Diaries, letters and journals

An astonishing tale of romance, resistance and bravery‘A sad and beautiful book, shining a light on quiet heroism in dark times.’ Lucy Adlington, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz Sabine’s War is the previously untold...

A timeless selection of some of Charles Bukowski’s best unpublished and uncollected poems Charles Bukowski was a prolific writer who produced countless short stories, novels, and poems that have reached beyond their time and place to speak to...

Be transported to the banks of the Seine, a corner boulangerie, or beneath the Eiffel Tower with these beautifully illustrated vignettes of life in the City of Light. What began as a way to fund travel became ten years of a letter subscription service...

Designed to resemble a block of stacked LEGO® bricks, these boxes contain over 200 colourful slips of paper, each with a LEGO brick design on one side and room on the other for notes to save or send. Doubling as keepsake boxes, LEGO® Note Bricks offer...

This box of 100 postcards captures the joy and creativity of the LEGO® brand. Featuring images of everyday objects recreated with LEGO bricks, these postcards are perfect for sharing delight with friends and family, or displaying for daily inspiration...

Let creative sparks fly with this journal featuring beautiful concept art from Kiki's Delivery Service, Studio Ghibli's delightful film about a young witch and her journey of self-discovery. With full-colour artwork on the front and back covers, spot...

Featuring the mysterious forest spirit from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved film My Neighbor Totoro, this plush and embroidered journal includes lined interiors and colourful artwork on the front and back pages-sure to delight Totoro fans and all who love...

A prolific poet, raconteur, activist, and thinker, Allen Ginsberg was also a prolific collector, meticulously saving letters, postcards, draft notes and manuscripts, photographs and snapshots, appearance bills and rally broadsheets, not only featuring...

Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman. He is best known for his dramatic plays and philosophical works that include some of the most important writings on stoicism. On a Happy Life was written in his later years as a letter to his brother...

Enjoy daily distraction with this engaging Almanac. Each date is assigned one or more literary connections. Book lovers will find extracts from authors' diaries and letters, chance upon the narrative twists and transformative moments in their favourite...

This transformative journal takes you on a journey to shed the burdens of lack and worry, guiding you towards feeling complete and content in the here and now. This 31-day interactive workbook and planner challenges the status quo of constantly chasing...

Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower met in person for the first time in London in 1972, six years after they began a correspondence that would span four decades. They exchanged letters, cards and telegrams, and made occasional phone calls between...

Over 60 boxes full of notebooks, research, letters, scripts, jokes, speeches, to-do lists, hard drives and even poems...Welcome to the incredible archive of Douglas Adams.After his death in 2001, Douglas Adams's papers were loaned to his old...

Letters made public for the first time: never-before-seen love letters between Farley Mowat and his wife, Claire. Claire participated fully in the project, giving permission to publish her love letters and photos from her personal archive. Includes...

An elevated, gifty anthology of love letters from history's most passionate romantics. This beautiful volume features love letters from a variety of people throughout history, including Heloise and Abelard, Henry VIII, Margaret of Valois, Napoleon...

The thirteen letters collected by Jane Austen's House Museum, in Chawton, give us intimate glimpses into her life in Bath and Chawton and on visits to London, many details finding echoes in her fiction. Brought together in this book, these artefacts make...

The Mausoleum of Lovers comprises Guibert's journals, kept from 19761991. Functioning as an atelier, it forecasts the writing of a novel, which does not materialize as such; the journal itself - a mausoleum of lovers - comes to take its place. The...

'I am sir [sure] you will act as human bean', wrote one distressed pensioner to Prime Minister Robert Menzies in 1953, pleading for assistance.Robert Menzies received 22,000 letters during his record-breaking 1949-1966 second term as Australian Prime...

Truth and Beautiful Meaningful Lies is a collection of memorable quotes from one of the most quoted writers in American literature. One of the most celebrated writers in American literature, Jack Kerouac helped an entire generation of post-WWII Americans...