These stories by Gary Langford have been published many times, both in New Zealand and overseas. Apart from his books of fiction, poetry, plays and a writing textbook, he has had more than 200 productions of his plays, scripts and musicals on stage, radio and television. He has won awards for his stories and this entire collection has also been broadcast on the radio in New Zealand, Australia and Canada. He has also edited numerous anthologies of poetry and stories, particularly in his role as co-ordinator of Creative Writing at the University of Western Sydney. Lunch at the Storytellers Restaurant is his twenty-fourth book, and third collection of stories.