Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff answer the Booktopia Book Guru's Ten Terrifying Questions. Read more

Australian authors Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff have signed a deal with Brad Pitt’s movie production company, Plan B Entertainment (along with Warner Bros.) to turn their young adult thriller Illuminae into a major Hollywood film. Since it hit the shelves, the book – which is told through a dossier of found documents, classified files, texts, instant messages and spaceship schemati... Read more

When I first heard about Illuminae, it was described to me as “Battlestar Galatica meets 10 Things I Hate About You”. This obviously sounded like the best idea ever to me. I figured I was probably going to adore the hell out of it. And I was right! With a story that has been carefully constructed using a collection of emails, IM chats, descriptions of video footage, classified documents, diary ... Read more

Booktopia would like to give a massive thanks again to everyone who has voted in to decide who is Australia’s Favourite Novelist. Without you we wouldn’t be able to have this celebration of outstanding Aussie Writers. The votes have been counted and we have our top 50, and it’s a wonderful list full of surprises. It reflects the diversity and vibrancy of Australian Literature ... Read more