UPDATE: From The Random House Australia website: We’re excited to announce that Century and Arrow, an imprint of the Random House Group’s Cornerstone Publishing, will release the print and eBook edition of E.L. James trilogy FIFTY SHADES OF GREY. After topping the New York Times eBook best-seller list, this series has sparked conversation the world over, being hailed as “romantic, liberating, a... Read more

Happy 40th anniversary Picador. To celebrate, we have a great prize for one lucky Booktopia customer. Win the full 40th anniversary Picador collection  worth $315.00 The winner will be chosen from the customers who buy books from this collection before April 1st 2012. Click here to view the entire Picador 40th Anniversary Collection We also have 35 of Picador’s iconic tote bags to give aw... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Bronwyn Parry author of Dead Heat, Dark Country and As Darkness Falls 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 outside Melbourne, lived there until I was 6, then moved to Canberra – which was a lot smaller then than it is now, just a large country ... Read more

What follows is an exploration of fatherhood, of self, of loyalty, of obligation, of identity and perhaps, of the limits of unconditional love. There are wonderful insights into family, into connection and disconnection, and what it is like to watch someone decide to simply slip away from their moorings. Read more

I recently decided to build a small library for myself. Six weeks, and a lot of swearing later, I am still far from finished. The one thing my bookcases and the shelves featured in this new book share is few straight lines. Which would suggest that my bookcases are contemporary works of art, like the featured bookcases. But, sadly, this isn’t the case. I am just a very crap carpenter. See... Read more

 The Booktopia Book Guru asks Zoë Von Foster author of The Younger Man, Amazing Face, Textbook Romance, Playing the Field and Air Kisses Five Facetious Questions  ——————————- 1. Every writer spends at least one afternoon going from bookshop to bookshop making sure his or her latest book is facing out and neatly arranged. How far have y... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Jodi Picoult bestselling author of Lone Wolf, The Pact, My Sister’s Keeper, Sing You Home, Change of Heart 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 is facing out and neatly arran... Read more

There’s no better place to be during economic turbulence than Australia. Brilliant in a bust, we’ve learnt to use our brains in a boom. Although the Great Recession continues to rumble around the globe, we successfully negotiated the Asian financial crisis, the dotcom tech wreck and the GFC. Despite a lingering inability to acknowledge our achievements at home, the rest of the world... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Zoë Foster author of The Younger Man, Amazing Face, Textbook Romance, Playing the Field and Air Kisses 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 raised in Bundanoon, which, unlike Wagga Wagga, isn’t ev... Read more

In her fourth novel, Various Pets Alive & Dead, Marina Lewycka employs her customary brand of keen wit and farcical comedy to explore the ever-present, ever widening gap that separates one generation from the next. Switching scenes between Doncaster and London, this is a refreshingly original and absurdly funny commentary on modern values told with a delicious combination of irony and dark ... Read more