https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SU%3A%20AUTHORSHIP&QRYTEXT=Subject%3A%20Authorship%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=553600&CF=BIB Everything in this world has a price. A great work of art is no exception. And what fortune was ever built without a little subterfuge? Oli Darling is a queer artist from the country - it says so right at the top of every press release. His art has brought him fame, money, fashionable substance abuse issues and only a little imposter syndrome. But then he goes on live TV and says the one thing that can get a rich white guy cancelled. With his reputation in tatters, nobody is buying Oli's schtick or his art. That's a problem for all the people who've invested millions in him. Powerful, dangerous people. To save his own skin, Oli will need to restore his public image. Together with a ghostwriter, he must do the most undignified thing imaginable- he will have to write a memoir. So begins a journey through the underbelly of modern celebrity that sees Oli confront the consequences of his own ruthless mythmaking - lies he's told others, lies he's told himself. Perhaps he was right to feel like an imposter. And maybe the only way out is to take a good hard look at himself. Outrageous satire of the highest order, Appreciation sets its sights on the question of authenticity in a time where image trumps talent, narcissism rules, and no canvas is so tarnished it can't be painted over. Everything in this world has a price. A great work of art is no exception. And what fortune was ever built without a little subterfuge? Oli Darling is a queer artist from the country - it says so right at the top of every press release. His art has brought him fame, money, fashionable substance abuse issues and only a little imposter syndrome. But then he goes on live TV and says the one thing that can get a rich white guy cancelled. With his reputation in tatters, nobody is buying Oli's schtick or his art. That's a problem for all the people who've invested millions in him. Powerful, dangerous people. To save his own skin, Oli will need to restore his public image. Together with a ghostwriter, he must do the most undignified thing imaginable- he will have to write a memoir. So begins a journey through the underbelly of modern celebrity that sees Oli confront the consequences of his own ruthless mythmaking - lies he's told others, lies he's told himself. Perhaps he was right to feel like an imposter. And maybe the only way out is to take a good hard look at himself. Outrageous satire of the highest order, Appreciation sets its sights on the question of authenticity in a time where image trumps talent, narcissism rules, and no canvas is so tarnished it can't be painted over.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Pieper, Liam<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Southbank, VIC] : Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />357 pages ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">6 reserves</span><br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - PIEP - Onloan - Due: 09 May 2024 - 011003532<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - A823.00 - On order<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=554096&CF=BIB Polly Potter is surviving, not thriving. She used to love her job - until her mentor died and her new boss decided to make her life hell. She used to love her partner Chris - until he cheated on her, and now she can't forget. The only place where her life is working is on the pages of the novel she is writing - there she can create a feistier, bolder, more successful version of herself - as the ­fictional Sabrina Anderson. But what if it was possible to start over again? To leave everything behind, forget all that went before, and live the life you'd always dreamed of? After a set of unforeseen circumstances, Polly ends up believing she really IS Sabrina, living at the heart of a noisy Italian family restaurant by the sea. Run by Teddy, the son of her new landlady Marielle, it's a much-loved place, facing threat of closure as a rival restaurant moves in next door. Sabrina can't remember her life as Polly, but she knows she is living a different life from the one she used to have. But what if this new life could belong to her after all? Polly Potter is surviving, not thriving. She used to love her job - until her mentor died and her new boss decided to make her life hell. She used to love her partner Chris - until he cheated on her, and now she can't forget. The only place where her life is working is on the pages of the novel she is writing - there she can create a feistier, bolder, more successful version of herself - as the ­fictional Sabrina Anderson. But what if it was possible to start over again? To leave everything behind, forget all that went before, and live the life you'd always dreamed of? After a set of unforeseen circumstances, Polly ends up believing she really IS Sabrina, living at the heart of a noisy Italian family restaurant by the sea. Run by Teddy, the son of her new landlady Marielle, it's a much-loved place, facing threat of closure as a rival restaurant moves in next door. Sabrina can't remember her life as Polly, but she knows she is living a different life from the one she used to have. But what if this new life could belong to her after all?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Johnson, Milly<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />437 pages ; 25 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - JOHN - Onloan - Due: 11 May 2024 - 010988809<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=559089&CF=BIB "In 2018, Diégane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer in Paris, discovers a legendary book from the 1930s, The Labyrinth of Inhumanity. No one knows what became of its author, once hailed as the "Black Rimbaud," after the book caused a scandal. Enthralled by this mystery, Diégane decides to search for T.C. Elimane, going down a path that will force him to confront the great tragedies of history, from colonialism to the Holocaust. Alongside his investigation, Diégane becomes part of a group of young African writers in Paris. Together they talk, drink, make love, philosophize about the role of exile in artistic creation. Diégane grows particularly close to two women: the seductive Siga, who holds so many secrets, and the photojournalist Aïda, impossible to pin down. The Most Secret Memory of Men is an astonishing novel about the choice between living and writing, and the desire to transcend the divide between Africa and the West. Above all, it is an ode to literature and its timelessness."-- Provided by publisher. "In 2018, Diégane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer in Paris, discovers a legendary book from the 1930s, The Labyrinth of Inhumanity. No one knows what became of its author, once hailed as the "Black Rimbaud," after the book caused a scandal. Enthralled by this mystery, Diégane decides to search for T.C. Elimane, going down a path that will force him to confront the great tragedies of history, from colonialism to the Holocaust. Alongside his investigation, Diégane becomes part of a group of young African writers in Paris. Together they talk, drink, make love, philosophize about the role of exile in artistic creation. Diégane grows particularly close to two women: the seductive Siga, who holds so many secrets, and the photojournalist Aïda, impossible to pin down. The Most Secret Memory of Men is an astonishing novel about the choice between living and writing, and the desire to transcend the divide between Africa and the West. Above all, it is an ode to literature and its timelessness."-- Provided by publisher.