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Today marks 90 years since the release of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s seminal novel The Great Gatsby. To celebrate, we’ve done some digging and found a few quirky facts about the novel many regard as the quintessential ‘Great American Novel’. 1. It wasn’t always going to be called The Great Gatsby At one time or another, all of these were in consideration: Among Ash-Heap... Read more

Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone from Booktopia. To celebrate we’ve been counting down the 50 Greatest Love Stories Ever Told, as voted by you. Don’t forget to scroll down to the bottom to see the huge sales and collections of books on love we have for you. But here it is. The 10 Greatest Love Stories Ever Told, as voted by you. 10. Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel... Read more

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARN6agiW7o&rel=0] To avoid exposing yourself as one of the five or six hundred people who were not forced to read The Great Gatsby at school when they were too young to understand it, read the book before you watch the film. Then you can join in on the discussion about whether the film did justice to the book. (Hint: it never does) Buy Book Here Read more

Because of compulsory education most of us can claim to have read – or have some knowledge of – at least one literary classic. We can probably recall the title and/or the author of the book, too. Which comes in handy when we meet one of those bores who still reads good books and wants to make us look dumb by talking about them in a work or social situation. “So, Sally, what ha... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Nick Earls author of The Fix, Zigzag Street, The True Story of Butterfish and many more Ten Terrifying Questions ————————–  1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? Born: Northern Ireland. For years I thought I was born on the fire escape of... Read more