Dave Bidini’s quirky personal path to becoming a writer (as well as a well-known rock musician and sports enthusiast) began when he was very young and loved to pick at the typewriter.
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Praise for For Those About to Rock:
“Equal parts career guide and history lesson, For Those About to Rock tells not only how to get where you’re going, but where it all came from in the first place.”
— The Globe and Mail
“… Enormously readable … filled with first-person insights and useful information and peppered with the kind of trivia that appeals to even the nonmusical.”
— The Gazette
“This is an extraordinarily entertaining volume for kids of all ages….”
— Edmonton Journal
“One of ‘two books every Canadian musician must read.’”
–Long and McQuade
“Equal parts career guide and history lesson, For Those About to Rock tells not only how to get where you’re going, but where it all came from in the first place.”
— The Globe and Mail
“… Enormously readable … filled with first-person insights and useful information and peppered with the kind of trivia that appeals to even the nonmusical.”
— The Gazette
“This is an extraordinarily entertaining volume for kids of all ages….”
— Edmonton Journal
“One of ‘two books every Canadian musician must read.’”
–Long and McQuade
About the Author
Author and musician Dave Bidini is the only person to have been nominated for a Gemini, Genie and Juno as well CBC's Canada Reads. A founding member of Rheostatics, he has written 10 books, including On a Cold Road, Tropic of Hockey, Around the World in 57 1/2 Gigs, and Home and Away. He has made two Gemini Award-nominated documentaries and his play, the Five Hole Stories, was staged by One Yellow Rabbit Performance Company, touring the country in 2008. His third book, Baseballissimo, is being developed for the screen by Jay Baruchel, and, in 2010, he won his third National Magazine Award, for "Travels in Narnia." He writes a weekly column for the Saturday Post and, in 2011, he published his latest book, Writing Gordon Lightfoot.
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A quick, interesting, and relevant read
Nov 3 2007
By Midwest Book Review
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Very strongly recommended for both school and community library collections, "For Those About To Write: How I Learned to Love Books And Why I Had To Write Them" is the personal story of rock musician and sports enthusiast Dave Bidini's efforts as a writer whose first book, 'On a Cold Road' was published in 1998 and was about what it was like to tour Canada as part of a popular rock 'n' roll band called the 'Rheostatics'. Dave went on to write more books including 'Trop of Hockey' (2001) and 'Baseballissimo' (2004). Dave's anecdotal history of himself as a reader and a writer will admirably serve to introduce children ages 10 and older to what it is like to be a writer, how they can become writers themselves, and the values writing has both as a pastime and as a profession. Although specifically written to interest young readers in the world of writing and publishing, "For Those About To Write" will also prove to be a quick, interesting, and relevant read for adults of all ages who are themselves considering the writing of a book.
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A great "follow up" to "For Those About to Rock."
Nov 28 2007
By Christopher Schappert
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Format:Paperback
This is Dave Bidni's second book for young adults. His first, "For Those About to Rock," was a primer on the music industry for those who think, or hope, that rock and roll stardom, or frustration, may be in their future. I highly recommend that book as well as "For Those About to Write," which is it's literary bookend.
The book is very well written, as entertaining as it is informative. Using his own experiences as a writer as a backdrop to introducing the literary world works wonderfully.
Writers and potential writer of all ages will enjoy this book. To her delight, I have read the book aloud to my eight year old daughter. She didn't know who F. Scott Fitzgerald was before, but she does now. She also knows who Dave Bidini is, and so should you.
The book is very well written, as entertaining as it is informative. Using his own experiences as a writer as a backdrop to introducing the literary world works wonderfully.
Writers and potential writer of all ages will enjoy this book. To her delight, I have read the book aloud to my eight year old daughter. She didn't know who F. Scott Fitzgerald was before, but she does now. She also knows who Dave Bidini is, and so should you.
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