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The Girl with All the Gifts has had the industry abuzz, and with its release a few weeks away our friends at Hachette Australia are giving you the chance to win 1 of 10 advance copies! For your chance to win, tell us below in 25 words or less, what gift you have that makes you a winner? Entries close midday Friday, so get in quick and you could be reading one of the biggest books of next year, ... Read more

Anyone who loved Rose Petal Jam is going to adore this chilly sister volume about the winter foods of Poland. Sydney GP Beata Zatorska is back with more family and carefully chosen classic recipes from around her native country, lovingly collected on journeys through snow and ice. It takes a lot of love to publish a book that puts so much effort into photography (magical snowscapes by Beata’s d... Read more

Curious about which rogue is most full of rascal, which heroine the sharpest, which love scene the steamiest? Booktopia’s romance guru Haylee Nash rates the Top Ten Most Romantic Novels ever written. From Mr. Darcy to Noah Calhoun, our Top Ten covers unmissable classics and contemporary hits. Think the list is spot on? Or did we miss a crucial novel (too few Scottish highlanders)? Let us ... Read more

Rowling and Thompson, together at last! Tonight the folks at ABC TV’s The Book Club will be sinking their teeth into a couple of great books, The Cuckoo’s Calling and Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas. Tune into ABC at 10pm tonight to watch the usual team of Jennifer Byrne, Jason Steger and Marieke Hardy chatting with tonight’s guests Lucy Turnbull and John Birmingham. Coincident... Read more

How do you choose a Top Ten from a category which covers so many genres? Young Adult fiction has exploded in the last decade, and some of the most innovative and captivating fiction is being sequestered away to that sprawling section at the back of the bookstore. But never fear! Booktopia’s YA enthusiasts have selected ten of the best that this incredible category has to offer. Limiting o... Read more

Sometimes we forget that our favourite films (think Breakfast at Tiffany’s or Jaws) are based on books, simply because the films are so good. At Booktopia, we never want that to happen to you, so we’ve compiled a list of all of the incredible novels making their way onto the screen soon. We recommend that you check out the books before watching the films. Remember that time you watc... Read more

The shortlists for the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced, with some old favourites mixing with some exciting new authors. In fiction one of Australia’s brightest new stars Hannah Kent joins established names Tim Winton, Alex Miller and Alexis Wright while 2013 Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser finds herself in the same field as the early favourite for th... Read more

Booktopia’s Romance Specialist asks Molly McAdams author of Forgiving Lies Nine Naughty Questions ———————————- 1. I wonder, is a romance writer born or made? Please tell us a little about your life before publication. Haha, uh, great question! I definitely never thought I would be a writer. I failed out of Creative Writing ... Read more

Pamela Williams has won the prestigious Walkley Book Awrd for 2013 for her book Killing Fairfax: Packer, Murdoch And The Ultimate Revenge – an incisive, hard-hitting and utterly compelling exposé of media, powerful mates and multimillion-dollar deals. Killing Fairfax tells the inside story of the decline of hallowed media company Fairfax, publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age An... Read more

Donal Ryan, author of The Spinning Heart, has won the 2013 Guardian First Book Award. A wonderful, career defining achievement. But what is the story behind his win? Ryan was born in a village in North Tipperary and works for the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in Limerick. In his 20s, he wrote in short bursts but having children gave him the motivation he needed to finish two nov... Read more