Check out the beautiful Australian Classics series, with a special offer from Booktopia. A&R Publishers launched in 1888 and by 1895 had a bestseller with Banjo Paterson’s The Man From Snowy River. The success of A&R confirmed the existence of Australian literary talent – and an audience hungry for Australian content. The company went on to publish some of the most famous names in Austr... Read more

For the cover, blurb and release date of Matthew Reilly’s The Tournament, CLICK HERE. Matthew Reilly fans have been treated to some great news today, as the bestselling author announced the title of his hugely anticipated next novel will be THE TOURNAMENT. The Tournament is due to be released in November with Pan Macmillan, with Reilly describing it as “…set in 1546 and is fas... Read more

Lauren Oliver is mean. Please understand, this criticism comes from a place of love. I say this as a devoted Lauren Oliver fan. I’m not suggesting she is a bad person. I’m sure she’s a lovely person. But she’s downright cruel to her readers. Case in point: The Delirium Trilogy. Anyone who suffered through the heart-breaking ending of Book One in this trilogy will back me up here. Delirium ends ... Read more

Look away if you’re taping the Oscars and watching them tonight, but Booktopia is proud to announce that….. ARGO has won the Best Picture for 2013. Directed by and starring past Oscar-winner Ben Affleck, Argo is the extraordinary story of the evacuation of a group of American consular officials during the Iranian Shah crisis in Tehran in 1979. The amazing thing about Argo is it play... Read more

An IT consultant in his 50s decides to write his first novel. The novel is sold to 30 different countries and advances exceed $1 million. And that’s just the About The Author section, imagine how good the story inside the book is. Don Tillman  needs a wife. He has evaluated data and it’s obvious that this is all that is required in his life. He is a professor of genetics, physically... Read more

The longlist for the 2013 Stella Prize has just been announced, containing a great mix of exciting new talents and familiar faces. Named after one of Australia’s most important female authors, Stella Maria Miles Franklin, the Stella Prize is worth $50,000, and both fiction and non-fiction books are eligible. The 2013 Stella Prize shortlist will be announced on Wednesday 20 March. The inaugural ... Read more

UPDATE: Now that the book is out, read our review here. Exciting news for Dan Brown fans today as the cover for his early anticipation new novel Inferno was unveiled today. Collectors of his previous bestsellers The Lost Symbol, Angels & Demons and the record-breaking The Da Vinci Code won’t be left disappointed, with Inferno carrying much the same design as the rest of his catalogue.... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Peter V. Brett author of The Daylight War, The Warded Man, and many more… Ten Terrifying Questions ———————– 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? Born and raised in Westchester, a cozy suburb of New York. Got my undergraduate degree in En... Read more

Rarely does a blurb prepare you so perfectly for what you are about to read. The Childhood of Jesus is not like any other novel you have read. And it is with the same forthright vagueness, if there is such a thing, that J.M. Coetzee tells a beautiful tale of love, loss, and everything in-between. Let’s address the elephant in the room. J.M. Coetzee was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize for Lit... Read more

Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone from Booktopia. To celebrate we’ve been counting down the 50 Greatest Love Stories Ever Told, as voted by you. Don’t forget to scroll down to the bottom to see the huge sales and collections of books on love we have for you. But here it is. The 10 Greatest Love Stories Ever Told, as voted by you. 10. Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel... Read more