About this episode

Erik D’Souza interviews Jack David about the importance of good writing and ECW Press's support for emerging crime writers.

Erik D’Souza interviews Jack David, co-founder of ECW Press, a Canadian book publisher founded in 1974 that has published over 2,000 books across various genres, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Jack discusses the importance of good writing over social media presence, and shares why ECW Press sponsors the Crime Writers of Canada's best unpublished crime novel manuscript category, offering $500 to support emerging writers. ECW Press is a Canadian book publisher located in Toron...

People in this episode

Host: Erik D’Souza

Guest: Jack David

Topics covered

• book publishing
• emerging writers
• crime novels
• good writing
• social media presence

Keywords

• ECW Press
• Jack David
• crime novel
• book publisher
• emerging writers
• good writing
• social media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ECW Press

Places: Canada, Toronto

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