image of person or book cover 4666619156964211295.jpg
This image has been sourced from online.
y separately published work icon Stranger Thingies : From Felafel to Now selected work   short story   essay  
Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 Stranger Thingies : From Felafel to Now
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'John Birmingham is a master of good writing and funny lines. He has written a thousand stories, some true, some not so much. These are the best ones and they're so good, and so funny, there has been no barrel-scraping involved. Really, this book could have been much longer. 

'The pieces contained within these pages run the gamut from the early felafel days to the shiny age we live in where Donald Trump is the President of the USA. And it does not shy away from the greatest controversy of our age: potato cake vs potato scallop. 

'These hilarious pieces cover a wide range of topics from food to fitness and politics to pork, in all its glories. And, of course, fashion. Ever the equal opportunist, John Birmingham skewers them all.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: NewSouth Publishing , 2017 .
      image of person or book cover 4666619156964211295.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 320p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication Date:   01 September 2017
         

      ISBN: 9781742235592

Works about this Work

Don’t Laugh, This Is Serious Louise Swinn , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9 December 2017; (p. 23)

— Review of Stranger Thingies : From Felafel to Now John Birmingham , 2017 selected work short story essay

'John Birmingham pinched all the indie cred in 1994 with He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, a sharply funny share-house memoir. Since then, Brisbane-based Birmingham has been prolific in diverse genres: a guide to writing, two Quarterly Essays, airport thrillers and sci-fi fantasies, as well as a regular newspaper column.' (Introduction)

Don’t Laugh, This Is Serious Louise Swinn , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9 December 2017; (p. 23)

— Review of Stranger Thingies : From Felafel to Now John Birmingham , 2017 selected work short story essay

'John Birmingham pinched all the indie cred in 1994 with He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, a sharply funny share-house memoir. Since then, Brisbane-based Birmingham has been prolific in diverse genres: a guide to writing, two Quarterly Essays, airport thrillers and sci-fi fantasies, as well as a regular newspaper column.' (Introduction)

Last amended 24 Aug 2017 12:12:32
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X