Author | Melbourne, Australia
Guilty! Well, thanks for popping in. Here's the latest ...
Books 1 and 2 are available, and Book 3 is cooking.
It's my dream to do all 16 books, so we have a ways to go. Luckily, the work is an absolute blast.
Yeah good question! It's Tolstoy's War & Peace, just with an Aussie accent. Because it makes me laugh.
When you decide to read War and Peace, you must first choose which/whose version to read. 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 have a dream to create a new translation, and add '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.
If you missed the back-story, let me sum it up real quick ...
The project was my silly 'brain break' hobby, something I did purely because it made me laugh.
2019: Book 1 released (very few people notice)
2023: Book 2 released (even fewer people notice)
2023: Life gets crazy, project gets put on the back-burner
And then ...
May 2025: Bogan War & Peace randomly goes viral on Bluesky
Tonnes of comments, re-shares, re-quotes, etc.
More books sell in 24 hours than in 6 years
Calls from radio producers, calls from journalists …
'What the heck just happened!?' Start scrambling around trying to catch up!
Honestly, I kinda thought this project was dead. And then it came roaring back to life. I am so excited to pick it back up, and I invite you to join me on the journey...
Peek behind the curtain via my Instagram @anderlouis,
Listen to me ramble and rant on the Ander Louis Podcast (available on all podcast thingys),
Subscribe to my Newsletter, just in case I remember it exists,
Can't wait to see what happens next, and I hope to see ya along the way!
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Oh, we're cookin! See that progress bar? That's legit, I'll keep that updated.
If you want to watch the progress, follow me @anderlouis on Instagram.
Big announcements to come ... Stay tuned, I'm formulating a plan to let you in on the writing sessions!
Check me out on ABC Radio, with Suzanne Hill - War and Peace: A bonza read mate!
Fancy a chat? Subscribe to the Ander Louis Podcast on your preferred pod app.
NEW EPISODE COMING SOON!