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sarr, Mohamed Mbougar, 1990-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Harvill Secker, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />475 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - SARR - Onloan - Due: 20 May 2024 - 010997108<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=560220&CF=BIB "Krimi, Satire, Paranoia, heiße Debatten. Vor allem aber eine absolut großartige Geschichte." STEPHEN KING "Ich habe dieses Buch wahrscheinlich schneller verschlungen als alles, was ich in diesem Jahr gelesen habe." ANTHONY CUMMINS, THE GUARDIAN June Hayward und Athena Liu könnten beide aufstrebende Stars der Literaturszene sein. Doch während die chinesisch-amerikanische Autorin Athena für ihre Romane gefeiert wird, fristet June ein Dasein im Abseits. Niemand interessiert sich für Geschichten "ganz normaler" weißer Mädchen, so sieht es June zumindest. Als June Zeugin wird, wie Athena bei einem Unfall stirbt, stiehlt sie im Affekt Athenas neuestes, gerade vollendetes Manuskript, einen Roman über die Heldentaten chinesischer Arbeiter während des Ersten Weltkriegs. June überarbeitet das Werk und veröffentlicht es unter ihrem neuen Künstlernamen Juniper Song. Denn verdient es dieses Stück Geschichte nicht, erzählt zu werden, und zwar egal von wem? Aber nun muss June ihr Geheimnis hüten. Und herausfinden, wie weit sie dafür gehen will. "Krimi, Satire, Paranoia, heiße Debatten. Vor allem aber eine absolut großartige Geschichte." STEPHEN KING "Ich habe dieses Buch wahrscheinlich schneller verschlungen als alles, was ich in diesem Jahr gelesen habe." ANTHONY CUMMINS, THE GUARDIAN June Hayward und Athena Liu könnten beide aufstrebende Stars der Literaturszene sein. Doch während die chinesisch-amerikanische Autorin Athena für ihre Romane gefeiert wird, fristet June ein Dasein im Abseits. Niemand interessiert sich für Geschichten "ganz normaler" weißer Mädchen, so sieht es June zumindest. Als June Zeugin wird, wie Athena bei einem Unfall stirbt, stiehlt sie im Affekt Athenas neuestes, gerade vollendetes Manuskript, einen Roman über die Heldentaten chinesischer Arbeiter während des Ersten Weltkriegs. June überarbeitet das Werk und veröffentlicht es unter ihrem neuen Künstlernamen Juniper Song. Denn verdient es dieses Stück Geschichte nicht, erzählt zu werden, und zwar egal von wem? Aber nun muss June ihr Geheimnis hüten. Und herausfinden, wie weit sie dafür gehen will.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.)<br />Unabridged.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[United States] : Lübbe Audio, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Made available through hoopla<br />1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 40 min.)) : digital.<br />Reese's book club<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Resource available online</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Resource available online</span><br /><br />Web - (Bayside Library Service) - Eaudio Books - DOWNLOADABLE - check availability online (Set: 02 Apr 2024) - Access resource<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=559525&CF=BIB "Julieta isn't looking for her Romeo-but she is writing about love. When her summer writing teacher encourages the class to publish their work online, the last thing she's expecting is to get a notification that her rom-com has a mysterious new contributor, Happily Ever Drafter. Julieta knows that happily ever afters aren't real (case in point: her parents' imploding marriage.), but then again, could this be her very own meet-cute? As things start to heat up in her fiction, Julieta can't help but notice three boys in her real life: her best friend's brother (aka her nemesis), the boy next door (well, to her abuela), and her oldest friend (who is suddenly looking . . . hot). Could one of them be her mysterious collaborator But even if Julieta finds her Romeo, she'll have to remember that life is full of plot twists. . . . From the author of Love in English comes a fresh take on love and romance, and a reminder to always be the author of your own life story."--Dust jacket. "Julieta isn't looking for her Romeo-but she is writing about love. When her summer writing teacher encourages the class to publish their work online, the last thing she's expecting is to get a notification that her rom-com has a mysterious new contributor, Happily Ever Drafter. Julieta knows that happily ever afters aren't real (case in point: her parents' imploding marriage.), but then again, could this be her very own meet-cute? As things start to heat up in her fiction, Julieta can't help but notice three boys in her real life: her best friend's brother (aka her nemesis), the boy next door (well, to her abuela), and her oldest friend (who is suddenly looking . . . hot). Could one of them be her mysterious collaborator But even if Julieta finds her Romeo, she'll have to remember that life is full of plot twists. . . . From the author of Love in English comes a fresh take on love and romance, and a reminder to always be the author of your own life story."--Dust jacket.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Andreu, Maria E.<br />First edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />385 pages ; 22 cm<br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T AND - Available - 010997726<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=554122&CF=BIB Packed with professional tips and interviews with leading graphic novelists, this is the ultimate guide on how to create a graphic novel. How to Draw a Graphic Novel is structured as a series of short art courses that combine technical advice with creative inspiration. Written by graphic novel producer Balthazar Pagani, the book includes lessons in how to construct a narrative, develop characters, design settings, as well as the basics of printing, binding and digital file set-up. Each lesson is supported by striking illustrations by graphic novel artist Marco Maraggi, and professional artworking tips are delivered in the style of a graphic novel by renowned Italian cartoonist and comics lecturer Otto Gabos. The book also includes biographies of and interviews with cult creators who share insights into their working process as well as work from their sketchbooks. Featuring reproductions and a recommended reading list of famous graphic novels and comic books past and present, this is the ideal workbook for all aspiring graphic novelists. Packed with professional tips and interviews with leading graphic novelists, this is the ultimate guide on how to create a graphic novel. How to Draw a Graphic Novel is structured as a series of short art courses that combine technical advice with creative inspiration. Written by graphic novel producer Balthazar Pagani, the book includes lessons in how to construct a narrative, develop characters, design settings, as well as the basics of printing, binding and digital file set-up. Each lesson is supported by striking illustrations by graphic novel artist Marco Maraggi, and professional artworking tips are delivered in the style of a graphic novel by renowned Italian cartoonist and comics lecturer Otto Gabos. The book also includes biographies of and interviews with cult creators who share insights into their working process as well as work from their sketchbooks. Featuring reproductions and a recommended reading list of famous graphic novels and comic books past and present, this is the ideal workbook for all aspiring graphic novelists.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Pagani, Balthazar, 1975-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />95 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm<br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Non-Fiction Art & Craft - J 741 PAG - Onloan - Due: 09 May 2024 - 010918059<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Non-Fiction Art & Craft - J 741 PAG - Available - 010918066<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=554748&CF=BIB "Veronica is late, and Julián is increasingly convinced she won't ever come home. To pass the time, he improvises a story about trees to coax his stepdaughter, Daniela, to sleep. But as the night stretches on before him, and the hours pass with no sign of Veronica, Julián finds himself caught up in the slipstream of the story of his life-of their lives together"-- Provided by publisher. "Veronica is late, and Julián is increasingly convinced she won't ever come home. To pass the time, he improvises a story about trees to coax his stepdaughter, Daniela, to sleep. But as the night stretches on before him, and the hours pass with no sign of Veronica, Julián finds himself caught up in the slipstream of the story of his life-of their lives together"-- Provided by publisher.