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  • Published: 25 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529197549
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 336

A Creative Compass

Finding Your Way to a Creative Life




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

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

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 and following cultural cues, we forget to trust ourselves, instead relying on algorithms to dictate what we like, what we make, and crucially, how we feel.

After experiencing a debilitating period of burnout, 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. Deeply personal to each of us, she shares how we can set our own inner compass, with mindsets, rituals, and actions to reorient us when we’re lost, and help creativity flow through every part of our days.

With confident ease, navigate towards a creative life that feels joyful and abundant.

  • Published: 25 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529197549
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 336

About the author

Emma Gannon

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.

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Praise for A Creative Compass

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