Recollections of My Non-Existence by Rebecca Solnit
$34.99 AUD
Category: Writing
A landmark memoir from the author of Men Explain Things to Me; an electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a young writer finds her voice in a society that prefers women to be silent. In 1981, Rebecca Solnit rented a studio apartment in San Francisco that would be her home for the ...Show more
Understanding Journalism by Lynette Sheridan Burns; Benjamin J. Matthews
$82.00 AUD
Category: Writing
This bestselling, approachable textbook begins from the assertion that the practice of journalism should be driven by a commitment to service the public interest. With this goal in sight, Understanding Journalism explains in a clear and engaging manner both the principles and techniques required to beco ...Show more
Style Manual: for Authors, Editors and Printers by Department of Communications, Information Technology Andarts Staff; Snooks and Co. Staff (Editor)
$49.95 AUD
Category: Writing
Anyone faced with the task of preparing material for publication needs guidance. This sixth edition of the Style Manual provides guidance and detailed advice on publishing in both print and electronic formats. It represents a substantial revision in response to the rapid and extensive changes that have ...Show more
First You Write a Sentence:The Elements of Reading, Writing ... and Life by Joe Moran
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing
The sentence is the common ground where every writer walks. A poet writes in sentences, but so does the unsung author who came up with Items trapped in doors cause delays. A good sentence can be written (and read) by anyone if we simply give it the gift of our time.Enter widely-acclaimed author Professo ...Show more
Meanjin Vol 79 No 4 by Jonathan Green
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing
The issue opens with reflective contributions from all of Meanjin's living past editors ... Tara June Winch and Behrouz Boochani offer a conversational meditation on time and the very notion of a future. Bruce Pascoe writes on the strange relationship non-Indigenous Australians have with trees, and wo ...Show more
Think, Write, Speak: Uncollected Essays, Reviews, Interviews and Letters to the Editor by Vladimir Nabokov; Brian Boyd (Editor); Anastasia Tolstoy (Editor)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'Masterly, hilarious, truly insightful' - Philip Hensher, The Spectator A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2019 The last major collection of Nabokov's published material, Think, Write, Speak brings together a treasure trove of previously uncollected texts from across the author's extraordina ...Show more
On Beverley Farmer - Writers on Writers by Josephine Rowe
$17.99 AUD
Category: Writing
Beverley Farmer's novels and short stories focus on loss, migration and homecoming. In this beautifully hewn essay, fellow novelist and short-story writer Josephine Rowe finds a kindred spirit and argues for a celebration and reclamation of this long-neglected Australian writer.In the Writers on Writers ...Show more
Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020 by Salman Rushdie
$35.00 AUD
Category: Writing
Languages of Truth offers Salman Rushdie's most piercingly analytical views yet on the evolution of literature and culture even as he takes us deep into his own exuberant and fearless imagination. Salman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of the highest order, illuminating deep truths about our soci ...Show more
South and West - From a Notebook by Joan Didion
$19.99 AUD
Category: Writing
From one of the most important chroniclers of our time, come two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks-writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Joan Didion has always kept notebooks: of overheard dialogue, observations, interviews, dra ...Show more
Everyone Has What It Takes - A Writer's Guide to the End of Self-Doubt by William Kenower
$32.99 AUD
Category: Writing
An insightful guide for any writer who's ever wondered if they're talented, creative, lovable, or worthy enough. Spoiler alert: You are. As hard as the craft of writing is, the greatest challenges writers face are often within ourselves. Comparison, self-doubt, isolation, and other internal struggles ca ...Show more
The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly by Kate Lebo
$34.99 AUD
Category: Writing
'A beautiful, fascinating read full of surprises – a real pleasure.' Claudia Roden '[A] glorious mash-up of memoir, love note, and cookbook . . . Every sentence is as sensuous as the first bite into a cold, juicy plum.' Vulture Inspired by twenty-six fruits, essayist, poet and pie lady Kate Lebo expert ...Show more
How to Write a Letter: Find the Words for Every Occasion by Chelsea Shukov
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing | Series: How to Ser.
The go-to resource for creative ideas and helpful tips for writing thank you notes, addressing envelopes, cover letters, and everything in between.Chelsea Shukov and Jamie Grobecker are the creators of Sugar Paper, a national, high-end stationery brand based out of Los Angeles. Like their delicate and a ...Show more