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Bright Spots Journal by Chronicle Books
$17.99 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
The best part of the day is always worth remembering. This cheerful journal provides a place for readers to record and reflect on all the little things—catching the sunset, running into a friend on the street, finishing a project—that make up the bright spots in their days!
Collins Australian Compact Dictionary by Collins Dictionaries
$29.99 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
In colour, and packed with fascinating features on language, Collins Australian Compact Dictionary is the ideal handy reference for people who love language. With extended word histories, surprising folk etymologies, notes on words borrowed from other languages, and a fantastic supplement, this thoughtf ...Show more
Collins Gem English Dictionary and Thesaurus - 6th Edition by Collins Dictionaries Staff
$10.99 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing | Series: Collins Gem Ser.
This new edition is an indispensable guide to the English language. Part of the Collins Gem range - the world's best-selling mini dictionaries - it provides dictionary definitions and thesaurus synonyms on the same page for incomparable quick and easy reference. This book provides the most up-to-date wo ...Show more
Famous Last Words by Claire Cock-Starkey
$19.99 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
Who said 'I should have drunk more champagne'? Did Nelson really utter 'Kiss me Hardy' from his deathbed? Which statesman was, at the end, 'bored with it all'? Which king begged, 'Let not poor Nelly starve ...' An extraordinary number of deathbed sayings have been recorded over the years, some proving i ...Show more
Fandom - Fic Writers, Vidders, Gamers, Artists, and Cosplayers by Francesca Davis DiPiazza; Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn (Illustrator)
$36.99 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
Have you ever finished a book or TV series and wished for more? Created stories, art, or videos based on a game? Dressed up as your favorite character? If so, you've entered fandom. Fan writers expand and mix up stories, like sending the Star Trek crew to Hogwarts. Cosplayers sew Star Wars and Sailor Mo ...Show more
Finding Your Writer's Voice by Amanda Apthorpe
$22.50 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
You have a story you want to tell and have even organised the time to do it. As you begin, your pen or fingers on the keyboard falter, like a little cough to clear your voice, and there's a nagging doubt that plagues you: Who am I to tell this story? What have I got to say? In this second volume of the ...Show more
#Hashtagaday: A Journal by Chronicle Books Staff (Created by)
$14.99 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
Built for the micro-blogging-minded writer and with space for 365 entries, this journal is the perfect way to "tag" a year of memories IRL (in real life).
How to Write a Drama by Megan Kopp
$14.95 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing | Series: Text Styles Ser.
A drama is a story that is experienced by an audience as a performance. In this engaging title, readers will explore acts, dialogue, stage direction, and other elements that define this genre. Mentor texts and writing prompts guide readers as they compose their own show-stopping dramas.
How to Write an Adventure Story by Natalie Hyde
$14.95 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing | Series: Text Styles Ser.
Adventure stories are exciting stories that take readers on a journey out of the ordinary and into the dangerous unknown. This action-packed book introduces young writers to the elements of an adventure story and provides fun ideas for writing a daring tale of one's own!
Literally: Amazing English Words and Where They Came From by Patrick Skipworth
$27.99 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
Did you know that English words come from all over the world and that their meanings have changed along their journey? Our word 'zero' comes from the Arabic word for empty space. 'Companion' is from the Latin for with bread. With simple descriptions and dazzling, evocative and witty illustrations, this ...Show more
Lost in Translation by Ella Frances Sanders
$24.99 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
Did you know that the Japanese have a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees? Or that there's a Swedish word that means a traveller's particular sense of anticipation before a trip? Lost in Translation brings the nuanced beauty of language to life with 50 beautiful ink ill ...Show more
Sh*t Rough Drafts by Paul Laudiero
$19.95 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
Sh*t Rough Drafts collects imagined misguided early drafts of classic books, screenplays, and contemporary literature, creating visions of alternate works that would exist had the authors not come to their senses. What if F. Scott Fitzgerald had gone with the title The Coolest Gatsby? How would The Hung ...Show more