Writing, Publishing & Reading Information Page

Month of 2002.04

1. The Big Page: Search Engines and Directories
2. Writing
3. Publishing
4. Reading/Online Bookstores
5. Associations/Societies
6. British Columbia and Canadiana Online Bookstores
7. Reading Lists and Other Resources
8. Collections by Genre
9. The Writing/Publishing/Reading Industry
10. Events and Awards

The Big Page: Search Engines and Directories

• Book Forager (Society of Chief Librarians, United Kingdom) is a Java-based search engine based on reader expectations. A very different and unique way to find books to read.
• BookWebSites is a categorized directory of Internet/Web links to books, publishing and the library world.
• netLibrary (netLibrary, Inc.) contains public-domain electronic books and an e-store for purchasing hardcopy and ebooks.
• The Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource features over 10,000 links and a site-search engine.

WRITING

• Authors Page of WWW Virtual Library: Literature (Internet Book Information Center via University of North Carolina)
• The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation by Jane Straus
• Canadian Authors Association (Campbellford, ON)
• Daily Grammar (Word Place, Inc.) is a free service to help those who suffer from poor grammar skills.
• Editors' Association of Canada
• Federation of British Columbia Writers
• Inkspot: The Writer's Resource includes Inklings: Newsletter for Writers
• League of Canadian Poets
• Online Resources for Writers (Writer Center Online, University of Maine)
• PEN Canada
• Periodicals Writers Association of Canada@Victoria (Victoria, BC)
• Playwrights' Union of Canada
• Surrey Writers' Conference
• Victoria School of Writing (Victoria, BC)
• The Writer's BBS
• Writers Free Reference Desk
• Writer's Resource Center (John Hewitt)
• Writers' Trust of Canada (Toronto, ON)
• Writers' Union of Canada
• WritersNet: The Internet Directory of Published Writers
• Yahoo! Writing Links

PUBLISHING

• Association of Book Publishers of BC
• Association of Canadian Publishers
• BookWire: The Book Publishing Industry's Online Information Resource
• Canadian Educational Resources Council represents English-language developers and suppliers of educational materials for the K-12 sector
• Canadian Magazine Publishers Association
• Canadian Publishers' Council
• The History of the Book in Canada Project (Bibliographical Society of Canada)
• Literary Press Group is an association of literary book publishers
• Publishers' Catalogues Home Page (Compiled by Peter Scott, Northern Lights Internet Solutions Ltd., Saskatoon)
• Publishers' Row (Internet Book Information Center via University of North Carolina)
• PubList.com: The Internet Directory of Publications is a searchable/browsable directory of more than 150,000 worldwide publications and more than 8,000 newspapers.

READING/ONLINE BOOKSTORES

ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES

• Alcuin Society
• Bibliographical Society of Canada
• Canadian Authors Association
• Canadian Booksellers Association
• Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP)
• Federation of British Columbia Writers
• League of Canadian Poets
• Movement for Canadian Literacy (MCL)
• PEN Canada
• Periodical Writers Association of Canada (PWAC)
• Toronto Centre for the Book
• West Coast Book Prize Society organize and present the annual B.C. Book Prizes
• Writers' Trust of Canada
• The Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC)

BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CANADIANA ONLINE BOOKSTORES

