Taddle Creek publishes fiction fact-checking guide

A tidy little chapbook entitled The Taddle Creek Guidebook to Fact-Checking Fiction has come into my hands, from the publishers of the estimable literary magazine. It addresses the issue of spelling names right and describing locations accurately in short stories and the like, the better to involve the readers (who are quite likely to notice such errors).

The guidebook, edited by Conan Tobias, has been a time coming (first mentioned here last July) but it is worth the wait. While small presses can get a copy free, individuals are asked to donate $5 (better, to subscribe to the magazine which costs just $12 for two years -- four issues). Write to Taddle Creek, P.O. Box 611, Station P, Toronto, Ont. M5S 2Y4 Canada or e-mail editor@taddlecreekmag.com