There are few things more gratifying than discovering an author whose books seem so perfectly suited to your tastes as a reader that it feels as though they may have been written especially for you. After devouring Sulari Gentill’s Miles Off Course in a whirlwind reading session – a reading session interrupted only by a [...]
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The latest Inspector Lynley mystery is just the kind of compulsive page-turner likely to keep you up way past your bedtime.
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The Booktopia Book Guru asks Noel Mealey author Murder and Redemption Ten Terrifying Questions —————————- 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? My first novel is set in WA, though I’m a Queenslander at heart. My parents lived their early lives [...]
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The Booktopia Book Guru asks John Birmingham author of Angels of Vengeance, the third book in his mega-selling Disappearance Trilogy Six Sharp Questions ——————– 1. Congratulations, on completing your new book – what is Angels of Vengeance about and is it really the last book in the series? Yes and no. The story that began [...]
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P.D. James masterfully recreates the world of Pride and Prejudice, and combines it with the excitement and suspense of a brilliantly-crafted detective story. The year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome and healthy sons in the Pemberley nursery, Elizabeth’s beloved sister Jane and her [...]
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The Booktopia Book Guru asks Matthew Reilly bestselling author of the Scarecrow novels -Scarecrow And The Army Of Thieves, Scarecrow, Area 7, and Ice Station – 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? I [...]
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The Booktopia Book Guru asks Y. A. Erskine author of The Brotherhood 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 and raised in Devonport on the beautiful north west coast of Tasmania. When I wasn’t [...]
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Worth Flying For – Tuesday, 23 November 2010 A man walks into a mystery convention…. Okay, so you enjoy reading the Reacher novels. This fictional character is tall and heavy, I’m tall and heavy, he’s blonde with blue eyes, so am I, he was a cop of sorts for thirteen years and mustered out of [...]
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At Booktopia, we have made Get Reading even better. We are giving away the entire collection of 50 books to one lucky person who buys from the Get Reading 50 between now and the end of September. How good is that? 50 books you get to keep
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The Booktopia Book Guru asks Stephen M Irwin author of The Broken Ones and The Dead Path Ten Terrifying Questions ————————— 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? My childhood was spent in the western suburbs of Brisbane: Taringa while I was [...]
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