The Idea of Home by Geraldine Brooks
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing | Series: Boyer Lectures
For the Boyer Lecture 2011, best-selling author and journalist Geraldine Brooks tackles the topic of The Idea of Home. Drawing on her personal experience from being an adolescent pen pal to being a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous countries to being a writer of several award w ...Show more
Cheeky Monkey: Writing Narrative Comedy by Tim Ferguson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Writing
From one of Australia's most successful comedians comes "The Cheeky Monkey", a practitioner's guide to the art of comedy writing. Both insightful and practical, "The Cheeky Monkey" explains the principles of sitcom writing and guides the reader in how to apply them. Seeded with exercises to aid the deve ...Show more
Pomo Oz : Fear and Loathing Downunder by Niall Lucy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing
Ideas are in short supply and critical thinking is under attack. That's according to Niall Lucy in his latest book, Pomo Oz. Pitting his humour and intellect against the conservative power brokers, Lucy champions the notion that free thought, not free trade, is the basis of democracy. These exciting and ...Show more
Lives of the Novelists: A History of Fiction in 294 Lives by John Sutherland
$59.99 AUD
Category: Writing
This is the most complete history of fiction in English ever published. The world's greatest authority - arguably the only person who could have written it, John Sutherland - provides the lives of some 294 novelists writing in English, from the genre's seventeenth-century origins to the present day. Arr ...Show more
Writing Good English: A Pocket Guide to Keeping it Simple and Getting it Right by Tony Kleu
$14.99 AUD
Category: Writing
Our lives turn on words. Exams, reports, letters, emails...they involve not just ideas but a choice of words that will bring your ideas to life, get your message across and persuade people. A dictionary isn't enough. This Fairfax guide draws on the expertise, experience and practical skills of professi ...Show more
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Reasons Why We Can't Stop Reading Jane Austen by Susannah Carson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing
Brings together 33 writers, past and present, on just what it is about Jane Austen that continues to delight, amuse, console and provoke us. Whether discussing Austen's gift for comedy, why men and women respond to her differently, this title shows that there is much more to Jane than ladies in empire-l ...Show more
How to Write and Sell Short Stories by GALTON DELLA
$28.99 AUD
Category: Writing
This is a must-have book for any new writer and a welcome addition to the library of established writers who are hoping to 'up their game'. Have you ever wondered why your short stories are rejected? What is the secret of selling your work? How do you make sure your characters are memorable, your plots ...Show more
The Genius of Dickens by Michael Slater
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing
Dickens is one of the greatest literary icons in the English-speaking world, who possessed a genius as a communicator as well as a storyteller, and who remains a writer of inexhaustible popular interest, as notable today on screen as on the bookshelf. Michael Slater has spent half a century reading and ...Show more
10 Rules of Writing by Elmore Leonard
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Category: Writing
"These are rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story." - Elmore Leonard For aspiring writers and lovers of the written word, this concise guide breaks down the writing process with simplicity ...Show more