From Charlaine Harris, the bestselling author who created Sookie Stackhouse and the world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, comes a new, darker world – populated by more strangers than friends. But then, that’s how the locals prefer it? Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It&... Read more

Did you buy a DVD from our store last month? Then you went in the running to win a copy of The Broken Shore, the acclaimed film starring Don Hany and Claudia Karvan. The Broken Shore is an evocative crime thriller set against a background of police corruption, racism and family tragedy. Joe Cashin (Don Hany) is a Homicide Detective transferred to the small Victorian coastal town of Port Monro w... Read more

The late great Douglas Adams was born on this day 62 years ago. An extraordinary writer, thinker and all round comic genius, Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy still remains one of the most brilliant works of satire in the English language. As a birthday tribute, we’ve compiled some of his greatest quotes to make you smile. It’s what Douglas would have wanted. .... Read more

Have you heard of The Queen of the Tearling? No? Neither had I. In fact, it hasn’t even been published yet. But Emma Watson has heard of it. And so has the producer of the Harry Potter films, David Heyman. They were both given the manuscript to read. “I had kind of said I would never do a franchise again, so I was desperate to hate it,” Watson said in an interview with Wonderland magazine this ... Read more

The longlist for the 2014 Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction is here, a list of incredible books by some extraordinary talents. This year’s longlist is perhaps the finest the Women’s Prize has put forward in its history. I really can’t recommend each book highly enough. Australia’s Hannah Kent and Evie Wyld have thrust themselves into a stellar field with lit... Read more

Grab a copy of I Quit Sugar for Life here I Quit Sugar for Life by Sarah Wilson Quitting sugar is not a diet. Quitting sugar is a way of living without processed food and eating like our great-grandparents used to before the crap. With her bestselling book, I Quit Sugar, Sarah Wilson helped tens of thousands of Australians to kick the habit. In I Quit Sugar for Life, Sarah shows you how to be s... Read more

So we have a Sale on now that I’m very, very excited about. A Sale where we’ve discounted only the best of the best, our biggest bestsellers from the summer. And this morning we’ve decided to make it even bigger. This morning we’ve put prices down even further, with some massive books at half price and then some. Love Matthew Reilly? You can pick up a copy of (in my opin... Read more

‘You wouldn’t get involved, Johnny, would you? What about those terrible bombs? You wouldn’t do a bad thing, would you?’ Remember that phrase from Jerry McGuire ‘You had me at hello’? Well, this book did that. It reeks of Irish charm, without laying on Oirish cliché. Intense and unashamedly passionate and romantic, this is the story of Johnny Donnelly, a youn... Read more

This week’s Book Trailer of the Week goes to Half Bad by Sally Green. Intense, mysterious, gripping, our own Sarah McDuling reviewed Half Bad recently and absolutely loved it, saying that, despite her “ridiculously high expectations, Half Bad did not disappoint.” Could Half Bad be the next Harry Potter? The next Hunger Games? Order your copy today and find out. Grab a copy a S... Read more

“Only a few weeks ago I was a stay-at-home mum. What am I doing? But there’s no time for reconsideration now. My brain snaps into action and so does my mouth. “Flak jackets, helmets, gas masks – everyone, now!” Zoe Daniel is the ABC’s South-East Asia correspondent, based in Bangkok with her husband and young family. She reports on nine countries across Southeast Asia fil... Read more