On Peter Carey: Writers on Writers by Sarah Krasnostein
$18.00 AUD
Category: On 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
Gentle Writing Advice: How to Be a Writer Without Destroying Yourself by Chuck Wendig
$30.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
Finally--a book of writing advice that accounts for all of the messy, perverse, practical, and inexplicable parts of being a human who writes The truth is that all of the writing rules you've learned are bullshit. Sure, they work for some people, but the likelihood that they'll work for you--unique ...Show more
The Briefest English Grammar and Punctuation Guide Ever! by Ruth Colman
$20.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
Have you ever been unsure where an apostrophe should go? Do you know the difference between a regular and an irregular verb? And why should you care?The Briefest English Grammar and Punctuation Guide Ever! clearly and simply explains how language works and functions, and makes understanding punctuation ...Show more
Write for Life: A Toolkit for Writers by Julia Cameron
$40.00 AUD
Category: On 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
Spadework for a Palace by László Krasznahorkai
$29.95 AUD
Category: On Writing | Series: Storybook ND Ser.
Spadework for a Palace bears the subtitle "Entering the Madness of Others" and offers an epigraph: "Reality is no obstacle." Indeed. This high-octane obsessive rant vaults over all obstacles, fueled by the idées fixes of a "gray little librarian" with fallen arches whose name--mr herman melvill--is mere ...Show more
Mad about Shakespeare: from Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room by Jonathan Bate
$25.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
'Enlightening, moving' SIR IAN MCKELLEN From the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how his themes can untangle comedy and tragedy, learning and loving in our modern lives. 'The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.' ...Show more
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life by Julia Cameron
$35.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
'We should write because it is human nature to write' Julia Cameron For those jumping into the writing life for the first time and for those already living it, the art of writing will never be the same after reading this book. Provocative, thoughtful and exciting, The Right to Write will draw you back ...Show more
Advanced Creative Nonfiction - A Writer's Guide and Anthology by Sean Prentiss; Jessica Hendry Nelson
$63.00 AUD
Category: On Writing | Series: Bloomsbury Writer's Guides and Anthologies Ser.
Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writers' Guide and Anthology offers expert instruction on writing creative nonfiction in any form-including memoir, lyric essay, travel writing, and more-while taking an expansive approach to fit a rapidly evolving literary art form. From a history of creative nonfiction, ...Show more
How to Tell a Story by The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers
$40.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The definitive guide to telling an unforgettable story in any setting, drawing on twenty-five years of experience from the storytelling experts at The MothYou are a multitude of stories. Every joy and heartbreak, every disappointment and dizzying high, has the makings of an u ...Show more
Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World by Nell Stevens
$10.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
8000 miles from home. 1085 calories a day. 3 months to write the novel that would make her name. At least that was the plan. But when Nell Stevens travelled to Bleaker Island in the Falklands (official population: two) she didn't count on the isolation getting to her . . . Hilarious and heartbreaking, ...Show more
A Short History of the World in 50 Books by Smith, Daniel
$23.00 AUD
Category: On Writing | Series: A Short History of the World
Discover the power of the book through fifty of the most influential texts ever written from around the world and throughout time. From ancient game-changers like the Epic of Gilgamesh, through sacred texts and works of philosophical rumination by the likes of Confucius and Plato, via scientific treati ...Show more
Blurb Your Enthusiasm: An A-Z of Literary Persuasion by Louise Willder
$30.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
'The bookiest book about books you'll ever read - I loved it' Lucy Mangan'Truly delightful...I couldn't have had more fun' Benjamin Dreyer'Very funny, erudite and profound. A delight!' Nina Stibbe This is the outside story of books. From blurbs to titles, quotes to (checks jacket) cute animal designs ...Show more