I interview writers every week here on the Booktopia Blog. My Ten Terrifying Questions have been answered by over 250 published authors ranging from mega selling global stars like Jackie Collins and Lee Child to brilliant, relatively unknown debut authors such as Miles Franklin shortlisted Favel Parret and  Rebecca James. In each of these interviews I ask the following question: Q. What advice ... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Annie Hauxwell author of In Her Blood 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 Hackney, East London. My family emigrated to Australia when I was 14, and I fi... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Garth Nix author of the The Old Kingdom Chronicles, the Keys to the Kingdom series, A Confusion of Princes, Shade’s Children and many more… Five Facetious Questions ——————————– 1. Every writer spends at least one afternoon going from bookshop to bookshop making sure his or her latest book ... Read more

Due for release 23rd May 2012, pre-order here Simon Nash, a Booktopia founding director, read a proof copy of Run Like Crazy by Tristan Miller, and loved it. I asked him to jot down a short review: Run Like Crazy by Tristan Miller describes the adventures a keen runner can get up to when they embark on the grueling task of running 52 marathons in 52 weeks, in 40 countries, over 7 continents. Th... Read more

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXtHHBGFCkE&rel=0] The Last Guardian, The Eighth and Last Book in the ENORMOUSLY Successful and TOTALLY Addictive Artemis Fowl Series will be Available from 10th July 2012. The Last Guardian Artemis Fowl Series : Book 8 IS THIS ARMAGEDDON FOR ARTEMIS FOWL? Opal Koboi, power-crazed pixie, is plotting to exterminate mankind and become fairy queen. If sh... Read more

I interview writers every week here on the Booktopia Blog. My Ten Terrifying Questions have been answered by over 250 published authors ranging from mega selling global stars like Jackie Collins and Lee Child to brilliant, relatively unknown debut authors such as Miles Franklin shortlisted Favel Parret and  Rebecca James. In each of these interviews I ask the following question: Q. What advice ... Read more

Charlaine Harris has announced that she is ending the Sookie Stackhouse/ Southern Vampire series. Save the date…the final Sookie Stackhouse book, DEAD EVER AFTER, will be on sale May 7, 2013! The Southern Vampire series inspired HBO’s True Blood and with 12 books so far, it is exceedingly popular.  Last year, Harris hinted at the impending end of the series: “I think it’ll be total ... Read more

Olympic Gold: Our Greatest Individual Olympians Since 1896 follows the inspirational journeys of Australia’s 74 individual Olympic gold medallists, at both the Summer and Winter Games. Australia has enjoyed an unbroken involvement in the modern Olympics, from Edwin Flack’s double-gold on the track at the first modern Games in 1896, to Lydia Lassila’s acrobatic feats on the ski slopes of Vancouv... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Cathy Armstrong author of Coming Home 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 Newcastle, NSW and moved to Nimbin, which was a sleepy little dairy town in those days; like living in a storybook, everybody knew everybody and the chemist gave all ... Read more

The Australian Wedding Book – Due for release 23rd May 2012, pre-order here Today I defer to our resident expert, soon to married bridezilla, Elizabeth Sharah who has been frantically researching her wedding and has found the perfect companion – THE AUSTRALIAN WEDDING BOOK. Over to you Liz… Kate White and her husband have been organising weddings for the last 15 years. And it ... Read more