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Zambra, Alejandro, 1975-<br />Revised edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[New York] : Penguin Books, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />96, 29 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - ZAMB - Available - 010977315<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=553918&CF=BIB Film is set to become the new craze. Butterfly Club member and filmmaker Georges Melies pleads to be allowed to go forward in time to harvest a movie camera from the future to make his ambitious film, A Trip to the Moon. The Butterfly Club call up Professor Lorenz's hologram from 1969. The professor reports that all of America is abuzz too, with the most ambitious scientific project in history - an actual trip to the moon. But the mission has stalled in the most terrible way - an accident on the launchpad resulted in the astronauts being trapped in a fatal fire. For the first time ever it is the professor who asks the time thieves for help - he invites them to come to 1969 and stop the dreadful accident, and make sure the trip to the moon can go ahead. Film is set to become the new craze. Butterfly Club member and filmmaker Georges Melies pleads to be allowed to go forward in time to harvest a movie camera from the future to make his ambitious film, A Trip to the Moon. The Butterfly Club call up Professor Lorenz's hologram from 1969. The professor reports that all of America is abuzz too, with the most ambitious scientific project in history - an actual trip to the moon. But the mission has stalled in the most terrible way - an accident on the launchpad resulted in the astronauts being trapped in a fatal fire. For the first time ever it is the professor who asks the time thieves for help - he invites them to come to 1969 and stop the dreadful accident, and make sure the trip to the moon can go ahead.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bennett, M. A., 1972-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Welbeck Flame, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />341 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.<br />Butterfly Club ; 4.<br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J BEN - Onloan - Due: 31 May 2024 - 010989585<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=554051&CF=BIB Great science writing offers fascinating insights into our surrounding environments, inspires awe at the wonders of the natural world, and also seeks to understand and address some of the biggest problems of our time. Science writing encompasses the vastness of the universe and all the diverse life forms within it. Stories abound in both the microscopic and the astronomical, from the scientists trying to reverse-engineer brain circuitry to the largest radio telescope of its kind on Earth which could help us detect alien life. This much-loved anthology - now in its thirteenth year - selects the most thought-provoking, poignant and dazzling science stories and essays from Australian writers, poets and scientists. With a foreword by scientist and engineer Professor Mary O?Kane AC, The Best Australian Science Writing 2023 covers another remarkable year filled with watershed moments in science. INCLUDES THE SHORTLISTED ENTRIES FOR THE 2023 UNSW PRESS BRAGG PRIZE FOR SCIENCE WRITING, AND THE 2022 STUDENT PRIZE-WINNING ESSAY. CONTRIBUTORS: Jo Chandler Angus Dalton Nicky Phillips Jacinta Bowler Helen Sullivan Heather Taylor-Johnson Sara Webb Meredi Ortega Drew Rooke Amalyah Hart Alice Klein Lauren Fuge Zoe Kean Miki Perkins Bianca Nogrady Rebecca Giggs Alice Gorman Belinda Smith and Alan Weedon Felicity Plunkett Clare Watson Fiona McMillan-Webster Euan Ritchie Paul Biegler Tabitha Carvan Karlie Noon and Krystal De Napoli Jane McCredie Elizabeth Finkel Smriti Mallapaty Anne Casey Jackson Ryan Carl Smith. Great science writing offers fascinating insights into our surrounding environments, inspires awe at the wonders of the natural world, and also seeks to understand and address some of the biggest problems of our time. Science writing encompasses the vastness of the universe and all the diverse life forms within it. Stories abound in both the microscopic and the astronomical, from the scientists trying to reverse-engineer brain circuitry to the largest radio telescope of its kind on Earth which could help us detect alien life. This much-loved anthology - now in its thirteenth year - selects the most thought-provoking, poignant and dazzling science stories and essays from Australian writers, poets and scientists. With a foreword by scientist and engineer Professor Mary O?Kane AC, The Best Australian Science Writing 2023 covers another remarkable year filled with watershed moments in science. INCLUDES THE SHORTLISTED ENTRIES FOR THE 2023 UNSW PRESS BRAGG PRIZE FOR SCIENCE WRITING, AND THE 2022 STUDENT PRIZE-WINNING ESSAY. CONTRIBUTORS: Jo Chandler Angus Dalton Nicky Phillips Jacinta Bowler Helen Sullivan Heather Taylor-Johnson Sara Webb Meredi Ortega Drew Rooke Amalyah Hart Alice Klein Lauren Fuge Zoe Kean Miki Perkins Bianca Nogrady Rebecca Giggs Alice Gorman Belinda Smith and Alan Weedon Felicity Plunkett Clare Watson Fiona McMillan-Webster Euan Ritchie Paul Biegler Tabitha Carvan Karlie Noon and Krystal De Napoli Jane McCredie Elizabeth Finkel Smriti Mallapaty Anne Casey Jackson Ryan Carl Smith.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lu, Donna<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Sydney] : NewSouth, 2023.<br />The Best Australian Science<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Available online: </span>Access eBook online<br /><br />Web - (Bayside Library Service) - Ebooks - DOWNLOADABLE - check availability online (Set: 14 Dec 2023) - Access resource<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=542225&CF=BIB "A delightful romp through the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him became an act of blasphemy... and who the Bard might really be"-- Provided by publisher. "A delightful romp through the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him became an act of blasphemy... and who the Bard might really be"-- Provided by publisher.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Winkler, Elizabeth (Journalist)<br />First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />xi, 399 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm<br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature - 822.33 WIN - Available - 010862987<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=542390&CF=BIB Combines playful text with inventive artwork to encourage readers to celebrate the magic of discovering their very own poetry in the world around them. Combines playful text with inventive artwork to encourage readers to celebrate the magic of discovering their very own poetry in the world around them.