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Invention of Angela Carter: A Biography
Paperback,
12/10/2017,
£10.99
£9.89
WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARDSelected as a Book of the Year 2016 in The Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Financial Times, Spectator and ObserverAngela Carter's life was as unconventional as anything in her fiction.
Dreaming and Scheming: Collected Prose
Paperback,
03/05/2018,
£9.99
£8.00
To begin to write - to attempt to do anything creative, for that matter - is to ask many other questions, not only about the craft itself, but of oneself, and of life. accounts of his collaborations in film and television, and above all, exploration of how the life of the mind expresses itself in creative endeavours.
A Writer's Eye: Collected Book Reviews
Paperback,
30/03/2009,
£27.95
£25.16
Although she is eminent primarily as the prize-winning author of classic works of fiction, Eudora Welty is notable also as an astute literary critic. This collection of her book reviews manifests the connecting of her penetrating eye with her responsive intellect in forming sympathetic judgments of the books she reviewed.
Writers Talk
Paperback,
01/05/2008,
£24.99
£22.49
Presents a collection of interviews with contemporary British novelists that offers an insight into the authors' views on contemporary fiction; their influences and themes; readers and critics; and, why they write and their writing process. This title provides a snapshot of the reality of living as a writer.
On Writing: Memoir of the Craft
Paperback,
11/10/2012,
£10.99
£9.89
'Part biography, part collection of tips for the aspiring writer' Guardian. ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT is a brilliant book on writing from the number one bestselling writer.
Nabokov's Favourite Word is Mauve: The Literary Quirks and Oddities of Our Most-Loved Authors
Hardback,
23/03/2017,
£16.99
£15.29
What is your favourite author's favourite metaphor? This book will offer you the answers. Nabokov's Favourite Word is Mauve explores what the numbers can reveal about literature's classics, number one bestsellers and our own writing.
Granta 133: What Have We Done
Hardback,
05/11/2015,
£12.99
£9.09
Published in book form four times a year, Granta is respected around the world for its mix of outstanding new fiction, poetry, reportage, memoir, photography and art.
On Cats
Paperback,
04/08/2016,
£9.99
£8.99
The perfect gift book for the literary cat lover - musings on the magical mystique of our feline friends, from American icon Charles Bukowski
Practice of Writing
Paperback,
07/04/2011,
£12.99
£11.69
In this absorbing volume, David Lodge turns his incisive critical skills onto his own profession, salutes the great writers who have influenced his work, wonders about the motives of biographers, ponders the merits of creative writing courses, pulls the rug from under certain theoretical critics and throws open the curtains on his own workshop.
Granta 43: Best Of Young British Novelists
Paperback,
29/04/1993,
£12.99
£11.69
Four judges - novelists A.S. Byatt and Salman Rushdie, bookseller John Mitchinson and "Granta" editor Bill Buford - set out to identify the most talented writers of the new generation. This is a collection of their fiction.
Granta 7: Best Of Young British Novelists
Paperback,
31/12/1990,
£12.99
£11.69
This issue of "Granta" was inspired by the original campaign for the Best Young British Novelists. This book includes the writing from the 20 writers judged in 1983.
Novelists in the New Millennium
Paperback,
19/11/2012,
£26.99
£24.29
A collection of interviews with leading writers such as Julian Barnes, Jonathan Coe, Kazuo Ishiguro, Hanif Kureishi, Arundhati Roy and Will Self. Through these interviews the book explores and introduces a range of key themes in contemporary literature, raising questions about genre, history, postmodernism, celebrity culture and form.
Write
Hardback,
27/09/2012,
£12.99
£11.69
Writing a novel can be a slow, painful and lonely process. Many writers never manage to achieve their goal. This book helps you to rediscover the joy of your craft and rekindle your creative fire. It offers you support, guidance and encouragement as well as insight into the craft of writing.
Granta 81: Best Of Young British Novelists
Paperback,
15/04/2003,
£12.99
£11.69
For the third time, Granta has selected 20 writers under 40 whose writing represents the best promise or achievement in British fiction. The collection includes stories by Sarah Waters, Rachel Cusk, Robert McLiam Wilson, Rachel Seiffert, Philip Hensher, A. L. Kennedy and Toby Litt.
Writing across worlds
Paperback,
23/07/2004,
£34.99
£31.49
'From Chinua Achebe to Marina Warner' brings together new interviews and interviews with major international writers previously featured in the pages of Wasafiri magazine, founded in 1984 and now celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Slip of the Keyboard: In his own words
Paperback,
07/05/2015,
£10.99
£9.89
With a foreword by Neil Gaiman, this collection offers an insight behind the scenes of Discworld into a much loved and much missed figure.
Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books
Paperback,
05/03/2015,
£10.99
£9.89
A funny memoir of John Carey, best known for his provocative stance on the arts and the academic establishment. It shows his journey from an ordinary background to Oxford's oldest literary professorship.
Coming to Writing and Other Essays
7,
02/09/1992,
£30.95
£27.86
A collection of six essays, translated from the French, in which Cixous explores how the problematics of the sexes - viewed as a paradigm for all difference, the organizing principle behind identity and meaning - manifest and write themselves in texts.
