And there is the fact that, in archery, ‘nock, draw, loose’ are the steps of prepping and then firing an arrow: to nock it is ...

Patrick White, Australia's most celebrated writer, died yesterday morning at his home in Centennial Park. He was 78. White was the first Australian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, in ...

The Hanging Garden by Patrick White, Knopf Australia, $29.95 Advertisement An unpublished manuscript by Australia’s only Nobel Prize-winning author was always going to be big news, and here it is.