{"product_id":"letters-to-a-young-writer-1","title":"Letters to a Young Writer","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eFrom the National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTransatlantic\u003c\/i\u003e comes a passionate and practical book of advice, as essential for budding writers as Stephen King's \u003ci\u003eOn Writing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A warm, open-hearted paean to the joys of writing'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Excellent ... cannot fail as a pick-me-up'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eI hope there is something here for any young writer - or any older writer, for that matter - who happens to be looking for a teacher to come along, a teacher who, in the end, can really teach nothing at all but fire.\u003c\/i\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed Colum McCann, author of the National Book Award winner \u003ci\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a paean to the power of language, and a direct address to the artistic, professional and philosophical concerns that challenge and sometimes torment an author. Comprising fifty-two short prose pieces, \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Young Writer\u003c\/i\u003e ranges from practical matters of authorship, such as finding an agent, the pros and cons of creative writing degrees and handling bad reviews, through to the more joyous and celebratory, as McCann elucidates the pleasures to be found in truthful writing, for: 'the best writing makes us glad that we are - however briefly - alive.' Emphatic and empathetic, pragmatic and profound, this is an essential companion to any author's journey - and a deeply personal work from one of our greatest literary voices.","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43585813774533,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Letters_20to_20a_20Young_20Writer_b21fad6f-e14e-42fc-9e2a-cf66c5755691.jpg?v=1716727387","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/letters-to-a-young-writer-1","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}