From the wonderful 2020 Stella Prize longlist! Read more
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Announcing the 2020 Stella Prize shortlist!
Books by Charlotte Wood, Jess Hill, Tara June Winch and more. Read more
See the 2020 Stella Prize longlist!
Books by Tara June Winch, Charlotte Wood, Vikki Wakefield and more! Read more
Favourite Australian Book Award 2019: A year in fiction!
Ben Hunter on the fiction trends of 2019 and the books he's voting for in our FAB Award! Read more
Best of 2019: Literary Fiction
Books by Charlotte Wood, Tara June Winch, Margaret Atwood and more! Read more
LISTEN: Favel Parrett on There Was Still Love
“Somewhere in me there was this feeling that maybe there was more.” Read more
A one size fits all definition for Australian fiction? Nup.
A one size fits all definition for Australian fiction? Nup. Australian imaginations cross borders and time as easily as those from elsewhere. There is no rule that all Australian fiction must deal with the bush, or the surf or gritty inner city crime. Within the short selection below you’ll find Medieval Europe, Chinese dragons, Antarctica, Texas, CIA conspiracies and, from Christos Tsiol... Read more
Congratulations to Anna Funder: Winner of The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2012 for All That I Am
Booktopia would like to congratulate Anna Funder for winning the 2012 Miles Franklin Literary Award with All That I Am… Congratulations! [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yCr6cigqMo&rel=0] THE WINNER: Anna Funder – All That I Am Ruth Becker, defiant and cantankerous, is living out her days in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. She has made an uneasy peace with the ghosts of h... Read more
The Miles Franklin Literary Award Shortlist 2012
THE SHORTLIST: Tony Birch – Blood From the moment he saw her, wrapped in a blanket at the hospital, Jesse knew that he’d be the one to look after his little sister, Rachel. Mum was always on the move and always bringing home trouble. When his mum’s appetite for destruction leads the little family into the arms of Ray Crow, beneath the charm and charisma, Jesse sees the broodin... Read more
The Miles Franklin Literature Award Longlist 2012
From where I sit the 2012 Miles Franklin Literature Award longlist seems right. The names I expected to see are listed, Elliot Perlman, Kate Grenville, Gail Jones, Alex Miller, as are some of the names I hoped to see, Charlotte Wood, Charlotte Wood and Charlotte Wood. There are a few disastrous exclusions, though. The Life by Malcolm Knox, for one. Kylie Ladd’s Last Summer, is another. A... Read more