This year marks the 50th anniversary of fashion house, Carla Zampatti. As one of Australia’s most influential fashion designers, Carla Zampatti creates high end designer fashion with a distinct signature style. To celebrate fifty exciting and innovative years, Booktopia is proud to offer an EXCLUSIVE Book Pack, which includes Carla’s brand new memoir, My Life, My Look, the gorgeous ... Read more

From London to Tobruk to Australia to New Britain to Cornwall to Australia and then back to Cornwall and back to Australia again, The Secret Years follows a difficult yet heart-warming journey that spans years and continents. After an intriguing prologue we are introduced to Lucy, a soldier on a return flight from Afghanistan heading home to Townsville. She hopes to start planning her wedding b... Read more

Booktopia’s Editorial Director, Caroline Baum reviews Shirley Barrett’s Rush Oh! which features in The Buzz as Caroline’s Book of the Month. It’s unusual to move from writing films to writing novels. Most people try to go in the other direction. Shirley Barrett made her reputation with the film Lovesong Serenade, demonstrating her comic sensibility and ability to write charact... Read more

In the lead up to Father’s Day we gave you the chance to win some swag for Dad! Lots and lots of goodies were up for grabs! See if you’re a winner below… All you had to do to enter was order anything from The Pan Macmillan Father’s Day Collection by August 31st! Fletch by Dustin Fletcher In the tough, adrenaline-fueled world of Australian Football, Dustin Fletcher is a legend.... Read more

In August we gave you the chance to enter our Kids Month competitions! Lots and lots of goodies were up for grabs! See below if you’re a winner… All you had to do to enter was order anything in the Kids Month range, during Kids Month! Old School Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Book 10 by Jeff Kinney The Diary of the Wimpy Kid series of books, by best-selling author Jeff Kinney, charts the hi... Read more

To celebrate the release of The Girl in the Spider’s Web, written by David Lagercrantz, and The Shepherd’s Crown, released after the passing of Terry Pratchett, we gave Booktopians the chance to win $500 of Euro Crime and THE ENTIRE DISCWORLD SERIES, worth $800! Here’s what you had to do to enter… All you had to do to enter was order The Girl in the Spider’s Web, b... Read more

We have some awesome competitions ending midnight TONIGHT! Fletch by Dustin Fletcher Order any title from The Pan Macmillan Father’s Day Collection by August 31st and you could win Dad a book pack valued at over $300! Terms and Conditions apply. In the tough, adrenaline-fueled world of Australian Football, Dustin Fletcher is a legend. In 2014, the 39-year-old Essendon Bomber runs out for his 22... Read more

I’ve just returned from the Romance Writers of Australia Conference in Melbourne, catching up with fellow authors, publishers and agents, so I thought I’d mention three books from other Australian romance writers that I’ve loved in recent times. They are all from different genres but they can all be connected through similar threads – a touch of romance, suspense and action. Beyond Fear by Jaye... Read more

For an extremely limited time only, we gave two lucky people the opportunity to join us at Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, for the evening performance at The Lyric Theatre on August 19th. All you had to to was simply order a copy of the tie-in edition of Matilda by August 13th to enter! And the lucky Booktopian is… R.Shen, Kings Langley, NSW   Matilda : Theatre Tie-In by Roald Dahl Matil... Read more

Harlequin Australia takes us through their Top Romance Picks for August! The House at the End of the Street by Jennie Jones Bestselling Australian author Jennie Jones takes us back to Swallow’s Fall for one more story: Gemma has a burning need to stay and make a home. All Josh has ever wanted is to get out. Now he has the chance, and all he needs to do is tie up a few loose ends… Gemma Munroe l... Read more