From early bush life to contemporary urban existence this book celebrates our finest writers. 850 pp.

A collection of folklore which forms the basis of Australian culture and humour.

Susan Butler

Australians have ways of saying things that can confound other English speakers. The Dinkum Dictionary tells the stories behind the origins of a rich mix of distinctly Australian words and phrases, and with more than twenty new entries the third edition is an essential reference for the home, the office, the classroom, for anyone curious about how and why we use words.

If you've ever wondered why your girlfriend's a Sheila even though her name is Kate, or why your friend in the outer suburbs of Sydney is said to live beyond the black stump, then this is the book for you!

Throwing light on all the quirky, intriguing and downright bizarre words and phrases that make up "Australian English", this entertaining dictionary of slang belongs on everyone's bookshelf.

If you're an Australian, you'll be fascinated to find out how some of the sayings came to be; and if you're a visitor you'll find it an invaluable resource for understanding what people are actually talking about!

Steele Rudd

Stories that immortalised the Rudds and their efforts to farm their Queensland selection. Generous in laughs, full of the pathos and absurdity of life, this is the full restored edition of On Our Selection as it was written

"The poetry selected for this collection reveals Paterson's love and appreciation for the Australian bush and its people. It contains not only widely published and quoted poems such as 'On Kiley's Run' and 'Clancy of The Overflow', but also lesser known poems such as 'The Uplift' and 'The Wind's Message'. The colour plates of works by Australian artists subtly illustrate the images evoked by the poems.". 63pp.

This book is about the people I met as I crisscrossed Australia by train and plane and L-plated car: the undefeated dreamers and wild-hearted romantics, the obsessed hobbyists and beautiful failures. It is about heroes and legends, illusions, delusions and hope, and one or two men with shit for brains who ought to be locked up."

As anyone who's ever read Mark Dapin's column and features in Good Weekend knows, he's an immensely funny, acute and vivid observer of Australian life. In Strange Country, he takes us on a journey through a very different Australia – a country that's eccentric, puzzling, big-hearted, small-minded, nostalgic and sometimes just plain mad.

From the last travelling boxing tent to feral urban sewer rats to Vietnam Veteran bikies and the annual Parkes Elvis Festival, his writing illuminates the stranger side of Australian life in a travel book like no other.

This is an outstanding selection of autobiographical stories and short fiction about Australia and Australians.

True Blue Guide to Australian Slang

An A-Z journey through the words, expressions and cultural idiosyncrasies that make Australians so unique. 126 pp.

Bruce Simpson. Bringing together two of his most popular books, Packhorse Drover and Hell, Highwater & Hardcases. Short stories, Poems and Yarns from the bush.