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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

Hobbs' role is to promote the importance of reading, creativity and story in the lives of young Australians... Read more

Let’s be honest, we’ve all lied about something – about how often we floss, how much we weigh, or how our partner really looks in that outfit. But lying about which books we’ve read? Seems like it’s a thing. Read more

Booktopia turns 12 today. Nearly a teenager! To celebrate, we open the photo album and take a look at the early years, right up to today! 2004 Our very first website! A screenshot from the 7th of February 2004, the day that we sold our very first book! 2004 The green has arrived! The website at 6 months old. Fun Fact: The photo of the fern in the top right was taken by Booktopia’s CEO and... Read more

When Marching Powder, Rusty Young's darkly comic account of life in San Pedro prison, was first released in 2003, the world went gaga for it... Read more

After three weeks of nominations and voting, with over 80,000 votes cast, we have our Top 50 Australian Authors for 2016 as voted by you! Read more

Booktopia’s Editorial Director Caroline Baum writes about her whirlwind trip to the legendary Jaipur Writers Festival... Read more

This is it, the final day of our countdown to Australia's Favourite Author for 2016! Read more

We’re nearly at the finishing line of what has been a HUGE month of celebrating Australian literature. Don’t forget, buy anything from our Australian Stories collection and you could win a book pack worth $370! Time to take stock. Here’s the list so far… 50. Paul Jennings 49. Ruth Park 48. Fiona Palmer 47. Anh Do 46. Anna Campbell 45. Colleen McCullough 44. Banjo Paterso... Read more

We’re at the halfway point of our Australia’s Favourite Author countdown, as voted by you! Time to take stock. Here’s the list so far… 50. Paul Jennings 49. Ruth Park 48. Fiona Palmer 47. Anh Do 46. Anna Campbell 45. Colleen McCullough 44. Banjo Paterson 43. Anita Heiss 42. Helene Young 41. Melina Marchetta 40. Charlotte Wood 39. Liz Byrski 38. Hugh Mackay 37. Rachael Tr... Read more