# Selected Modern Pyrotechnic Literature

- Series: Virtual Western WinterBlast 2021
- Recording: available to WPA members (sign in at https://www.westernpyro.org/sign-in)

Anyone who is serious about getting involved in pyrotechnics needs to be well informed on the various aspects of chemistry, safety, manipulations and perhaps some history. Newcomers to the craft may naturally migrate to Google for information, and certainly much can be found there, but a vast wealth of fireworks knowledge can be found in the trove of excellent pyrotechnic literature that goes back a few centuries. This literature is not easily found in the average public library. In this seminar we have assembled a comprehensive list of prominent literature written over this last century or so, primarily in English, which you might want to consider acquiring and poring over. We will discuss many of these pointing out their strong points, importance and availability.