Yeah, Nah!

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Join bestselling Australian storyteller William McInnes as he gives us his own take on our unique relationship with colourful and colloquial language. Whether we are bunging it on or behaving like a drongo, Australians have a turn of phrase for every situation.

Our way with words helps us through life's landmark occasions. It's there in our fatalistic humour at moments of drama or heartbreak. It's there when we cut through pollie-speak, media spin or academic bombast, and when we watch the ways our sporting heroes behave both on and off the field. We use it to mark the ups and downs of our friendships and to navigate our relationships with our kids. Our love of plain speaking, of calling a spade a bloody shovel, communicates the essence of the thing to our mates, to those in the know - and to those at the top who should know better.

Part memoir, part manifesto, this warm, witty, poignant and laugh-out-loud funny collection will have you thinking about what you say, how you say it and what that really says about you. And maybe you'll even come away enriched by the experience!

Praise for the writing of William McInnes

'Warm and engaging . . . feels a little bit like home' Daily Telegraph

'If there is a quintessence of Australia at its best, William McInnes has distilled it' The Age

'Warm, nostalgic, funny and undeniably Australian' Sydney Morning Herald

Author Bio

William McInnes is one of Australia's most popular writers and actors. His books include the bestselling memoirs A Man's Got to Have a Hobby and That'd Be Right. In 2012 his book Worse Things Happen at Sea, co-written with his wife, Sarah Watt, was named the best non-fiction title in the ABIA and Indie Awards.

Also an award-winning actor and best known for his leading roles in Blue Heelers, SeaChange, Total Control and The Newsreader, William has won two Logies and two AFI/AACTA Awards for Best Actor in the film Unfinished Sky and Best Supporting Actor in The Newsreader.

William grew up in Queensland and lives in Melbourne.