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Book Cover:  Strine: Text Classics
By Afferbeck Lauder & John Clarke

Do you sign on the dotted lion?
Is your tea nature Orpheus rocker?
Who is Charlie Charm Puck in 'Waltzing Matilda'?


There was never any book about Australian speech like Strine or about posh British speech like Fraffly Well Spoken . This edition includes all four Afferbeck Lauder books, with a new foreword by John Clarke.

These pages are full of mare chick momence. Tiger look and start torgon Strine!...




Do you sign on the dotted lion?
Is your tea nature Orpheus rocker?
Who is Charlie Charm Puck in 'Waltzing Matilda'?


There was never any book about Australian speech like Strine or about posh British speech...


Published: 26/04/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921922329
RRP: $12.95
Book Cover:  Strine: The Complete Works of Professor Afferbeck Lauder
By Afferbeck Lauder

It was Professor Afferbeck Lauder who made the groundbreaking discovery that Australians speak Strine—not English, as had long been thought. He revealed his findings in a little book called Let Stalk Strine , an instant classic and—as John Clarke writes in his Ford—a publishing phenomenon.

It was Professor Afferbeck Lauder who made the groundbreaking discovery that Australians speak Strine—not English, as had long been thought. He revealed his findings in a little book called Let Stalk...

Published: 25/10/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921656804
RRP: $23.95
Book Cover:  Billy's Dictionary for Blokes
Until now there have only been two types of dictionaries. Big boring ones and pocket-sized boring ones, both about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike. Billy Brownless knows a bit about words because he talks a lot so he's put pen to paper and written a useful dictionary.
Until now there have only been two types of dictionaries. Big boring ones and pocket-sized boring ones, both about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike. Billy Brownless knows a bit about words because he talks a lot so he's put pen to paper and written a useful dictionary.
Published: 01/08/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921518805
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Words Fail Me
By Teresa Monachino
An entertaining book about the nonsense at the heart of the English language.
An entertaining book about the nonsense at the heart of the English language.
Published: 01/01/1999
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714846354
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover: The Beaut Little Book of New Zealand Slang
By Harry Orsman & Des Hurley
It's a well-known fact that Kiwis have their own way of talking, and without a guide you can easily come a greaser. Have a gink at this beaut little book, and you won't need to feel a nong any more. In fact, you'll be away laughing. You can put a ring around that!
It's a well-known fact that Kiwis have their own way of talking, and without a guide you can easily come a greaser. Have a gink at this beaut little book, and you won't need to feel a nong any more. In...
Published: 19/05/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143009955
RRP: $7.95
Book Cover:  Billy's Dictionary for Blokes
Published: 27/07/2011
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742533674

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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