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Kaz Cooke Kaz Cooke i(A26984 works by)
Born: Established: 1962 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
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Cartoonist, author and newspaper columnist Kaz Cooke has also written material for the radio programme Foxy Ladies which she co-hosted with Judith Lucy.

In addition to the indexed works, Cooke has published a variety of books guiding readers through topics such as body image and beauty, modern etiquette, women's health, pregnancy and early child care. Her numerous publications include: The Modern Girl's Guide to Everything (1986), The Modern Girl's Guide to Safe Sex (1988), Real Gorgeous: The Truth About Body and Beauty (1994), Up the Duff: The Real Guide to Pregnancy (1999), Kidwrangling: The Real Guide to Caring for Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers (2003) and Women's Stuff (2011).

The creator of the cartoon character, Hermoine the Modern Girl, Cooke has also illustrated books by other authors.

In 2017, her non-fiction book Girl Stuff 8-12 was longlisted for an ABIA Award.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2019 recipient National Library of Australia Fellowships Supported by the Stokes family

for The History of Advice to Women (‘If You’re a Woman, You’re Doing it Wrong’)

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon You're Doing it Wrong Melbourne : Viking , 2021 23434059 2021 single work non-fiction prose

'You’re Doing it Wrong is an outrageous tour through the centuries of bonkers and bad advice handed down and foisted upon women, told as only Kaz Cooke can – with humour and rage, intelligence and wit.

'Come with Kaz on a laugh-out-loud frolic through centuries of terrible advice, from 14th-century clergy to the Kardashians (wear a dress made of arsenic, do some day-drinking, have sex with a billionaire biker, worry about your vagina wrinkles). It’s also a roar against injustice, a rallying cry for sisterhood and a way to free ourselves from ludicrous expectations and imposed perfectionism.

'Kaz’s own 30-year history of interest and experience in advice – from her newspaper etiquette column to best-selling books, including Up the Duff and the Girl Stuff series – and years of archives and research have culminated in a full-colour, exuberant shout of a book with hundreds of wacky and sobering historical photos of objects and instructions.

'You’re Doing It Wrong examines what we’re told to do (change shape, shoosh, do all the housework), and what we’re not supposed to do (frown, have pockets, lead a country). It covers sex & romance, paid work, fashion & beauty, health advice, housework, and a motherlode of mad parenting instructions – from witchcraft to beauty pageants, with a side of aviatrixes. Put the kettle on and settle in.'

Source : publisher's blurb

2023 shortlisted Russell Prize for Humour Writing
y separately published work icon Girl Stuff : Your Full-On Guide to the Teen Years Camberwell : Viking , 2007 Z1522695 2007 single work non-fiction young adult A highly comprehensive guide for girls to the teenage years, written with the humour, empathy, frankness and authority that Kaz Cooke brings to all her guides for women. Covers subjects such as body changes, body image, feelings, confidence, family, friends, drink, drugs, sex, schoolwork, work, money, safety, mental and physical health, clothes and make-up. Illustrated with Kaz's lively cartoons and quotes from the hundreds of teenage girls who responded to the online Girl Stuff Survey questionnaires. (Source: LibrariesAustralia)
2008 winner Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Australian General Non-Fiction Book of the Year
2008 honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
y separately published work icon The Terrible Underpants Ringwood : Viking , 2000 Z668315 2000 single work picture book children's humour Wanda Linda discovers that all her underpants are on the line and still wet. She is forced to wear her only other pair - the saggy, baggy "Terrrible Underpants". Her pet, a hairy-nosed wombat called Glenda, is not amused. (Soource: LibrariesAustralia)
2001 runner-up CBCA Book of the Year Awards CBCA Award for New Illustrator
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