Anne’s Secondhand Bookshop

Writing an Identity Not Your Own

By: Alex Temblador

Narrated by: Alex Temblador

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A practical guide to help authors authentically write and edit a character whose identity is different than their own.

Do you have the tools to authentically write and edit a character whose identity is different than your own? It’s not a subject that’s generally taught in creative writing programs, and there are so few craft books and online... Read more

Match Me If You Can

By: Sandy Barker

Narrated by: Nicolette Chin & Ben Higgins

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

'This story will have you laughing, swooning, & wishing it would never end.' Aimee BrownPoppy Dean lives and breathes romance - in her job at least. As a matchmaker at an elite London agency, she spends her days finding the perfect Mr Right for pretty much everybody but herself.When Tristan Fellows walks into the agency, Poppy knows she’s in... Read more

Bird by Bird

By: Anne Lamott

Narrated by: Anne Lamott

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An essential volume for generations of writers young and old. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this modern classic will continue to spark creative minds for years to come. Anne Lamott is "a warm, generous, and hilarious guide through the writer’s world and its treacherous swamps" (Los Angeles Times). 

“Superb... Read more

How To Write a Mystery

By: Mystery Writers of America

Narrated by: Cary Hite, Caroline McLaughlin, Nigel Patterson...

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

From 70 of the most successful mystery writers in the business, an invaluable guide to crafting mysteries—from character development and plot to procedurals and thrillers—“this is a writing guide that readers and writers will turn to again and again” (Booklist, starred review).

Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is known for providing unparalleled... Read more

The Steal Like an Artist Audio Trilogy

By: Austin Kleon

Narrated by: Austin Kleon

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

An audio compilation ofSteal Like an Artist, Show Your Workand Keep Going.  Read by the author, it’s the bestselling and transformative series on how to unlock your creativity, find community and an audience in the digital age, and stay focused, creative and true to yourself—for life.  Includes full text from:Steal Like an Artist: The New York... Read more

The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village

By: Joanna Nell

Narrated by: Deidre Rubenstein

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Joanna Nell's life-affirming debut is a moving, funny, heartwarming tale of love and community in the spirit of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Grace and Frankie

The life of 79-year-old pensioner PEGGY SMART is as beige as the décor in her retirement village. Her week revolves around aqua aerobics and appointments with her doctor.... Read more

Save the Cat!

By: Blake Snyder

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Here's what started the phenomenon: the bestseller, for over fifteen years, that's been used by screenwriters around the world! Blake Snyder tells all in this fast, funny, and candid look inside the movie business. Save the Cat is just one of many ironclad rules for making your ideas more marketable and your script more satisfying, others... Read more

Snow Like Ashes

By: Sara Raasch

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A striking fantasy tale of dark magic, dangerous politics, and discovering your true self—perfect for fans of Game of Thrones, An Ember in the Ashes and A Court of Thorns and Roses.Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now the Winterians' only hope for freedom is... Read more