Something Nasty in the Slushpile
Hardback,
02/10/2014,
£8.99
£8.09
Most publishers keep a "slushpile" - the stack of unsolicited manuscripts which contains a large percentage of preposterous or frightening book proposals, which might just conceal that one jewel of a bestseller or classic novel lying near the bottom. This book takes a tour through the 'do's and 'don't's of book proposal.
Digested Twenty-first Century
Hardback,
10/04/2014,
£12.99
£11.69
Digested reads of the 21st Century... so far.
Out of Sheer Rage
Paperback,
05/03/2015,
£9.99
£6.99
Presents the study of the combination of bad temper, procrastination and the uncanny power of obliquity.
Paris Review Interviews Vol. 2
Paperback,
01/11/2007,
£14.99
£13.49
Brings together another rich, varied crop of literary voices, comprising: Graham Greene, James Thurber, William Faulkner, Robert Lowell, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Eudora Welty, John Gardner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Philip Larkin, James Baldwin, William Gaddis, Harold Bloom, Toni Morrison, Alice Munro, Peter Carey and Stephen King.
Paris Review Interviews Vol. 3
Paperback,
06/11/2008,
£14.99
£13.49
Suitable for all writers and readers, this volume builds on the success and acclaim of the first two editions.
Paris Review :Interviews Vol.4
Paperback,
05/11/2009,
£14.99
£13.49
Since The Paris Review was founded in 1953, it has given us invaluable conversations with the greatest writers of our age.
The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking
Paperback,
15/05/2014,
£10.99
£9.89
One of the best reviewed books of 2013, also shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Biography Award, now available in paperback
Granta 126: Do You Remember
Paperback,
23/01/2014,
£12.99
£9.09
'The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.' -- Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory
Granta 129: Fate
Hardback,
24/10/2014,
£12.99
£9.09
Lunule. Moon rise over the reservoir - a hush of wind on the embankment, fingertip indentations in the grass, each with a darker lunule. She asks: What are you doing? I reply: Thinking about my life.' - Will Self, 'Key Stroke
Granta 130: India: Another Way of Seeing
Hardback,
29/01/2015,
£12.99
£9.09
The world's most complicated nation is learning ways to describe itself. The novel and the outsider's eye no longer rule.
Household Tips Of The Great Writers
Hardback,
03/11/2011,
£12.99
£11.69
Like Mrs Beeton, but with metaphors! A bumper omnibus edition of Mark Crick's three sparklingly funny books of literary pastiche.
Granta 124: Travel
Paperback,
18/07/2013,
£12.99
£9.09
'Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.' - Jack Kerouac
In Their Own Words: Contemporary Poets on their Poetry
Paperback,
15/10/2012,
£10.99
£9.89
In Their Own Words is a celebration of the variousness of contemporary poets living and writing in the UK today. 50-60 poets talk about their own poetic voices and their work. Essential reading for anybody who cares about poetry.
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Paperback,
31/05/2012,
£12.99
£11.69
In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and tricks of the masters to discover why their work has endured.
Rooms of One's Own: 50 Places That Made Literary History
Hardback,
01/06/2017,
£12.99
£11.69
Visit the historic places where great works of literature were written
Artist's Way for Retirement: It's Never Too Late to Discover Creativity and Meaning
Paperback,
19/04/2016,
£18.99
£17.09
Shows you that retirement can, in fact, be the most rich, fulfilling and creative time of our lives. This book includes simple tools and exercises such as: Memoir writing - an opportunity to reflect on and honour past experiences; Morning Pages - a tool to empty your mind; and, Artist Dates - fun days out to discover new passions and interests.
Extreme Metaphors
Paperback,
30/01/2014,
£12.99
£11.69
A startling and at times unsettlingly prescient collection of J. G. Ballard's greatest interviews.
Writer's Room: Conversations About Writing
Paperback,
01/08/2016,
£14.99
£13.49
A brilliant resource for established and beginning writers and for passionate readers everywhere from a range of acclaimed and much-loved writers, lovingly compiled by the brilliant and insightful Charlotte Wood.
Little Grey Cells: The Quotable Poirot (Agatha Christie)
Hardback,
10/09/2015,
£9.99
£8.99
Discover the man behind the moustache in this book of one-liners by the world's most famous Belgian detective, revealing the wit and wisdom of Hercule Poirot and his creator, Agatha Christie. A perfect stocking-filler for every Christie fan, to help celebrate her 125th birthday.
World of Sex
Paperback,
04/06/2015,
£2.99
£2.69
A title, in which the author argues that sex is at the heart of his writing because it is at the heart of life - a vital force as essential as bread, money, work or play.
Writing a First Novel: Reflections on the Journey
Paperback,
20/12/2013,
£23.99
£21.59
This invaluable collection of essays by published novelists focuses on the journey of writing a first novel. Writers generously offer their insight and advice on the joys and challenges that new authors of fiction will inevitably encounter along the way. A literary agent and a publisher add their own professional perspectives.
Off the PAge
Hardback,
01/01/2008,
£12.49
£11.24
A guide where today's best writers reveal their secrets.
Place in the Country
Paperback,
06/03/2014,
£9.99
£8.99
When the author travelled to Manchester in 1966, he packed in his bags certain literary favourites which would remain central to him throughout the rest of his life and during his years in England. In this book, he reflects on six of the figures who shaped him as a person and as a writer, from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Jan Peter Tripp.
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