The Writer's Handbook 2004

by Barry Turner (Editor)

• Used

  Unabridged
  2003

  $3.25

  Completely revised, updated and enlarged, the new edition of The Writer's Handbook contains over 6,000 entries covering every area of writing. In addition to the key areas of UK and US book publishers and agents, magazines, screenwriting, TV and radio, theatre, film and video and poetry, new features for the 2004 edition include:

  * An enlarged and extended US section

  * The appeal of biography

  * The uses and abuses of the English language

  * The challenges and rewards of self-publishing

  * Peter Finch on poetry

  * Media contracts

  'This is a book no writer should be without' The Times

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $4.19

  A complete reference for writers, journalists, publishers, editors, screenwriters and broadcasters. In its 15th year, this edition of the Writer's Handbook contains over 5500 entries covering every area of creative writing. Key sections include book and magazine publishing, enlarged UK and US agents sections, newspapers, screenwriting, TV and radio, theatre, film and video, and poetry, alongside practical information about taxation, copyright, grants, bursaries, writers groups and much more. Special features for this edition include Melvyn Bragg on the new National Academy of Writing, David Hooper on Libel, Maureen Waller on the first year as a writer, the bestseller market, how to sell poetry, the Arts Council's guide to creative writing, and the most useful websites for writers.