Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature

Imagine looking over the shoulder of your favourite author and witnessing the moment they begin writing the opening chapter of their best-loved novel. What you might see is that the author has to write, cut and rewrite their words, often many times, in order to find the right form. Unearthing wha...

Writing for yourself is a wonderful way to explore personal creativity and whatever you want to write, a daily practice will enhance your skill and confidence. Write Every Day is a brilliantly accessible book that demystifies the process and will help you see new ways to put pen to paper and disc...

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 b...

Why do we want to write and what stops us? How does the urge to express ourselves fight with the terror that no-one will care or that we will get in trouble? How do we identify and overcome everything that gets in our way so we can start making work? Cathy Rentzenbrink shows you how to tackle all...

An essential guide for anyone with cause to communicate in written form (most of us), a passing interest in doing it better (some of us), and a disinterest in a book on said subject that is humourlessly preoccupied with rules (almost all of us).

This book provides informed, practical advice from a successful and experienced writer of childrens books across all ages. Its coverage includes picture books through middle grade and young adult; fiction and non-fiction; books for reluctant readers and books for the education market. It is one a...

This practical guide will help you protect your own writing and identify risks in using other people's work. The guide will also cover writing for publishers, online, television, film and stage , as well as on social media and writing for clients both in Australia and overseas.

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 ...