Patrick White was the first Australian to win a Nobel Prize for literature. He was also a huge homo.
Author: James Whitmore
I am a writer based in Melbourne. I’m interested in nature and the environment, and queer books.
Review: The Pillars by Peter Polites
The Pillars is a novel where property power is everything and each word seems to take on a menacing aura.
Glittering ichthyosaurs in Heart of Darkness
My favourite imagery in all of literature comes from Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.
Review: The Old Lie by Claire G. Coleman
The old Lie, according to WWI poet Wilfred Owen, is that there is glory to be found in dying for one’s country. Claire G. Coleman’s new novel of the same title is a systematic demolishing of that lie.
The Library Is Open 