Bird by Bird Instructions on Writing and Life
- 2 Jan 2020
- 9781786898555
- £10.99
- 304 pp
- 129×198mm
- 2 Jan 2020
- 9781786898562
- £8.79
- 304 pp
In a few words
A legendary guide to the craft of writing, with more than a million copies sold worldwide
In a few words
A legendary guide to the craft of writing, with more than a million copies sold worldwide
Superb writing advice . . . hilarious, helpful and provocative
A warm, generous and hilarious guide through the writer's world and its treacherous swamps
Superb writing advice . . . hilarious, helpful and provocative
A warm, generous and hilarious guide through the writer's world and its treacherous swamps
More about
the book
Bird by Bird is the bible of writing guides – a wry, honest, down-to-earth book that has never stopped selling since it was first published in the United States in the 1990s. Bestselling novelist and memoirist Anne Lamott distils what she’s learned over years of trial and error. Beautifully written, wise and immensely helpful, this is the book for all serious writers and writers-to-be.
More about
the book
Bird by Bird is the bible of writing guides – a wry, honest, down-to-earth book that has never stopped selling since it was first published in the United States in the 1990s. Bestselling novelist and memoirist Anne Lamott distils what she’s learned over years of trial and error. Beautifully written, wise and immensely helpful, this is the book for all serious writers and writers-to-be.
[A] classic of the genre
My go-to gift or recommendation for anyone interested in writing, though it is as much a treatise on life as it is a creative-writing primer
Matt Haig
A generous and funny guide to writing and life
Bonnie Garmus
GuardianBird by Bird by Anne Lamott is a classic for a reason. A warm and honest look at the real work of writing, funny and realistic and also encouraging. I always return to it
Sophie Mackintosh
NZ Herald[A] classic of the genre . . . The lessons she shares with her students . . . are refreshing
My go-to gift or recommendation for anyone interested in writing, though it is as much a treatise on life as it is a creative-writing primer
Matt Haig
A generous and funny guide to writing and life
Bonnie Garmus
GuardianBird by Bird by Anne Lamott is a classic for a reason. A warm and honest look at the real work of writing, funny and realistic and also encouraging. I always return to it
Sophie Mackintosh
NZ Herald
Anne Lamott
View profileAnne Lamott is the New York Times bestselling author of a number of non-fiction books, including Help, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches and Bird by Bird. She is also the author of several novels, including Imperfect Birds and Rosie. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, she lives in Northern California.
@annelamott
Anne Lamott
View profileAnne Lamott is the New York Times bestselling author of a number of non-fiction books, including Help, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches and Bird by Bird. She is also the author of several novels, including Imperfect Birds and Rosie. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, she lives in Northern California.
@annelamott
