It's been donkey's years, yonks in fact, since a book as drool worthy and cack yourself funny as this one landed on Kiwi shelves. You'll be like a cockie looking down a biscuit tin when you see this little beauty, and best of all you won't have to part with a grey nurse to own your own little piece of Australiana. Got no idea what I'm on about? Then you'd better get your mits on one of these babies before they all get snaffled up. Don't hang five, go have a gander. You'd be a gronk to miss out! Sometimes cheeky, occasionally uncouth and always a whole lot of fun The Lingo Dictionary is a catalogue of unique Australian vernacular. Written by passionate wordsmith and ex-news editor John Miller, visitors to Australia will appreciate The Lingo Dictionary's larrikin humour and will find it an invaluable resource for understanding what our nearest neighbours are actually talking about! Author John Miller is a historian and journalist based in Orange, NSW. Sub-editor and editor of the Central Western Daily for several years, a media adviser to state government and manager for Orange tourism, John has also served as Mayor of Orange.

Judy McNeil is only fourteen when her father dies in a railway accident. Penniless and with nowhere to live, her mother is forced to take Judy and her five siblings to seek a new life in Brisbane, where she quickly remarries and Judy

By the acclaimed author of The Woman on the Mountain, this collection of true tales about Sharyn Munro's wild neighbours will delight her many fans, and introduce her unique voice to many newcomers. For 30 years Sharyn has shared her mountain-top wildlife refuge with native animals, from quolls to kookaburras, kangaroos to koalas. As her sole companions for the past six years, they have inspired her to capture their goings-on in both words and illustrations; the end result is Mountain Tails. As she describes what she has discovered about these amazing Australian creatures, she aims to ensure they don't join the others now lost forever. Mountain Tails is intimate, humorous and uniquely insightful; come take a walk in Sharyn's gumboots and experience life on the wild side!

Set among the surf and sandhills of the Australian beach - and the tidal changes of three generations of the Lang family - The Bodysurfers is an Australian classic. A short-story collection which has become a bestseller and been adapted for film, television, radio and the theatre, The Bodysurfers on its first publication marked a major change in Australian literature.

The mid-seventies: at an all-boys Catholic school in Melbourne, Timothy Conigrave falls wildly and sweetly in love with the captain of the football team. So begins a relationship that weathers disapproval, separation and, ultimately death. With honesty and insight Holding the Man explores the highs and lows of any partnership, and the strength of heart both men have to find when they test positive to HIV. This is a book as refreshing and uplifting as it is moving; a funny and sad and celebratory account of growing up gay.

I Can Jump Puddles is Alan Marshall's story of his childhood a happy world in which, despite his crippling poliomyelitis, he plays, climbs, fights, swims, rides and laughs. His world was the Australian countryside early last century: rough-riders, bushmen, farmers and tellers of tall stories a world held precious by the young Alan.

From one of Australia's most celebrated writers comes eleven stories about the complexities of life and love; of looking back and longing; of what it means to be a stranger, on foreign ground and known, told with the piercing familiarity and resonance we have come to expect from Helen Garner. Remarkably honest, often very funny and always woven in ways that surprise, these stories tease out everyday life to show the darkness underneath - but also the possibilities of joy.

'Australia is a lucky country, run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck.'First published in 1964 The Lucky Country caused a sensation. The book was a wake-up call to an unimaginative nation, an indictment of a country mired in mediocrity and manacled to its past.

Cherly Koenig was awarded NSW Woman of the Year in 2009. Read about her amazing journey in Paper Cranes. At the age of twelve Cheryl Koenig