Guides: English Literature: Creative writing

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Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing by David Morley (Editor); Philip Neilsen (Editor)
Addresses concepts important to the field of creative writing, while maintaining a strong craft emphasis, analysing exemplary models of writing and providing related writing exercises.
Handbook of Creative Writing by Steven Earnshaw (Editor)
Covers the central pillars of writing creatively: the theories behind the creativity, the techniques, and the writing as a commercial enterprise.
Companion to Creative Writing by Graeme Harper (Editor)
Considers key aspects of the practice, profession, and culture of creative writing in the contemporary world.

The Art of Creative Research by Philip Gerard
Helps writers take their natural inclination to explore and observe and turn it into a workable--and enjoyable--research plan.
Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors
Provides a one-stop reference with comprehensive and helpful advice on a very broad range of issues encountered when writing or editing.
Elements of Style by William Strunk; E. B. White
The classic style manual that conveys the principles of English style.

Atlantic
Publishes leading writers' commentary on major issues in contemporary political affairs.
Granta
Centres on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story’s supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real."
Guardian
Publishes all their news online, with free access both to current news and an archive of three million stories.
Harper's magazine
Monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts.
New York Times
Has won more Pulitzer Prizes than any other newspaper. The prize is awarded for excellence in journalism.
New Yorker
Features journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.
Paris review
Emphasize creative work—fiction and poetry—not to the exclusion of criticism.
Poetry Foundation
The publisher of Poetry magazine, an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture.
Washington Post
Distinguished in its political reporting on the workings of the White House, Congress, and the U.S. government.

Best New Zealand Poems
Introduces 25 poems by leading contemporary New Zealand poets. Published by International Institute of Modern Letters.
Featured
Showcases the best of NZ journalism.
Landfall
Showcases new fiction and poetry, as well as biographical and critical essays, and cultural commentary. Published by Otago University Press.
Sport
Features poetry, short stories, novel extracts, essays and art. Published by Victoria University Press.

PressReader
Provides access to many domestic and international magazines and newspapers, including NZ Listener and North & South.