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Alexander, Kwame<br />First edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 27 cm<br /><br />Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Picture Books - A - Available - 010957256<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=543137&CF=BIB As the head of a prestigious movie studio for nearly two decades, Andy Westfield has had every professional luxury: a stunning office, a loyal assistant who can all but read his mind, access to a private jet and company cars. Andy always put his career before his marriage, and now, besides his daughter and young grandchildren, it's the only thing he truly loves. But then Andy's world is upended. The studio is sold, and the buyer's son demands the top seat. Out of a job and humiliated, Andy knows he needs to get as far away from Los Angeles as possible until the dust settles and he can find a new way forward. Andy signs a six-month rental agreement for a luxurious home in a small town on the south coast of England. When he arrives, he hires a local woman to help get his affairs in order. A former journalist, Violet Smith is at a crossroads as well. But when Violet leaves the manuscript of her unfinished novel behind after work one day, Andy is captivated by a story that begs to be adapted for the big screen. Could this be the miracle they've both been looking for? As the head of a prestigious movie studio for nearly two decades, Andy Westfield has had every professional luxury: a stunning office, a loyal assistant who can all but read his mind, access to a private jet and company cars. Andy always put his career before his marriage, and now, besides his daughter and young grandchildren, it's the only thing he truly loves. But then Andy's world is upended. The studio is sold, and the buyer's son demands the top seat. Out of a job and humiliated, Andy knows he needs to get as far away from Los Angeles as possible until the dust settles and he can find a new way forward. Andy signs a six-month rental agreement for a luxurious home in a small town on the south coast of England. When he arrives, he hires a local woman to help get his affairs in order. A former journalist, Violet Smith is at a crossroads as well. But when Violet leaves the manuscript of her unfinished novel behind after work one day, Andy is captivated by a story that begs to be adapted for the big screen. Could this be the miracle they've both been looking for?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Steel, Danielle<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Macmillan, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />290 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - STEE - Onloan - Due: 22 May 2024 - 010959618<br />Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - STEE - Available - 010959601<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - STEE - Onloan - Due: 31 May 2024 - 010959625<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=544519&CF=BIB Kate has done the unthinkable. She'd worked hard to build a perfect life for herself, while ignoring her growing unhappiness. But when her second child was born profoundly disabled, reality hit. Unable to cope, Kate left - disappearing without a trace. She ends up in LA, with a glittering career and a new family of sorts, but the guilt is still suffocating. Husband Andrew was left to pick up the pieces and care for their disabled daughter and angry, confused son. Bereft and broken, he leaned on Olivia, Kate's best friend. She's been by his side ever since, ignoring her own needs to meet his. Years later, Andrew has written a memoir about his daughter learning to communicate against all odds. But when Kate's new producer husband decides he wants to make a film of it, their worlds collide once again. Now, Kate must return to the life she abandoned and reckon with what she did. The guilt and the love. The pain and the hope. In other words, family. Following a fractured family over a period of twenty years, This Could Be Us is an extraordinarily moving story from bestselling author Claire McGowan. Kate has done the unthinkable. She'd worked hard to build a perfect life for herself, while ignoring her growing unhappiness. But when her second child was born profoundly disabled, reality hit. Unable to cope, Kate left - disappearing without a trace. She ends up in LA, with a glittering career and a new family of sorts, but the guilt is still suffocating. Husband Andrew was left to pick up the pieces and care for their disabled daughter and angry, confused son. Bereft and broken, he leaned on Olivia, Kate's best friend. She's been by his side ever since, ignoring her own needs to meet his. Years later, Andrew has written a memoir about his daughter learning to communicate against all odds. But when Kate's new producer husband decides he wants to make a film of it, their worlds collide once again. Now, Kate must return to the life she abandoned and reckon with what she did. The guilt and the love. The pain and the hope. In other words, family. Following a fractured family over a period of twenty years, This Could Be Us is an extraordinarily moving story from bestselling author Claire McGowan.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>McGowan, Claire<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Corsair, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />328 pages ; 22 cm<br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - MACG - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - 010933960<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=545711&CF=BIB A dark story has been brought to terrifying life. Can the ending be rewritten in time? This is what the police know: English teacher Clare Cassidy?s friend Ella has just been murdered. Clare and Ella had recently fallen out. Found beside the body was a line from The Stranger, a story by the Gothic writer Clare teaches, and the murder scene is identical to one of the deaths in the story. This is what Clare knows: No one else was aware of her fight with Ella. Few others have even read The Stranger. Someone has wormed their way into her life and her work. They know her darkest secrets. And they don?t mean well. This is what the killer knows: Who will be next to die. A dark story has been brought to terrifying life. Can the ending be rewritten in time? This is what the police know: English teacher Clare Cassidy?s friend Ella has just been murdered. Clare and Ella had recently fallen out. Found beside the body was a line from The Stranger, a story by the Gothic writer Clare teaches, and the murder scene is identical to one of the deaths in the story. This is what Clare knows: No one else was aware of her fight with Ella. Few others have even read The Stranger. Someone has wormed their way into her life and her work. They know her darkest secrets. And they don?t mean well. This is what the killer knows: Who will be next to die.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Griffiths, Elly<br />Unabridged ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2023.<br />Harbinder Kaur ; 1.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Available online: </span>Access eAudiobook online<br /><br />Web - (Bayside Library Service) - Eaudio Books - DOWNLOADABLE - check availability online (Set: 10 Aug 2023) - Access resource<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=546778&CF=BIB Three strangers are thrown together in one Manhattan apartment: a solitary writer; a Gen Z college drop-out; and a spirited parrot named Eureka. The Vulnerables reveals what happens when strangers are willing to open their hearts to each other and how far even small acts of caring can go to ease another's distress. Smart, funny and provocative, Sigrid Nunez's new novel explores the nature and purpose of friendship, love and art in our complicated current times. Three strangers are thrown together in one Manhattan apartment: a solitary writer; a Gen Z college drop-out; and a spirited parrot named Eureka. The Vulnerables reveals what happens when strangers are willing to open their hearts to each other and how far even small acts of caring can go to ease another's distress. Smart, funny and provocative, Sigrid Nunez's new novel explores the nature and purpose of friendship, love and art in our complicated current times.