Holiday Gift Guide for Readers and Writers (Plus a Giveaway!)
I pretty much love everything in this gift guide! These are such fun gifts for the reader, aspiring writer, or published writer in your life. These are fun twists on gifts that aren’t your typical fiction or nonfiction books (although those make great gifts as well). If you want more ideas, I also shared another list over on Inspired by Life and Fiction!
Click on the photo of any item to see where to purchase it!
For Readers and Writers
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide To Character Expression
Great First Lines of Literature Mug
Aqua Notes – Waterproof Notepad
Please Don’t Annoy the Writer Mug
LED Pen, The Pilot’s Pen, Night Writer
Mashed Clothing I’m Writer Your Superpower? Women’s V-Neck T-Shirt
Bag Ladies Tea presents Novel Tea
Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times
One Line a Day: A Five-Year Memory Book
Weddingstar Vintage Typewriter Card Holder
Speedball Elegant Writer 6 Broad Calligraphy Markers Set
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Artists, Writers, Thinkers, Dreamers: Portraits of Fifty Famous Folks & All Their Weird Stuff
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I pretty much want all of them
I have always wanted the 5 year journal and the book pillows. 🙂
I know! Such fun stuff!
Those book pillows are a fabulous idea! But yeah, I just like it all!
The Five Year Memory book and the mugs are my faves!
Great list, Trish!! I’m with you, I’ll take any or all of them!!
This year? Honestly its pajamas! Also that coffee mug
Love the typewriter card holder! Would love that!!
New cookware is on my list but now I need to add all those awesome things!
I’d love the bag ladies teas ! & the Lit. mug to drink it in PLease 🙂
All the gifts are great, but the collected essays from The New York Times is my favorite. That would be a priceless gift.
my husband wants to write a book so bad. I know this would help
I would be happy with any, these would be great also Speedball Elegant Writer 6 Broad Calligraphy Markers Set Have a Merry CHRISTmas
All of these are cute little gifts any of which would tickle me.
The top of my Christmas list. I would like to get my wedding band enlarged by a size. Arthritis in my knuckles makes it impossible to get on anymore. After nearly 48 years of marriage, not wearing my ring saddens me because I love it. Trying to hint to hubby. Hope he catches on!! 🙂
I like the artists, writers thinkers looks like a great book to read. I think I am going to ask for this for Christmas.
I’ll take just about any one of them — although I’m not a coffee drinker. 🙂
I think those are great gifts!
A gift from the list, or in general?
My hubby already got me a lovely pair of leather boots, so I’m set 🙂
My Christmas list includes plane tickets to Seattle
Some new slippers. (A head full of ideas and no time… do they sell time anywhere?)
I really like “Artists, Writers, Thinkers, Dreamers: Portraits of Fifty Famous Folks & All Their Weird Stuff” but I wanted to thank you for these gift guides…ver helpful
I want to be able to move my trailer. On a more practical note I want an electric tea kettle.
I love the coffee cups, tee shirts and cool books! Great ideas!
I don’t have a wish list right now, but your list looks fun–I especially like the book pillow! Thanks for the giveaway!
I love the superpower shirt!
Top of the list was a laptop, but now all of this!
Cool stuff! I hope my little sister doesn’t see this. 😉
I love the mugs and the book pillows! The shower notepad made me laugh. I always think of things I need to do while in the shower.
I love the book pillows.
I love the book pillows, but a Kitchenaid mixer or an Amish nativity set are at the top of my list. 🙂
I actually haven’t asked for anything this year. Money has been tight and as long as my son has a good Christmas then I’m Happy. But my favorite things to get for Xmas are crazy socks and Amazon gift cards.
I really want a new bookcase and love the mug.
My Wishlist has the book Unstoppable by Christine Caine.
I love the pillows! I would actually love to give a friend the Alice in Wonderland one!
If you click on the photo then you can order one!
scrapbooks to start getting ready for my oldest’s grad party in 18 months
I love this list! I want one of each, please!
Great list! I can email this link to my “Santa” and he won’t have to guess what I might like for Christmas. 😉
Exactly!
All these look fabulous! I could use all of them 🙂
My top of the want list this year is a new pair of insulated boots. Books are always on my list!!
love the mug!
The mug is my favorite on the list, but what I would really like is those scrabble letter pillows that say READ!!!
I like the 5 year journal and the Novel Tea is cute too! My own personal gift wish is for a new stove. Ours is just about ready to give up.
I want a new robe this year
I’d like a Country Store or Jingle Bells candle from McCalls Candles.
At the top of my list is a Keurig coffeemaker.
New inkpens and books are always at the top of my list. Oh, and lip balms. 🙂
I love moleskin anything!!
These are fantastic ideas! I think the Emotion Thesaurus and the waterproof notepad tied for me.
I love the t-shirt
but my “wish” present is a new camera. unfortunately, we had to buy a new car unexpectedly, so my husband I are paring down gifts for us and only spending on the kids
I would love to win the tea bags. What better gift to go with a book. A mug of hot tea in one hand and a book in the other.
The coffee mug about not upsetting the author!
my wish list-a new lap top
At the top of my wish list would be to have available to me any book I would like to read.
Now wouldn’t that be something ?
Love those caligraphy pens! Also that book Artists, Writers, Thinkers, Dreamers looks awesome!
great gift!!!!
I am hoping for a new laptop.
These are some cool prizes. Thanks for having the giveaway.
Thanks so much for the chance to win!!
Those aqua notes are so fun!
I love the Bag Ladies Tea presents Novel Tea. Tea is one of my favorite drinks. It would be neat have those.
ALL!) But seriously I like the Weird Stuff book…I love Weird Stuff;)
The first lines of literature mug and the novel tea. 🙂
More Books!
Love the book pillow
Such fun ideas! The 5 yr memory book would be great. Most of the fun gifts on my list are photography related – especially a fun bag for my nice camera. Of course I tend to ask for more of the practical things instead. Honestly it would be awesome just to get a few guaranteed date nights as a present!
The waterproof notepad looks really neat!
More books to review 🙂
I love these kind of gifts! What an awesome way to celebrate with both the writer and reader. My favorite has to be the pillows.
Getting a Kindle this year from “Santa” (my dh), if I’m good. 🙂 My dh is anticipating moving 100’s of books someday and is hoping to convert me to ebooks. Slowly getting used to the idea. Still love a good paperback though. Thanks for the fun gift ideas and for the giveaway opportunity!
The book pillows are delightful; oh, and the moleskin journal. All the items are great, though. Really good choices.
These would make great gifts.
I would love the call the midwife season 1 dvd.
Wow, such great ideas! My wish list just got a bit longer, but now I have some great ideas for other people too! 😀
all of the items are fabulous. The Memory Book would be my favorite!
love the memory book but anything to do with reading and writing is always high on my list
I would take any of them!
Super and creative ideas!
That is impressive! How in the world did you come up with all of those??! Thanks for sharing this at Booknificent Thursday! Hope your Advent/countdown to Christmas is going well!
Tina