Bird by Bird: Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
$22.99 AUD
Category: Language | Series: Canons Ser.
Bird by Bird is the bible of writing guides - a wry, honest, down-to-earth book that has never stopped selling since it was first published in the United States in the 1990s. Bestselling novelist and memoirist Anne Lamott distils what she's learned over years of trial and error. Beautifully written, wis ...Show more
Being There by David Malouf
$29.99 AUD
Category: Language
Words, music, art and performance. The stuff of a satisfying life. After exploring the idea of home, where and what it is in A First Place, what does it mean to be a writer and where writing begins in The Writing Life, David Malouf moves on to words and music and art and performance in Being There. With ...Show more
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life by Julia Cameron
$34.99 AUD
Category: Language
'We should write because it is human nature to write' Julia Cameron For those jumping into the writing life for the first time and for those already living it, the art of writing will never be the same after reading this book. Provocative, thoughtful and exciting, The Right to Write will draw you back ...Show more
Pedantic: A Hilarious and Useful Guide to the 100 Terms Smart People Should Know by Ross Petras; Kathryn Petras
$19.99 AUD
Category: Language
A compendium of 100 words and phrases smart people use-even if they only kinda sorta (secretly don't) know what they mean-with pithy definitions and fascinating etymologies to solidify their meanings.
The Briefest Punctuation Guide Ever! by Ruth Colman
$16.95 AUD
Category: Language
Not sure when you should start a new sentence? Or whether a comma should go before or after a word? Or if you should use an apostrophe or not? Ruth Colman strips out all the jargon to make understanding punctuation easy. This concise and practical guide will shed light on the most common questions you m ...Show more
The Snark Bible: A Reference Guide to Verbal Sparring, Comebacks, Irony, Insults, and So Much More by Lawrence Dorfman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Language
Offer praise at the altar of snarkiness! The lord of snark, Lawrence Dorfman, is back! With this treasury of backhanded compliments, sarcastic insults, and catty comebacks, Dorfman gives us transformative wisdom that s sure to change your lifeor at least induce a light chuckle. One question plagues us a ...Show more
Station Jim by Louis De Bernieres
$19.99 AUD
Category: Language
A heartwarming tale about a mischievous dog who works on the steam trains. Beautifully illustrated, it is the perfect gift.One day in autumn, in the days when all the trains were driven by steam, a railway guard found something abandoned on a train...Mr Ginger Leghorn is used to collecting up umbrellas ...Show more
A Very Modern Dictionary (updated 2020 Edition): Over 600 Words, Idioms, Acronyms and Slang to Keep Your Culture Game on Point by Tobias Anthony
$24.99 AUD
Category: Language
Trouble negotiating the modern world, what with all these newfangled words and phrases so beloved of Gen Z and Millennials? We're here to help. This handy dictionary hilariously captures the state of the English language in the year 2020. The Internet--and more specifically, social media--can make n ...Show more
Britannica's Word of the Day by Patrick Kelly, Renee Kelly, Sue Macy
$29.99 AUD
Category: Language
Britannica’s Word of the Day builds knowledge one day at a time with 366 masterful words. Become a word virtuoso in just one year with 366 crackerjack words aimed to impress. This charmingly illustrated book features boffo words selected by the masterminds at Britannica to highlight the best of the Engl ...Show more
The Writing Book: A Practical Guide for Fiction Writers by Kate Grenville
$24.99 AUD
Category: Language
From the acclaimed author of The Secret River, a completely practical workbook that offers down-to-earth ideas and suggestions for writers or aspiring writers to get started and keep going Full of ideas and examples to get pen to paper or fingers on the keyboard, this guidedoesn't just talk about how to ...Show more
Word Fall 1: 350 puzzles inspired by Wordle
$22.99 AUD
Category: Language
Wordle, the simple but addictive word puzzle, has inspired Dr Gareth Moore, bestselling author of puzzle, brain-training and activity books, to create 350 all-new Word Fall puzzles. This word game gives players six attempts to correctly find a 5-letter word. Gareth has ingeniously turned it into a paper ...Show more
Strayan Dictionary: Avo, Arvo, ScoMo, Mabo and All the Essential Strayan Words by Dominic Knight
$29.99 AUD
Category: Language | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
Following up on the success of Strayapedia, Dom has put together a dictionary of all things 'Strayan. This is a funny, topical stocking stuffer for the Christmas market, and the perfect gift for anyone who loves The Chaser or The Betoota Advocate. See the attached sample definitions for a sense of the w ...Show more