top of page
Liam Carroll
Mar 4, 20238 min read
Top 13 Tawny tidbits for local rag trade success
Considering starting up a print mag, or interested in the nitty gritty of how a local mag comes together, this listicle might help.
Liam Carroll
Sep 19, 20214 min read
The Adorable Canadian with the World’s Cheekiest Grin: Norm MacDonald, Rest in Peace
My dad was the funniest bloke I knew. I dedicated my book “Slippery” to him, for “teaching me to think clearly and laugh loudly”. And...
Liam Carroll
May 15, 20213 min read
Thanks for the Dance: A Leonard Cohen Masterclass in Bidding Adieu
Always late to discover anything great and worth writing about, it’s only this week that I’ve lucked upon Leonard Cohen’s fifteenth and...
Liam Carroll
Jul 23, 20203 min read
The Steamy 3x2 Love of My Life
I can paddle out in a roaring southerly, a bitter cold symphony of salt, seaweed and turbulence, all while remaining snug us a bug in a rug.
Liam Carroll
Jul 22, 20205 min read
Family Romance LLC, a National Phenomenon
It’s not a lie to bend the truth if it means giving someone a little boost when they need it most.
Liam Carroll
Jul 10, 20206 min read
Goal Keeping and the Art of Fighting Bullies
The day I realised I wasn’t a weak little freckly chubber, condemned to a life of putting up with being bullied, spat on and laughed at.
Liam Carroll
Apr 24, 20204 min read
Bless Nicole, My Freckly Willy Saviour
It feels like someone has stabbed me right in my willy. The pain goes up through my eyeballs but it’s coming straight from my donger!
Liam Carroll
Apr 8, 20202 min read
The Corona Crucifixion
Jesus said hey, let’s throw a big party. Peter said oh no, that’s not very smarty.
We must social distance, stay safe J Dog.
Liam Carroll
Apr 1, 20204 min read
The Mexican Straight Razor
The barber stumbles about the shop, swinging the razor blade through the air as if he were composing for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Liam Carroll
Mar 23, 20203 min read
One Perfect Feb Morn with Rufty and the Florist
Surfers don’t walk to the water’s edge, they run, through the dunes like five year olds, barefoot grown men, lives defined by the ocean.
Liam Carroll
Mar 19, 202065 min read
Corona This. Bat-Soup That. It's Time for Shanghai Slippery.
Did you know Slippery is banned in China while selling bats in meat markets is fine? In these wild times, the world needs Shanghai Slippery.
Liam Carroll
Dec 22, 201913 min read
Hooroo Love - A 2019 Aussie Poem
HOOROO Goodbye, farewell, see ya later. LOVE Makes the world go around. HOOROO LOVE (c) Liam Carroll “G’day Berty” Jack called out as he...
Liam Carroll
Nov 24, 20195 min read
Family Time
Heather was stressed to the eyeballs, as usual. ‘What do I have to do to get these fools away from their beloved, bloody screens?’ These...
Liam Carroll
Nov 19, 20194 min read
A Deal's a Deal, Make it a Good One
One day, not so long ago, somewhere between three and four decades, but who’s counting, I had the misfortune of accidentally sending the...
Liam Carroll
Oct 26, 20194 min read
The Refined Scorpio
It's that special time of year - Scorpio Season. And I thought the best star sign ever deserved a fable, our own Scorpio fairytale,...
bottom of page