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Book Cover: The Story Within: New Insights and Inspiration for Writers
By Laura Oliver

Every reader has a story inside them. - Laura Oliver has been teaching aspiring writers how to plumb emotional contradictions for insight for more than a decade in workshops and university classes. Now she has written the book her students have been asking her for, a book that aspiring writers of every genre can use to guide, coach, and encourage them on their journey.

Every reader has a story inside them. - Laura Oliver has been teaching aspiring writers how to plumb emotional contradictions for insight for more than a decade in workshops and university classes. Now...

Published: 09/01/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781615641147
RRP: $16.95
Book Cover:  Stalking the Story: How to Find Your Screenplay's Story with Help Fr    om TV's Greatest Detectives
By Jay Douglas

A screenplay is just a mystery waiting to be solved.

A screenplay is just a mystery waiting to be solved.

Published: 18/01/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781615641246
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Screenwriting: Third Edition
By Skip Press
An updated and revised edition, this book is a practical and popular guide to realizing the dream of succeeding as a screenwriter. Insider Skip Press gives novice screenwriters a cook's tour of the industry, then leads them through the process of picking a winning idea, structuring and writing a screenplay, and packaging the final script for sale.
An updated and revised edition, this book is a practical and popular guide to realizing the dream of succeeding as a screenwriter. Insider Skip Press gives novice screenwriters a cook's tour of the industry...
Published: 04/08/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781592577552
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis 2E
By Sheila Lowe
We know the power of handwriting analysis from such shows as "CSI" and "Hard Copy" – in which a handwritten letter or note can lead to arrest of a criminal or kidnapper. We heard about it million dollar divorce cases in which a graphology expert exposes a forced signature or matches an anonymous love letter to the cheating spouse. But handwriting analysis goes deeper than...
We know the power of handwriting analysis from such shows as "CSI" and "Hard Copy" – in which a handwritten letter or note can lead to arrest of a criminal or kidnapper. We heard...
Published: 30/01/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781592576012
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover:  Writing A Novel: Complete Idiot's Guide
By Tom Monteleone
The trick for most first-time novelists is How do I tell my story?

Well, look no further. In a reader-friendly, easy-to-understand style, CIG to Writing a Novel will cover in detail all of the elements necessary to create a great novel. Author Tom Monteleone illustrates how to create three-dimensional characters, write believable and colourful dialogue, pace the story, write effective transitions...

The trick for most first-time novelists is How do I tell my story?

Well, look no further. In a reader-friendly, easy-to-understand style, CIG to Writing a Novel will cover in detail all of the elements...

Published: 22/04/2004
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781592571727
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover:  Wuthering Heights: York Notes Advance
Published: 07/06/2004
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780582823082
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover:  Richard III: York Notes Advanced
Published: 16/01/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780582431430
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover:  Twelfth Night: York Notes Advanced
Published: 20/01/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780582431508
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover:  Twelfth Night: York Notes
Published: 28/03/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780582506299
RRP: $13.95
Book Cover:  Educating Rita: York Notes
Published: 01/12/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780582772663
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover:  Frankenstein: York Notes
Published: 28/03/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780582772670
RRP: $11.95
Book Cover:  Julius Caesar: York Notes
Published: 28/03/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780582772694
RRP: $11.95
Book Cover:  Catcher in the Rye: York Notes
Published: 09/05/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780582772724
RRP: $11.95
Book Cover:  Selected Poems of Sylvia Plath: York Notes Advanced
Published: 17/01/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780582424777
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover:  Essentials of Screenwriting: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and   Television Writing
By Richard Walter

Hollywood's premier teacher of screenwriting shares the secrets of writing and selling successful screenplays

Anyone fortunate enough to win a seat in Professor Richard Walter's legendary class at UCLA film school can be confident their career has just taken a quantum leap forward. His students have written more than ten projects for Steven Spielberg alone, plus hundreds of other Hollywood blockbusters...

Hollywood's premier teacher of screenwriting shares the secrets of writing and selling successful screenplays

Anyone fortunate enough to win a seat in Professor Richard Walter's legendary class at UCLA...

Published: 13/09/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780452296275
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  101 Quick Tips: Effective Communication

Want to be more memorable and persuasive?

Whether you're talking to a client, writing an email or just entertaining over the dinner table, you have to know and practice essential techniques for getting your message across.

Debbie is a bestselling author, columnist, media commentator and one of the most successful, sought-after speakers at business conferences around the world.

With 101 Quick Tips:...

Want to be more memorable and persuasive?

Whether you're talking to a client, writing an email or just entertaining over the dinner table, you have to know and practice essential techniques for getting...

Published: 01/02/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143202523
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover: The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms & Literary Theory
By J A Cuddon
Over the past twenty years J. A. Cuddon's Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory has become firmly established as a classic work of reference. Now in its fourth edition, complete with many new entries and insights, it remains the most comprehensive and accessible work of its kind and constitutes essential reading for students, teachers and general readers alike.
'Scholarly, succinct, comprehensive...
Over the past twenty years J. A. Cuddon's Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory has become firmly established as a classic work of reference. Now in its fourth edition, complete with many new...
Published: 11/10/1999
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140513639
RRP: $28.00
Book Cover: The Penguin Guide to Punctuation
By R L Trask
Do you find punctuation difficult? Are you puzzled by colons and semicolons? Unsure of where commas should go? Confused by hyphens and apostrophes? If so, then this jargon-free and succinct guide is for you. The Penguin Guide to Punctuation contains precise and up-to-date definitions of every type of punctuation mark and shows how each should be used. It gives numerous examples of good and bad usage...
Do you find punctuation difficult? Are you puzzled by colons and semicolons? Unsure of where commas should go? Confused by hyphens and apostrophes? If so, then this jargon-free and succinct guide is for...
Published: 19/09/1997
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140513660
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover: The Consolation of Philosophy
By Boethius
An eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, Boethius (c. AD 475-525) was also an exceptional Greek scholar and it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned when he fell from favour and was imprisoned in Pavia.
An eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, Boethius (c. AD 475-525) was also an exceptional Greek scholar and it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned when he fell from favour...
Published: 20/10/2000
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140447804
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover:  Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Erotic Romance
By Alison Kent
Erotic romance reigns supreme as a big category of women's fiction – a billion dollar business serviced by a new breed of uninhibited writer. This book is the necessary how-to for first timers and a terrific guide for seasoned professionals as well, who are putting their racy – and lucrative – fantasies to paper. Now, for the first time, a veteran erotic romance author shows exactly...
Erotic romance reigns supreme as a big category of women's fiction – a billion dollar business serviced by a new breed of uninhibited writer. This book is the necessary how-to for first timers and...
Published: 24/11/2006
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781592575466
RRP: $29.95

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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