A Creative Compass

Name: A Creative Compass
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ISBN: 9781911709237

Finding Your Way to a Creative Life

Emma Gannon

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Torva
25 July 2026

Creative writing & creative writing guides; The self, ego, identity, personality; Careers guidance; Advice on careers & achieving success; Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem

Substack's most popular UK novelist Emma Gannon shares her personal tools that spark creativity, with prompts, anecdotes, reflections and tips to build a life of abundance and joy.

An empowering guide for artists, makers, writers and anyone seeking to live more creatively, with confidence, calm and joy.

We all possess creativity, whether it's in the clothes we wear, the way we arrange flowers, or the patterns we choose for our bedroom walls. However, in today's fast-paced, AI-driven world, many of us have lost touch with our innate creative abilities. By chasing trends, productivity hacks and protocols, we forget to trust ourselves, instead relying on algorithms to dictate what we like, what we make, and crucially, how we feel.

Award-winning author Emma Gannon understands just how essential creativity is for survival. Through necessity, she has forged her own creative compass to rekindle her spark when it's running low.

Now, she invites us to set our own inner compass, with mindsets, rituals and actions that help us overcome burnout and mental blocks, reignite our creative inspiration and flow, and reconnect with intuition and self-trust.

Break free from the need for outside approval and create a vibrant, fulfilling life from the inside-out.

By: Emma Gannon
Imprint: Torva
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 40mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781911709237
ISBN 10: 1911709232
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 25 July 2026
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Emma Gannon is the Sunday Times bestselling author of nine books, including A Year of Nothing and OLIVE, which was nominated for the Dublin Literary Award. Her second novel, Table for One (2025), was selected as People magazine's 'Fiction of the Week.' Emma also writes one of the UK's most popular Substack newsletters, The Hyphen, which has thousands of paid subscribers. In addition to her writing, she hosts creativity retreats around the world and served as a judge for the 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction.

Reviews for A Creative Compass: Finding Your Way to a Creative Life

Emma Gannon's honesty, open-mindedness and willingness to be vulnerable lay out a path for her readers to follow. -- Julia Cameron, author of The Artist's Way A bright light and a shining star, and in many ways the voice of a generation. -- Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love Gannon offers a fresh perspective from which readers can begin to see their own paths to joyful, fulfilling lives. -- Martha Beck