SPOILER ALERT: THIS ARTICLE ABOUT SPOILERS CONTAINS SPOILERS THAT MAY SPOIL POTENTIAL SPOILERS The final episode of Season 5 of Game of Thrones marked the first time readers of the book and watchers on the wall of the television series achieving a level of parity, plot-wise. This means that all disciples of Westeros and beyond are waiting for one question to be answered. Is Jon Snow really dead... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Barbara Hannay author of The Secret Years Ten Terrifying Questions —————————- 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I was born in Sydney and at the age of four I moved Brisbane, where I attended The Gap State High School and the Universit... Read more

Who the hell called this Gudinski chap ‘The Godfather of Australian Rock’ and why should you buy a book about him? – Michael Gudinski founded Mushroom Records in 1972, a label that would go on to sign and nurture Australian artists Kylie Minogue, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes, Yothu Yindi, Kate Ceberano, Split Enz, The Saints, Skyhooks and hundreds more. – The Frontier Tourin... Read more

Johanna Basford, the award-winning Scottish illustrator who has taken the publishing world by storm, selling more than a million copies of her books Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest, is back this year with a new Adult Colouring book, Lost Ocean. With Lost Ocean, Johanna Basford invites colour-inners of all ages to discover an enchanting underwater world hidden within the depths of the sea. Wi... Read more

Who the hell is Orry-Kelly and why should you buy his memoir? Let us tell you… – Orry-Kelly was the professional name of Orry George Kelly, an Australian who was, during the 1950s, one of the most famous names in the film industry, winning three Academy Awards for his work on An American in Paris, Les Girls and Some Like It Hot. – Orry-Kelly died of liver cancer in 1964, and t... Read more

Who the hell would call themselves Peaches and why should you buy her memoir? Let us tell you: – Peaches is one of the most acclaimed and admired artists of her generation, the inspiration for musicians everywhere from Lady Gaga to Pussy Riot. Trust us, you’ll never see Lady Gaga the same way after reading What Else is in the Teaches of Peaches. – Her memoir What Else is in th... Read more

Who the hell is this Jonathan Brown character and why should you buy his memoir? Let us tell you: – Jonathan Brown is a former AFL player for the Brisbane Lions, winning three premierships by the age of 22. – He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of the modern era. – He is one of the most loved players of his generation, stepping straight into the media after re... Read more

After twenty years away, Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage returns to Dungatar. Dungatar is a small country town, where the townspeople’s eccentricities are many and varied – from Sergeant Farrat’s predilection for cross-dressing, to pharmacist Almanac’s retributive scheme of potion dispensing, not to forget the affairs and assorted dark secrets. But none of these can compare... Read more

The Rosie Project began as a screenplay and finally Graeme Simsion’s bestselling novel will find its way onto the big screen according to reports out of Hollywood this morning. Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence is slated to play the part of Rosie, the girl who genetics professor Don Tillman reassess everything he thinks he knows about love. This from Variety: The movie, based on the Graeme S... Read more

Andrew Cattanach asks, is it such a bad thing that Atticus Finch has a darker side? A day ahead of the release of Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman, the long awaited sequel/parent/companion to To Kill a Mockingbird, and the reviews are beginning to emerge. Predictably, they’re mixed, with many journalists somehow expecting Watchman to be on a par with, or even eclipsing, Mockingbird. T... Read more