March at Booktopia is For Dummies month! To celebrate, we’ve invited Brendan Scott, author of Python for Kids: For Dummies to ... Read more
Kids & Teens Archives
OMGoat! 50 Passes to See Disney’s Zootopia!
Booktopia is celebrating the release of Disney's Zootopia, out March 17th, with a not-so-little and tame ... Read more
Jaclyn Moriarty visits Booktopia to sign copies of her new book, A Tangle of Gold!
"I had such magical dreams after reading this book" gushes our Young Adult Book Editor, Sarah McDuling Read more
New Harry Potter Book To Be Released
Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series... Read more
REVIEW: The Big Rewind by Libby Cudmore
Review by Sarah McDuling I really loved this book! It’s always so great to come across something different and The Big Rewind is like a breath of fresh air! Described as Raymond Chandler meets Nick Hornby, The Big Rewind plays out like a noir detective story set in hipster Brooklyn. With wry humor and consistently clever plotting, we join Jett Bennett, aspiring music journalist, as she hu... Read more
REVIEW: My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier
Oh boy. This book scared me silly, in the best possible way... Read more
Leigh Hobbs named Australian Children’s Laureate
Hobbs' role is to promote the importance of reading, creativity and story in the lives of young Australians... Read more
REVIEW: Yellow by Megan Jacobson
Part ghost story, part murder mystery, and part coming of age, Yellow is a stunning debut from an amazing new talent Read more
REVIEW: Summer Skin by Kirsty Eagar
Review by Sarah McDuling Summer Skin really and truly blew me away. I can’t remember the last time I had a reading experience that was so wonderfully surprising! When I picked up this book I expected a cute, fluffy YA romance and instead what I got was a smart, hard-hitting and emotionally weighted love story full of incredibly rich and layered characters. At turns shockingly honest and w... Read more
REVIEW: Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
Review by Sarah McDuling Victoria Aveyard really knows how to keep readers wanting more. Last year, Red Queen shot to the top of the best sellers lists as people everywhere found themselves captivated by the story of Mare Barrow AKA The Lightning Girl. Red Queen is a fast paced and action-packed tale set in a dystopian society with a rigid class structure, in a world full of people with superpo... Read more