THE BOOKTOPIA BOOK GURU’S GIFT GUIDE FOR FATHER’S DAY Though I think it right to celebrate Father’s Day, I do believe it is prudent to temper our collective enthusiasm for the day slightly. Granted, some dad’s deserve unchecked praise, but we all know that these few are in the minority. To allow Father’s Day to carry the same emotional weight as Mother’s Day ... Read more
Fiction Archives
Victoria Dahl, author of Good Girls Don’t, It’s Always Been You and more, answers Nine Naughty Questions
Kate Cuthbert, Editor, Booktopia Romance Buzz: Victoria Dahl is an author to watch, and one of the most exciting new voices in romance. (Also, I think she’s groovy because she helps feed my insatiable appetite for hot, fun contemporary romance). What’s even better is that she writes both historical and contemporary romances, so it’s really reader’s choice for how youR... Read more
The Briny Café by Susan Duncan: Review by Toni Whitmont
What works so well about this book is that it is based on a fictitious water-accessed community already so familiar to us from Salvation Creek. More importantly it plays to that deep yearning for both community, and connection, that so many people experience. Read more
Lisa Unger, author of Darkness My Old Friend, answers Ten Terrifying Questions
The Booktopia Book Guru asks Lisa Unger author of Darkness My Old Friend, Fragile, Beautiful Lies, Die for You and more 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 Connecticut in the US, but travelled a great deal during m... Read more
The Street Sweeper by Elliot Perlman: review by Toni Whitmont
A page later I knew I was in the hands of a master - someone whose deliberately crafted prose, stunning ability to weave a story, intelligently thought through issues leaves the reader humbled, in a state of grace, in awe. Read more