Book Recommendations Archives

In December we gave you the chance to enter our Leatherbound Classics competition. We had a Leatherbound Classics library to giveaway to one lucky customer! All you had to do to enter was buy a book from the series. Quite frankly everyone in the office was upset that employees can’t enter competitions, what a prize! And the very lucky winner of a Leatherbound Classics library is… B.... Read more

We’ve all heard the news and now we are SO excited! Aren’t we? Well, if you haven’t already heard there may be an Absolutely Fabulous film released this year! I have loved this show for so long, I can’t even remember when I started watching it. My mother always hated it but my grandfather adored it, he saw things my way. I think what we both loved about Absolutely Fabulo... Read more

In November and December we gave you the chance to enter two incredible competitions. We had 8 Bolinda Audiobook packs up for grabs with each audiobook in the pack signed by the author, or 3 books signed by Professor Brian Cox to win! And the lucky winner of the Brian Cox pack is… S.Patterson, Baynton, WA All you had to do to enter was buy Human Universe. Human life is a staggeringly stra... Read more

2014 was a huge year for Australian authors. There seems no better time, January being our month of Australian Stories, to reflect on my favourite Australian authors of 2014. So many Australian authors had career defining years in 2014, but these are a few that made a huge impact with their work both on and off the page. Confused about the concept? So am I, but we’ll get there. Sonya Hart... Read more

Establishing your own style is one of the hardest things to achieve, even more so when you’ve trying to raise children. Have no fear, Dijanna Mulhearn is here! Dijanna’s new book Wardrobe 101 for Mums is the follow up to her phenomenally successful Wardrobe 101. She chats with John Purcell in this exclusive interview. Grab a copy of Wardrobe 101 for Mums here Wardrobe 101 for Mums b... Read more

January is the month of Australian Stories at Booktopia, and to celebrate we need your help to discover Australia’s Favourite Author for 2015! We’ve taken your nominations and today is the day to put your votes forward. You can vote for as many authors as you like. A reminder that this is only Heat 1, so you might see some of your favourites missing today. Don’t worry, over the next 5 days you’... Read more

Have you seen (insert film) yet? No, but I’ve read the book. Still Alice by Lisa Genova Soon to be a film starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart and Kate Bosworth A moving and insightful story of a woman with early onset Alzheimer’s disease, now a major film starring Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore and Kristen Stewart. Alice Howland is proud of the life she work... Read more

One of the world’s greatest science fiction writers, Isaac Asimov, was born on this day in 1920 (or 1919, even his year of birth is intriguing). Asimov wrote and edited over 500 books, including the short stories that the films I, Robot and Bicentennial Man were based on. His 1941 novel Nightfall is widely regarded as the greatest science fiction story of all time. Asimov’s writing ... Read more

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution yet? Is it to get fit, eat healthy, save money, manage stress or learn a new hobby? Our New Year’s Resolution is to read more books. Have you thought about that one? Let’s see how it weighs up against the more traditional resolutions… Getting Fit vs Reading More Books Getting Fit Think of all those hours in a poorly ventilated gym li... Read more

The poll that stops the nation is back, with one big change. For two years we’ve been asking you to vote for Australia’s Favourite Novelist. This year we’re asking you to vote for Australia’s Favourite Author. From picture book authors to historians to biographers, all authors are now all open to nomination! You see, January at Booktopia is the month of Australian Storie... Read more