James WoodWhat makes a story a story? What is style? What’s the connection between realism and real life? These are some of the questions James Wood answers in How Fiction...

Jon RonsonAn award-winning journalist offers an intriguing and timely study of extremists around the world and the conspiracy theory that links them, offering meticulously rendered profiles of a Jihad training...

Carole Boyce Davies Black Women Writing and Identity is an exciting work by one of the most imaginative and acute writers around. The book explores a complex and fascinating set...

Geoff Dyer Sitting down to write a book about his hero D. H. Lawrence, Geoff Dyer finds himself compelled to write about anything else. He is in fact compelled to...

Lynne Sharon SchwartzA Los Angeles Times Book Review Best Book of 1996'Without books how could I have become myself?' In this wonderfully written meditation, Lynne Sharon Schwartz offers deeply felt...

Hank NuwerSooner or later, you're going to need to venture into unfamiliar territory. Maybe a magazine editor asks you for an article on a new technological miracle. Maybe your novel...

Editor: Barry TurnerFeaturing articles and interviews with established authors and experts in the trade, this book explores the key to success in writing for children and offers all the necessary...

Tessa KrailingA practical guide on how to write for children of all ages.120 pagesPublished November 1st 2000 by Allison & Busby (first published January 1st 1988)

Andrew MelroseWriting for children is not about writing little stories, it is about writing big stories, shorter. Children's literature is an art form in its own right, and this book...

David Sinden and Nikalas CatlowA totally crazy, completely-messed-up ANTI-activity book. It's time to get creative! Don't Eat This Book is no ordinary activity book. It's a chance to ignore everything...

UsborneAspiring young writers will love this fun activity book full of hints, tips and handy tasks for writing breath-taking stories. The first half of the book is full of writing...

Alison Baverstock Many people feel they might have a book in them - but how do you know whether you have what it takes to be a writer, whether your...