For Those About to Write How I Learned to Love Books and Why I Had to Write Them

Dave Bidini's very personal path to becoming a writer (and a well-known musician and documentary filmmaker) began when he was young and loved to pick at the typewriter. His witty "tell it like it is" approach describes the hurdles and happinesses aspiring writers can expert to experience. Book jacket.

Dave Bidini’s first book, published in 1998, was the popular and critically acclaimed On a Cold Road, about what it’s like to tour Canada in a rock ’n’ roll band. He has since written several more books, including Tropic of Hockey (2001) and Baseballissimo (2004). When he is not writing or traveling the world, Bidini is rhythm guitarist for the Rheostatics. The band has released ten albums to date, including Music Inspired by the Group of Seven, the soundtrack to the film Whale Music, which yielded the hit song “Claire,” and The Story of Harmelodia, a children’s album. He also starred in the Gemini Award-winning film The Hockey Nomad. For Those About to Rock was his first book for young adults. This is his second. Dave Bidini lives with his wife and two children in Toronto.