Almanac Anniversaries: The Glorious Nineteenth (at Murtoa)

September 19, 2024 by 24 Comments

September 19 is the anniversary of the first start of John Harms’s first ever horse, the great mare Courting Pleasure, known as Dog on Fire, or just The Dog. She started at Murtoa in the Wimmera region of Victoria.

Play On (includes Loose Men Everywhere)

April 7, 2020 by 2 Comments

Play On is the omnibus edition of John Harms’s first three books: Loose Men Everywhere, Memoirs of a Mug Punter, and Confessions of a Thirteenth Man. Read what the critics have said about them here. And copies are available through the Almanac Shop.

Get all your Christmas Shopping Done in our Book Sale! (Extended until Tuesday night)

December 8, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Make The Footy Almanac your one stop Christmas shop this festive season by getting the sports fans in your life some of our great titles while they are at great prices! All book sales include FREE shipping in Australia.

Almanac Sports Memoir: Can you recommend any?

June 9, 2017 by 5 Comments

Yvette Wroby looks at some recent footy memoirs as she prepares for her gig at the Williamstown Literary Festival.

Living Footy at Williamstown Literary Festival

May 22, 2017 by 1 Comment

The Footy Almanac will be at Willy Lit Fest this year. Come along to see John Harms, Yvetter Wroby and Kerrie Soraghan talking about their love and obsession with footy. Come along for a what will be a delightful session.

Christmas Offer Number 2: The Doggies Almanac and Play On

December 18, 2016 by Leave a Comment

This is an ideal gift for those who love sport and love good sports stories.

Luke Beveridge, the Bulldogs faithful, and Play On

December 1, 2016 by 20 Comments

Footy means so much to so many. Just ask a Doggies supporter. In his book Play On (from the Loose Men Everywhere section) John Harms considered why. Luke Beveridge read an extract from Play On at the club celebrations last night. Here’s what the much-loved coach read.

Father’s Day Book Ideas

August 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Get your Father’s Day books here.
Life as I know it.
Play On.
My Lifelong love affair with the Swans

The Blessing of the Season (March 17 – all welcome)

March 15, 2016 by 5 Comments

Come and be blessed by Percy Jones. This Paddy’s Day at the North Fitzroy Arms. Details here. Includes the launch of John Harms’s Play On.

Memoir: Northerly, North Adelaide and The Bloke With The Talking Shirt

January 24, 2016 by 1 Comment

Nado Lenkic, who calls himself Northerly in some Almanac communications, recently sent an email to John Harms. Although it was never intended for publication, JTH asked if he could publish it, as the note is a classic expression of how people engage in all things sport. No wonder Nado was chasing a copy of Play On. [At Uni he was known as The Bloke With The Talking Shirt.]