The challenges and frustrations of being a self-styled intellectual in Brisbane in the 1970s and 80s.  By turns wry, funny and poignant, the book tracks Beeb and his best mate through school, university, and the questionable delights of the workforce.  Life in Brisbane could be... 'interesting' then.

The First Book of Dubious Magic - after hitting his head on a poker machine, John B. Stewart's wishes start to come true.  But that just leads him into a battle with an insane sorceress, an ancient demon, and a deranged Colonel.  No wonder he needs a drink...

The Fourth Book of Dubious Magic - John B. and Wilko travel to Hawaii for a golf tournament.  What can go wrong?  Plenty, when a mad terrorist plans to blow up the Big Island and everyone on it, and will kill anyone who gets in the way!

The Seventh Book of Dubious Magic - around the coast of Maine, danger lurks on the land, on the water, and under it.  If the pirates don't get John B., one of the Great Beasts might!

A collection of fun and insightful poems and short stories for kids and thoughtful adults.  Includes the winner of the Mary Shelley Bicentennial Short Story Prize.

The Eighth Book of Dubious Magic - it's Carnevale time in Venice, but behind the music and partying John B. and Q find deceit and danger.  Love and magic face off against an old enemy - the very embodiment of ancient evil.

The Second Book of Dubious Magic - John B. Stewart and his companions are in Central Australia, where they face heat, snakebite, bikers, a corrupt cop, a contrary camel, and a madman planning to use human sacrifice to revive an ancient god. 

The Fifth Book of Dubious Magic - on an island off Scotland John B. and company mix with spirits of more than one kind.  If you're killed in your sleep, do you die for real?  It seems awfully like it...

The inspiring story of a woman who leaves a fading Scottish mining town for the challenges of a new land and the hopes of a new love.  Vividly depicting both the simple pleasures and daily perils of Depression-era Melbourne and the early Queensland cane fields.

A quirky history of a peculiarly Australian pub crawl.  Occurring annually for over four decades, commemorating a demolished but fondly remembered old hotel.  The book, like the Crawl, raises funds to support the Australasian Order of Old Bastards. 

A rousing adventure of the Australian bush - drama, danger and romance from the shearing shed to the goldfields, the racetrack to the lonely scrub.  Originally published in1921, revised for a modern readership to enjoy anew.

The Third Book of Dubious Magic - a rogue Soviet scientist with his own extraordinary secret kidnaps John B., intending to steal and exploit his weird magic powers, even if it kills him!

The Sixth Book of Dubious Magic - the stormy waters between the Shetlands and Norway have been a place for heroes across history.  Now John B. confronts monsters mythical and modern, and must save the woman he's just learning to love.

A light-hearted collection of anecdotes and yarns, with profits going to charity: the Australasian Order of Old Bastards!  An odd name, but a great cause, serving the Aussie community since 1968.

An anthology of imaginative, thoughtful and thought-provoking short stories by writers from the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.  Profits go to support charity - the Australasian Order of Old Bastards.