Maisy and Lucy Cousins

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Booktopia

Lucy Cousins is one of today´s most acclaimed author-illustrators of children´s books. Her unique titles fascinate babies, toddlers, and preschoolers with their child-like simplicity, bold outlines, and vivid colors. The engaging adventures of characters such as Maisy reflect the familiar experiences that young children have every day.  Maisy does things that children all over [...]

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A new Jean Auel! – The Land of Painted Caves

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Toni Whitmont

At last, the wait is over.

Jean M. Auel’s sixth and final book in the prolific Earth’s Children series, is to be published worldwide on March 29, 2011.

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I Came to Say Goodbye by Caroline Overington

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Toni Whitmont

You name a personal issue that is on the worry list of contemporary Australians and Overington has somehow woven it into her story

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Life by Keith Richards (with an excerpt)

Posted on August 26, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

“People say ‘why don’t you give it up?’ I don’t think they quite understand. I’m not doing it just for the money, or for you. I’m doing it for me.” — Keith Richards From the US publisher of LIFE: Dear friends, The opportunity to publish an autobiography as enthralling as that of Keith Richards comes [...]

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A Belated Happy Birthday to P.D. James!

Posted on August 25, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

P.D. James recently turned ninety! Asked whether there would be another Dalgliesh novel, PD James answered, ‘I’m not sure yet. Life has been so busy I have only done 10,000 words in six months. I don’t want the standard to drop and I don’t want a reviewer to be saying: “It’s a remarkable book, for [...]

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Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Toni Whitmont

In charting the mistakes and joys of Freedom’s intensely realised characters as they struggle to learn how to live in an ever more confusing world, Franzen has produced an indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time.

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Catherine Harris, author of Like Being a Wife, answers Ten Terrifying Questions

Posted on August 24, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

The Booktopia Book Guru Asks Catherine Harris author of Like Being a Wife Ten Terrifying Questions ———————————- 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I was born in Sydney, formally educated in Melbourne, hair-raised but far from cultivated. 2. What did [...]

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I Came to Say Goodbye by Caroline Overington

Posted on August 23, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

“Brilliant, original, heart-breaking. I couldn’t put it down.” Mia Freedman Who is left behind when a family falls apart? It was four o’clock in the morning. A young woman pushed through the hospital doors. Staff would later say they thought the woman was a new mother, returning to her child – and in a way, [...]

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The Red Queen by Phillipa Gregory

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Toni Whitmont

Philippa Gregory fans won’t need a second urging to get into The Red Queen.

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The Power by Rhonda Byrne (the book trailer)

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Booktopia

For more information about THE POWER and to leave your comments – click here…

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