1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round by Jami Attenberg
$35.00 AUD
Category: Reference
Inspired by Jami Attenberg's wildly popular literary movement #1000WordsofSummer, this writer's guide features encouraging essays on creativity, productivity, and writing from acclaimed authors including Roxane Gay, Lauren Groff, Celeste Ng, Meg Wolitzer, and Carmen Maria Machado. In 2018, novelist ...Show more
Always Take Notes: Advice from the world's greatest writers by Simon Akam
$39.99 AUD
Category: Reference
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
Brilliant Maps: An Atlas for Curious Minds by Ian Wright
$32.99 AUD
Category: Reference
See the world anew with this unique and beautifully designed infographic atlas. WITH A FOREWORD BY TIM HARFORD Which nations have North Korean embassies? Which region has the highest number of death metal bands per capita? How many countries have bigger economies than California? Who drives on the 'wron ...Show more
Humble Pie and Cold Turkey: English Expressions and Their Origins by Caroline Taggart
$17.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: I Used to Know That ... Ser.
'Caroline Taggart has carved out a niche for herself in user-friendly, wittily written factual books.' - Yorkshire Post______________________The huge variety of colourful phrases contained in the English language are notoriously varied and, often, notably odd. From blue-blooded (an invention of aristocr ...Show more
Writely or Wrongly: An Unstuffy Guide to Language Stuff by Joanne Anderson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Reference
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). Author Joanne Anderson has expanded on the popular tips s ...Show more
The Atlas of Atlases: Exploring the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them by Philip Parker
$55.00 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Liber Historica Ser.
A lavishly illustrated look at the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them. This beautiful book is a lavishly illustrated look at the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them. Atlases are books that changed the course of history. Pored over by ...Show more
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
$22.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
Damien Cave: (New York Times bureau chief in Sydney & friend of Bookoccino) "Not many books about writing manage to be both as practical and entertaining as this one. Even if you've never read a Stephen King novel, the insights he shares will change how you read and write (and maybe how you live)." ...Show more
Penguin Dictionary of Symbols by Jean Chevalier; Alain Gheerbrant (Editor); John Buchanan-Brown (Translator)
$44.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Dictionary Ser.
This is a remarkable dictionary, exploring the vast and various symbols which abound in literature, religion, national identity and are found at the very heart of our dreams and sub-conscious. Compiled by an international team of experts, each entry is given its complete range of interpretations - sexua ...Show more
The Gifts of Reading by Jennie Orchard (Selected by)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Curated by Jennie Orchard
With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Sai ...Show more
Bookshop Dogs by Ruth Shaw
$34.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Dogs of all shapes and sizes visit Ruth Shaw's three wee bookshops in Manapouri in the far south of Aotearoa New Zealand. Local dogs, holiday house dogs, travelling dogs: many have great stories, be they funny, sad, strange, bemusing, quirky or sweet. Woven throughout are tales of the very special Hun ...Show more
How Words Get Good by Rebecca Lee
$24.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Catnip for booklovers - a funny, warm and fascinating insight into the world of making books, by an expert
Writing for Busy Readers: Communicate more effectively in the real world by Todd Rogers, Jessica Lasky-Fink
$32.99 AUD
Category: Reference
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 ...Show more