Plant Magick. The Library of Esoterica by Jessica Hundley
$74.99 AUD
Category: Visual Art, Photography & Graphic Design
The fourth volume in The Library of Esoterica explores the historic roots of plants in myth, religion, and magickal practices. Through essays, interviews, and more than 400 images—from ancient Egyptian stonework to 18th-century botanical illustrations—Plant Magick chronicles the beautifully symbiotic ...Show more
Creature: Paintings, Drawings and Reflections (HB) by Shaun Tan
$64.99 AUD
Category: Visual Art, Photography & Graphic Design
A collection of Shaun Tan’s artwork from the past 25 years.The drawings and paintings in the book come from his work in picture books and other works including films and graphic novels. Others were created for no specific purpose beyond the desire to see what something looks like, or just to follow a sk ...Show more
Creative Writing Book (Spiral Bound) by Louie Stowell
$16.99 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
This inspiring book will unlock children's ideas for writing stories, poems, comics, blogs, reviews, movie scripts and more. As well as activities for writing compelling story outlines, dialogue and lively characters, there are tips for writing horror stories, romance and thrillers, and even shock journ ...Show more
The Outsider and His Indignant Eye: The Art and Philosophy of a Passionate Iconoclast George Morant by Michael Richards
$5.00 AUD
Category: Visual Art, Photography & Graphic Design
Outsider artists live on the margins of the art community, but they are not failed insiders or "wannabes". They are determined individualists, who paint with passionate intensity and honesty about the world they know, and they care nothing for the commercial art market and gallery system. Author Michael ...Show more
Banksy - Wall and Piece by Banksy
$39.99 AUD
Category: Visual Art, Photography & Graphic Design
Artistic genius, political activist, painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable, except maybe when it's squatting in the Tate or New York's Metropolitan Museum. Banksy is responsible for decorating the streets, walls, bridges and zoos of towns a ...Show more
Everywhere, Everywhen: Art, Artists, Stories of the Kimberley, Arnhem Land, and the southern plains by Neil McLeod, Dindy Vaughan, Luisa Adam
$89.99 AUD
Category: Visual Art, Photography & Graphic Design
This book provides a window into the lives, traditions and culture of more than 20 Aboriginal artists. Based on the work of natural history photographer and researcher Neil McLeod, it includes more than 150 artwork plates, biographies, portraits, and diary extracts.
100 Books that Changed the World by Scott Christianson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
A chronological survey of the world's most influential books. Many books have become classics, must-reads or overnight publishing sensations, but how many can genuinely claim to have changed the way we see and think? In 100 Books that Changed the World, authors Scott Christianson and Colin Salter bri ...Show more
The Botanical Adventures of Joseph Banks by Christina Harrison
$35.00 AUD
Category: Visual Art, Photography & Graphic Design
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820)--the unofficial first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew--was a peerless scientific adventurer and pioneer. Not only did he reveal the floral wonders of the South Pacific, New Zealand, and Australia to European eyes, but he set Kew Gardens on its path to becoming the ...Show more
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
$22.99 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
Damien Cave: (New York Times bureau chief in Sydney & friend of Bookoccino) "Not many books about writing manage to be both as practical and entertaining as this one. Even if you've never read a Stephen King novel, the insights he shares will change how you read and write (and maybe how you live)." ...Show more
How to be a Writer: Who Smashes Deadlines, Crushes Editors, and Lives in a Solid Gold Hovercraft by John Birmingham
$14.99 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
'Beauty is good, but coin is better. You can't eat artistic integrity. It tastes like sawdust.' This gonzo guide is a lesson in the practicalities of writing: how to be productive, professional and maybe one day even pay the rent. Topics covered include 'How to slay writer's block', 'What the hell is wo ...Show more
The Listening Path: The Creative Art of Attention - A Six Week Artist's Way Programme by Julia Cameron
$36.99 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
A groundbreaking new book about listening to ourselves, to others and to the world from the internationally bestselling 'queen of change', Julia Cameron. From the bestselling author of The Artist's Way comes a new, transformative guide to deeper, more profound listening and creativity. Over six weeks, ...Show more
Artist's Way for Retirement by Julia Cameron
$34.99 AUD
Category: Reading & Writing
"The book you hold in your hands is the distillate of a quarter century's teaching. It is my attempt to answer, 'What next?' for students who are embarking on their 'second act'.' Julia Cameron Julia Cameron has inspired millions with her bestseller on creativity, The Artist's Way. In The Artist's Way f ...Show more