Christmas is coming! Given the way the last couple of months have sped by it will be here before you know it. It’s rather easy at this time of year to see the new release books put at the top of catalogues, and piled in big displays – publishers throw fireworks around the newest blockbuster from the big name authors – and those of us with loved ones who read can easily pick up... Read more
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Five Books With Thrills To Give You The Chills – Happy Halloween From Booktopia
Do you like scary stories? I’ll try my hand at one. Brynne Edelsten has her own television show. Not scary enough? Well you’re a tough nut to crack. Here’s five spine-chilling titles sure to make the hairs on your goosebumps rise. It by Stephen King It began for the Losers on a day in June of 1958, the day school let out for the summer. That was the day Henry Bowers carved the... Read more
Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and The Five Mile Press – you could win a book prize pack worth worth $575!
Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and The Five Mile Press – you could win a book prize pack worth worth $575! Click here to enter the showcase Read more
Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and Woodslane – you could win a book prize pack worth $500 or a Ken Duncan print worth $450!
Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and Woodslane – order Coastal Paradise Revealed or any Ken Duncan book from his photography series and go in the running to win a specially signed photograph print from Ken Duncan himself valued at $450. AND during Booktoberfest, when you buy one or more of the excellent titles from the Woodslane Booktoberfest Showcase you go in the draw to win the l... Read more
Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and Pan Macmillan Australia – you could win a book prize pack worth $680!
Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and Pan Macmillan Australia – you could win a book prize pack worth $680! Click here to enter the showcase Read more
Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and Scholastic Australia – you could win $1,000 worth of Scholastic Rewards for the school of your choice.
Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and Scholastic Australia- you could win $1,000 worth of Scholastic Rewards for the school of your choice. Click here to enter the showcase Read more
REVIEW: ‘Daughter of Smoke and Bone’ and ‘Days of Blood and Starlight’ by Laini Taylor (Review by Sarah McDuling)
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
Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and Hardie Grant Books – you could win a book prize pack worth worth $575!
Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and Hardie Grant Books – you could win a book prize pack worth worth $575! Click here to enter the showcase Read more
Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and Simon and Schuster Australia – you could win forty bestselling titles worth more than $990!
Celebrate Booktoberfest with Booktopia and Simon and Schuster Australia – you could win forty bestselling titles worth more than $990! Click here to enter the showcase Read more
FUNNY BASTARD: Camp David: The Autobiography by David Walliams (Check out the video – cracks me up)
[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