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Nunez, Sigrid<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Virago Press, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />242 pages ; 22 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">3 reserves</span><br /><br />Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - NUNE - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 29 Apr 2024) - 010932321<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - NUNE - Onloan - Due: 08 May 2024 - 010981022<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=526399&CF=BIB If you feel like you've got the wrong tone of voice, don't understand the ins-and-outs of grammar, or just don't feel confident writing about yourself without sounding like an idiot, read this book. Copywriter Tait Ischia is brief and to the point in an interesting and engaging way. Which is exactly what you want the words on your website/marketing stuff/professional bio to be too, right? Feel confident in what you say and how you say it when you put fingers to the keyboard. Waffling on should really be reserved for weekend breakfast. If you feel like you've got the wrong tone of voice, don't understand the ins-and-outs of grammar, or just don't feel confident writing about yourself without sounding like an idiot, read this book. Copywriter Tait Ischia is brief and to the point in an interesting and engaging way. Which is exactly what you want the words on your website/marketing stuff/professional bio to be too, right? Feel confident in what you say and how you say it when you put fingers to the keyboard. Waffling on should really be reserved for weekend breakfast.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ischia, Tait<br />Australian edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Brunswick, VIC : Scribe Publications, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2016<br />104 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm<br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature - 808.066 ISC - Available - 010695790<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=530360&CF=BIB An essential guide to cultivating joy in your professional and personal writing. Writing should be a pleasurable challenge, not a painful chore. Writing with Pleasure empowers academic, professional, and creative writers to reframe their negative emotions about writing and reclaim their positive ones. An essential guide to cultivating joy in your professional and personal writing. Writing should be a pleasurable challenge, not a painful chore. Writing with Pleasure empowers academic, professional, and creative writers to reframe their negative emotions about writing and reclaim their positive ones.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sword, Helen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />xviii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.<br />Skills for scholars (Princeton University Press)<br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature - 808.042 SWO - Available - 010714323<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=532251&CF=BIB Though Frances Mayes is known for her wanderlust, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In this poetic testament to the power of place in our lives, Mayes reflects on the idea of home, from the earliest imprint of four walls to the startling discoveries of feeling the strange ease of homes abroad, friends? homes and even momentary homes that spark desires for other lives. From her travels across Italy - Tuscany, of course, but also Venice and Capri - to the American South, France and Mexico, Mayes examines the connective tissue among them through the homes she?s inhabited. A Place in the World explores Mayes?s passion for and obsessions with houses and the things that inhabit them - old books, rich food, beloved friends, transportive art. The indelible marks each refuge has left on her and how each home influenced the next serve as the foundations of its chapters. Written in Mayes?s signature intimate style, A Place in the World captures the adventure of moving on while seeking comfort in the cornerstone closest to all of us - home. Though Frances Mayes is known for her wanderlust, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In this poetic testament to the power of place in our lives, Mayes reflects on the idea of home, from the earliest imprint of four walls to the startling discoveries of feeling the strange ease of homes abroad, friends? homes and even momentary homes that spark desires for other lives. From her travels across Italy - Tuscany, of course, but also Venice and Capri - to the American South, France and Mexico, Mayes examines the connective tissue among them through the homes she?s inhabited. A Place in the World explores Mayes?s passion for and obsessions with houses and the things that inhabit them - old books, rich food, beloved friends, transportive art. The indelible marks each refuge has left on her and how each home influenced the next serve as the foundations of its chapters. Written in Mayes?s signature intimate style, A Place in the World captures the adventure of moving on while seeking comfort in the cornerstone closest to all of us - home.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mayes, Frances<br />Unabridged ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Available online: </span>Access eAudiobook online<br /><br />Web - (Bayside Library Service) - Eaudio Books - DOWNLOADABLE - check availability online (Set: 10 Jan 2023) - Access resource<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=536111&CF=BIB White lies. Dark humour. Deadly consequences... Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn't write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American -- in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel. Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena's a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena's death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena's just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese labourers during World War I. So what if June edits Athena's novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song -- complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn't this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That's what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree. But June can't get away from Athena's shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June's (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R.F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable. White lies. Dark humour. Deadly consequences... Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn't write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American -- in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel. Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena's a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena's death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena's just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese labourers during World War I. So what if June edits Athena's novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song -- complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn't this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That's what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree. But June can't get away from Athena's shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June's (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R.F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : The Borough Press, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />323 pages ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">63 reserves</span><br /><br />15 copies <br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=536146&CF=BIB Legendary author of The Artist's Way Julia Cameron has pioneered the field of creative recovery, inspiring millions of people around the world to discover their true creative selves. Now in Write for Life, the 'Queen of Creativity' speaks directly to writers - it is an openhearted invitation to begin, stick with, and finish a project. Write for Life delivers a wonderful balance of firm and inspiring advice, shaped into a 6-week program for writers of all levels. From setting daily writing quotas to changing genres, fighting perfectionism to polishing a first draft, Julia Cameron provides holistic guidance and support every step of the way. Write for Life is written for every writer, and every writer should read it. It is Julia Cameron at her best, distilling decades of wisdom and experience in practical lessons on the craft and spiritual practice of writing. Itis an unmissable addition to Julia Cameron's creative canon, destined to sit in the pantheon of classic books on writing. Legendary author of The Artist's Way Julia Cameron has pioneered the field of creative recovery, inspiring millions of people around the world to discover their true creative selves. Now in Write for Life, the 'Queen of Creativity' speaks directly to writers - it is an openhearted invitation to begin, stick with, and finish a project. Write for Life delivers a wonderful balance of firm and inspiring advice, shaped into a 6-week program for writers of all levels. From setting daily writing quotas to changing genres, fighting perfectionism to polishing a first draft, Julia Cameron provides holistic guidance and support every step of the way. Write for Life is written for every writer, and every writer should read it. It is Julia Cameron at her best, distilling decades of wisdom and experience in practical lessons on the craft and spiritual practice of writing. Itis an unmissable addition to Julia Cameron's creative canon, destined to sit in the pantheon of classic books on writing.