Swallowed by a Whale: How to Survive the Writing Life (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780712353038)

This new title from British Library Publishing answers budding writers' and readers' burning questions on the writing process, from philosophical outlooks to practical advice. It covers an extremely wide range of genres including adult fiction bestsellers, children's authors and illustrators, poets, essayists and biographers.

"Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale." - Gabriel Garc? M疵quez

In this specially-commissioned anthology, sixty accomplished authors share secrets and insights into their writing lives: on their inspirations, methods, wild ideas and daily routines; on the pleasure and the pain in achieving their literary goals; on how they started out and how they hope to continue. They outline some golden rules for staying on track and talk candidly about what goes wrong as well as right. We hear from novelists, poets, biographers, and children's writers; illustrators, campaigners, teachers, mothers, husbands, an entrepreneur turned surfboard shaper, a quantum physicist, an opera librettist, and a Laureate who loves dragons. All writers. Swallowed by a Whale includes contributions from: Kwame Alexander, Anthony Browne, Cressida Cowell, Isabelle Dupuy, Inua Ellams, Lev Grossman, Joanne Harris, Catherine Johnson, Thomas Keneally, Neal Layton, David Mitchell, Beverley Naidoo, Chibundu Onuzo, Chris Riddell, Francesca Simon, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Raynor Winn and many more.

Author: Huw Lewis-Jones
ISBN-10: 0712353038
ISBN-13: 9780712353038
Publisher: British Library
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2021
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.75w x 0.94d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/07/2021
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2021
Foreword 08/26/2021