The Booktopia Book Guru asks Gary Gibson author of Extinction Game, Final Days series 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 in Glasgow, Scotland. Raised in Glasgow, Scotland. Schooled in Glasgow, Scotland. Well, mostly, apart from a few years living in Ayrs... Read more

Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and HarperCollins and you could win this amazing prize pack worth over $999!! Just buy any title in HarperCollins’ Booktoberfest Showcase and you could win! Click here to enter HarperCollins’ showcase Our Top Pick Kerry Stokes : The Boy from Nowhere by Andrew Rule The compelling and inspirational story of the rags to riches life of Kerry Stokes... Read more

Ross Coulthart’s Charles Bean is a featured title in HarperCollins’ Booktoberfest Showcase, click here for more details Charles Bean by Ross Coulthart CEW Bean’s wartime reports and photographs mythologised the Australian soldier and helped spawn the notion that the Anzacs achieved something nation-defining on the shores of Gallipoli and the battlefields of western Europe. In ... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Karen Brooks author of The Brewer’s Tale and The Curse of the Bond Riders series Six Sharp Questions ___________ 1. Congratulations, you have a new book. What is it about and what does it mean to you? Thank you! The Brewer’s Tale is an epic story about a medieval woman’s efforts to support her family in the wake of tragedy by taking up the trade by which her m... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Ananda Braxton-Smith author of Plenty, Merrow 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? I was born in Lichfield, a town in the English midlands, in 1961. It was the year the Berlin Wall went up, and the year poor old Ham the chimp was se... Read more

Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and Simon & Schuster and you could win this amazing prize pack worth over $700!! Just buy any title in Simon & Schuster’s Booktoberfest Showcase and you could win! Click here to enter Simon & Schuster’s showcase Our Top Pick Bill, The Life of William Dobell by Scott Bevan By 1945, William Dobell had become what so many artists desir... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks P.J. Tierney author of Jamie Reign & Jamie Reign: The Hidden Dragon 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 Wollongong, was raised and went to school in the Blue Mountains, firstly at St Thomas Aquinas Primary School, then St Columba’s Hi... Read more

Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and Allen & Unwin and you could win this amazing prize pack worth over $700!! Just buy any title in Allen & Unwin’s Booktoberfest Showcase and you could win! Click here to enter Allen and Unwin’s showcase Our Top Pick The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story by Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum Molly Meldrum’s warm, vivid, often hilarious a... Read more

1. The Rise and Fall of Australia by Nick Bryant In the interests of full disclosure, I should mention that the author is my husband. But this is a terrific account of the amazing artistic success that Australia is achieving internationally at the moment, even if our politicians at home are letting us down. Click here to buy 2. Holiday at Home by Jason Grant My favorite Australian Interior styl... Read more

WEEKLY PRIZE DRAW WINNERS – CONGRATULATIONS TO: Booktopia Weekly Prize Draw : $250 Booktopia Gift Voucher Week 1 L.Pettit, Merewether, NSW Booktoberfest is on right now, and you’re invited, so come and celebrate with us! Booktopia’s Booktoberfest is a month-long celebration of books, authors, publishers and most importantly you, the readers! We’re running competitions, giveawa... Read more