In the Blink of an Eye - A Perspective on Film Editing by Walter Murch
$25.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated film editor Walter Murch's vivid, multifaceted, thought -- provoking essay on film editing. Starting with what might be the most basic editing question -- Why do cuts work? -- Murch treats the reader to a wonderful ride through the aesthetics and practical concerns o ...Show more
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth
$19.99 AUD
Category: On Writing
In an age unhealthily obsessed with substance, this is a book on the importance of pure style, from the bestselling author of The Etymologicon and The Horologicon. From classic poetry to pop lyrics and from the King James Bible to advertising slogans, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase ...Show more
Aitch Factor by Susan Butler
$25.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
Only dead languages don't change; living ones change all the time. From aitch to amazeballs, from mondegreens to man boobs, there is no topic too controversial or complex for Australia's most influential editor, Susan Butler. Sue, long-time editor of the Macquarie Dictionary, takes you on an insightful, ...Show more
The Critic in the Modern World: Public Criticism from Samuel Johnson to James Wood by James Ley
$40.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
The Critic in the Modern World explores the work of six influential literary critics - Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt, Matthew Arnold, T.S. Eliot, Lionel Trilling and James Wood - each of whom occupies a distinct historical moment. It considers how these representative critics have constructed their pu ...Show more
Men and Women of Australia!: Our Greatest Modern Speeches by Michael Fullilove
$33.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
Even in our digital age, speeches remain the principal currency of public life. There is no better way to argue a case or sway an audience. In Men and Women of Australia!, speechmaker and former prime ministerial adviser Michael Fullilove has gathered the finest Australian speeches delivered since Feder ...Show more
Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation by Ammon Shea
$30.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
The author of "Reading the OED" presents an eye-opening look at language "mistakes" and how they came to be accepted as correct--or not. English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from a wide variety of sources and syntaxes, and changing over time with popular usage. Many of the words an ...Show more
Everyone Can Write: A Guide to Get You Started by Howard Gelman
$19.99 AUD
Category: On Writing
Everyone Can Write is an easy-to-understand, practical, 'how to write' book that is accessible to everyone from a business executive wanting to polish his reports to a retiree wanting to chronicle her family history. It solves the problems that beginning writers struggle with by giving them an easy-to-f ...Show more
Reading Dante: From Here to Eternity by Prue Shaw
$36.95 AUD
Category: On Writing
Keenly aware that thousands of books have been written about The Divine Comedy, Prue Shaw - one of the world's foremost Dante authorities - is convinced that an accessible, non-scholarly work that explicated Dante is needed. Just as Dante becomes a poet with a prophetic mission, Reading Dante becomes fa ...Show more
The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Instructor Jonathan Gottschall (Washington & Jefferson College, Pennsylvania)
$25.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
A NYTimes.com Editor's Choice A Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalist A jaunty, insightful new book . . . [that] draws from disparate corners of history and science to celebrate our compulsion to storify everything around us. "New York Times" Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies ...Show more
The Mighty Dead - Why Homer Matters by Adam Nicolson
$45.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
Where does Homer come from? And why does Homer matter? His epic poems of war and suffering can still speak to us of the role of destiny in life, of cruelty, of humanity and its frailty, but why they do is a mystery. How can we be so intimate with something so distant? In this passionate and deeply perso ...Show more
Patti Miller's The Mind of a Thief - Insight Text Guide by Maude Ashton
$16.95 AUD
Category: On Writing | Series: Insight Text Guide
Insight Text Guides are written by highly qualified specialists in the relevant area of literature or film. All writers are experienced teachers at secondary or tertiary level, and present clear, comprehensive and accessible analyses for students. This guide to Patti Miller's text covers context and bac ...Show more
The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing by Alice LaPlante
$31.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
The Making of a Story is a fresh and inspiring guide to the basics of creative writing both fiction and creative nonfiction. Its hands-on, completely accessible approach walks writers through each stage of the creative process, from the initial triggering idea to the revision of the final manuscript. It ...Show more