According to results published this week in BMJ Open, a UK medical journal, people enjoy healthier lives if they maintain social bonds after they retire. Read more
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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
Elizabeth Boyle answers Booktopia’s Nine Naughty Questions
We ask bestselling Romance author Elizabeth Boyle our famous Nine Naughty Questions... Read more
Sherrilyn Kenyon sues Cassandra Clare for ‘wilfully copying’ her novels
Bestselling fantasy novelist Sherrilyn Kenyon is suing author Cassandra Clare, alleging that Clare’s... Read more
Bruce Springsteen memoir, Born to Run, coming soon!
Bruce Springsteen will be releasing his long awaited memoir later this year... Read more
Fiona Palmer on what she’s been reading
The books I read during this month were chosen with an intentional theme... 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
The 2016 Stella Prize Longlist announced!
Don’t miss the chance to grab a copy of these fantastic books and judge them for yourself! Read more
REVIEW: Geoffrey Blainey’s The Story of Australia’s People: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia (Review by Justin Cahill)
In his 1994 A Shorter History of Australia, Geoffrey Blainey confided that for “…many years I have been intermittently writing a very long and multi-sided book about Australia’s history, a book which I might never finish.” Coming from the doyen of Australian historians, this was exciting news. A single-author, inclusive and up-to-date account of our past is long over-due. Fast-forward over twen... 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