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I have been selling books for 20 years and something I get asked more often than anything else is – can you suggest a book which will get my son reading? You can exchange son with husband, boyfriend, brother, father, uncle… The question usually comes from a big reader, male or female, who just wants someone they love to enjoy the wonders of reading too. I’m sure there are many... Read more

Jamie Oliver is back! His new show premiered last night on Channel 10, the same day his much anticipated new cookbook Save With Jamie hit the shelves. Here’s a message from Jamie to his Aussie fans… Save With Jamie shows you how to shop smart, cook clever and waste less. With 120 tasty money saving meals Jamie’s knowledge and cooking skills will help you make better choices, s... 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. August is Book Week in Australia, and that means lots of authors, including myself, have been on the road, talking about our books at schools, libraries and literary festivals. With so much travelling ... Read more

Well, we certainly hope so. Because frequent Gosling collaborator Derek Cianfrance, best known for his devastatingly emotional breakout film Blue Valentine, is set to direct the adaptation of M.L. Stedman’s international best-seller The Light Between Oceans, DreamWorks Studios announced earlier this morning. The Light Between Oceans recently won the Booktopia Book of the Year at the Australian ... Read more

Recently our Romance Specialist Haylee Nash flew the flag for Booktopia at the 2013 Romance Writers of Australia conference in Fremantle. These are her stories. For those of you who have never been to a Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Conference, or indeed any kind of romance conference, let me paint you a picture. Imagine a modestly sized room, filled with women. Hundreds of women. Each of ... Read more

The wait for Fifty Shades of Greypies worldwide is over. The question that has plagued scientists, philosophers and bloggers for ten, even twelve months, has been answered. The two lead actors for the Fifty-Shades of Grey film have been announced. Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam will be playing the titular character Christian Grey, while relative newcomer Dakota Johnson will play Anastasia ... Read more

In what may be one of the strangest product placements of our time, a US toilet paper manufacturer has sent the message that girl bears like to read Franz Kafka when nature calls. In a commercial for Charmin toilet paper, which features a series of interviews with animated bears about their bathroom habits (you heard me), one young bear holds up a copy of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and remarks, ... Read more

In September each year, Get Reading runs a month-long, nationwide campaign focused on inspiring more Australians to discover or rediscover the pleasure of reading. The 2013 Top 50 Books You Can’t Put Down delivers another great range, made up entirely of Aussie authors. There’s something for everyone, from picture books to history, memoirs to popular fiction, award-winners, classics and m... Read more

‘A brilliant rollercoaster ride of a novel. I couldn’t put it down.’ Hugh Jackman The Booktopia Book Guru asks Steve Worland author of Combustion and Velocity 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 Sydney, ra... Read more

GREED is greatly overrated… BUT FEAR ISN’T In early 2012 it was announced that Cormac McCarthy had written his first original screenplay – news which provoked huge excitement, a swift deal and the appointment of Ridley Scott to direct. But this is no ordinary screenplay. This is a work of extraordinary imagination which draws on many of the themes of McCarthy’s work as well as... Read more