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cameron, Julia<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Souvenir Press, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />189 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature - 808.02 CAM - Available - 010811596<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=536454&CF=BIB For a quarter century, more than a million readers - scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities - have been inspired by Anne Lamott?s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne?s father - also a writer - in the iconic passage that gives the book its title: 'Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he?d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilised by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother?s shoulder, and said, "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.' An essential volume for generations of writers young and old, Bird by Bird is a modern classic. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition will continue to spark creative minds for years to come. For a quarter century, more than a million readers - scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities - have been inspired by Anne Lamott?s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne?s father - also a writer - in the iconic passage that gives the book its title: 'Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he?d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilised by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother?s shoulder, and said, "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.' An essential volume for generations of writers young and old, Bird by Bird is a modern classic. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition will continue to spark creative minds for years to come.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lamott, Anne<br />Unabridged ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2023.<br />25th Anniversary Edition<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Available online: </span>Access eAudiobook online<br /><br />Web - (Bayside Library Service) - Eaudio Books - DOWNLOADABLE - check availability online (Set: 16 Mar 2023) - Access resource<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=537542&CF=BIB Writing is, and always will be, an act defined by failure. The best plan is to just get used to it. Failure is a topic discussed in every creative writing department in the world, but this is the book every beginning writer should have on their shelf to prepare them. Less a guide to writing and more a guide to what you need to continue existing as a writer, On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer describes the defining role played by rejection in literary endeavors and contemplates failure as the essence of the writer's life. Along with his own history of rejection, Marche offers stories from the history of writerly failure, from Ovid's exile and Dostoevsky's mock execution to James Baldwin's advice just to endure, where living with the struggle and the pointlessness of writing is the point. Writing is, and always will be, an act defined by failure. The best plan is to just get used to it. Failure is a topic discussed in every creative writing department in the world, but this is the book every beginning writer should have on their shelf to prepare them. Less a guide to writing and more a guide to what you need to continue existing as a writer, On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer describes the defining role played by rejection in literary endeavors and contemplates failure as the essence of the writer's life. Along with his own history of rejection, Marche offers stories from the history of writerly failure, from Ovid's exile and Dostoevsky's mock execution to James Baldwin's advice just to endure, where living with the struggle and the pointlessness of writing is the point.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Marche, Stephen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[United States] : Biblioasis, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Made available through hoopla<br />1 online resource<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Resource available online</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Resource available online</span><br /><br />Web - (Bayside Library Service) - Ebooks - DOWNLOADABLE - check availability online (Set: 03 Apr 2023) - Access resource<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=535362&CF=BIB A critical history of the social media influencer's rise to global prominence Before there were Instagram likes, Twitter hashtags, or TikTok trends, there were bloggers who seemed to have the passion and authenticity that traditional media lacked. The Influencer Industry tells the story of how early digital creators scrambling for work amid the Great Recession gave rise to the multibillion-dollar industry that has fundamentally reshaped culture, the flow of information, and the way we relate to ourselves and each other. Drawing on dozens of in-depth interviews with leading social media influencers, brand executives, marketers, talent managers, trend forecasters, and others, Emily Hund shows how early industry participants focused on creating and monetising digital personal brands as a means of exerting control over their professional destinies in a time of acute economic uncertainty. Over time, their activities coalesced into an industry whose impact has reached far beyond the dreams of its progenitors--and beyond their control. Hund illustrates how the methods they developed for creating, monetising, and marketing social media content have permeated our lives and untangles the unforeseen cultural and economic costs. A critical history of the social media influencer's rise to global prominence Before there were Instagram likes, Twitter hashtags, or TikTok trends, there were bloggers who seemed to have the passion and authenticity that traditional media lacked. The Influencer Industry tells the story of how early digital creators scrambling for work amid the Great Recession gave rise to the multibillion-dollar industry that has fundamentally reshaped culture, the flow of information, and the way we relate to ourselves and each other. Drawing on dozens of in-depth interviews with leading social media influencers, brand executives, marketers, talent managers, trend forecasters, and others, Emily Hund shows how early industry participants focused on creating and monetising digital personal brands as a means of exerting control over their professional destinies in a time of acute economic uncertainty. Over time, their activities coalesced into an industry whose impact has reached far beyond the dreams of its progenitors--and beyond their control. Hund illustrates how the methods they developed for creating, monetising, and marketing social media content have permeated our lives and untangles the unforeseen cultural and economic costs.