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The Booktopia team  nominates their favourite titles from a great year of books. Caroline Baum’s Picks THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS Elizabeth Gilbert From Caroline’s Book of the Year Review: I’ve said it more than once, and I will say it again, loudly. I ADORE this book. I don’t think it has found the readership it deserves because some people think ‘Oh, she wrote E... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Turia Pitt author of Everything to Live For 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 F’aaa, Tahiti. My dad was an Australian surfer, living in Tahiti and making surfboards. He fell in love with Mum who was sixte... Read more

Looks like the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is coming back! Norstedts, the Swedish publisher of the best-selling trilogy, has signed a contract with Swedish writer David Lagercrantz to write a new novel about journalist Mikael Blomqvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander that is scheduled to be published in August 2015. Larsson’s trilogy sold an astonishing 75 million books in 50 countries. The b... Read more

Sometimes we all feel like curling up with a cup of tea and having a bit of a weep. A book is the perfect answer for that kind of mood – you can experience an entire emotional rollercoaster in an evening without ever having to leave your couch. Each of these books guarantees that combination of escapism and all the feels. There will be no graceful, one-tear-silently-slipping-down-the-chee... Read more

For a reader, the holidays are a thing of beauty. It’s your chance to spend your mornings reading, your lunchtimes reading, your afternoons reading, and your nights reading! These holidays it’s time to sit back, put the feet up, and lose yourself in a great book. And our Holiday Haven has something for the whole family, from puzzle books for the kids to big fat novels for mum and da... Read more

That’s right folks, Jack Reacher will be 5 feet of fury again in a new film adaptation of Lee Child’s bestselling Jack Reacher series. Based on Never Go Back, the latest book from Child, Reacher heads back to his old military base in Virginia before finding trouble in, as always, all the wrong places. So the question remains. Is Cruise the best choice for Jack Reacher? Do you have s... Read more

2013 has been an absolute feast for readers. Month after month another superstar would hit the shelves, another first time author would turn our heads, another beautiful kids book would steal our hearts. Selecting our Books of the Year was never going to be easy. These selections are not in order, and while some amazing books that have missed out, we can’t resist a list, so here we are. H... Read more

One of Australia’s favourite novelists Kate Forsyth, author of Bitter Greens and The Wild Girl, continues her monthly blog with us, giving her verdict on the books she’s been reading. I read 9 books this month, with an interesting mixture of historical fiction, contemporary suspense, and philosophy. It was also AusReading Month in the blogosphere and so I made an effort to read some... Read more

There is nothing better than a good scary book. A book which makes you look over your shoulder, jump at your phone ringing and give you the heebie jeebies late at night. This list has something for every phobia. Clowns, zombies, ghosts, murderers and unbelievably creepy children… Pick your poison. And when you can’t sleep without double-checking the closet and double-locking the doo... Read more

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