Book reviews from the beloved Australian author, Kate Forsyth. Read more

'The magic of fiction, I think, is that readers will each have a unique connection with a novel.' Read more

Books by Stephen King, Alexis Wright, Dervla McTiernan, Holly Ringland 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

The longlist for the 2016 Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction is here, an incredible list dominated by debut novels... Read more

Three compelling talks presented by the Sydney Writers’ Festival not to be missed this November: Literary powerhouse couple Micahel Chabon and Ayelet Waldman interview each other on family and creativity; Pulitzer Prize-winning Geraldine Brooks talks about her new book The Secret Chord and Australian of the Year Rosie Batty chats about her new memoir, A Mother’s Story. Michael Chabo... Read more

Geraldine Brooks is brilliant at taking dusty historical research and bringing it to life by animating obscure figures in flesh and blood. In this case her subject is King David. Outside of his appearances in the Bible, we know little about him. Yes, he slew (or is that slayed?) the giant Goliath, yes he played the harp and sang divinely, but what else? Through the eyes of his friend, the court... 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

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

At Booktopia, we have made Get Reading even better. We are giving away the entire collection of 50 books to one lucky person who buys from the Get Reading 50 between now and the end of September. How good is that? 50 books you get to keep Read more