On Writing by Al Kennedy
Offers readers and aspiring writers everything they need to know about the complexities of researching, writing and publishing fiction. This book ends with the transcript of the author's celebrated one-person show about writing and language that she has performed round the world to huge acclaim.
It’s a pleasure to gain access to the thoughts of someone so unashamedly committed to the importance of storiesWritten largely as blogs, these memorable, often very funny snapshots of Kennedy’s life also contain much better advice for would-be writers than more overtly practical guides. -- Nick Rennison * Sunday Times *
Observations, both lucid and passionate, on the general state of the book trade and literary culture... Yet it’s the manoeuvres she uses and the structures she creates in order to let art happen in her own life that form the kernel of the book. -- Keith Miller * Daily Telegraph *
On Writing is wit, sadness and aphorism for the writer, reader, and human alike. -- Richard Elins * The List *
The life-saving blog is the jam in the sandwich of her book, the sweetener before her revealing stand-up comic routine/memoir and more considered essays that give it professional literary substance. -- Iain Finlayson * The Times *
A writer’s journal...offers encouragement, advice and words of caution. -- Nicholas Clee * Observer *
Observations, both lucid and passionate, on the general state of the book trade and literary culture... Yet it’s the manoeuvres she uses and the structures she creates in order to let art happen in her own life that form the kernel of the book. -- Keith Miller * Daily Telegraph *
On Writing is wit, sadness and aphorism for the writer, reader, and human alike. -- Richard Elins * The List *
The life-saving blog is the jam in the sandwich of her book, the sweetener before her revealing stand-up comic routine/memoir and more considered essays that give it professional literary substance. -- Iain Finlayson * The Times *
A writer’s journal...offers encouragement, advice and words of caution. -- Nicholas Clee * Observer *
A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards – including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224096973 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224096974 |
| Title | On Writing |
| Author | Al Kennedy |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2013-03-07 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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