Creative Schools by Ken Robinson
30.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
From the international bestselling author of The Element Ken Robinson is one of the world's most influential voices in education. In this inspiring, empowering book, he sets out a new vision for how education can be transformed to enable all young people to flourish. Filled with practical examples and g ...Show more
Granta 153: Second Nature by SIGRID. RAUSING
33.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
Guest-edited by Isabella Tree, author of Wilding, this nature issue touches on every continent in the world and features award-winning writers, expert scientists and activists from the frontlines of the climate crisis.
Food for Thought: Selected Writings by Various
23.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
A gorgeous anthology of poetry, fiction and essays about food from your favorite classic authors. From ancient times to today's celebrity chefs, people have always been inspired to write about food. In this delectable collection, Food for Thought, food historian Annie Gray has chosen an array of materi ...Show more
Actions and Travels - How Poetry Works by Anna Jackson
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Poetry / Plays | Reading Level: near fine
A brilliant introduction to how poetry works through one hundred poems.Through illuminating readings of one hundred poems - from Catullus to Alice Oswald, Shakespeare to Hera Lindsay Bird - Actions & Travels is an engaging introduction to how poetry works. Ten chapters look at simplicity and resonan ...Show more
The Writer's Library - The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives by Nancy Pearl; Jeff Schwager
35.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
NEW & NOTEWORTHY THE NEW YORK TIMES With a Foreword by Susan Orlean, twenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Sean Greer, Laila Lalami, and Michael Chabon, reveal the books that made them think, brought them joy, and changed their lives in th ...Show more
Always Take Notes: Advice from the world's greatest writers by Simon Akam
45.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
Bestselling and award-winning authors share the secrets to their success, and the hard lessons they have learnt along the way. Where do the best ideas come from? How do you stay motivated? What does it take to become a published author? And how do you actually make money from your writing? For over five ...Show more
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life) by George Saunders
25.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
From the New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves - and our world today. For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a c ...Show more
Self-Publishing in New Zealand: An Independent Author's Guide by H L Kennedy
30.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
This book demystifies the self-publishing process and provides some much-needed clarity on the topic, with information and resources specific to New Zealand. Self-Publishing in New Zealand will take you through the whole operation, from decisions about print and design, to effective sales and marketing, ...Show more
Semicolon - How a Misunderstood Punctuation Mark Can Improve Your Writing, Enrich Your Reading and Even Change Your Life by Cecelia Watson
20.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
'Fascinating... I loved this book; I really did' David Crystal, Spectator A biography of a much misunderstood punctuation mark and a call to arms in favour of clear expression and against stifling grammar rules. Cecelia Watson used to be obsessive about grammar rules. But then she began teaching. And ...Show more
The Book Lover's Quiz Book by Gary Wigglesworth
35.00 NZD
Category: Games
'Brilliantly inventive and entertaining questions from the bookworm's bookworm'Mark Mason, author of Walk the Lines, Question Time and many moreThis is a literary quiz book with a difference. Rather than basic sets of questions, The Book Lover's Quiz Book mirrors the format of Gary's live quizzes, at th ...Show more
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel - The Last Book on Novel Writing That You'll Ever Need by Jessica Brody
35.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism | Series: Save the Cat! Ser.
The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success. Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat screenwritin ...Show more
The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English by Hana Videen
28.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
An entertaining collection of strange, delightful and unexpectedly apt words from the origins of English, which illuminates the lives, beliefs and habits of our linguistic ancestors.'A marvelous book' Neil Gaiman'Wonderful' - Tom Holland'A lovely, lovely read' - Lucy Mangan'Splendid' - David Crystal'Tho ...Show more