Welcome to the website of best-selling author and broadcaster Patrick Lindsay.
A new and exciting series of live talks called
debuted to excellent reviews at the Cremorne Orpheum on 22 April 2012.
check out the highlights from the pilot here
Five speakers, 20 mins each, live on stage, followed by Q&A. Hosted by Ray Martin, it featuring Tom Keneally, Gretel Killeen, Ray, Sebastian Robertson and Patrick.
Check out www.topictalks.com.au for the next program.
New soft-cover edition of Kokoda Spirit now in stores for 70th Anniversary year of Kokoda Campaign
Also, new editions of Patrick's books now out:
The Spirit of The Digger
Our Darkest Day
The updated and completely revised The Spirit of The Digger includes our contributions to Iraq and Afghanistan, the stories of our latest VC winners and the latest advances from Fromelles and Kokoda and recent discoveries relating to Fromelles, Kokoda and other Western Front battles. Patrick has also included new chapters on our most recent VC winners, the Coast Watchers and IEDs (improvised explosive devices).
The abridged edition of Patrick's Fromelles, called Our Darkest Day, brings the remarkable story up to date and includes the latest on the discovery and identification of the Missing Diggers from the battle.
In Their Footsteps now available on iTunes & on DVD from major stores
Patrick created the format for a ground-breaking television series called IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS, in which descendants of our servicemen and women take an uniquely personal journey of discovery - literally in the footsteps of their forebears - to find out what they endured as they served our nation.
The 10-episode first series was produced by Shine Australia and aired on the Nine Network.
It's available on iTunes at $2.99 an episode or $29.90 for the complete series.
The first series is now available on DVD from major stores.
Check out Nine's promo here
Check out BLOG for more details
Is NSW's oldest-living Detective also the oldest-living NRL player?
Bill Harris - policeman, showman, sportsman, survivor
(see story on TRUE BLUE BLOG)
I'm writing a book, True Blue ... 150 Years of Service & Sacrifice, to celebrate the 150th anniversary in 2012 of the official founding of the NSW Police Force. If you have stories, photos or memorabilia that would add to this work please contact me
The Coast Watchers
now in stores
Patrick’s latest book, The Coast Watchers, is now in all good book stores.
It explores the heroic exploits of the tiny band that stayed behind in the Pacific Islands after the Japanese occupation in WWII. Aided by loyal islanders, they watched and they warned, despite being constantly hunted by the enemy and knowing that capture meant certain death (indeed more than 30 were caught and executed, most by beheading).
The Coast Watchers’ reports and warnings gave the Allies a vital edge against the Japanese who had hitherto swept unchecked through Asia and the Pacific.
The famed American Admiral William “Bull” Halsey summed up their contribution when he said: “Guadalcanal saved the Pacific, and the Coast Watchers saved Guadalcanal.”
Be Happy now in bookstores
Be Happy aims to highlight that happiness doesn't depend on everything in our world - career, health, relationships - being perfect all the time. Rather, it comes from deep within us and can be drawn forth by even the smallest actions
We all have the power to lighten our burdens by changing the way we think. We can take charge of our own destinies.
The book is a collection of reflections and uplifting quotes designed to inspire us to find the best in ourselves and the world around us.
Be Happy is published by Hardie Grant Books, rrp $19.95.
INTRODUCING … bookviews
Think movie trailers for books
I’ve created a series of video previews of my most recent books, Kokoda Spirit and Fromelles, and my upcoming book, The Coast Watchers, to give you a feeling for their style and content.
I call them bookviews.
I hope to briefly capture the essence of the books in words and images so readers can browse them electronically.
The videos are on YouTube and you should be able to reach them with a single click. Please let me know what you think of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km6-F-udkR0
Fromelles bookview
Kokoda Spirit bookview