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It seems there's some magic books that are "key" texts... I'm thinking "Royal Road", "Modern Coin Magic" and "13 steps"

And without a doubt, these are great and essential books...

I've just finished reading the "5 Points of Magic", "Strong Magic" and "The Alchemical Tools" and absolutely love them!

What do we think the "Key" texts on performing magic are?

I don't think any book will aid as much as performing, performing, performing for anyone and everyone willing to watch.

I agree completely Lenoir... Performing is the thing!

I'm just trying to get other ideas as to how to do things...

Strong Magic has made me much more self critical about how I perform, and from Alchemical Tools, I'm really trying to cut down the number of tricks for now and make just a few as strong as I can! I guess it's all part of experimenting and finding my magical feet and direction!

Maybe go for the old cliche of taking one routine and performing 100 times...at the end of it, you'll have an improved routine, a routine you know perfectly, your presentational skills will be a lot better and you'll be a lot more confident in that performing ability.

This is very true! Certainly getting out there and doing the magic is the best way to improve!

Well I'm not sure if it's a "key" book on magic or performing, but if you're after your next great read (assuming that you've not done it before) I highly recommend Drawing Room Deceptions by Guy Hollingworth. It's got to be one of my favourite magic books not only for it's content but also just for the read.

For your Next, Great Read, Chris, you could do far worse than pick up Alkazar: ftopic19847.php

Simple, direct and complete, in terms of everything you need to know, but may well have overlooked

I highly recommend this book!

Pick up something on acting, voice training, or public speaking. Or anything by Gene Parrot on stand-up comedy. Or Jay Sankey, Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy. Or The Bible of Stand-up Comedy.

Its all about the performance.

Thanks for the reading tips! I will be on another book buying spree, it seems!