The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story by John Freeman, John Freeman
35.00 NZD
Category: Anthologies
A selection of the best and most representative contemporary American short fiction from 1970 to 2020, including such authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, Toni Cade Bambara, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandra Cisneros, and Ted Chiang, hand-selected by celebrated editor and anthologist John FreemanIn the past fifty years, th ...Show more
Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wit and Wisdom of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou
27.99 NZD
Category: Anthologies
Since the publication of her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou has been celebrated as one of America's most important writers and her words are indelibly imprinted on the hearts of millions. Inspired by the woman who has inspired us all, Rainbow in the Cloud offers nearl ...Show more
A Guest at the Feast by Colm Toibin
37.99 NZD
Category: Anthologies
A Guest at the Feast uncovers the places where politics and poetics meet, where life and fiction overlap, where one can be inside writing and also outside of it. From the melancholy and amusement within the work of the writer John McGahern to an extraordinary essay on his own cancer diagnosis, Tóibín de ...Show more
Abominations - Selected Essays From a Career of Courting Self-Destruction by Lionel Shriver
35.00 NZD
Category: Anthologies | Reading Level: very good
A masterful collection from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. Abominations: Selected essays from a career of courting self-destruction showcases Lionel Shriver's relentlessly sceptical and deeply insightful thoughts on our contemporary era. Uniting essays from the Spectator, New York Times, ...Show more
Granta 159 by Sigrid Rausing
27.99 NZD
Category: Anthologies
Britain's most prestigious literary magazine brings you prize-winning fiction, memoir, reportage, poetry and photography from around the world.
The Gloriumptious Worlds of Roald Dahl by Stella Caldwell, Roald Dahl
36.99 NZD
Category: Anthologies
Discover intriguing facts about the author and what inspired him, and explore the worlds he created. Also contains never-before-seen newspaper clippings, letters, spells, diary entries, recipes and more, plus a bonus envelope packed with booklets and activity sheets to inspire budding storytellers. Read ...Show more
Landfall 243 - Autumn 2022 by Lynley Edmeades (Editor)
30.00 NZD
Category: Anthologies | Series: Landfall Ser.
Landfall is New Zealand's foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. It showcases new fiction and poetry, as well asbiographical and critical essays, and cultural commentary. Each issue brims with a mix of vital new work by this country's bestwriters. There are reviews of the latest books, ...Show more
A Hitch in Time: Writings from the London Review of Books by Christopher Hitchens
39.99 NZD
Category: Anthologies
An outstanding collection of some of the best pieces that Christopher Hitchens wrote for the London Review of Books. 'Revisiting this selection of diaries and essay-reviews from the London Review of Books is restorative, an extended spa treatment that stretches tired brains and unkinks the usual habitu ...Show more
Books do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science by Richard Dawkins
40.00 NZD
Category: Anthologies
At a time when science can seem complex and remote, it has a greater impact on our lives, and to the future of our planet, than ever before. It really matters that its discoveries and truths should be clearly and widely communicated. That its enemies, from the malicious to the muddled, the self-deluding ...Show more
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life) by George Saunders
24.99 NZD
Category: Anthologies
From the New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves - and our world today. For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a cl ...Show more
Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004-2021 by Margaret Atwood
48.00 NZD
Category: Anthologies | Reading Level: near fine
From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays - funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient - which seek answers to Burning Questions such as; Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating? How c ...Show more
Landfall 242: Spring 2021 by Lynley Edmeades (editor)
30.00 NZD
Category: Anthologies | Series: Landfall Ser.
Landfall is New Zealand's foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. It showcases new fiction and poetry, as well as biographical and critical essays, and cultural commentary. Each issue brims with a mix of vital new work by this country's best writers. There are reviews of the latest boo ...Show more