What Writers Read: 35 Writers on their Favourite Book by Pandora Sykes
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Category: Words and Writing
Time and again, writers are asked the same questions about their favourite books: What are they? What’s the book you wish you had written? What’s the book that changed your life? In What Writers Read, Pandora Sykes – herself a voracious, omnivorous reader – collects short essays from bestselling and be ...Show more
Books that Made Us: The companion to the ABC TV series by Carl Reinecke
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Category: Words and Writing
A cultural history of Australia told through our fiction. Australia's novels lie at the heart of the country. Capturing everyday lives and exceptional dreams, they have held up a mirror to the nation, reflecting the good and the bad. In this companion book to the ABC TV series, Carl Reinecke looks at th ...Show more
An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark! by Florence Hazrat
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Category: Words and Writing
Love it or hate it, the exclamation mark has been with us from Beowulf to the spam email - an enthusiastic history for language lovers!
Yes! No! but Wait... ! - The One Thing You Need to Know to Write a Novel by Tim Lott
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Category: Words and 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
Write Cut Rewrite: The Cutting Room Floor of Modern Literature by Dirk Hulle, Mark Nixon
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Category: Words and Writing
An illumination of writing's mysteries through examining the words and ideas that were edited out of renowned novels, poems, and plays. Imagine looking over your favorite author's shoulder and witnessing the moment they begin writing the opening chapter of their best-loved novel. What you might see is t ...Show more
All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia by Simon Garfield
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Category: Words and Writing
The encyclopaedia once shaped our understanding of the world. Created by thousands of scholars and the most obsessive of editors, a good set conveyed a sense of absolute wisdom on its reader. Contributions from Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Orville Wright, Alfred Hitchcock, Marie Curie and Indira Gan ...Show more
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
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Category: Words and Writing
Damien Cave: (New York Times bureau chief in Sydney & friend of Bookoccino) "Not many books about writing manage to be both as practical and entertaining as this one. Even if you've never read a Stephen King novel, the insights he shares will change how you read and write (and maybe how you live)." ...Show more
Why We Read by Various
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Category: Words and Writing
Why read non-fiction? Is it just to find things out? Or is it for pleasure, challenge, adventure, meaning? Here, in seventy new pieces, some of the most original writers and thinkers of our time give their answers.From Hilton Als on reading as writing's dearest companion to Nicci Gerrard on reading for ...Show more
The Briefest English Grammar and Punctuation Guide Ever! by Ruth Colman
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Category: Words and 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
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within by Stephen Fry
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Category: Words and Writing
Stephen Fry believes that if you can speak and read English you can write poetry. But it is no fun if you don't know where to start or have been led to believe that Anything Goes. Stephen, who has long written poems, and indeed has written long poems, for his own private pleasure, invites you to discove ...Show more
Save the Cat! Writes a Young Adult Novel: The Ultimate Guide to Writing a YA Bestseller by Jessica Brody
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Category: Words and Writing
An indispensable guide in the bestselling Save the Cat! story structure series that reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any young adult novel a success, from an accomplished novelist and the author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel.In Save the Cat! Writes a Young Adult Novel, prolific auth ...Show more
The Writer Laid Bare: Emotional Honesty in a Writer’s Art, Craft and Life by Lee Kofman
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Category: Words and Writing
Inspired by her popular writing courses, Lee also offers practical advice on drafts, edits and how to achieve a life/writing balance. How combining her writing with motherhood led her to recognise that ‘ the pram in the hall’ issue is real. Plus the ultimate reading list of books you really should ...Show more