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As part of Australian Romance Month, Romance Specialist Haylee Nash will be interviewing one Australian Romance author per day. Much like a beauty pageant, each author will be using their charm, wit and grace (and the power of social media) to take home the Booktopia Romance Bestseller crown. Booktopia invites bestselling author of rural romance Rachael Treasure to the stage. 1. Describe the pe... Read more

Review by Isabel Blackmore (age 12): The school for good and evil. Sounds simple, right? It’s not. Its amazing adventures, twists and complications leave you in a daze once you’re finished. Sophie and Agatha are best friends, but there’s one problem – a witch and a princess can’t be friends. With action, adventure, and just a pinch of romance, what’s not to love? Blurb: A dark and enchanting fa... Read more

Last week we were lucky enough to get a couple of copies of Tim Winton’s new novel Eyrie. After an all-in-brawl John and Andrew came out on top and are already buzzing around the office talking about it. From the very first word you know you’re reading a Winton, like a child never forgetting their mother’s voice. Get in early and pre-order your copy, Eyrie is something you don... Read more

As part of Australian Romance Month, Romance Specialist Haylee Nash will be interviewing one Australian Romance author per day. Much like a beauty pageant, each author will be using their charm, wit and grace (and the power of social media) to take home the Booktopia Romance Bestseller crown. Booktopia invites bestselling author of rural romance Loretta Hill to the stage. 1. Describe the perfec... Read more

To celebrate the 4th of July, John and Andrew dusted off some of their favourite books and came up with their Top 25 American Novels. This is in no order, and we’re not competitive, but we’d love you to tell us where you think we went wrong! Enjoy! Read more

As part of Australian Romance Month, Romance Specialist Haylee Nash will be interviewing one Australian Romance author per day. Much like a beauty pageant, each author will be using their charm, wit and grace (and the power of social media) to take home the Booktopia Romance Bestseller crown. Booktopia invites bestselling author of historical romance Anne Gracie to the stage. 1. Describe the pe... Read more

Audiences can now get their first look at Tim Winton’s The Turning following the release of a teaser trailer ahead of the film’s upcoming world premiere and cinema release. The Turning, an adaptation of Winton’s best-selling novel of the same name, consists of 17 chapters that each features a different director and stellar cast. Under the guidance of curator Robert Connolly (Balibo), first time... Read more

As part of Australian Romance Month, Romance Specialist Haylee Nash will be interviewing one Australian Romance author per day. Much like a beauty pageant, each author will be using their charm, wit and grace (and the power of social media) to take home the Booktopia Romance Bestseller crown. Booktopia invites bestselling Mills & Boon author Trish Morey to the stage. 1. Describe the perfect... Read more

Liked Gone Girl? Then you’ll love the novel that started it all, Sharp Objects. The winner of two CWA Daggers and shortlisted for the Gold Dagger, it’s another thriller from Gillian Flynn you won’t be able to put it down. It’s also one of the Books of the Month on the First Tuesday Book Club on ABC TV. Don’t forget to tune in on Tuesday the 2nd of July at 10pm to s... Read more

See-Saw Films, the company that produced The King’s Speech, has secured the rights to Saroo Brierley’s bestselling autobiography A Long Way Home, the story of reuniting with his birth mother in India, after tracking her down using just Google Earth and childhood memories of his hometown 25 years after being separated from her. Brierley was adopted by a couple in Tasmania after being... Read more