Unless specified, all locations are in British Columbia

• Advanced Book Exchange (ABE, Victoria) is an Internet-based mail-order service for out-of-print books, used, rare and antiquarian books.
• Ainsworth Books (Delta)
• Bain's Books & Militaria (Shawnigan Lake)
• Banyen Books & Sound (Vancouver)
• BC Government Publications Index (Queen's Printer, Victoria) features sophisticated database searching, online shopping and links to external sites such as Crown Publications
• BC Institute of Technology Bookstore (Burnaby)
• Beacon Books (Sidney)
• Bibliofind claims to be the world's largest inventory of books for sale; books about British Columbia and Canadian history are available.
• Bolen Books (Victoria)
• Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (Ottawa, ON): mail-order microform and paper reproductions of published Canadiana (monographs and serials) up to 1920. The CIHM Database can also be searched through this National Library of Canada Web site. A new joint project is Early Canadiana Online.
• Carillon Books (North Vancouver)
• Cascadia Book Company (Vancouver)
• Chapters.Indigo.ca (Web store)
• Charles McKee -- Books (New Westminster)
• Crown Publications (Victoria)
• Dale Cournoyer Books (Victoria)
• Dead Write Books (Vancouver)
• Duthie Books (Vancouver)
• FineFinds: The Frasers (Kaslo)
• Gallowglass Books (Duncan)
• Heather Graham Books (Victoria)
• Interlink Bookshop and Genealogical Services (Victoria)
• Ivy's Bookshop (Victoria)
• John J. King, Bookseller (South Surrey)
• Kwantlen University College Bookstores (Surrey, Newton, Richmond and Langley)
• Literascape -- Duthie Books and Macneill Library Service (Vancouver)
• Max Weder Books (Vancouver)
• Michael John Thompson Rare Books (Vancouver)
• The Mid-Island Booksellers' Group, Vancouver Island (via The Swiftsure Project, Victoria)
• Mulberry Bush Book Stores (Parksville and Qualicum Beach)
• Munro's Books (Victoria)
• Neil Aitken, Bookseller (Gabriola Island)
• Northwest Passages (Kamloops)
• Pooka Books (North Delta)
• Poor Richard's Books (Victoria)
• Renaissance Books (Victoria)
• Scholars West (Victoria)
• Sidney-by-the-Sea: Booktown
• Spiritwood Books (Nanaimo)
• Stillman Books (Vancouver)
• Tanners Books (Sidney)
• Timeless Books (Victoria)
• The Travel Bug (Vancouver)
• University of BC Bookstore (Vancouver)
• University of Victoria Bookstore
• Vintage Books (Victoria)
• Volume One Bookstore (Duncan and Mill Bay)
• W.R. Olmsted Angling Books (Castlegar)
• The Wayfarer's Bookshop (West Vancouver)
• Wells Book Group (Victoria)
• White Dwarf Books (Vancouver)
• William McCarley's Bookstore and Gallery (Vancouver)
• William Matthews, Bookseller (Salt Spring Island)

READING LISTS AND OTHER RESOURCES

• British Columbia History Internet/Web Site (David Mattison, VTN)
• Girls on Books (Concrete Media, New York, NY)
• Great Books from the Western Tradition (Malaspina University College, Liberal Studies, Nanaimo)
• The History of the Book in Canada Project
• How Novel!: Canadian Young Adult Literature (Saskatoon Public Library)
• Hypertext Magazines and Newspapers (VTN)
• Libraries on the World-Wide Web (VTN)
• Online Books FAQ (Indiana University)
• Overbooked (Book Links) (Ann Chambers Theis, Chesterfield County Public Library, VA)
• Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists (Jennifer Hubert, New York City, NY)
• UTP Book Worm: Canada's Book Review Source (University of Toronto Press)

COLLECTIONS BY GENRE

WWW Virtual Library: Literature (Internet Book Information Centre via University of North Carolina)

Children's Books

• BookHive: Your Guide to Children's Literature and Books (Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, NC)
• Canadian Children's Book Centre
• Children's Book Council, Inc. (New York, NY)
• Children's Literature: Electronic Resources (New Mexico State University: Gopher)
• Children's Literature Web Guide (University of Calgary)
• Toronto Centre for the Study of Children's Literature

THE WRITING/PUBLISHING/READING INDUSTRY

• Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) administers the Copyright Act and is also responsible for trademarks, patents, and industrial design
• CANCOPY, the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Toronto, ON) works on behalf of authors and publishers
• Copyright Board of Canada regulates copyright royalties and establishes fees for unlocatable copyright owners
• Copyright Clearance Center (Danvers, MA)
• Copyright Policy Office, Department of Canadian Heritage is responsible for Canada's Copyright Act
• Focus Online is a guide to British Columbia libraries, writers and publishers
• Literascape -- Duthie Books and Macneill Library Service (Vancouver, BC)
• SHARP (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing)
• United States Copyright Office (Library of Congress) administers US copyright law under that country's Constitution
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

EVENTS AND AWARDS

• B.C. Book Prizes (West Coast Book Prize Society, Vancouver)
• Canada Book Day (Writers' Trust of Canada)
• Canada Council for the Arts, in addition to funding arts and writing activities, also supports literary tours, prizes and others events
• Freedom to Read Week, February 24 to March 2, 2002
• Great Canadian Story Engine (Canadian Film Centre)
• Literary Info-Fair, May 11, 2002, Victoria, is sponsored by the Victoria School of Writing
• Manulife Financial Literary Arts Festival, May 2002, Victoria
• Richard and Margaret Beck Lectures on Icelandic Literature, University of Victoria, ongoing lecture series since 1988
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC; pronounced shurk) is similar to the Canada Council for the Arts
• Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts (Sechelt, BC)
• Surrey International Writers' Conference, Surrey, BC, October 18 to 20, 2002 (10th anniversary)

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