Review: Draft No. 4 by John McPhee

March 4, 2018 | Draft No. 4 by John McPhee is published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux available through Text. Hardcover and Paperback.

John McPhee wrote and refined the essays in this book while lecturing at Princeton University. He is a multiple award winner (including the Pulitzer), long time staff writer for the New Yorker and a literary legend. During his long career he has nurtured some of the great writing talents of our ...

Review: Release The Bats by DBC Pierre

August 29, 2016 | Release The Bats by DBC Pierre is published by Faber and Faber. RRP $32.99, available now

  If you are a writer, or interested in the craft of writing, you will love this offering from Man Booker Prize winner (2003 - VERNON GOD LITTLE) DBC Pierre. This how-to is an irreverent, often satirical look at the practicalities of writing. It explores the mystery of why we tell sto...

Book Blog Tour – Tim Baker and Fever City

February 4, 2016 | Available February 2016

Exciting! Today, Australian debut author Tim Baker is stopping by on his book blog tour to discuss dreams and the writing of his highly anticipated thriller, FEVER CITY, due for release in February. FEVER CITY follows the desperate efforts of a disgraced ex-cop and a hitman to rescue the kidnapp...

Guest Post: Mary-Rose MacColl on Swimming, Meditation and calming the Monkey Mind

November 10, 2015

Today I welcome bestselling author Mary-Rose MacColl to LOVEthatBOOK to share her thoughts on swimming as a type of writerly meditation. Her latest novel, Swimming Home was published on September 23rd. You can read my review of Swimming Home here. Mary-Rose MacColl As a writer, I have t...

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