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'Editor and comedian Luke Ryan has wrangled 24 of Australia’s finest comedy writers and rolled them into a single book of comedy gold. If there’s been a more impressive assembly of funny people in any Australian book ever, you can have your money back.' (Publication summary)
Contents
- Fear and Clothing in Fitzroy, single work prose (p. 5-13)
- Flowers, single work short story (p. 14-21)
- Welcome to HED 2015, single work prose (p. 22-28)
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Almost Sincerely,
selected work
short story
'When Zoë Norton Lodge was growing up in Annandale in the eighties and nineties, the self-proclaimed Heartland of the Inner West was a heady brew of somewhat maladjusted and genuinely unsettling residents. But Annandale was changing. New words like ‘architect’ and ‘labradoodle’ drifted out of the overabundance of cafés – and eventually entire weeks would go by with no backyard bomb explosions.
'These stories of neighbourhood warfare, unsound relations, quashed dreams and facial disfigurement are told with Norton Lodge’s characteristic comic verve and eye for absurdity: encounter Greek grandparents whose decades-long resentment turns a colander into a weapon; a petrol-sodden Mamma; children sent to school with cat-food sandwiches; ‘distressed’ furniture; flying babies and other suburban wonders. ' (Publication summary)
- King of the World, single work prose (p. 44-52)
- Number Plate People, single work prose (p. 53-72)
- The Wife Drought, single work prose (p. 73-85)
- Trying Too Hard Now, single work prose (p. 86-93)
- Gone A-Nunning, single work prose (p. 94-106)
- The Tweets of Lee Lin Chin, single work prose (p. 107-111)
- Termination Hotel, single work prose (p. 112-120)
- I, Pervert, single work prose (p. 121-133)
- Because You're Worth It, single work prose (p. 134-142)
- Total Product Recall, single work prose (p. 143-148)
- Bob Brown : Farewell Speech, single work prose (p. 149-156)
- The Backburner's Six Most Burnable News Stories of 2015, single work prose (p. 157-166)
- Catching the Spirit, single work prose (p. 167-176)
- 10 Films to Watch while the Patriarchy Burns, single work prose (p. 177-185)
- Worth a Thousand Words, single work prose (p. 186-197)
- Good English Stock, single work prose (p. 198-208)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also large print.
Works about this Work
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Luke Ryan (Ed) : Best Australian Comedy Writing
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , April 2016;
— Review of Best Australian Comedy Writing 2015 anthology prose short story -
Women Are Funnier Than Men, on These Pages at Least
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 22 December 2016; -
Pushing the Boundaries
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 December 2015; (p. 37) The Saturday Age , 5-6 December 2015; (p. 31)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay ; The Best Australian Science Writing 2015 2015 anthology essay ; Best Australian Comedy Writing 2015 anthology prose short story
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Pushing the Boundaries
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 December 2015; (p. 37) The Saturday Age , 5-6 December 2015; (p. 31)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay ; The Best Australian Science Writing 2015 2015 anthology essay ; Best Australian Comedy Writing 2015 anthology prose short story -
Luke Ryan (Ed) : Best Australian Comedy Writing
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , April 2016;
— Review of Best Australian Comedy Writing 2015 anthology prose short story -
Women Are Funnier Than Men, on These Pages at Least
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 22 December 2016;