Robyn Cadwallader’s debut novel The Anchoress has been met with widespread acclaim, with critics comparing it to Hannah Kent’s 2013 debut Burial Rites. She chats to Booktopia’s Editorial Director Caroline Baum. Grab a copy of The Anchoress here The Anchoress (Review by Caroline Baum) Like Hannah Kent’s award-winning international bestseller Burial Rites, this is one of those o... Read more

David Day is one of Australia’s most respected historians, author of the award-winning biographies of John Curtin and Ben Chifley. He chats to John Purcell about his latest book Paul Keating: The Biography. Grab a copy of Paul Keating: The Biography here Paul Keating: The Biography The Story of A Prime Minister Paul Keating was one of the most significant political figures of the late twe... Read more

When Commando Steve came to Booktopia to chat about his new book Get Commando Fit, John explained why he can’t stay in shape. But as John found out, with Commando, there are no excuses… Grab your copy of Get Commando Fit here Get Commando Fit by Steve Willis If you want to look good and feel great, there are NO EXCUSES, you must Get Commando Fit – and Commando Steve is here to... Read more

Tiddas by Anita Heiss A story about what it means to be a friend … Five women, best friends for decades, meet once a month to talk about books … and life, love and the jagged bits in between. Dissecting each other’s lives seems the most natural thing in the world – and honesty, no matter how brutal, is something they treasure. Best friends tell each other everything, don’t they? But each woman ... Read more

For a limited time when you buy a copy of P.M Newton’s Beams Falling you’ll get a free copy of her book The Old School! Beams Falling (and The Old School) by P.M. Newton Detective Nhu Kelly, known as Ned by her colleagues, is a mess after being shot. But she’s out on the streets of Cabramatta, working the new Asian crime wave of heroin, home invasions and hits. To the cops, he... Read more

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The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth One of the great untold love stories – how the Grimm brothers discovered their famous fairy tales – filled with drama and passion, and taking place during the Napoleonic Wars. The Wild Girl tells the story of Dortchen Wild. Growing up next door to the Grimm brothers in Hesse-Cassel, a small German kingdom, Dortchen told Wilhelm some of the most powerful... Read more