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  9. Educational and Academic Writing
  10. ‘Creative’ Writing
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  12. Selling your work
  13. The Business of Publishing
  14. Internet and the Writer
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Genre Fiction Writing

Your First Novel Ann Rittenberg and Laura Whitcomb Writers' Digest £8.64
 
Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction Lisa Tuttle Allison & Busby £9.99
The Craft of Writing Romance Jean Saunders Writers Bookshop £7.99
Writing Crime Novels John Paxton Sheriff  Robert Hale £11.99
Writing Crime Fiction, 2nd Edition H R F Keating A & C Black £7.99
Writing Erotic Fiction Derek Parker A & C Black £8.99
Writing Horror Fiction Guy N Smith A & C Black £8.99
The Crime Writer's Sourcebook Douglas Wynn Allison & Busby £8.99
How to Write a Dirty Story Susie Bright  Fireside £9.99
The Joy of Writing Sex  Elizabeth Benedict Souvenir Press £9.99

Worlds of Wonder: How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy David Gerrold Titan £12.99

How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy Orson Scott Card Writer’s Digest £8.06 

The Writer's Handbook Guide to Crime Writing edited by Barry Turner Macmillan £9.99

Non-Fiction Writing

Non-fiction Books: A Writer’s Guide Michael Legat Robert Hale £7.99
Writing a Non-Fiction Book: How to Prepare Your Work for Publication Norman Toulson How to Books £9.99
How to Make Money from Freelance Writing Andrew Crofts Piatkus £8.99
The Craft of Writing Articles Gordon Wells Allison & Busby £8.99
Writing for Journalists Wynford Hicks et al Routledge £9.99
Writing for Magazines  Jill Dick A & C Black £9.99
Writing Feature Articles 3rd Edition Brendan Hennessy Focal Press £19.99
Writing Your Life Story Michael Legat Robert Hale £14.99
How to Write about Yourself Alison Chisholm and Brenda Courtie Allison & Busby £8.99
A Short Guide to Writing about History 3rd Edition Richard Marius Longman £10.99
Writing about Travel 2nd Edition Morag Campbell    A & C Black £7.99
Writing Your Life Story Michael Oke  How to Books £9.99 
Writing Sports Stories that Sell Jeremy Butler  How to Books £9.99
Freelance Copywriting  Diana Wimbs  A & C Black £9.99
The Magazine Writer’s Handbook: Millennium Edition Gordon Wells Allison & Busby £8.99

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Non-fiction William Knowlton Zinsser £8.69

How to sell, then write your Non-fiction Book Blythe Camenson Contemporary Books £10.99

Travel Writing Janet Macdonald Robert Hale hardback £18.59

Freelance Writing for Magazines and Newspapers: Breaking in without Breaking out Marcia Yudkin £7.45

Writing Feature Articles: A Practical Guide to Methods and Markets  3rd Edition Brendan Hennessy Focal Press £20.99

Read This: Business Writing that Works Robert Gentle £9.99

The Copywriter’s Handbook: a Step-by-step Guide to Writing Copy that Sells Robert W Bly £9.93

Plays and Script-writing

Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting Robert McKee Methuen £29.95
Successful Script-writing Jurgen Wolff and Kerry Cox Writer’s Digest £10.99
The Complete Book of Scriptwriting Michael J Straczynski Titan £16.99
Writing for Television William Smethurst How to Books £9.99
Writing Comedy Ronald Wolfe Robert Hale £9.99
Writing a Play 3rd Edition Steve Gooch Allison & Busby £8.99
The Art of Dramatic Writing Lajos Egri Touchstone £8.95
Writing for Soaps Chris Curry  A & C Black £8.99
Screenwriting Raymond G Frensham Teach Yourself/Hodder & Stoughton £7.99

Screenwriting Lew Hunter Robert Hale £12.99

Writing Comedy  Second Edition John Byrne  A & C Black £9.99

How to Write a Movie in 21 Days: The Inner Movie Method Viki King £9.54

Screenplay Syd Field £9.65

The Screenwriter’s Problem Solver Syd Field £9.56

Elements of Style for Screenwriters Paul Argentini ifilm publishing £8.99

The Writer's Handbook Guide to Writing for Stage and Screen Editor Barry Turner Macmillan £9.99

