{"product_id":"swallowed-by-a-whale-huw-lewis-jones-9780712353038","title":"Swallowed by a Whale: How to Survive the Writing Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/i\u003e - Gabriel Garc? M疵quez \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eSwallowed by a Whale \u003c\/i\u003eincludes 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Huw Lewis-Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0712353038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780712353038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 5.75w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2021","brand":"Huw Lewis-Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051569311999,"sku":"9780712353038","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db08c20f-2c93-4348-a51f-59ade5d7a744.jpg?v=1685013867","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/swallowed-by-a-whale-huw-lewis-jones-9780712353038","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}