Shaun Micallef

‘If I wasn’t dead, I would sue.’—Bram StokerThis is the origin story of the first real vampyre (not Dracula).The trouble with immortality is that eventually you get sick to death of it, and so to soothe his sickened soul, the Comte De’Ath decides to take a trip. From psychoanalysis in Vienna to blood transfusions in London, the Comte learns that...

A glacier up on a mountain grew tired of the same boring view. He wanted excitement; he wanted some fun, he wanted to see something new. From the incomparable Shaun Micallef comes this warming new picture-book adventure about enjoying life’s moments... before they’re gone. Discover the delightful story in The Impatient Glacier.

An ocelot can run like the dickens, and this is the tale I must tell, of a race to the face of Mount Olaf against something with pincers and shell . . Ocelot may be fast, but he has a lousy sense of direction—he’s Ocelost! Can slow-and-steady Crab map out a better way to win the race?

A wildly funny and meticulously researched reexamination of the life of explorer Matthew Flinders, as Shaun Micallef charts the chaos, comedy, and contradictions behind the founding of Australia. Who was Matthew Flinders? A pioneer who gave Australia its name but chose to name nothing after himself. A dreamer obsessed with Robinson Crusoe who wound up imprisoned on an island for...

Shaun Micallef is without doubt Australia's premier comedian, writer, producer, presenter, actor, author, broadcaster, bon vivant, gadfly, troubadour, dancer, impresario, acrobat, lion tamer, poet and elite sportsman. But did you know that he is also an internationally renowned playwright? No? Typical. It really is a stain on our national character that this doyen of theatre doesn't get the credit he...

This indefinitive collection brings together under one cover the very best comic writing - parody, poetry, prose, plays, philosophy and political treatise - by Australia's greatest living television host. From 'I Was Scott Morrison's Schnoodle' and 'Around the World in One Pair of Underpants' to the deliciously decadent recipe for 'Satyricon Su'rprise', Slivers, Shards and Skerricks by Shaun Micallef has...