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We highlight the best writing guides and other equipment for the writing life
The Writer's Group Handbook
Thinking of setting, or perhaps joining, a writers’ group? This book has a good…18 July 2014
Oxford Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Searching for Synonyms (words similar in meaning) and Antonyms (words that mean…18 July 2014
Writing The Self
If you are thinking of writing anything that falls into a biographical…06 May 2014
Haggard Hawks and Paltry Poltroons
This book features fifty English words (most of them very common) each with…24 March 2014
Horror Upon Horror
Horror is not a self-contained genre. It can, for example, include ghost…24 March 2014
The Fiction of Autobiography
A study of the autobiographical genre including memoir writing. Anyone working…24 March 2014
Improve Your Written English
A book that explains how grammar works with an emphasis on how you should use it…24 March 2014
Oxford A-Z of English Usage
Here we have the complete alphabetised guide to tricky questions of English…06 January 2014
Swearing Like A Trooper
MJ Trow's book sets the bad language of the war in its historical context (it is…06 January 2014