I interview writers every week here on the Booktopia Blog. My Ten Terrifying Questions have been answered by over 250 published authors ranging from mega selling global stars like Jackie Collins and Lee Child to brilliant, relatively unknown debut authors such as Miles Franklin shortlisted Favel Parret and Rebecca James. In each of these interviews I ask the following question: Q. What advice d... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Michael Robotham author of Say You’re Sorry, The Wreckage, Bombproof and many more Six Sharp Questions ————————- 1. Congratulations, you have a new book. What is it about and what does it mean to you? SAY YOU’RE SORRY is a dark psychological thriller about two missing teenage girls, best friends Piper Hadley and ... Read more

Growing up in a small country town in Australia, my only experience of the wider world came through grainy black and white TV images and the magic of the books that I borrowed from the local library. I remember being eight-years-old, in July 1969, when teachers assembled the entire school – barely a hundred students – into one classroom. They wheeled in a television and we watched Neil Armstron... Read more