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Days of Blood and Starlight is the second book in what has to be the most wildly imaginative and beautifully written Urban Fantasy series I have come across in a long, long time. There was a time I’d have said Urban Fantasy was one of my favourite genres. But then along came a multi-million dollar book/movie franchise that will remain nameless (cough, cough, Twilight, cough) that was so insanel... Read more

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[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW_eH8ejdXg&rel=0] Camp David: The Autobiography by David Walliams Famous comedian, funniest judge on Britain’s Got Talent, irresistible ladykiller and high-achieving sportsman, David Walliams is a man of many talents. Launched to fame with the record-breaking Little Britain, his characters – Lou, Florence, Emily, amongst others – be... Read more

My name is Andrew Cattanach, and my family home had a cricket book wall. Many of them, in fact. When I was growing up I noticed my walls had a different look to them than other family homes. Sometimes there were tasteful awnings, feature walls drowned in colour, even red bricks peering through the paintwork. But no other home had a cricket book wall. So it was like smelling my mother’s cookies ... Read more

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Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and Penguin Books Australia – you could win 26 beautiful books worth more than $900. Click here to enter the showcase Read more

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From the Man Booker website: Hilary Mantel is tonight named the winner of the £50,000 ($81,000) Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her novel Bring up the Bodies, published by Fourth Estate. Hilary Mantel is the first woman and the first British author to win the prize twice. She is only the third double winner alongside J.M. Coetzee and Peter Carey. She is also the first person to win the prize f... Read more