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From the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1 and The New York Trilogy, an updated collection of Paul Auster's nonfiction, including the seminal work The Invention of Solitude. Paul...

Author: Miranda France Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'Both extremely funny and deeply sad, The Writing School examines how and why we tell our own stories. It's beautifully written...

The first, fascinating insight into the life of this internationally bestselling writer 'Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional' A compelling mediation on the power of running and a fascinating insight...

Andrew Motion has been close to the centres of British poetry for over fifty years. Sleeping on Islands is his clear-sighted and open-hearted account of this remarkable career. It takes...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books \"All Frenchmen know you have to become civilised between eighteen and twenty-three and that civilisation comes upon you by contact with...

The third instalment of diaries from the inimitable Helen Garner covers four eventful years in the life of one of Australia's most treasured writers. Helen Garner's third volume of diaries...

In this second volume of diaries from one of Australia's greatest writers, we see Garner in love; asking herself questions about relationships, individuality, morality and contentment. This volume illuminates the...

'One of the great reporters of our time and probably the greatest biographer' (Sunday Times) offers a riveting account of his working life and the art and craft of non-fiction...

Author: Deborah Orr Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 'A fitting legacy...

An essential new translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries - revealing the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers Dating from 1909 to...

My Left Foot is Christy Brown's inspirational story of his early life, his battle against the restraints of cerebral palsy and his determination to learn to read, write, and paint,...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Laura Cumming, a kaleidoscopic memoir connecting her life as an art critic with the vivid world of her father's paintings and those of the...

The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world's greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'Vivid and empowering' GILLIAN ANDERSON 'A stunning book' BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'Dazzling' TARA WESTOVER 'A story about hope, imagination and resilience' GUARDIAN An...

The shocking, heart-breaking - and often very funny - true story behind Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit The shocking, heart-breaking - and often very funny - true story behind...

'I've never read a book like it. It's as if they tore their own hearts out and asked the other to hold it for them while they wrote.' Phoebe Waller-Bridge...

From the author of Cider With Rosie, this is a moving, lyrical portrait of the landscape of Laurie Lee's world 'Living in our valley was like broad beans in a...

A final posthumous work of autobiography from the beloved conservationist and naturalist Gerald Durrell, to celebrate the centenary of his birth A final posthumous work from the beloved conservationist and...

Roald Dahl's Going Solo is the marvellous account of his life as a young man. He describes getting his first job in Africa and his wartime exploits as an RAF...