Books on Writing

By New Writing North

Books on Writing

Prose, poetry, craft and the writing life... Whatever kind of book you're writing, find guidance, inspiration and encouragement with these recommended companions.

A list compiled by New Writing North.

Your Story Matters: Find Your Voice, Sharpen Your Skills,...

Nikesh Shukla

£16.99

£16.14

The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and...

Will Storr

£9.99

£9.49

Ten Things About Writing: Build Your Story, One Word at a Time

Joanne Harris

£14.99

£14.24

Swallowed By a Whale: How to Survive the Writing Life

£14.99

£14.24

Bird by Bird: Instructions on Writing and Life

Anne Lamott

£10.99

£10.44

Reverse Engineering

Chris Power, Mahreen Sohail, et al.

£9.99

£9.49

Write It All Down: How to Put Your Life on the Page

Cathy Rentzenbrink

£14.99

£14.24

The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms

£13.99

Elements of Style, The: Pearson New International Edition

William Strunk and E. White

£14.93

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

William Zinsser

£16.08

The Creative Writing Coursebook: Forty-Four Authors Share...

Julia Bell and Paul Magrs

£20.00

£19.00

The Ode Less Travelled: A guide to writing poetry

Stephen Fry

£10.99

£10.44

The Craft - A Guide to Making Poetry Happen in the 21st Century.

£14.99

£14.24

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker...

George Saunders

£10.99

£10.44

52 Ways Of Looking At A Poem: or How Reading Modern Poetry...

Ruth Padel

£10.99

£10.44

Zen in the Art of Writing

Ray Bradbury

£10.99

£10.44

Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction

Patricia Highsmith

£7.99

£7.59

A Little Book on Form: An Exploration into the Formal...

Robert Hass

£10.99

£10.44

Why Will No-One Publish My Novel?: A Handbook for the...

Fay Weldon

£8.99

£8.54

Adventures in Form: A Compendium of Poetic Forms, Rules &...

Paul Muldoon, Iain Sinclair, et al.

£9.99

£9.49

The Art of the Novel

£8.99

£8.54

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft: Twentieth Anniversary...

Stephen King

£10.99

£10.44

Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2022

£27.50

£26.12

Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them

John Yorke

£10.99

£10.44

How To Write It: Work With Words

Anthony Anaxagorou

£6.99

£6.64

The Artist's Way: Luxury Hardback Edition

Julia Cameron

£16.99

£16.14

The Artist's Way Workbook: A Companion to the International...

Julia Cameron

£15.99

£15.19

Daily Rituals Women at Work: How Great Women Make Time, Find...

Mason Currey

£10.99

£10.44

First You Write a Sentence.: The Elements of Reading, Writing...

Joe Moran

£10.99

£10.44

Suppose a Sentence

Brian Dillon

£10.99

£10.44

Monkeys with Typewriters: How to Write Fiction and Unlock the...

Scarlett Thomas

£12.99

£12.34

On Writers and Writing

Margaret Atwood

£9.99

£9.49

The Journal Writers Companion: Achieve Your Goals * Express...

Alyss Thomas

£14.99

£14.24