Joel Naoum on the non-fiction trends of 2019 and the books he's voting for in our FAB award! Read more

Books by Lisa Taddeo, Clare Bowditch, Helen Garner, Elton John and more! Read more

Books by Virginia Trioli, Ben Lerner, Helen Garner, Mary Beth Keane and more! Read more

“There did seem to be a thread of consciousness going through it." Read more

Books by Elton John, Helen Garner, Zadie Smith and more! Read more

Welcome to Australia’s Favourite Author countdown… Part 2! We are counting down from #30 to #11 on this year’s list of Top 50 Australian Authors of 2019 Read more

Booktopia's Ben Hunter shares his recommendations for short fiction books to read over the summer. Read more

January is the month of Australian Stories at Booktopia, and to celebrate we’re counting down Australia’s 50 Favourite Authors, as voted by you! Yesterday’s announcement had some huge names, and today’s list is no different. Let the countdown begin! 40. Hannah Kent Hannah Kent was born in Adelaide in 1985. As a teenager she travelled to Iceland on a Rotary Exchange, wher... Read more

After my 2008 book Life in His Hands, about the Sydney neurosurgeon Charlie Teo and his patient Aaron McMillan, a young pianist who had brain cancer, I declared that I would never write another book about illness and death. But then my mother died. Mum faded away so slowly that I didn’t even admit to myself that she was dying. I was an only child and she had been divorced and on her own since I... Read more

What a journey it’s been. From the hundreds of nominations, to the tens of thousands of votes, and here we are at the second last day of the countdown to Australia’s Favourite Novelist. For those that are coming to the party a little late, here’s the story so far: We hope you’re all looking forward to tomorrow when we unveil  Australia’s top 10 Favourite Novelists,... Read more