Booktopia’s Romance Specialist Haylee Nash reads The Bone Season… and finds a new obsession A couple of months ago, I received a press release for an upcoming book from Bloomsbury, care of Allen & Unwin. It was a young adult dystopian, written by a 22 year old,  and Bloomsbury were going to be putting a huge marketing effort behind it. They thought it was going to be big.  When ... Read more

The winners for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. Booktopia congratulates the winners, those honoured,  and all the wonderful runners up. Be sure to visit our CBCA Showcase. Older Readers WINNER Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan A mesmerising selkie novel from multi-award winning, internationally acclaimed Australian author, Margo Lan... Read more

Romance Specialist Haylee Nash steps a little outside her genre to give us a sneak peak at the Next Big Thing, The Returned by Jason Mott. Eighteen months ago I received an urgent email from a chief editor from the New York office asking me and my publishing colleagues to quickly read a manuscript that they were considering bidding on. By quickly, they meant overnight. They had to make their bi... Read more

As part of Australian Romance Month, Romance Specialist Haylee Nash will be interviewing one Australian Romance author per day. Much like a beauty pageant, each author will be using their charm, wit and grace (and the power of social media) to take home the Booktopia Romance Bestseller crown. Booktopia invites bestselling Rural Romance author Margareta Osborn to the stage. 1. Describe the perfe... Read more

As part of Australian Romance Month, Romance Specialist Haylee Nash will be interviewing one Australian Romance author per day. Much like a beauty pageant, each author will be using their charm, wit and grace (and the power of social media) to take home the Booktopia Romance Bestseller crown. Booktopia invites bestselling Historical Romance author Sara Bennett to the stage. 1. Describe the perf... Read more

As any romance reader knows, all romances must have a happy ending and the ultimate happy ending involves a big white dress, a beautiful wedding and a baby . If you can add a crown then all the better. Romance Specialist Haylee Nash shares her love of royal romance. The wait is over – the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have finally welcomed their baby into the world – a little boy, w... Read more

As part of Australian Romance Month, Romance Specialist Haylee Nash will be interviewing one Australian Romance author per day. Much like a beauty pageant, each author will be using their charm, wit and grace (and the power of social media) to take home the Booktopia Romance Bestseller crown. Booktopia invites bestselling historical romance author Christina Brooke to the stage. 1. Describe the ... Read more

As part of Australian Romance Month, Romance Specialist Haylee Nash will be interviewing one Australian Romance author per day. Much like a beauty pageant, each author will be using their charm, wit and grace (and the power of social media) to take home the Booktopia Romance Bestseller crown. Booktopia invites bestselling erotic romance and contemporary romance author Rhian Cahill to the stage.... Read more

As part of Australian Romance Month, Romance Specialist Haylee Nash will be interviewing one Australian Romance author per day. Much like a beauty pageant, each author will be using their charm, wit and grace (and the power of social media) to take home the Booktopia Romance Bestseller crown. Booktopia invites author of Australian Rural Fiction Jenn J McLeod to the stage. 1. Describe the perfec... Read more

As part of Australian Romance Month, Romance Specialist Haylee Nash will be interviewing one Australian Romance author per day. Much like a beauty pageant, each author will be using their charm, wit and grace (and the power of social media) to take home the Booktopia Romance Bestseller crown. Booktopia invites bestselling Mills & Boon author Sarah Mayberry to the stage. 1. Describe the perf... Read more