The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews by Adam Biles (Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Writing
An illuminating collection of interviews between the prestigious Shakespeare and Company and the best writers of our time Shakespeare and Company, Paris, is one of the world's most iconic and beautiful bookshops. Located on the banks of the Seine, opposite Notre-Dame, it's long been a meeting place for ...Show more
Writely or Wrongly: An Unstuffy Guide to Language Stuff by Joanne Anderson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Writing
An essential guide for anyone with cause to communicate in written form (most of us), a passing interest in doing it better (some of us), and a disinterest in a book on said subject that is humourlessly preoccupied with rules (almost all of us). Author Joanne Anderson has expanded on the popular tips s ...Show more
A Modest Book about How to Make an Adequate Speech by John Paul Flintoff
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing
"Where I come from, where modesty is a sin, Flintoff 's book would be called 'The Indispensable Guide to Giving an Unforgettable Speech'."Jay Heinrichs, New York Times bestselling author Most of us dread public speaking. But at some point we find ourselves forced to make a speech. And we worry: Will my ...Show more
Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing
Welcome to Sotheran's, the oldest, most bonkers bookshop in the country, with its bizarre clientele, suspicious cupboards, unlabelled keys, poisoned books, some things that aren't even books, and deeply eccentric staff. Think Diary of a Bookseller but with quite a lot more Bernard Black.Some years ago, ...Show more
Dog Hearted - Essays on Our Fierce and Familiar Companions by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (Illustrator); Jessica J. Lee
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing
'This is a heart-warming anthology, celebrating one of our most beloved animals. Rich with joy and delight, but there is also real depth, poignancy and surprisingly dark humour here.' From Carl Phillips asking how wildness is tamed, to Esmé Weijun Wang finding moments of stillness in the simple act of ...Show more
Write for Life: A Toolkit for Writers by Julia Cameron
$39.99 AUD
Category: Writing
The essential guide to writing by the Queen of Creativity, Julia Cameron Legendary author of The Artist's Way Julia Cameron has pioneered the field of creative recovery, inspiring millions of people around the world to discover their true creative selves. Now in Write for Life, the 'Queen of Creativity' ...Show more
How Words Get Good by Rebecca Lee
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing
Catnip for booklovers - a funny, warm and fascinating insight into the world of making books, by an expert
42 The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams by Kevin Jon Davies (Editor); Douglas Adams
$59.99 AUD
Category: Writing
Over 60 boxes full of notebooks, research, letters, scripts, jokes, speeches, to-do lists, hard drives and even poems...Welcome to the incredible archive of Douglas Adams. After his death in 2001, Douglas Adams's papers were loaned to his old Cambridge college, St John's. Reproduced here, in facsimile ...Show more
On Peter Carey: Writers on Writers by Sarah Krasnostein
$17.99 AUD
Category: Writing
Award-winning writer Sarah Krasnostein shines new light on the impossibly vulnerable Ned Kelly of Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang. Carey, who moved from Australia to America, conjured Kelly after seeing Sidney Nolan's paintings of the bushranger at the Met. In this moving essay Krasnostein, ...Show more
The Modern Couple's Guide to Wedding Speeches by Heidi Ellert-McDermott
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing
Groom or bride, straight or gay. Nail the perfect words to say. There's no longer an excuse for wedding speeches to be a tedious succession of predictable platitudes, outdated etiquette and cheesy wedding gags. This book is for nearlyweds who want to make their wedding speeches one of the day's highligh ...Show more
Lunch with the FT (Financial Times) A Second Helping by Lionel Barber
$36.99 AUD
Category: Writing
Lunch with the FT has been a permanent fixture in the Financial Times for almost 30 years, featuring presidents, film stars, musical icons and business leaders from around the world.The column is now a well-established institution, which has reinvigorated the art of conversation in the convivial, intima ...Show more
50 English Coffee Breaks: Short activities to improve your English one cup at a time by Coffee Break Languages
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing
Transform your down time into 'do time'.The most successful language learners create a habit of studying a little bit, often. With 50 English Coffee Breaks, you can easily improve your English by combining it with your relaxing daily coffee - from a 5-minute espresso to a 15-minute latte.Organised by 5, ...Show more