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Rooms of Their Own

'Rooms of Their Own' is a beautiful book, that travels around the world examining the unique spaces, habits and rituals in which famous writers created their most notable works. 

The perennial question asked of all authors is, 'How do you write?'. What do they require of their room or desk? Do they have favourite pens, paper or typewriters? And have they found the perfect daily routine to channel their creativity? Crossing centuries, continents and genres, Alex Johnson has pooled 50 of the best writers and transports you to the heart of their writing rooms - from attics and studies to billiard rooms and bathtubs.

Discover the ins and outs of how each great writer penned their famous texts, and the routines and habits they perfected. Meet authors who rely on silence and seclusion and those who need people, music and whisky. Meet novelists who travel half-way across the world to a luxury writing retreat, and others who just need an empty shed at the bottom of the garden. Some are particular about pencils, inks, paper and typewriters, and some will scribble on anything - including the furniture. But whether they write in the library or in cars, under trees, private islands, hotel rooms or towers - each of these stories confirms that there is no 'best way' to write.

From James Baldwin, writing in the small hours of the morning in his Paris apartment, to DH Lawrence writing at the foot of a towering Ponderosa pine tree, to the Brontë sisters managing in a crowded co-working space, this book takes us into the lives of some of history's greatest ever writers, with each writing space illustrated in evocative watercolour by James Oses.

In looking at the working lives of our favourite authors, bibliophiles will be transported to other worlds, aspiring writers will find inspiration and literature fans will gain deeper insight into their most-loved authors.

Harback 17.65 x 2.54 x 23.24 cm

'Rooms of Their Own' is a beautiful book, that travels around the world examining the unique spaces, habits and rituals in which famous writers created their most notable works.
'Rooms of Their Own' - Maya Angelou
'Rooms of Their Own' - Dylan Thomas
'Rooms of Their Own' - Virginia Woolf
'Rooms of Their Own' - Emily Dickinson
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'Rooms of Their Own' is a beautiful book, that travels around the world examining the unique spaces, habits and rituals in which famous writers created their most notable works.
'Rooms of Their Own' - Maya Angelou
'Rooms of Their Own' - Dylan Thomas
'Rooms of Their Own' - Virginia Woolf
'Rooms of Their Own' - Emily Dickinson

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