Fiction Archives

Booktopia’s Caroline Baum reveals her Five Favourite Australian Novelists ————————————————— I just can’t do this favourites thing, it’s too apples with oranges for me but there are some writers who have helped shape my consciousness over the nearly thirty years since I first came here, ma... Read more

Award-winning author Charlotte Wood author of The Children, Animal People, Love and Hunger and many more reveals her Five Favourite Australian Authors                                                    ————————————————— I hate picking favourites; mine change all the time. But here are Five Aust... Read more

UPDATE: Now that the book is out, read our review here. FROM RANDOM HOUSE: Dan Brown’s new novel, the eagerly awaited follow-up to his No.1 international blockbuster, The Lost Symbol, will be published on the 14th of May this year. The new book features renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and is set in the heart of Europe. There, he is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of his... Read more

Bestselling author Mandy Magro author of Rosalee Station reveals her Five Favourite Australian Authors                                                    ————————————————— G’day! I have been asked by Booktopia to reveal my five favourite Australian authors of all time, and although it’s been a ... Read more

The people have spoken. We are very excited to present the 75 Favourite Australian Novelists, as voted on over the past week. This is not in order, for the order will only be decided once you cast your final vote. Next week we’ll announce the Top 50 day by day, culminating in the Top 10 being announced on Friday the 25th of January. A huge thanks must go to all the authors, without your g... Read more

We here at Booktopia are a democratic lot so we thought we’d give you one last chance to mold your shortlist, which you will be voting for all next week. We’ve taken the first 12 from every heat and these are the top 60 (see the list on the pad below) who will go straight through to the final round of voting. Congratulations to all! But this weekend we’re deciding which of the... Read more

And then there was one. One heat left before we have our shortlist. The top 12 from each heat will automatically go through to the final voting stage on Monday. But for those that just missed out on the top list, by a whisker, there’s good news….. …good news in the form of a Repechage! The next five magnificent novelists in each heat that didn’t make it automatically thr... Read more

In 2010 we asked Australia what their absolute must-read Australian is. After thousands of votes were cast we found your answer, the results of which can be found here. Booktopia is Australia’s Local Bookstore, locally owned and operated, full of people who love books and more importantly, Australian books. January at Booktopia is the month of Australian Stories. All this month we’ll be running... Read more

2012 has been an incredible year for the arts. We had the sublime documentary series The Shire, the whimsical adaptation of a board game not played since the 50’s, Battleship, and the welcome introduction of dubstep into every song on every radio station across the world. I don’t know how they do it. Actually, I’m pretty sure they just turn a knob clockwise….. …genius is born in many ways. But ... Read more

The upcoming debut novel from author Ayana Mathis, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, has been given a huge boost with the announcement this week that it has been selected as the new read for Oprah’s Book Club. The talk-show juggernaut has relaunched her book club, called Oprah’s Book Club 2.0,  after some controversies with 1.0. In 2006 she laid a smackdown on the fibbing James Frey for ... Read more