBN: 1857038088 £7.19 (p/b 128pp Jun 2002)
Writing for Children, by Margaret Clark ISBN: 0713646225
Writing for the Teenage Market, by Ann de Gale ISBN: 0713637889
Writing for Young Adults, bySherry Garland ISBN: 0898798574
You Can Write Children's Books by Tracey E. Dils ISBN 0898798299 £10.39
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Writing Drama

Alternative Scriptwriting: Writing Beyond the Rules by Ken Dancyger ISBN 0240802187
The Art and Craft of Playwriting, by Jeffrey Hatcher ISBN: 1884910068
The Art of Dramatic Writing, by Lajos Egri ISBN: 0671213326 *
Characters in Action: Playwriting the Easy Way by Marsh Cassady ISBN 156608010X
Complete Book of Scriptwriting, by J. Michael Straczynski ISBN: 1852868821
How to Make Money Scriptwriting, by Julian Friedman ISBN: 184150002X
Inside Hollywood: A Writer's Guide to Researching the World of Movies and TV, by John Morgan Wilson Frensham ISBN: 0898798329
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting, by Syd Field ISBN: 156731239X *
Teach Yourself How to Write a Play, by David Carter ISBN 0340721111
Teach Yourself Screenwriting, by Raymond Frensham ISBN: 034060378
NEW
The "Writer's Handbook" Guide to Writing for Stage and Screen edited by Barry Turner ISBN:1405000988 £7.99 (p/b 176pp April 2003)
NEW Writing Comedy: A Guide to Scriptwriting for TV, Radio, Film and Stageby Ronald Wolfe ISBN:0709074131 £8.79 (h/c 192pp March 2003)
Writing Comedy: A Guide to Scriptwriting for TV, Radio, Film and Stage, by Ronald Wolfe ISBN: ISBN: 0709074131 £8.79 (p/b March 2002)
Writing Comedy: A Guide to Scriptwriting for TV, Radio, Film and Stage, by Ronald Wolfe ISBN: ISBN: 0709059639 £10.07 (USA Edition, p/b November 2001)
Writing Dialogue for Scripts, by Rib Davis ISBN: 0713648023
Writing Docudrama, by Alan Rosenthal ISBN: 0713648023
Writing for Radio, by Rosemary Horstmann ISBN: 0713648023
Writing a Play, by Steve Gooch ISBN: 0713641754
Writing Handbook: Writing For Television, by Gerald Kelsey ISBN: 0713650923

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Writing Poetry

The Craft of Writing Poetry, by Alison Chisholm ISBN:  0749002891
Creating Poetry, by John Drury ISBN: 0898794439
The Haiku Handbook, by William J. Higginson ISBN 4770014309
Poets Handbook: a Guide to Building Great Poems, by Kenneth C Stephen ISBN: 1902713109 (paperback, £7.99)
How to Publish Your Poetry, by Peter Finch ISBN 074900391X
A Practical Poetry Course, by Alison Chisholm 0749002948
A Straightforward Guide to Writing Performance Poetry, by Stephen Wade, Ian MacMillan ISBN 1899924922
You Can Write Poetry, by Jeff Mock ISBN 0898798256
Writing Personal Poetry, by Sheila Bender ISBN 0898798132
Writing Poetry, by Doris Corti ISBN: 1858770025
Writing and Publishing Poetry, by Stephen Wade ISBN 1857034317
2000 Poet's Market: Where and How to Publish Your Poetry, Eds. Christine Martin and Chantelle Bentley ISBN: 0898799155 *
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Dictionaries, Reference, etc.

 
LIGHT'S LIST 2002, ISBN 1-897968-15-9, A5, 72pp, £2:50 (US surface $6; US air $7) from John Light, Photon Press, 37 The Meadows, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland TD15 1NY (e-mail: photon.press@virgin.net). Seminal listing (now in its 17th year of publication) of names, addresses and a brief note of interests of over 1,500 UK, US, Canadian, Australasian, European, African and Asian small press magazines publishing creative writing and artwork in English.  NEW EDITION NOW OUT

