Inspired by our own John Purcell’s much publicised call for men to read more female writers, we asked some of our favourite male writers to nominate some of their favourite female wordsmiths. Here are the results, enjoy! Tony Park Fishing for Tigers by Emily Maguire Loved it. Evocative images of Vietnam and an interesting, sensual story. Six years ago, Mischa Reese left her abusive husban... Read more

We find ourselves at the halfway point of the countdown to Australia’s Favourite Novelist, as voted by you. Here’s the story so far: Don’t forget to pencil in January 25th as a big day on the calender as we celebrate the Australia Day weekend in style with the announcement of Australia’s top 10 Favourite Novelists, as well as the launch of our Australian Stories Initiati... 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

The seed of a story can be found anywhere, sometimes as easily as seeing something outside your window or overhearing a conversation. It is a bit of standard advice to “write what you know”, but to my mind that really should be expanded upon to explain that what you know doesn’t just mean what you have personally experienced. Vicarious experience, from reading, from watching films and televisio... Read more