HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY PATRICK WHITE Patrick White was born on this day in England in 1912. He was then taken to Australia, where his father owned a sheep farm, when he was six months old. He was educated in England at Cheltenham College and King’s College, Cambridge. He settled in London, where he wrote several unpublished novels, then served in the RAF during the war. He returned to Austr... Read more

The Hanging Garden Five lucky customers will receive a Patrick White book pack containing 1 of each of the following: The Tree of Man Patrick White : A Life The Aunt’s Story And the winners are… N. Berryman, Inverell, NSW K. Treloar, Melbourne, VIC C. Stratigos, Clothiers Creek, NSW R. Bain, Sydney, NSW W. Lawrance, Denmark, WA Click here to buy The Hanging Garden from Booktopia, Au... Read more

The Hanging Garden may just change the way Patrick White is thought of by Australian readers. For many years now, the mere mention of his name has sent shivers down readers’ spines. Granted, for a small percentage of readers, these were the shivers of ecstasy but for the vast majority they were aroused by fear, dread and, for some, loathing. Australia’s only recipient of the Nobel Prize for Lit... Read more