Item category 2: Arts & Literature

Yes! No! But Wait! is the most straightforward book on writing a novel ever published. It is also the most practical, honest and useful. Tim Lott admits he cant teach someone how to write a novel (thats one of the myths propagated by the novel-writing industry). But he can help anyone construct a...

In 1946-47 the senior ceremonial leaders of the Yirrkala region produced 365 vibrant crayon drawings on paper for the anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt. Held by the Berndt Museum of Anthropology at the University of Western Australia, the works have never been shown in any great number....

In recent years David Hockney has returned to England to paint the landscape of his childhood in East Yorkshire. Although his passionate interest in new technologies has led him to develop a virtuoso drawing technique on an iPad, he has also been accompanied outdoors by the traditional sketchbook...

Celebrated writer Laura Dockrill knows that the best writing comes when you are speaking your own truth, with your own voice. Expressing yourself honestly is a powerful way to know yourself and grow to celebrate the exciting, creative, unique person you are. When you are a teenager, everything fe...

The letters of Frida Kahlo to her mother, published in English for the first time. Frida Kahlo is regarded as one of Mexico's greatest painters: her extraordinary personal style, her tragic story, her relationship with Diego Rivera (the more famous painter in their day) alongside her passionate p...

If you look, really look, and see the lines and shapes that things are made of, you can draw anything. If you can write numbers and the letters A-Z, you can draw anything.

If you look, really look, and see the lines and shapes that things are made of, you can draw anything. If you can write numbers and the letters A-Z, you can draw anything. The Jocosaurus, for example, is made up of the letters in its own name. Can you see how? Kim Gamble is one of Australia's bes...

Presents an introduction to watercolor painting, describing simple techniques for preliminary drawings and step-by-step instructions for creating paintings of fruits, flowers, and still life.

From the "Godfather behind Creative Nonfiction" and founder and editor of "Creative Nonfiction Magazine" a how-to guide for every aspect of creative nonfiction.

Political satire as deeper truth: Donald Trump's presidential memoir, as recorded by two world-renowned Trump scholars, and experts on greatness generally. "I have the best words, beautiful words, as everybody has been talking and talking about for a long time. Also? The best sentences and, what ...