Screenwriting  Raymond Frensham Teach Yourself Hodder & Stoughton £8.99

Other Types of Writing

The Craft of Writing Poetry Alison Chisholm Allison & Busby £8.99
Writing Poetry and Getting Published Matthew Sweeney & John Hartley Williams Teach Yourself/Hodder & Stoughton £7.99
Writing for Children Margaret Clarke A & C Black £8.99
Writing for the Teenage Market Ann de Gal A & C Black £8.99
The Young Writer’s Guide to Getting Published Kathy Henderson Writer’s Digest Books £12.01
Newsletter Sourcebook: 2nd Edition Mark Beach & Elaine Floyd Writer's Digest £18.99
Writing for Children and Getting Published Allan Frewin Jones & Lesley Pollinger Teach Yourself/Hodder & Stoughton £7.99

How to Write Funny John B Kachuba £10.61

Writing a Children’s Book: How to Write for Children and Get Published Pamela Cleaver £8.99
You Can Write Children’s Books Tracey E Dils £8.06

Educational and Academic Writing

Writing Successful Textbooks Anthony Haynes A & C Black £7.99
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations 6th Edition Kate L Turabian Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing £10
Assignment and Thesis Writing 4thEdition Jonathan Anderson and Millicent Poole John Wiley £14.99
The Work of Writing: Insights and Strategies for Academics and Professionals Elizabeth Rankin Jossey-Bass £10.95
Handbook for Academic Authors: 2nd Edition Beth Luey Cambridge University Press £45 hb, £16.95, pb £16.95 
Writing Your Dissertation: the bestselling guide to planning, preparing and presenting first-class work Derek Swetnam How to Books £9.99

Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day Joan Bolker £10.19

The Student’s Guide to Preparing Dissertations and Theses  Brian Allison £8.99

How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper 5th Edition Robert A Day  Oryx £18.50

Getting it Published: A Guide for Scholars (and Anyone Else) Serious about Serious Books William Germano Chicago £9.50

 

 

 

 

Writers’ Reference

Poetry Writer’s Yearbook 2007
Small Press Guide 2003 Writers’ Bookshop £9.99
The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors Edited by A M Ritter OUP £14.99
Oxford Writers’ Dictionary Oxford Paperbacks £6.99
Black’s Writing Dictionary £4.50
Good Grammar Graham King  Collins 5.99
Good Writing Graham King Collins £5.99
Punctuation Graham King Collins £5.99
The Poet’s Manual and Rhyming Dictionary Frances Stillman  Thames & Hudson £9.95
Dictionary of Printing and Publishing: 2nd Edition Peter Collin Publishing £9.99
Rotten Rejections Andre Bernard Robson Books £6.99 
Quotations for our Time Dr Laurence Peter Souvenir Press £12.99
2003 Novel and Short Story Writer’s Markets 22nd Edition Edited by Anne Bowling Writer’s Digest £15.99

Chambers Dictionary Chambers £30

The Complete Plain Words Sir Ernest Gowers Penguin £8.99
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms  Oxford University Press £7.99
Fowler’s Modern English Usage  Oxford University Press £19.99
The Grouchy Grammarian Thomas Parrish £12.68
A Word a Day: A romp through some of the most intriguing and unusual words in English   Anu Garg £8.56

Collins English Dictionary Collins £30

Oxford Dictionary of English OUP £35
Chambers Thesaurus Chambers £20
Encyclopedia Britannica 2004 Standard CD Edition  Britannica £20
Encyclopedia Britannica 2004 Deluxe CD Edition Britannica £39.99
Encyclopedia Britannica 2004 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD Edition Britannica £69.98

General Guides

An Author’s Guide to Publishing Michael Legat Robert Hale £9.99
Writing for Pleasure and Profit Michael Legat Robert Hale £6.99
From Pitch to Publication Carole Blake Macmillan £14.99
Research for Writers 7th Edition Ann Hoffmann A & C Black £13.99
The Writer’s Guide to Research Marion Field How to Books £9.99
Write and Sell Your Novel Marina Oliver How to Books £8.99
Revision: An Author’s Guide Michael Legat Robert Hale
Solutions for Writers Sol Stein Souvenir Press £12.99
Essential English for Journalists, Editors and Writers Harold Evans, fully revised by Crawford Gillan Pimlico £12.50
Writer’s Questions and Answers Gordon Wells Allison & Busby £8.99
Merriam-Webster’s Concise Handbook for Writers 2nd Edition £6.95
Becoming a Writer Dorothea Brande Macmillan £9.99
Creative Writing Julia Casterton Macmillan Press £9.50
Put it in Writing John Whale Orion £6.99
Be a Successful Writer: 99 Surefire Checklists  Gordon Wells Allison & Busby £8.99
Copyediting: A Practical Guide Karen Judd  Robert Hale hardback £17.99
Editing and Revising Text Jo Billingham  Oxford £6.99
Editing Fact and Fiction Cambridge University Press US £14.99
501 Writers Questions Answered: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing and Getting Published   Nancy Smith Piaktus £10.99
The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying out of the Rejection Pile Noah Lukeman Fireside Paperback £7.70
The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice for Writers Betsy Lerner Macmillan £9.99
The New Authors' Handbook David Bolt Peter Owen £15.95

