Writers and Their Teachers by Dale Salwak (Editor)
$40.00 AUD
Category: Writing
By turns reflective, entertaining and moving, this book reveals how some of the most influential and best loved writers of our time were shaped by their inspirational teachers. Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee, Margaret Drabble, Stephen Greenblatt, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Andrew Motion, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina ...Show more
The Art of Libromancy: On Selling Books and Reading Books in the Twenty-first Century by Josh Cook
$29.99 AUD
Category: Writing
The essays in The Art of Libromancy explore the politics, philosophies, technologies, emotional experience, and craft of selling books in the twenty-first century. In a society filled with misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, and propaganda, true storytelling and story-reading are more ...Show more
50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know by John Sutherland
$19.99 AUD
Category: Writing | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Sutherland introduces and explains the important forms, concepts, themes and movements in literature, drawing on insights and examples from both classic and popular works. From postmodernism to postcolonialism, William Shakespeare to Jane Austen, 50 Literature ...Show more
Critic Swallows Book: Ten Years of the Sydney Review of Books by Catriona Menzies-Pike (Editor)
$34.95 AUD
Category: Writing
In 2023 the Sydney Review of Books celebrates a decade online and the publication of more than a thousand essays and longform reviews of Australian and international literature. Over these ten years the SRB has cleared a unique space for serious reflection on literature and for critical thinking about o ...Show more
Humble Pie and Cold Turkey: English Expressions and Their Origins by Caroline Taggart
$17.99 AUD
Category: Writing | Series: I Used to Know That ... Ser.
'Caroline Taggart has carved out a niche for herself in user-friendly, wittily written factual books.' - Yorkshire Post______________________The huge variety of colourful phrases contained in the English language are notoriously varied and, often, notably odd. From blue-blooded (an invention of aristocr ...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
The Language of Trees: How Trees Make Our World, Change Our Minds and Rewild Our Lives by Katie Holten
$35.00 AUD
Category: Writing
The Language of Trees is a gorgeously illustrated homage to the hidden wonders of the forest and our indelible connection to trees, filled with prose, poetry and art from over fifty collaborators, including Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Macfarlane, Zadie Smith, Radiohead, Elizabeth Kolbert, Amitav Ghosh, Ri ...Show more
A Date with Language by David Crystal
$49.99 AUD
Category: Writing
A collection of 366 facts about language to enliven each day of the year. In this ingenious and diverse collection of 366 stories, events, and facts about language, David Crystal presents a selection of insights from literary and linguistic writers, poets, and global institutions, together with the ...Show more
Crafting Crime Fiction by Henry Sutton
$34.99 AUD
Category: Writing
John le Carré said the best place to start a crime novel is as near to the end of the story as possible. But how do you know what the story is?As writers, we all have different experiences and skills to draw upon, and this book will help you identify the right beginning, middle and end for your own crim ...Show more
Yes! No! but Wait... ! - The One Thing You Need to Know to Write a Novel by Tim Lott
$32.99 AUD
Category: Writing
At the heart of writing - at the apex of storytelling - there is only one principle, and it winds like a golden thread across all the books and courses. But it gets lost in the ever-spreading panoply of detail that the creative writing industry relies on to keep its wheels turning. This book pulls out ...Show more
Writing Coach in a Box by Alan Anderson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Writing
What should you look for when you're re-reading a draft? What are the most common mistakes first-time authors make? How can you inject excitement into flat prose? How do you make readers root for your protagonist? What verbs should you avoid, and which must you use? Why should you mix long and short sen ...Show more
Write It All Down: How to Put Your Life on the Page by Cathy Rentzenbrink
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing
'Cathy is the person who first told me to write about my mental health when I was nervous to do so. She is a great writer herself and this is brilliant.' - Matt Haig, bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive and The Midnight Library Why do we want to write and what stops us? How do we fight the w ...Show more