Welcome to the website of best-selling author and broadcaster Patrick Lindsay.

 

 

 

JUST OUT:

INTERVIEW WITH ABC PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT, CAMPBELL COONEY, ON KOKODA APP AND @kokoda1942live HERE

 

 

 

 

KOKODA APP NOW AVAILABLE FREE ON ANDROID 

 

 And from iTunes

The Kokoda story, in the words of the Diggers, for the digital generation. Download it for free from the App Store and the Google Playstore

 

FOLLOW THE DIGGERS' STORIES

Check out the daily diary of events as they happened on the Kokoda Track 70 years ago with blog KOKODA1942LIVE and on twitter 

 

 

 

TRUE BLUE

IN BOOKSTORES

Patrick's latest book, True Blue - 150 Years of Service & Sacrifice of the NSW Police Force, is now available, either from the NSW Police Shop, the publisher HarperCollins or at selected bookstores.  MORE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soft-cover edition of Kokoda Spirit for 70th Anniversary year of Kokoda Campaign

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New editions: 

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 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

 

 

The Coast Watchers

Patrick’s latest book, The Coast Watchers, is 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 latest in the It's Never Too Late series

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bookviews

Think movie trailers for books

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