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The Writers’ and Artists Yearbook is back for its annual appearance. It’s kept the shiny bright-red, chunky housebrick look of 2004 and remains, as last year’s novelist commentator Eoin Colfer observed, rammed with "every possible scrap of information needed by the upcoming or established writer." This year’s foreword writer Maeve Binchy describes it as "like a magic carpet that would carry the writer anywhere . . .like a scaffolding on a building, it sort of suggests that it is half possible to climb up this unreal dream mountain of becoming a writer." Every year one can expect a comprehensive directory of publishers as well as all the essential articles on writing fiction and non-fiction, approaching publishers, getting an agent, correcting proofs, copyright and libel law, marketing, self-publishing, navigating research facilities and the like. But then every year things get better. This year’s edition boasts over 400 new entries within the listings section as well as new articles on libraries, digital television and radio. The ‘Getting Started’ section is now at the front and includes articles for both magazines and books. New articles include: ‘Understanding the Publishing Process’; a ‘Year-In-View of the Publishing Industry’; ‘The Writers Ultimate Workspace’ concerning the difficulties of writing from home, and ‘The Role of the Literary Agent’ by the late Giles Gordon—one of the great literary agents to whom this year’s edition is dedicated. There is also a new feature by Helen Weinstein entitled ‘Inside the BBC’ for those who want to break into the world of the beeb. Add to that the 'Notes From Successful Authors' section—which this year includes Joanne Trollope, Simon Winchester and JK Rowling—and you have all the reasons you need to get up-dated.
In short, the Writers’ and Artists Yearbook is a comprehensive course that gives you the best possible chance to succeed. If you are a photographer, a poet, a cartoonist, or a writer of any kind this will prove to be the most important book in your library.-- Larry Brown
Eoin Colfer (author of Artemis Fowl)
'Every possible scrap of information needed by an upcoming or established writer is included.'
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