The Novel Project: A Step-by-Step Guide to Your Novel, Memoir or Biography by Graeme Simsion
$32.99 AUD
Category: Writing Guides
The no-drama novel writing method behind Graeme Simsion's global bestsellersSave the drama for the story.'Writing is easy- all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.' Variously attributed to Thomas Wolfe, Paul Gallico and Ernest Hemingway, the quote p ...Show more
The Artist's Journey: The travels that inspired the artistic greats by Travis Elborough
$39.99 AUD
Category: Writing Guides | Series: Journeys of Note Ser.
In the Artist's Journey, follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous painters, and the journeys which inspired some of their greatest works. Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous painters in this fascinating work from the Journeys of Note series. Some truly remarkab ...Show more
Incidental Inventions (HB) by Elena Ferrante; Ann Goldstein (Translator); Andrea Ucini (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Writing Guides | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
"This is my last column, after a year that has scared and inspired me." With these words, Elena Ferrante, the bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, bid farewell to her year-long collaboration with the Guardian. For a full year she penned short pieces, the subjects of which were suggested by edit ...Show more
The Simplest Words: A Storyteller's Journey by Alex Miller
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing Guides
From one of Australia's greatest novelists comes this fine collection, a storyteller's journey. These short stories and essays, written over the last forty years, comprise an insightful and intelligent meditation on the life of the novelist and the culture of contemporary Australia. Personal and intimat ...Show more
Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2023
$59.99 AUD
Category: Writing Guides | Series: Writers' and Artists' Ser.
'A definitive guide, in here you'll find everything you need' S. J. WatsonWith over 4,000 industry contacts and over eighty articles from a wide range of leading authors and publishing industry professionals, the latest edition of this bestselling Yearbook is packed with all of the practical information ...Show more
Rebel Without A Clause by Sue Butler
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing Guides
The English language is changing constantly. We invent new words and phrases, we mash up idioms, we mispronounce, misuse, misappropriate. Sue Butler has heard it all and is ready to defend and disagree with common usage. Veering from tolerance to outrage, she examines how the word sheila took a nose-div ...Show more
Everything I Know about Writing by John Marsden
$18.95 AUD
Category: Writing Guides
The ultimate "get off your bum and do it" book, Everything I Know About Writing will motivate anyone to write. It's a lively funny guide to writing, as readable as a novel, but packed front to back with ideas and insights. And this new edition has one other great feature: 600 extraordinary topics, guara ...Show more
Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2024: The best advice on how to write and get published
$59.99 AUD
Category: Writing Guides | Series: Writers' and Artists' Ser.
'WAYB remains an indispensable companion for anyone seriously committed to the profession of author, whether full-time or part-time; and as always it is particularly valued by those who are setting out hopefully on that vocational path.' - David Lodge Revised and updated annually, this bestselling g ...Show more
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke; Stephen Mitchell (Translator, Foreword by)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing Guides
The ten letters collected here are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of our century. Written when Rainer Maria Rilke was himself still a young man with most of his greatest work before him, they are addressed to a student who had sent Rilke some of his work, asking for advice about becoming a ...Show more
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style: The UK Edition by Benjamin Dreyer
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing Guides
''An utterly delightful book to read, Dreyer's English will stand among the classics on how to use the English language properly.'' ELIZABETH STROUT ''A complete joy. For those who care about words - and for those who don't - Dreyer's English is the book we have all been waiting for. Wise, funny, no-no ...Show more
On Writing by Jorge Luis Borges
$35.00 AUD
Category: Writing Guides | Series: Penguin Classics
In the tradition of such writing guides as "The Writing Life" by Annie Dillard, "On Writing" is a master class in the art by one of its most distinguished and innovative practitioners. Now available for the first time in an English-language edition.