To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee has announced her long awaited sequel, Go Set a Watchman, will be the second book in a planned Mockingbird trilogy. The third book, which has a working title of The Girl Who Killed The Mockingbird, will be set in an alternate reality where humans and birds struggle to co-exist. Scout is a rouge FBI agent with a taste for vengeance and an eye for danger. B... Read more

The 2015 Miles Franklin longlist is one of the most exciting in recent memory, something of a changing of the guard on the Australian literary scene. A cavalcade of not just Australia’s finest writers, but also the nation’s freshest thinkers, find themselves competing for the $60,000 prize. Debut authors Omar Musa, Suzanne McCourt and Vogel Award winner Christine Piper are joined by... Read more

We’re kind of obsessed with Shaun the Sheep, that super cute, woollen funster. And wouldn’t you know it, we gave our Facebook Fans the chance to win a double pass to see Shaun the Sheep at the movies. Congratulations to Heather Gray, Mary Jane Hurst, Kez McKenzie, Kellie Thorne, Jenny Newstead! Email us at promos@booktopia.com.au to claim your prize. For those that missed out, not t... Read more

Tristan Bancks is a children’s and teen author with a background in acting and filmmaking. He plays a game of ‘Would You Rather’ with Booktopia’s Andrew Cattanach. Grab Tristan Bancks’ My Life series here My Life and Other Massive Mistakes by Tristan Bancks This book is 100% gluten free, 100% fat free, 100% organic and 35% fact free. It has no added sugar and conta... Read more

Sylvia Day is the internationally bestselling author of over a dozen novels written across multiple genres, most famously, The Crossfire series, which has sold fifteen million copies plus worldwide. She chats to Booktopia’s John Purcell. Grab Sylvia Day’s Crossfire Series here Sylvia Day’s Crossfire Series Four Book Collection The first four intensely sensual Crossfire novels ... Read more

Allison Tait is a freelance writer and author with more than 20 years’ experience in magazines, newspapers and online publishing. She talks to John Purcell about her acclaimed Mapmaker Chronicles series. Grab a copy of The Mapmaker Chronicles here The Mapmaker Chronicles Race to the End of the World Adventure and danger lie just off the edge of the map in this swashbuckling new trilogy! Quinn&#... Read more

Robyn Cadwallader’s debut novel The Anchoress has been met with widespread acclaim, with critics comparing it to Hannah Kent’s 2013 debut Burial Rites. She chats to Booktopia’s Editorial Director Caroline Baum. Grab a copy of The Anchoress here The Anchoress (Review by Caroline Baum) Like Hannah Kent’s award-winning international bestseller Burial Rites, this is one of those o... Read more

One of our favourite novels of last year, M.R. Carey’s The Girl with all the Gifts, is being given the Hollywood treatment. And the cast couldn’t be much better. Six-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close will be joined by Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine in the adaptation, the name to be altered slightly to She Who Brings Gifts. Colm McCarthy, the director of the BBC series of Sherlock, ... Read more

Wow, that escalated quickly. Insurgent, the second film in the Divergent franchise, based on the bestselling books by Veronica Roth, has surged past $100,000,000 in box office takings worldwide in its first week of release. And a few lucky Facebook Fans of Booktopia will get to see it for free by entering our competition! Congratulations to Deanne Laity, Kate O’Sea, Gem Gallen, Nadia Bail... Read more

Jonathan Franzen fans will get to sink their teeth into another serving from the acclaimed author later this year, with his fifth novel, Purity, to be released in September. Few details about the novel have emerged until now, although Franzen has previously hinted at its length (496 pages) in interviews, saying: “I’ve let go of any illusion that I’m a writer of 150-page novels. I need roo... Read more