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hund, Emily<br />First Australian paperback edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />xiii, 218 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Society and Beliefs - 153.852 HUN - Available - 010710837<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=540217&CF=BIB Out running errands, Valeria Cossati gives in to a sudden impulse - she buys a shiny black notebook. Hiding it from her husband and children, she begins to record and scrutinise her life, writing of the daily domestic routine, her children's struggles in love and minor rifts in her marriage. Gradually, the solid structure of her family life crumbles away, and Valeria discovers the dissatisfaction that has been lurking behind her devotion to her family for years. Forbidden Notebook is a rediscovered classic of Italian literature, published here in a new translation by the celebrated Ann Goldstein and with an introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri. Out running errands, Valeria Cossati gives in to a sudden impulse - she buys a shiny black notebook. Hiding it from her husband and children, she begins to record and scrutinise her life, writing of the daily domestic routine, her children's struggles in love and minor rifts in her marriage. Gradually, the solid structure of her family life crumbles away, and Valeria discovers the dissatisfaction that has been lurking behind her devotion to her family for years. Forbidden Notebook is a rediscovered classic of Italian literature, published here in a new translation by the celebrated Ann Goldstein and with an introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>De Céspedes, Alba, 1911-1997<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Pushkin Press, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />259 pages ; 22 cm<br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - DECE - Available - 010841166<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=540857&CF=BIB By turns reflective, entertaining and moving, this book reveals how some of the most influential and best loved writers of our time were shaped by their inspirational teachers. Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee, Margaret Drabble, Stephen Greenblatt, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Andrew Motion, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina and Paul Theroux are among the twenty contributors of original essays to this landmark volume celebrating masters of the teaching profession. What makes a good teacher? What lights the writer's creative fire? How can the teacher shape the writer? This book answers these questions and more, describing the powerful influence of mentors at an impressionable time of life, portraying the heart-warming transition from pupil to friend, and exploring the lasting impact that truly great teachers can have on their students. To have teachers who care, and to have such notable writers capture their spirit, is ample reason to read Dale Salwak's elegant celebration of the 'noble profession' and the world-renowned writers that it helped to hone. By turns reflective, entertaining and moving, this book reveals how some of the most influential and best loved writers of our time were shaped by their inspirational teachers. Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee, Margaret Drabble, Stephen Greenblatt, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Andrew Motion, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina and Paul Theroux are among the twenty contributors of original essays to this landmark volume celebrating masters of the teaching profession. What makes a good teacher? What lights the writer's creative fire? How can the teacher shape the writer? This book answers these questions and more, describing the powerful influence of mentors at an impressionable time of life, portraying the heart-warming transition from pupil to friend, and exploring the lasting impact that truly great teachers can have on their students. To have teachers who care, and to have such notable writers capture their spirit, is ample reason to read Dale Salwak's elegant celebration of the 'noble profession' and the world-renowned writers that it helped to hone.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />xviii, 237 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature - 808.02 WRI - Available - 010851653<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=547401&CF=BIB A brand new take on how to write with style - from The Economist's language columnist, Lane Greene. Why are the best words short and old? Why are full stops a writer's best friend? How can we simplify, then exaggerate? And what exactly are dangling modifiers? We'd all like to write with style. But what does that mean, and what can we learn from The Economist, a publication well known for its clarity and flair? Welcome to Writing with Style, an elegant survey of the principles available for writing better prose. By adopting some tried and tested tools and techniques, you too can learn how to inform, persuade and entertain when you write. Whether you want to know your singulars from your subjunctives, how colons add drama or why the word "comprise" is contaminated, this is the style guide for you. A brand new take on how to write with style - from The Economist's language columnist, Lane Greene. Why are the best words short and old? Why are full stops a writer's best friend? How can we simplify, then exaggerate? And what exactly are dangling modifiers? We'd all like to write with style. But what does that mean, and what can we learn from The Economist, a publication well known for its clarity and flair? Welcome to Writing with Style, an elegant survey of the principles available for writing better prose. By adopting some tried and tested tools and techniques, you too can learn how to inform, persuade and entertain when you write. Whether you want to know your singulars from your subjunctives, how colons add drama or why the word "comprise" is contaminated, this is the style guide for you.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Greene, Robert Lane<br />New edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Profile Books Ltd, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />232 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Economist series<br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature - 808.042 GRE - Available - 010852391<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=547797&CF=BIB We were all taught the fundamentals of writing well in school. But how do we write effectively in today's hyper-interactive world? When The Elements of Style and On Writing Well were published in 1959 and 1976, the internet hadn't been invented. Since then, there has been a radical transformation in how we communicate. The average adult receives over 100 emails and tens of text messages each day. With all this correspondence, gaining a busy reader's attention is now a competition. Todd Rogers and Jessica Lasky-Fink, both behavioural scientists, offer practical writing advice you can use today. They begin by outlining cognitive facts about how busy people read, then detail six research-backed principles for effective writing: - Use fewer words; - Lower the reading level; - Use formatting judiciously; - Make the purpose clear for skimmers; - Emphasise value for readers; - Make responding as easy as possible. Including many examples, a checklist, and other tools for the most effective writing, this handbook will make you a more effective communicator. Rogers and Lasky-Fink bring conventional ideas about text-based communication into the 21st century's radically transformed attention marketplace. We were all taught the fundamentals of writing well in school. But how do we write effectively in today's hyper-interactive world? When The Elements of Style and On Writing Well were published in 1959 and 1976, the internet hadn't been invented. Since then, there has been a radical transformation in how we communicate. The average adult receives over 100 emails and tens of text messages each day. With all this correspondence, gaining a busy reader's attention is now a competition. Todd Rogers and Jessica Lasky-Fink, both behavioural scientists, offer practical writing advice you can use today. They begin by outlining cognitive facts about how busy people read, then detail six research-backed principles for effective writing: - Use fewer words; - Lower the reading level; - Use formatting judiciously; - Make the purpose clear for skimmers; - Emphasise value for readers; - Make responding as easy as possible. Including many examples, a checklist, and other tools for the most effective writing, this handbook will make you a more effective communicator. Rogers and Lasky-Fink bring conventional ideas about text-based communication into the 21st century's radically transformed attention marketplace.