Bloomsbury Grammar Guide by Gordon Jarvie ISBN 0747550352 £5.59 (paperback 2000)
Cassel Dictionary of Cliches ISBN: 0304349623
The Cassel Dictionary of Word Histories by Adrian Room ISBN 0304355062 £14.99 (paperback 2000)
The Cassel Dictionary of Word Histories by Adrian Room ISBN 0304350079 £21.25 (hardcover 1999)
Cassel Guide to Common Errors in English ISBN: 0304350281
NEW Chambers Biographical Dictionary edited by Una McGovern ISBN:0550100512 £24.50 (h/c Sep 2002) 
Chambers Dictionary of Etymology
ISBN: 0550142304
NEW Chambers Family Scrabble Dictionary  ISBN:0550120114 £10.49 (h/c Aug 2001)
Chambers Rhyming Dictionary
with introduction by Benjamin Zephaniah ISBN:0550100652 £6.93 (p/b 384pp April 2003)
Chambers Super-mini Book of Facts ISBN  0550141006
Chambers Twenty-first Century Dictionary ISBN: 055014210X (paperback, 1999, £17.99)
Chambers Twenty-first Century Dictionary - Thumb Index ISBN: 0550142509 (hardcover, 1999 £21.25)
Concise Oxford English Dictionary ISBN: 0198605722 (hardcover. 2002, £13.29)
NEW The Cynic's Dictionary by Aubrey Dillon-Malone ISBN:1853753564 £6.99 (p/b Aug 1999)
The Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage: A Guide to Nondiscriminatory Language, by Rosalie Maggio ISBN: 0897746538 *
Dictionary of Concise Writing, by Robert Hartwell Fiske ISBN: 0898797551
Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, by Tony Thorne ISBN: 0747545944  
Dictionary of English Grammar, by James Aitchison ISBN: 030434964X
Encarta: Book of Quotations by Bill Swainson (ed.) ISBN 0747550654 £20.00 (hardcover 2000)
Dictionary of Word Origins ,by John Ayto ISBN: 0747545707
The Fiction Dictionary by Laurie Henry ISBN: 188491005X
NEW The Freelance Writer's Handbook by Andrew Crofts ISBN:0749923091 £7.99 (p/b Jul 2002)
NEW The Guide To Book Publishers 2003 by Liz Stokes et al ISBN:1902713141 £9.99 (p/b)
NEW A Handbook For Writers Of English by John g Tayloer ISBN:1857037324 £12.99 (p/b Aug 2003)
The International Directory of Little Magazines and Small Presses: 1999-2000 ISBN: 0916685748 (US Edn.) *
Macmillan Good English Handbook, by Godfrey Howard ISBN: 033371203X
New Oxford Dictionary of English
ISBN: 0198604416 (hardcover 2001, £20.99)
 NEW Oxford Dictrionary Of Allusions by Andrew Delahunty et al ISBN:0198606826 £8.99 (p/b Feb 2003)
NEW Oxford Dictrionary Of Allusions by Andrew Delahunty et al ISBN:0198600313 £8.99 (h/c Apr 2001)
NEW The Oxford Dictionary of Catchphrases by Anna Farkas ISBN:0198662807 £14.99 (h/c Oct 2002)
Oxford Dictionary of Current English Usage
ISBN: 0198602332
NEW The Oxford Dictionary Of Modern Quotations ed Elizabeth Knowles ISBN:0198662750 £13.50 (h/c Sep 2002)
NEW The Oxford Dictionary Of Rhyming Slang by John Ayto ISBN:0198607512 £6.39 (p/b Oct 2003)
NEW The Oxford Guide To World English by Tom McArthur ISBN:0198607717 £7.99 (p/b Jul 2003)
Oxford Writers' Dictionary, by R.E. Allen(Editor) ISBN: 0192826697
The Penquin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Theory
, by J.A. Cuddon ISBN: 0192826697
Phrases & Sayings, by Nigel Rees ISBN: 0747531145
NEW Poet's Market 2004 by Nancy Breen ISBN:158291870 £14.08 (p/b August 2003 USA Edition)
Poetry Dictionary
, by John Drury ISBN: 1884910041
NEW
The Small Press Guide
by James Feeke ISBN:1902713133 £9.99 (p/b Oct 2002) 
Teach Yourself Dictionary of New Words ISBN: 034058212X
NEW Who Wrote That? edited by Michael cox ISBN:0198605382 £10.49 (p/b Jul 2002)
The Writers Digest Dictionary of Concise Writing, by Robert Hartwell Fiske ISBN: 0898797551  
Writer's and Artist's Yearbook: 2003 ISBN: 0713659823 £10.39 (p/b August 2002)
NEW
Writers' & Artists Yearbook
by Eoin Colfer ISBN:0713666595 £9.79 (p/b August 2003)
NEW The Writer's Handbook 2004 by Barry Turner ISBN:0333908120 £9.09 (p/b Aug 2003)
The Writer's Idea Book
 
(Writer's Digest Books) ISBN 0898798736
NEW Writer's Market 2004 by Robert Lee Bennett & Kathryn S Broza ISBN:1582971897 £16.90 (p/b USA edition)*

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