Romance Archives

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Fiona Palmer author of The Sunburnt Country, The Road Home, Heart of Gold and The Family Farm… Nine Naughty Questions ———————– 1. I wonder, is a Romance writer born or made? Please tell us little about your life before publication. Hmm, you know I’m not sure. Maybe it’s both? I think it was reading romance books ... Read more

What is The Greatest Love Story Ever Told? That’s what we’re asking this month at Booktopia. With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, we’ve declared February our month of love, with huge discounts on some of the greatest titles ever written. This week we need your help to decide which love story is top of the tree. All this week we’ll have the poll up, closing it at ... Read more

February is a huge month for all Booktopians, here’s a few hints of what it’s about…. Aristotle described it as “composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies”. Plato said when touched by it “everyone becomes a poet”. Charles Dickens described it as “the truest wisdom”. Yes, you guessed it – February at Booktopia is the month of LOVE... 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

The US is going nuts for another new contemporary romance, On the Island. The set up is simple, a thirty year old woman and a sixteen year old boy get stranded on a deserted island together. The results are anything but simple. You won’t find tonnes of sex in this one. It is a real romance. There is however bucket loads of sex in The Secret Lives of Emma: Beginnings where a newly married ... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Helene Young author of Burning Lies, Wings of Fear and  Shattered Sky 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 Vancouver, Canada, after my travel-loving parents headed there for... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Natasha Walker author of The Secret Lives of Emma: Beginnings and, coming in October, The Secret Lives of Emma: Distractions two new erotic titles from the publishers of Fifty Shades of Grey Ten Terrifying Question —————————– 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where w... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Cathryn Hein author of Heart of the Valley and Promises Nine Naughty Questions  —————————— 1. I wonder, is a Romance writer born or made? Please tell us little about your life before publication. I was brought up in Mt Gambier, in South Australia’s rural south east and had an idyllic childhood dominated by ... Read more