February is the month of love at Booktopia, and to celebrate we’re counting down the 50 Greatest Love Stories Ever Told, as voted by you. After thousands of votes, the poll closed on Sunday and we’ll be counting down the top 50, with the top 10 being announced at midday tomorrow, Valentine’s Day. So sit back and enjoy the great works that made it to 20-11 in your voting. And don’t forget to scr... Read more

February is the month of love at Booktopia, and to celebrate we’re counting down the 50 Greatest Love Stories Ever Told, as voted by you. After thousands of votes, the poll closed on Sunday and we’ll be counting down the top 50, with the top 10 being announced at Midday on Valentine’s Day. So sit back and enjoy the great works that made it to 30-21 in your voting. And don’t forget to scroll dow... Read more

February is the month of love at Booktopia, and to celebrate we’re counting down the top 50 Greatest Love Stories Ever Told, as voted by you. After thousands of votes, the poll closed on Sunday and we’ll be counting down the top 50, with the top 10 being announced at Midday on Valentine’s Day. So sit back and enjoy the great works that made it to 50-31 in your voting. And don&... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks  Ross Coulthart author of The Lost Diggers, Dead Man Running and Above the Law…  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 the UK, living there as a pre-schooler in Yorkshire and ... Read more

Early attempts at poetry are one of those things that most of us want to keep hidden. For one of the greatest figures in the 20th century, it appears a sparse work of poetry has been found nearly half a century after his death. Although former British Prime Minister William Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 “for his mastery of historical and biographical descript... Read more

Huge news today as it was announced Markus Zusak’s bestselling novel The Book Thief will be adapted into a film, starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson. Industry sources told Booktopia that filming will start in Berlin on the 25th of February, with a shoot schedule of 58 days. The book focuses on Liesel Meminger and her younger brother, who are taken by their mother to live with a foster... Read more

What is The Greatest Love Story Ever Told? That’s what we’re asking this month at Booktopia. With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, we’ve declared February our month of love, with huge discounts on some of the greatest titles ever written. This week we need your help to decide which love story is top of the tree. All this week we’ll have the poll up, closing it at ... Read more

HEAVY HITTER OF 2012 BRING UP THE BODIES  by Hilary Mantel What is there left to say? I just wanted to join the chorus of universal admiration for the second volume of Mantel’s remarkable feat of embodying Henry Vlll’s chief strategist, Thomas Cromwell. Like many, I found it easier to read than Wolf Hall, because the narrative treads more familiar ground (the waning of Anne Boleyn’s power and H... Read more

February is a huge month for all Booktopians, here’s a few hints of what it’s about…. Aristotle described it as “composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies”. Plato said when touched by it “everyone becomes a poet”. Charles Dickens described it as “the truest wisdom”. Yes, you guessed it – February at Booktopia is the month of LOVE... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Sarah Wilson author of I Quit Sugar: The Complete Plan and Recipe Book… 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 actually grew up in the country on a subsistence-living farm outside Canberra. We had goats for mi... Read more