Author | Melbourne, Australia
Guilty! Thanks for popping in. Here's the latest ...
Books 1 and 2 are available, and Book 3 is cooking.
I'm doing all 16 books, so we have a ways to go.
Purchase Book 1 via my online store, or Amazon: USA, UK, Australia, Canada
Purchase Book 2 via my online store, or Amazon: USA, UK, Australia, Canada
Back Book 3 on Kickstarter to give it a shove along!
Yeah fair enough. It's Tolstoy's War & Peace, just with an Aussie accent. Because it makes me laugh. If it seems like a silly idea, that's because it is.
Many people have translated War & Peace into English over the years, most notably: Maude, Garnett, P&V, and Briggs. Each translation has its merits. I'm creating a new translation, and adding 'Louis' to the ranks.
My version is faithful; nothing is missing, line for line, word for word. The only difference: the narrator is now a massive bogan.
Truly, if you read the Louis translation you can definitively claim you've read Tolstoy's War and Peace.
The project started as a brain break hobby, something I did purely for a laugh.
2019: Book 1 is released (very few people notice)
2023: Book 2 is released (even fewer people notice)
2023: Life gets crazy, project goes on the back-burner
And then ...
May 2025: Bogan War & Peace randomly goes viral on Bluesky
More sales in 24 hours than in previous 6 years
Calls from radio producers, calls from journalists …
'What the heck just happened!?' Start scrambling around trying to catch up!
Honestly, I thought this project was dead. And then it came roaring back to life. I'm picking it back up, I'm pumped, and you can join me on the journey.
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Oh, we're cookin! That's a legit progress bar, I'll keep that updated.
Back Book 3 on Kickstarter! to speed it along.
If you want to watch the progress,
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More announcements coming ... Stay tuned, I'm figuring out how to let you in on the writing sessions!
Nightlife on ABC Radio, with Suzanne Hill - War and Peace: A bonza read mate!
I'm awkward for the first minute but then it gets better I promise! Still can't believe they let me on the radio.
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NEW EPISODE COMING SOON!