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Countdown to Australia’s Favourite Novelist: 40-31 as voted by you

Welcome to day two of the unveiling of Australia’s Favourite Novelist, as voted by you. Here’s the story so far: 50. Peter Temple 49. Jay Kristoff 48. Nikki Gemmell 47. Charlotte Wood 46. Andy Griffiths 45. Di Morrissey 44. Christina Stead 43. Christos Tsiolkas 42. Rachael Treasure 41. Morris Gleitzman Don’t forget to pencil in January 25th as a big day on the calender as we c... Read more

by | January 22, 2013

Award-winning author Charlotte Wood reveals her Five Favourite Australian Authors

Award-winning author Charlotte Wood author of The Children, Animal People, Love and Hunger and many more reveals her Five Favourite Australian Authors                                                    ————————————————— I hate picking favourites; mine change all the time. But here are Five Aust... Read more

by | January 16, 2013

Guest Blogger: Publisher Meredith Curnow Wishes Patrick White a Happy 100th Birthday

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 He settled in London, where he wrote several unpublished novels, then served in the RAF during the war.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

And the winner is (drumroll please)… Congratulations to the Winners of Booktopia’s April Competitions!

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

by | May 11, 2012

REVIEW: The Hanging Garden by Patrick White – reviewed by John Purcell

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

by | March 28, 2012