All About Words

Writers Notecards

Share your love of literature with Writers Notecards, die-cut cards with Austen, Woolf, Joyce and Shakespeare plus 4 sheets of quote stickers for personalization. Two each of four designs. $11.95

Artist Notecards

Anyone with a love for the arts will love Artist Notecards set of die-cuts featuring Claude Monet, Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo and Vincent Van Gogh. Two each of four designs plus four sheets of quote stickers for personalization.

Menagerie Mix and Match Stationery

Menagerie Mix and Match Stationery is perfect for teens as well as whimsical adults. Four animal designs with matching envelopes and stickers for decoration. $8.95

The Elements of Style Illustrated by Strunk and White

A perfect gift for anyone who enjoys language or uses it in their job, The Elements of Style by Strunk and White, illustrated by Maira Kalman. An essential reference for clear, lively writing, the clever illustrations make the points of the text with humor. $15

How to Read a Novel by John Sutherland

In How to Read a Novel John Sutherland provides a witty guide to the meaning of “well-read” and shares with readers his own take on choosing fiction and how to get the most out of reading it. A witty and erudite guide. $12.95

Listening as an Act of Love

Any NPR listener has surely found themselves suddenly mesmerized by someone telling their story on the radio, interviewed by a relative. This is StoryCorps, the largest oral history project in history. Now, Dave Isay brings us the best of StoryCorps in Listening Is an Act of Love, a series of thematically arranged tales. Beautiful browsing throughout the year. $24.95

Also available, Listening as an Act of Love abridged audio CD, $14.95

How to Make Books by Esther K. Smith

How to Make Books as the subtitle promises will show you how to “Fold, Cut & Stitch Your Way to a One of a Kind Book.” Esther K. Smith takes you from folding projects you can do in a minute to leather journals and beyond. $25

How Language Works by David Crystal

How Language Works is a unique book by David Crystal that answers the question of the title in clear language that provides fascinating insights into how we acquire language, the origins and uses of words and even how we decide which words are vulgar and which polite. A delight for any reader. $17.95

We Belong Together tote

We Belong Together is a large, sturdy canvas tote with a design that will please any reader--especially a dog owner. Tote is white canvas with canvas handles. $20

Gorey Bat and Full Moon tote

Not just for Halloween—the Gorey Bat and Full Moon is a striking tote in black with a white design by Edward Gorey that actually glows in the dark. $20

The Jane Austen Handbook by Margaret Sullivan

The Jane Austin Handbook by Margaret Sullivan and illustrator Katheryn Rathke decodes Regency England and all the nuances in the books of Jane Austen in a beautiful illustrated guide to manners, class and more. $16.95

10 Rules of Writing by Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing is a classic that has lost none of its punch in setting out guidelines that this master of the crime novel uses to achieve his results.