January is the month of Australian Stories at Booktopia, and to celebrate we’re counting down Australia’s 50 Favourite Authors, as voted by you! Today’s collection of authors is amazing! Don’t forget, tomorrow we unveil Australia’s Favourite Author for 2015. Let the countdown begin! 20. Fiona McIntosh Fiona McIntosh is an internationally bestselling author of novel... Read more

January is the month of Australian Stories at Booktopia, and to celebrate we’re counting down Australia’s 50 Favourite Authors, as voted by you! Monday and Tuesday’s announcements had some big surprises, will today be any different? The countdown continues… 30. Traci Harding Traci Harding’s work combines fantasy, facts, history and esoteric beliefs. She has recentl... Read more

When Commando Steve came to Booktopia to chat about his new book Get Commando Fit, John explained why he can’t stay in shape. But as John found out, with Commando, there are no excuses… Grab your copy of Get Commando Fit here Get Commando Fit by Steve Willis If you want to look good and feel great, there are NO EXCUSES, you must Get Commando Fit – and Commando Steve is here to... Read more

January is the month of Australian Stories at Booktopia, and to celebrate we’re counting down Australia’s 50 Favourite Authors, as voted by you! Yesterday’s announcement had some huge names, and today’s list is no different. Let the countdown begin! 40. Hannah Kent Hannah Kent was born in Adelaide in 1985. As a teenager she travelled to Iceland on a Rotary Exchange, wher... Read more

January is the month of Australian Stories at Booktopia, and to celebrate we’re counting down Australia’s 50 Favourite Authors, as voted by you! Every day we’ll unveil 10 authors until, on Friday, we announce Australia’s Favourite Author for 2015! Let the countdown begin! 50. Trudi Canavan Trudi Canavan was born in Kew, Melbourne and grew up in Ferntree Gully, a suburb a... Read more

1. He was crippled with self doubt At least some of that swagger was for show. Pieterson writes about being a nervous wreck every time he waited to bat, claiming he (possible TMI alert) sometimes went to the toilet every five minutes while preparing to go in. ‘I’ve fought more with myself in my head then I have fought with any bowler,’ he writes. ‘I can be destroyed before I h... Read more

If you love books and you’re on twitter, you really need to be following Stephen King. He LOVES tweeting about books. So much so that his twitter feed sometimes feels like some sort of rambling book club. In fact, he tweets so much about books that someone should accumulate all his tweets into one blog post and provide links on where to pick up these wonderful books. Well we’re goin... Read more

The winners of our Bad Romeo Facebook giveaway are Nikole Mariscal-Harper, Stephanie Kelley, Jenny Ludolff, Rachelle Marie and Megan Keith. Email us at promos@booktopia.com.au with your details winners! Those wonderful folks at Pan Macmillan have done it again for aspiring writers, putting the incredible opportunity of a 1-on-1 meeting with their Commissioning Editor up for grabs in a new compe... Read more

“Creativity is a crushing chore and a glorious mystery, The work wants to be made, and it wants to be made through you.” From one of the most iconic writers of our age, and the source of inspiration to millions of readers worldwide on living a bold and authentic life, comes a new book on creativity: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, to be published in September 2015. Named one... Read more

Booktopia’s Editorial Director Caroline Baum has been named a finalist for the 2015 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, awarded annually to an Australian writer for a proposed biographical work. The Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship was established in 2011 to encourage Australian authors to attain a high standard of biography writing and to commemorate the life, ideas and writing of Hazel Ro... Read more