Everyone's favourite humorist/memoirist/affably neurotic homosexual has landed in Australia for a rapid-fire national tour.

A publisher of many successful books and The New Yorker's go-to guy for comic anecdote, David Sedaris's readings are strange intersections between a literary evening and a stand-up comedy routine; the incisive cracks that render his prose so recognisable and warm come to life with a positively un-literary sense of comic timing.

With five shows left, there's still time to catch him.

Tour dates:

Melbourne: Thursday January 12, The Athenaeum. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: from $61.50 at Ticketek

Adelaide: Friday January 13, Her Majestys Theatre. Time 7pm. Tickets: from $61.35 at BASS.

Perth: Saturday January 14, Astor Theatre. Time 7.30pm. Tickets: from $60 at BOCS.

Sydney: Monday January 16, Sydney Opera House. Time: 7pm. Tickets: SOLD OUT.

Brisbane: Tuesday January 17, Powerhouse. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: $67 (upper gallery only) at the Powerhouse Box Office (07) 3358 8600