Fiction Writing

On Writing Stephen King £7.99 New English Library
Plotting the Novel Michael Legat Robert Hale £8.50
How to Write a Blockbuster and Make £Millions Sarah Harrison Allison & Busby £8.99
How to Write a Million: The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful Author Dibell, Card & Turco Robinson £9.99
How to Write a Novel John Braine Methuen £7.99
Solutions for Novelists: Secrets of a Master Editor Sol Stein Souvenir Press £12.99
Teach Yourself Creative Writing Dianne Doubtfire Hodder & Stoughton £7.99
Bestseller: Secrets of Successful Writing Celia Brayfield Fourth Estate £7.99
How to Plot Your Novel Jean Saunders Allison & Busby £8.99
Fiction Writer’s Workshop Josip Novakovich Story Press  £12.99
The Creative Writing Coursebook Julia Bell and Paul Magrstd Macmillan £14.99
Write and Sell your Novel: The Beginner’s Guide to Writing for Publication Marina Oliver How to Books £8.99
How to Write and Sell your First Novel - Revised Oscar Collier with Frances Spatz Leighton Writer’s Digest £10.99
The Complete Guide to Editing Your Fiction Michael Seidman Writer’s Digest £10.99
Fiction First Aid: Instant Remedies for Novels and Stories Raymond Obstfeld F & W £10.99
Writing Popular Fiction  Rona Randall A & C Black £9.99
Getting into Character; Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn from Actors  Brandilyn Collins John Wiley £11.95
How to Write Damn Good Fiction James N Frey Macmillan £9.99
The Writer’s Ideas Book Writer’s Digest  £9.99

45 Master Characters Victoria Schmidt Writer’s Digest hardback £12.71

What If: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers  Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter £7.99

The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes Jack M Bickham £8.30

The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes Jack M Bickham £18.99

Dynamic Characters: How to Create Personalities that Keep Readers Captivated  Nancy Kress £12.14
Three Rules for Writing a Novel: a Guide to Story Development William Noble  Independent Publisher Group $15.50

Writer’s Digest Handbook of Short Story Writing  Frank Dickson and Sandra Smythe Writer’s Digest $14.99

Creative Writing 4th Edition  Adele Ramet How To Books £8.99

Writing a Novel Nigel Watts Teach Yourself Hodder & Stoughton £8.99

Creative Writing Dianne Doubtfire Teach Yourself Hodder & Stoughton £8.99

Creating Suspense in Fiction John Paxton Sheriff Robert Hale £9.99

Rewriting: A Creative Approach to Writing Fiction David Michael Kaplan A & C Black £10.99

Software

Norton Anti Virus 2003 Symantec £25.99
MS Office Standard for Students and Teachers Microsoft £99.49
StarOffice Sun Microsystems £31.79
Frontpage 2002 Microsoft £112.99

Writers' Software

newnovelist Creativity Software £39.99
Writers' Blocks Ashley Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing Guides

The New Oxford Guide to Writing Thomas S Kane OUP US £11.9
Troublesome Words Bill Bryson Penguin £16.99
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing Well Alpha Books £12.99
The Nuts and Bolts of Writing  Michael Legat Robert Hale £6.99
Essential English for Journalists, Editors and Writers Harold Evans, fully revised by Crawford Gillan Pimlico  £12.50
Oxford Guide to Style Ed Robert Ritter Oxford £16.99
Ways to Increase Your Word Power Angela Burt How to Books £8.99
Penguin Writer's Manual Martin Manser & Stephen Curtis Penguin £7.99
The Elements of Style  William Strunk Jnr & E B White Allyn & Bacon £4.99

Copy-editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Authors and Publishers Judith Butcher Cambridge University Press £35

Proofreading Plain and Simple Debra Hart May £7.44

Line by Line: How to Improve Your Own Writing Claire Kehrwald Cook £7.45

Freelance Proofreading and Copy editing: A Guide Trevor Horwood £15

Put it in Writing: Learn how to Write Clearly, Quickly and Persuasively Albert M Joseph £8.04

Read This: Business Writing that Works  Robert Gentle £9.99

Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Guide to Punctuation by Lynne Truss Profile £9.99

