sleeper / noun 2. a timber, concrete or steel beam forming part of a railway track, serving as a foundation or support for the rails. 7. Colloquial a. someone or something that unexpectedly achieves success or fame. b. a book... which has slow but constant sales. 8. A spy who is allowed to carry on a normal life sometimes for years before being requested to undertake any espionage.
Macquarie dictionary, 3rd edition
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Conceived on a Tram: a book of cartoons, illustrations and graphic stories done in Melbourne
Across Melbourne, just after teatime, thousands of people begin doodling; people at their kitchen/coffee/stable tables start drawing.
Editor and mastermind behind Conceived on a Tram, Paul Oslo Davis, has showcased the length and breadth of Melbourne's illustrative comic talent. Comic gagster Andrew Weldon (Bulletin, The Big Issue, The Age) is there. As is Trudy White (children's book maker), Adam Ford (zinester, poet and novelist) and Mandy Ord (Melbourne cartooning institution). Thrown into the mix are a few unknowns whose work has never seen the light of day. AND, funnyman Danny Katz has written a cracking essay on illustrators, and Melbourne comic genius Shaun Micallef chucks in his two-bob's worth when he re-thinks (and re-draws!) a stodgy old Punch cartoon.
This book should be readily available throughout Melbourne, or you can purchase one right here through our bookshop.
This book was made possible with the generous support of
 Toast: The Best Thing Since, Well... By Daylan James."Without toast can there be art? Science? Love? Of course not. Late at night, or sometime well after lunch, and, it goes with saying, at breakfast too, toast is hip, toast is always there for you, toast cares. Life would not be worth living without it, or without this, the official companion volume for the world's most reliable meal." – John Birmingham, He Died with a Felafel in his Hand |
Contained in this little treasure trove of goodness is Daylan's complete and collected works. That's every toast meal he's ever cooked – and a few he hasn't. Through the pages of War and Peace, from Ireland to Thailand, to yak ghee in Tibet, and working out how to feed Asia's underworld. With James Bond at your side. None of it's real, all of it's made up, and every word is either true or not true.
The perfect Christmas present, anytime present, for everyone you know. You can purchase one right here through our bookshop.
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Conceived on a Tram: a book of cartoons illustrations and graphic stories done in Melbourne
ISBN: 978-0-9756991-4-0 RRP: $20.00 inc GST. Distribution Enquiries to Macmillan Distribution Services on (ph)1300 135 113, (fax) 1300 135 103 or (email) customer.service@macmillan.com.au
Toast – the best thing since, well...
ISBN: 978-0-9756991-3-3 RRP: $14.95 inc GST. Distribution Enquiries to Dennis Jones and Associates, 19a Michellan Court, Bayswater VIC 3153 – Ph: 03 9720 6761 Fax: 03 9720 4472