Resources
Association of Canadian Publishers
www.publishers.ca
Valuable information on the publishing process, including advice on how to get your book published.
Bookhitch
www.bookhitch.com
Sales outlet for independent authors.
Canada Books Online
www.canadabooksonline.com
Sales outlet for independent authors.
English-Language Arts Network (ELAN)
www.quebec-elan.org
A meeting place for Quebec artists who use English as their first language.
ERDC – The Electronic Rights Defence Committee
www.erdc.ca
The Electronic-Rights Defence Committee (ERDC) is an organization of freelancers devoted to protecting the electronic copyright of creators.
e-mail: info@erdc.ca
Go Publish Yourself.com – Self-Publishing
www.go-publish-yourself.com
Self-publishing resources
Montreal Association of Independent Libraries
www.independentlibraries.org
Beginning April 2008 the Montreal Association of Independent Libraries will provide individuals throughout Quebec with free access to English language e-resources, including databases, online reference tools, and eBooks. You can access this information by going to the MAIL website www.independentlibraries.org and signing up as a member of MAIL.
Periodical Writers Association of Canada
www.pwac.ca
Web site and resource centre for writers. Containing search engines & links to maps, experts, encyclopedias; promotion & posting events of interest to writers & journalists; bulletin boards of jobs and markets; information about the many aspects of business of writing; the helpful PWAC Review; lists of national and international writers' organizations; copyright & contract information and more.
Writers’ Conferences & Centers
www.writersconf.org
Information about established and respected writing organizations in North America and abroad.
Writing.com
www.writing.com
Quebec
Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec
www.aelaq.org
Atwater Library and Computer Centre (ALCC)
www.atwaterlibrary.ca
Downtown Montreal at Atwater métro
Borrow a book + Use computers + Take a course + Attend a reading + Meet an author + Make a friend + Read and relax + Volunteer
Bibliothéque Nationale du Québec
www.bnquebec.ca
Blue Metropolis 2003
bluemetropolis.org
CBC Radio One, Montreal
www.montreal.cbc.ca
Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD)
www.cead.qc.ca
New Quebec and French-Canadian plays
Conseil des Arts de Montréal (CAM)
www.artsmontreal.com
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ)
www.calq.gouv.qc.ca
Festival Voix d'Ameriques
www.fva.ca
Gestion des droits d'auteurs
publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca
l'infocentre litteraire des écrivains québécois (L'Île)
www.litterature.org
Biographies of many Quebec writers.
Institute de la statistique du Québec
www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/observatoire/publicat_obs/occ_bref.htm
report on the status of writers in Quebec (in French only)
Lobster Press
www.lobsterpress.com
Maison de la Poésie
www.maisondelapoesie.qc.ca
Ministère de la Culture et des Communications
www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca
Playwrights' Workshop Montréal
www.playwrights.ca
Quebec Drama Federation
www.quebecdrama.org
Society for Technical Communication
www.stc-montreal.org
Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois (UNEQ)
www.uneq.qc.ca
Vèhicule Press
www.vehiculepress.com
Vèhicule Press blog: http://vehiculepress.blogspot.com
Ville De Montréal
www.ville.montreal.qc.ca
Wired On Words
wiredonwords.com
Writers Association for Resourceful Minds
geocities.com/warmwriters/
Writers Read
www.artsandscience1.concordia.ca/english/writersread
Literary events sponsored by Concordia
Canada
access ©
www.accesscopyright.ca
Copyright issues. Offers the The Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter.
Canada Council for the Arts
www.canadacouncil.ca
CanadaWebDirectory
www.canadawebdirectory.com
Canadian Authors Association
www.canauthors.org
Canadian Poetry association
www.canadianpoetryassoc.com
Canadian Writers' Foundation
www.canadianwritersfoundation.org
The Canadian Writers' Foundation, founded in 1931, is the only registered charity that provides continued financial assistance to approved noteable Canadian writers in times of extreme financial distress.
Canpan.com
www.canpan.com
Directory of Canada on the web including art and entertainment, business and economy, real estate, shopping, transportation and more.
Centauri writing workshops
www.centauriarts.com
Community of Writers (Nova Scotia)
www.tatacentre.ca/cow.htm
Editors' Association of Canada
www.editors.ca
Federation of BC Writers
bcwriters.com
League of Canadian Poets
www.poets.ca
Literary Translators' Association of Canada (LTAC / ATTLC)
www.attlc-ltac.org
Manitoba Writers Guild
www.mbwriter.mb.ca
Periodical Writers Association of Canada (PWAC)
www.pwac.ca
PWAC data base of freelance writers
www.writers.ca
Saskatchewan Writers Guild
www.skwriter.com
Wordwrights Canada
www.wordwrights.ca
Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
www.writers.ns.ca
The Writers' Trust of Canada
www.writerstrust.com
The Writers' Union of Canada
www.writersunion.ca
Literary Journals
ARC Poetry magazine
www.arcpoetry.ca
Carte Blanche on-line journal
www.carte-blanche.org
The literary review of the Quebec Writers' Federation, promoting the work of new writers who are members of the QWF.
Descant magazine
www.descant.ca
A quarterly journal publishing new and established contemporary writers and visual artists from Canada and around the world.
Maisonneuve magazine
www.maisonneuve.org
Arts, opinions, ideas.
Quill And Quire magazine
ww.quillandquire.com
Book news and reviews.
Vallum magazine
www.vallummag.com
A print journal featuring emerging innovative voices from around the globe.
Writer's Digest magazine
www.writersdigest.com
Writing books, competitions and other resources for writers
Members/Writers
Angus Bell
www.angusjjbell.com
Jennifer Boire
questinggirl.blogspot.com
Ami Sands Brodoff
amisandsbrodoff.com
Susan Elmslie
susanelmslie.org
Tess Fragoulis
queendomofodd.com
Barbara Florio Graham
SimonTeakettle.com
Stephen Morrissey
stephenmorrissey.ca
Mark Paterson
markpaterson.ca
MacKay L. Smith
infinitebooks.ca
Mary Soderstrom
geocities.com/marysoderstrom
Carolyn Zonailo
carolynzonailo.com