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Collage of images and quotes arranged neatly on a yellow/green board, with some of the text cut off. Type reads from left to right: "Trying different inks", "Writing with a fountain pen", "Levelling up your writing skills", "Using a typewriter", "Finding a writing group", "Taking a writing class", "Discovering new publishers", "Connecting with fellow writers", "Developing a writing routine", "Learning about typography"
Collage of images and quotes arranged neatly on a yellow/green board, with some of the text cut off. Type reads from left to right: "Trying different inks", "Writing with a fountain pen", "Levelling up your writing skills", "Using a typewriter", "Finding a writing group", "Taking a writing class", "Discovering new publishers", "Connecting with fellow writers", "Developing a writing routine", "Learning about typography"

Writing

All things creative writing & writing instruments.

While our directory is only just getting started, this is what we have planned for the theme of Writing:

We want to help you find useful tools and resource for your writing life. We want you to discover communities and programs which connect you to fellow writers. We want to showcase the work of publishers and the amazing work done by all the people who help bring books to life. We want to give you ideas for events and classes to attend. And we want to help you find writing instruments that best suit your writing routine and style.

Being a writer

Creative writing resources

Publishing resources

Writing instruments

From the YW shop

We sell fountain pens, ink and books on creative writing.

Elements of Indigenous Style by Gregory Younging

Elements of Indigenous Style by Gregory Younging

The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

Build Your Best Writing Life: Essential Strategies for Personal Writing Success by Kristen Kieffer

Build Your Best Writing Life by Kristen Kieffer

Write Moves: A Creative Writing Guide & Anthology by Nancy Pagh

Write Moves by Nancy Pagh

Your First Page: First pages and what they tell us about the pages that follow them by Peter Selgin. Revised workshop and classroom edition.

Your First Page by Peter Selgin

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How to add your organization to the Young W directory

Are you a publisher, pen shop, writing group, typewriter repair service or any other organization which fits into one of the categories above? Check out the Get Involved page for details about how to get your organization added to the directory.

Themes

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Reading

A sheet of paper is inside a typewriter. The text reads: Chapter 1.

Writing

Calligraphy supplies lie on top of calligraphy practice sheets

Paper

A hand is seen holding a brush to paint a painting.

Art

A pair of ballet shoes sits atop a stack of magazines

Performance

A young woman sits in front of the bookshop and reads a book

Poetry

The Gooderham & Worts Flatiron building on a cloudy day, with Toronto skyscrapers in the background

Cities

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Society

A bookshelf with language learning textbooks and dictionaries for various languages

Language