Booktopia Buzz, the best of April and Stephenie Meyer’s new Twilight book, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Toni Whitmont

We’ve got the new Stephenie Meyer novella and all the April Booktopia Buzz titles listed here.

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BREAKING NEWS: The Shroud of Turin

Posted on March 31, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

The Shroud of Turin will be displayed at Turin Cathedral, where it has been kept for more than 500 years, and where it was last on display to the public ten years ago for the Church’s Jubilee Millennium celebration. At a Vatican press conference Archbishop of Turin, Cardinal Severino Poletto, announced details of the display [...]

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BREAKING NEWS: A New Twilight Book! The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer

Posted on March 31, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

“NEW YORK, NY (March  2010) – Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, a division of Hachette Book Group, has announced today that it will release the first new title from Stephenie Meyer in nearly two years. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is a novella told from the point of view of Bree, a [...]

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BREAKING NEWS: CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Booktopia

The Children’s Book Council Of Australia Awards The 2010 Short List ———————————————————————– Book of the Year: Older Readers These books are for mature readers. CHRISTOPHER, Lucy – Stolen CLARKE, Judith – The Winds of Heaven LARBALESTIER, Justine – Liar METZENTHEN, David – Jarvis 24 MILLARD, Glenda – A Small Free Kiss in the Dark TANGEY, [...]

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BREAKING NEWS: Sizzling Sixteen, Janet Evanovich & Katherine Heigl

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Booktopia

The release date of the latest Janet Evanovich  novel, Sizzling Sixteen, has been announced. June 24 will be a huge day for Stephanie Plum fans (one day earlier for US readers). In a break with tradition, the jacket image has also been made public in advance. It is summertime in Jersey and our favourite bounty [...]

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Alex Miller, author of Lovesong, The Ancestor Game, Journey to the Stone Country and more, answers Ten Terrifying Questions

Posted on March 30, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

The Booktopia Book Guru Asks Alex Miller author of Lovesong, The Ancestor Game, Journey to the Stone Country 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: 369 Fulham Road, London SW1; RAISED: 101 Pendragon [...]

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BREAKING NEWS: Philip Pullman Possibly Pilloried

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Booktopia

Philip Pullman’s latest literary offering – The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ – has caused a stir among religious zealots. Pullman told the Sunday Times – “Many refer to the title itself, for which there is clearly a passionate objection from some out there,” he said. “The letter writers essentially say that I [...]

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Light of Lucia with Luciana Sampogna – cooking with love

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Toni Whitmont

You couldn’t get a more enticing book launch than this – an invitation to a Tuscan villa where you could spend several hours cooking an Italian banquet from scratch, before sitting down to eat and drink with colleagues. And the afternoon at Luciana Sampogna’s (Light of Lucia) Cucina Italiana was everything that was promised – and more!

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BREAKING NEWS: George Orwell’s Capital

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Booktopia

A near perfect signed first edition copy of George Orwell’s Down And Out In Paris And London sold at auction last week for a staggering $141,734 (£86,000). Inside, was an inscription to his agent – ”With the author’s kind regards, to Mr LP Moore without whose kind assistance this book would never have been published. Eric [...]

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THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO by Alexandre Dumas (A review by John Purcell)

Posted on March 27, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

In short, The Count of Monte Cristo we have always known is an impostor!

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