The world is in a state of shock this morning as news of the passing of Jackie Collins filters through. Unbeknownst to all but those close to the 77 year-old bestselling author, Collins had been battling breast cancer for the better part of six years, a period that included numerous books, media appearances and tours, including a visit to Booktopia HQ in 2013. On that visit we fell in love with... Read more

Signed Jackie Collins Backlist (Watch our exclusive interview with Jackie Collins here) R. McLaren, Kingston South East, SA Winner of the Agrarian Experience cooking class for 2 people (Read founder of The Agrarian Experience Rodney Dunn’s exclusive blog for us here) L. Kudahl, Whyalla Stuart, SA Free Carrie Double Passes (Stephen King fan? You have ONE DAY to win the biggest Stephen King... Read more

When a teenage Jackie Collins was seduced by Marlon Brando at a party, little did she know the experience would come in handy years later while writing her first YA novel… New York Times bestselling author Jackie Collins was recently in Australia promoting her new novel, Confessions of a Wild Child, which tells the story of the teen years of her much loved character Lucky Santangelo. Jack... Read more

Last week Booktopia’s John Purcell sat down, on separate days, with Jackie Collins and Christos Tsiolkas (two very different authors) to chat about their life, work, and new books Confessions of a Wild Child and Barracuda. It was a wonderful fly-on-the-wall experience to see these two writers at very different periods of their careers. One resounding impression was that, while the world i... Read more

Bestselling author Victoria Fox talks sun loungers, starlets and the secret to escapism… Celebrity is the new religion. Today’s pop culture is fascinated by the rich and famous, the exclusive and the elite, and yes, while we might look to these exotic creatures for a glamour fix or a twist of scandal, for me their appeal centres around something more straightforward: a desire for escapism... Read more