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
Things I Don't Want to Know by Deborah Levy
$9.99 AUD
Category: On Writing
Things I Don't Want to Know is Deborah Levy's sparkling response to Orwell's Why I Write. 'Things I Don't Want to Know' is a unique response to George Orwell from one of our most vital contemporary writers. Taking Orwell's famous list of motives for writing as the jumping-off point for a sequence of thr ...Show more
Alphabetical - How Every Letter Tells a Story by Michael Rosen
$35.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
From minding your Ps and Qs to wondering why X should mark the spot, Alphabetical is a book for everyone who loves words and language. Whether it's how letters are arranged on keyboards or Viking runes, textspeak or zip codes, this book will change the way you think about letters for ever. How on Earth ...Show more
The Missing Ink: How Handwriting Made Us Who We are by Philip Hensher
$19.99 AUD
Category: On Writing
When Philip Hensher realized that he didn't know what a close friend's handwriting looked like, he felt that something essential was missing from their friendship. But does it really matter that typing and texting have largely taken the place of passionate love letters, secret diary entries and postcard ...Show more
Shady Characters Ampersands, Interrobangs and Other Typographical Curiosities by Keith Houston
$35.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
Keith Houston's entertaining book, inspired by his popular blog shadycharacters.co.uk, tells the unexpected stories of some unusual, and familiar, typographical marks and reveals a fascinating history of writing. Every character we write or type is a link to the past, and in today's printed, electronic ...Show more
Shooting Straight: Guns, God, Gays and George Clooney by Piers Morgan
$32.95 AUD
Category: On Writing
Despite many wanting him to fail, Piers Morgan took over from US TV legend Larry King at CNN in 2010 and went on to cover some of the most shocking news events in recent US history, such as the killing of Osama bin Laden, the devastation caused by Hurricane Irene and horrific shooting rampages including ...Show more
Paper - An Elegy by Ian Sansom
$16.99 AUD
Category: On Writing
A witty, personal and entertaining reflection on the history and meaning of paper during the (passing) era of its universal importance. Paper serves nearly every function of our lives. It is the technology with which we have made sense of the world. Yet the age of paper is ending. Ebooks now outsell the ...Show more
The Elements of Eloquence - How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth
$30.00 AUD
Category: On Writing | Series: Penguin Lives
In an age unhealthily obsessed with substance, this is a book on the importance of pure style. From classic poetry to pop lyrics and from the King James Bible to advertising slogans, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase - such as 'Tiger, Tiger, burning bright', or 'To be or not to be' - ...Show more
A Little History of Literature by John Sutherland
$35.95 AUD
Category: On Writing | Series: Little Histories Ser.
This 'little history' tackles a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter. John Sutherland is perfectly suited to the task, having researched, taught and written on every area of literature. His infectious passion for ...Show more
The Novel Cure: An A-Z of Literary Remedies by Ella Berthoud
$32.99 AUD
Category: On Writing
Sick? Tired? Lost your job? Take one dose of literature and repeat until better. The Novel Cure is an A-Z of literary remedies that offers a cure in the form of a novel for all kinds of ailments of the mind and body, and life's general ups and downs. Whether you have stomach flu, low self esteem or are ...Show more
Building Great Sentences: How to Write the Kinds of Sentences You Love to Read by Brooks Landon
$25.00 AUD
Category: On Writing | Series: Great Courses
Based on the bestselling series from The Great Courses, "Building Great Sentences" celebrates the sheer joy of language--and will forever change the way you read and write. Great writing begins with the sentence. Whether it's two words ("Jesus wept.") or William Faulkner's 1,287-word sentence in "Absal ...Show more
Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder
$25.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
Here's what started the phenomenon: the best seller, for over 15 years, that's been used by screenwriters around the world Blake Snyder tells all in this fast, funny and candid look inside the movie business. "Save the Cat" is just one of many ironclad rules for making your ideas more marketable and you ...Show more