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rogers, Todd (College teacher)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />viii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm<br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature - 808.02 ROG - Onloan - Due: 30 May 2024 - 010848936<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=548310&CF=BIB Q: Who wants their five star funny story included in Oakfield School's story book? A: Everyone! But what will Tom write about? Inspiration strikes when he looks at his excellent collection of odd objects and remembers the funny stories behind each one. Starting with Great Great Aunt Aggie's fake bird hat, the weird stone with a hole and his very special doodle pen. Marcus wants to write about Tom (which is annoying), Amy's got a funny poem and Norman's story is all about ... cheese. But Mr Fullerman can only choose the Five Star Stories - will Tom get his work in on time? And will Granddad read Tom's story and find out what really happened to Aunt Aggie's hat? Q: Who wants their five star funny story included in Oakfield School's story book? A: Everyone! But what will Tom write about? Inspiration strikes when he looks at his excellent collection of odd objects and remembers the funny stories behind each one. Starting with Great Great Aunt Aggie's fake bird hat, the weird stone with a hole and his very special doodle pen. Marcus wants to write about Tom (which is annoying), Amy's got a funny poem and Norman's story is all about ... cheese. But Mr Fullerman can only choose the Five Star Stories - will Tom get his work in on time? And will Granddad read Tom's story and find out what really happened to Aunt Aggie's hat?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Pichon, Liz<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gosford, NSW : Scholastic Australia, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />220 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.<br />Tom Gates ; 21.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2 reserves</span><br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J PIC - Onloan - Due: 17 May 2024 - 010941156<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J 823.00 - On order<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J 823.00 - On order<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549012&CF=BIB Some writers build worlds. Others birth entire universes. In the decades since its publication, Frank Herbert's Dune has become arguably the best-selling and certainly the best-known science fiction novel ever written. So how did an ex-Navy newspaperman from Washington State come to write such a world-conquering novel? And how was he able to pack it with so many layers of myth and meaning? Herbert's influences for his legendary creation came from far and wide, they range from his interest in Zen Buddhism and indigenous American lore, to Shakespearian drama and 60s New Age thinking. Beginning on Arrakis and going planet by planet, The Worlds of Dune offers a supremely deep dive into Herbert's universe - detailing along the way the many diverse strands that he wove into his epic creation to offer a visually rich accompaniment to this sci-fi legend. Some writers build worlds. Others birth entire universes. In the decades since its publication, Frank Herbert's Dune has become arguably the best-selling and certainly the best-known science fiction novel ever written. So how did an ex-Navy newspaperman from Washington State come to write such a world-conquering novel? And how was he able to pack it with so many layers of myth and meaning? Herbert's influences for his legendary creation came from far and wide, they range from his interest in Zen Buddhism and indigenous American lore, to Shakespearian drama and 60s New Age thinking. Beginning on Arrakis and going planet by planet, The Worlds of Dune offers a supremely deep dive into Herbert's universe - detailing along the way the many diverse strands that he wove into his epic creation to offer a visually rich accompaniment to this sci-fi legend.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Huddleston, Tom, 1944-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Frances Lincoln, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />208 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm<br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Leisure - 813.54 HER - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - 010944775<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=549986&CF=BIB Eden, Kentucky, is just another dying, bad-luck town, known only for the legend of E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth-century author and illustrator who wrote "The Underland" -- and disappeared. Before she vanished, Starling House appeared. But everyone agrees that it's best to let the uncanny house and its last lonely heir, Arthur Starling go to rot ... Opal is a lot of things--orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier--but above all, she's determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of Eden, Kentucky. Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses or brooding men, but an unexpected job offer might be a chance to leave Eden. When she gets the chance to step inside Starling House--and make some extra cash for her brother's escape fund--she can't resist. Too quickly, though, Starling House starts to feel dangerously like something she's never had: a home. As sinister forces converge on Starling House, Opal and Arthur are going to have to make a dire choice: to dig up the buried secrets of the past and confront their own fears, or let Eden be taken over by literal nightmares. If Opal wants a home, she'll have to fight for it. Welcome to Starling House: enter, if you dare! -- Eden, Kentucky, is just another dying, bad-luck town, known only for the legend of E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth-century author and illustrator who wrote "The Underland" -- and disappeared. Before she vanished, Starling House appeared. But everyone agrees that it's best to let the uncanny house and its last lonely heir, Arthur Starling go to rot ... Opal is a lot of things--orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier--but above all, she's determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of Eden, Kentucky. Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses or brooding men, but an unexpected job offer might be a chance to leave Eden. When she gets the chance to step inside Starling House--and make some extra cash for her brother's escape fund--she can't resist. Too quickly, though, Starling House starts to feel dangerously like something she's never had: a home. As sinister forces converge on Starling House, Opal and Arthur are going to have to make a dire choice: to dig up the buried secrets of the past and confront their own fears, or let Eden be taken over by literal nightmares. If Opal wants a home, she'll have to fight for it. Welcome to Starling House: enter, if you dare! --<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Harrow, Alix E.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Tor, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - HARR - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 01 May 2024) - 010994039<br />