The Art of Punctuation Noah Lukeman Oxford University Press £10.99

Personal Accounts

The Best Writing on Writing Edited by Jack Heffron Story Press £10.99
Bestsellers: The Top Writers Tell How Richard Joseph Summersdale £15.99
Writers on Writing Alison Gibbs Robert Hale £7.99
Writer Tells All: Insider Secrets to Getting your Book Published Robert Masello Owl Books  £10.99
Writing from Experience: from Louisa M Alcott to Virginia Woolf Brian H Taylor Robert Hale £11.99

Adventures in the Screen Trade William Goldman £9.99

The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life Julia Cameron £10.99

The Truth about Writing Michael Allen Kingsbridge £12.99

Selling your work

An Author’s Guide to Literary Agents Michael Legat Robert Hale £9.99
A Writer’s Guide to Overcoming Rejection: A Practical Sales Course for the as yet Unpublished Edward Baker Summersdale £7.99
The Writer’s Guide to Queries, Pitches and Proposals Allworth Press £12.95
The Publicity Handbook, New Edition David R Yale McGraw-Hill £16.99
Agents, Editors and You: The Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book Published  edited by Michelle Howry  Writer's Digest £11.99
Publicity, Newsletters and Press Releases Alison Baverstock  Oxford University Press £6.99
How to Self-Publish Your Own Comic Book Tony C Caputo  Watson Guptill £14.95
Marketing Your Book: An Author’s Guide  Alison Baverstock  A & C Black £8.99
How to Market You and Your Book Richard F X O’Connor Coeur de Lion Books £11.90 
Agents, Editors and You; The Insider’s Guide to Getting Your Book Published  Edited by Michelle Howry Writer’s Digest £11.99
How to Market Books Alison Baverstock Kogan Page £19.99

The Business of Publishing

Writing for a Living Michael Legat Robert Hale £8.99
The Business of Writing Gordon Wells Allison & Busby £8.99
Inside Book Publishing Third Edition Giles Clark Routledge £14.99
Understanding Publishers’ Contracts Michael Legat Robert Hale £8.99
Writers’ Guide to Copyright and the Law 2nd Edition Helen Shay How to Books £9.99
The Writer’s Legal Guide Tad Crawford Allworth Press £15.99
The Copyright Permissions and Libel Handbook  Lloyd J Jassie & Steven C Schechter John Wiley £12.95
Inside Book Publishing Giles Clark Routledge £15.99

The Internet and the Writer

The Internet: A Writer’s Guide 2nd Edition Jane Dorner A & C Black £9.99
The Internet for Writers John Ralph Hodder & Stoughton £7.99
A Writer’s Guide to the Internet Trevor Lockwood and Karen Scott Allison & Busby £8.99
Writing for the Web Crawford Kilian Self-Counsel Writing Series £13.88
Writing for New Media Andrew Bonime & Ken C Pohlmann John Wiley £12.50
Online Markets for Writers: How to Make Money by Selling your Writing on the Internet Anthony Tedesco Owl Books £10.95
Web Production for Writers and Journalists: 2nd Edition Jason Whittaker  Routledge £8.99
Writing for the Internet  Jane Dorner Oxford Paperbacks £6.99
Journalism Online Mike Ward Focal Press £19.99

Creative Web Writing Jane Dorner A & C Black £8.04

‘Creative’ Writing

Awaken the Writer Within Cathy Birch How to Books £8.99
Thunder and Lightening: Cracking open the Writer’s Craft Natalie Goldberg Rider £10.99
The Creative Writing Workbook  John Singleton Palgrave £14.99
Creativity Rules: A Writer’s Workbook John Vorhaus Silman-James Press £13.99
Writing Out Your Life: A Guide to Writing Creative Autobiography Jo Stanley Scarlet Press  £9.99
Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling our Stories Transforms our Lives Louise de Salvo The Women’s Press £8.99
One Continuous Mistake: Four Noble Truths for Writers  Gail Sher Penguin/Arkana £6.99
Writing Your Way: Creating a Personal Journal Ellen Jaffe Second Story £12.99
Writing for Self-Discovery Myra Schneider & John Killick Vega £8.99
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life Julia Cameron £10.99

The Artist’s Way: a Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self Julia Cameron £12.99

The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structures for Storytellers and Scriptwriters Christopher Vogler Pan £14.99
Writing down the Bones Natalie Goldberg £8.04
Write from Life: Turning Your Personal Experiences into Compelling Stories Meg Files Writer’s Digest £10.99
Write from the Heart: Unleashing the Power of Your Creativity Hal Zina Bennett New World Library £8.69

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