The longlist for the 2019 Stella Prize has been announced! Read more

A stunning emerging Australian writer, Stephanie Bishop’s first novel was The Singing, for which she was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Best Young Australian Novelists. The Singing was also highly commended for the Kathleen Mitchell Award. This, her second novel, was recently shortlisted for the 2014 Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award under the title Dream England. Sh... Read more

Booktopia’s John Purcell finally sat down to write a review about the book he’s been talking about all year, The Other Side of the World. The Other Side of the World is a very, very good book. Let that statement stand there a bit and I will start from the beginning. It may seem strange to say but I started reading The Other Side of the World on the day it was handed to me because it... Read more