On Tim Winton: Writers on Writers by Geraldine Brooks
23.00 NZD
Category: Literature
A gift of an essay that illuminates the literary talents of two of Australia's greatest writersIn this beautifully written personal essay, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Geraldine Brooks offers readers brilliant insights into the work of one of Australia's greatest living writers, Tim Winton. In the Wr ...Show more
A Guest at the Feast by Colm Toibin
37.99 NZD
Category: Essays
A Guest at the Feast uncovers the places where politics and poetics meet, where life and fiction overlap, where one can be inside writing and also outside of it. From the melancholy and amusement within the work of the writer John McGahern to an extraordinary essay on his own cancer diagnosis, Tóibín de ...Show more
Black Paper - Writing in a Dark Time by Teju Cole
42.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Berlin Family Lectures | Reading Level: near fine
A profound book of essays from a celebrated master of the form. "Darkness is not empty," writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a book that meditates on what it means to sustain our humanity--and witness the humanity of others--in a time of darkness. One of the most celebrated essayists of his generation, Col ...Show more
Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami
40.00 NZD
Category: Essays
A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author's own novels. Haruki Murakami's myriad fans will be delighted by this unique look into the mind of a master storyteller. In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares with reade ...Show more
Around the World in 80 Books by David Damrosch
30.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Pelican Books
A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works that are in conversation with one another and with the world around them.Inspired by Jules Verne's hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard's department of Comparative Literature and founder of ...Show more
A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré 1945-2020 by John le Carré
40.00 NZD
Category: Literature
A collection of letters from John le Carré, one of the greatest British novelists of our time, and a fabulous letter writer, spanning decades from his childhood, to the Cold War to his final years John le Carré was one of the greatest novelists of his generation. He also had an extraordinary life. A Pr ...Show more
Everybody by Olivia Laing
27.99 NZD
Category: Literature
LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022. The body is a source of pleasure and of pain, at once hopelessly vulnerable and radiant with power. At a moment in which basic rights are once again imperilled, Olivia Laing conducts an ambitious investigation into the body and its discontents, using the ...Show more
Bedside Companion for Book Lovers: An Anthology of Literary Delights for Every Night of the Year by Jane McMorland Hunter
42.99 NZD
Category: Literature
A glorious treasury of literary curiosities for every night of the year, Bedside Companion for Book Lovers contains an eclectic mix of fact and fiction, letters, diaries, essays and dedications, all suffused with the joys of books and reading. The perfect gift for the bibliophile in your life, it conta ...Show more
Alchemy by Kate Forsyth
55.00 NZD
Category: Literature
When a bestselling author and a much-esteemed painter meet at a party, they soon cook up the idea to collaborate and make a book about the life cycle of a woman... Two brilliant artists get together and plan a dramatic book in words and images about the twists and turns in the life cycle of a woman. Fr ...Show more
Great Novels: The World's Most Remarkable Fiction Explored and Explained by DK
65.00 NZD
Category: Literature
A beautifully illustrated guide to the greatest novels ever writtenDiscover everything you ever wanted to know about the world's greatest novels.From medieval romances and tales of chivalry through the realist novels of the 19th century to experimental modernist works and today's explorations of the sel ...Show more
Walking The Invisible by Michael Stewart
24.99 NZD
Category: Literature
See through the eyes of the Brontës as you immerse yourself in their lives and landscapes, wandering the very same paths they each would have walked in search of the inspiration behind their novels and poetry.An 'imaginative and elegant trek through the landscape of the Brontës' GraziaIn his journey to ...Show more
Stylish Academic Writing by Helen Sword
75.00 NZD
Category: Literature
Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and for specialists who want to write for a larger audience but are unsure where to begin, here are imaginative, practical, witty pointer ...Show more