If you were a child in the 1980s, or indeed if you had a child in the 1980s, you would certainly remember Grug…Meanwhile, at Booktopia, we have another one of those great exclusive deals for you.
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There is something extremely reassuring about those orange jackets and that little bird. Put the two together and you know you are looking at Popular Penguins – great writing and great value.
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A sigh of relief. The wait for Luftslottet som sprängdes is almost over. Known as The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest in the English speaking world, Stieg Larsson fans will be lining up on October 1 to get the final installment of phenomenally popular Millennium Trilogy.
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Where would movie makers be without the novels that inspire them?
The latest celluloid make-over is Audrey Niffenegger’s marvellous imagining, The Time Traveler’s Wife. We have it in stock now.
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Australians have responded in droves to the Harper Collins bushfire fundraiser through their purchases of Black Saturday: Stories of Love, Loss and Courage from the Victorian Bushfires. In fact, more than $300,000 has been raised through this initiative
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Congratulations to Tim Winton who last night picked up the Miles Franklin Award for the fourth time for his novel Breath. “I’m stoked, of course, but also mindful that there are terrific writers who will be feeling pretty stiff tonight, because their books are more than good enough to have won,” said Winton. “To some [...]
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Jordan Belfort aka the Wolf of Wall Street himself is coming to Australia. It will be a media mash up – everyone wants a piece of this guy. And he is currently the bestselling author in the business category in Australia with both books.
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Neil White’s memoir In the Sanctuary of Outcasts was introduced to me as a book that can change lives. Big call. A very risky thing to say to someone who looks at hundreds of new books every week with an eye to their saleability.
Admittedly, the premise is intriguing.
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Every now and then I get to fall into a book so completely that I can’t help feel delighted that the gods have somehow conspired to allow me to read and write about books for a living.
From the opening paragraphs of Timothée de Fombelle’s Toby Alone, I was hooked.
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Richard Harland took the time to talk to Booktopia’s SF & Fantasy editor, Richard Bilkey, about his new book Worldshaker and share his thoughts on steampunk in general.
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