John O'Brien

This volume combine O'Briens two books - Around the Boree Log and The Parish of St Mel's.

Affectionate and humorous verse of farming life and the life of Irish settlers in Australia - at home on the land and at the church on the hill that is the centre of their lives.

Offers a rich mixture of old favourites and re-discovered verse and song. Hardcover 226 pages.

An hilarious account of a young man growing up in the outback of the 1950s. This was before technology took over and each station was its own self contained community and mateship often a matter of life and death.

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Australian Short Story Collection

Edited by Laurie Hergenham. Lawson, Marshal, White, Moorehouse, Wilding and others. 354 pp.

Banjo Paterson Collected Verse

This collection presents more than 100 of Paterson’s poems that reflect the remarkable richness and range of his writings, and pay tribute to one of Australia’s favorite sons – ‘The Banjo of the Bush’. 290 pp.

Slang permeates Australian society – it can be found in pubs and RSLs, at footy matches and on TV soaps, in the hallowed halls of parliament, in schoolyards (often behind the dunnies), and up the backyard round the barbie. Macquarie's Best Aussie Slang provides a doorway to dip into this wonderful world. Some features of this edition include:
- definitions written in accessible colloquial English – simple and easy to understand
- historical treatment of important items of Aussie slang: fair dinkum, Anzacs, humping the bluey, bludger, etc.
- rhyming slang
- special attention given to slang phrases
- not happy Jan!
- I hope your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down
- useful as a roo bar on a skateboard
- silly as a two-bob watch
- mad as a cut snake
- don't come the raw prawn with me
- regional slang gathered from contributors from all over the country

Bob Magor collection of books

Bob Magor left school at 15 years of age, then spent about 25 years working his sheep and cattle farm in South Australia. At the age of "about 40" he decided to follow his sons who announced they wanted to pursue a career "off the land".

Bob began putting his rural experience to use by writing bush verse and poetry and has now written the seven books presented here.

The first of his works was released at the Tamworth Country Music festivals of the early 1990s, and he has gone from strength to strength since that time.

The titles of Bob's books pretty much gives the gist of the majority of what the content is about. People with a dry sense of humour will undoubtedly get the most enjoyment from these books.

Humorous Bush Verse. The dynamite-carrying crow is a classic. 

A farmer suffering PMT (Perpetual Milking Tantrums)

Situations anyone who has ever been caravanning or camping with other people will be able to relate to.

More Bush Verse including 'Cooper Coming Down'

Bob Magor pokes some more fun at caravanners. From blokes doing the supermarket shopping to line dancing. Bob also throws in some serious thoughts on campfires and the local fire services.

Having just received a copy of The Exodus I have to say it is a must have for those fortunate to have been around a bit - or perhaps lessons for those just starting! A great belly laugh or a continual smirk - do yourself a favour and buy it!     Robert

FMG is a special dish at the Prairie Hotel at Parachilna, SA.

Snakes Alive continues the humour of life on the land with the exception of a few serious ballads. 

Includes these lines: But all fail to compare with when Gran split the air with the squawk of an opera singer. And the Richter scale proved that the earth really moved when old Gran caught her boobs in the Wringer

102pp.