Books published by Penguin Random House Australia

Welcome to Sydney, the 'Emerald City', With the world's nicest harbour - it's really quite pretty. The surface is gorgeous but give it a scratch, And you'll see how the upsides all come with a catch . . . For children, Sydney is a wondrous place of jacaranda trees, chugging harbour ferries and singing ice cream trucks. For the rest of us, Sydney is a cess pit of red-faced road rage, late-running trains and overpriced bloody everything. In this hilarious homage to the kids' classic Alphabetical Sydney, local creatives Paul Chappell and Josh Whiteman take an adults-only, A-Z tour of one of Australia's most iconic cities to reveal the truth its residents all recognise: while it looks lovely, it's f*cking impossible to live in. To anyone who's ever had a good moan about the lockout laws, parking wardens or just the whole of the Eastern suburbs (but knows deep in their cynical heart that Sydney still beats Melbourne hands down): this book is for you.

Storytelling—how to catch and hold a reader’s interest through artful narration of factual material   William E. Blundell, one of the best writers on one of America''s best-written papers—The Wall Street Journal—has put his famous Journal Feature-Writing Seminars into this step-by-step guide for turning out great articles. Filled with expert instruction on a complex art, it provides beginners with a systematic approach to feature writing and deftly teaches old pros some new tricks about:   ·         How and where to get ideas ·         What readers like and don’t like ·         Adding energy and interest to tired topics ·         Getting from first ideas to finish article ·         The rules of organization ·         How—and whom—to quote and paraphrase ·         Wordcraft, leads, and narrative flow ·         Self-editing and notes on style   … plus many sample feature articles.

The cartoons in The Wayward Leunig: Cartoons That Wandered Off have been selected from five decades of work, and are wide-ranging, potent, hilarious, insightful, relevant, original and beautiful. A companion to Essential Leunig, this collection is a must-have for Leunig fans.