Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks, authors of Spoiled, answer Ten Terrifying Questions

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks authors of Spoiled Ten Terrifying Questions  —————————————- 1.  To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? JESSICA: I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California — on my mother’s side, I am [...]

Nick Lake, author of In Darkness, answers Ten Terrifying Questions

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Nick Lake author of In Darkness, The Secret Ministry of Frost and 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 was born in the north of England, in a place called [...]

Causing a Big Stir in the US: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Australian Nerdfighters Don’t Wait, Get Your Copy Here Now)

I picked up The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. I am totally devastated by this book. I cried when I read it, and I never cry. You don’t want to throw around phrases like “instant classic,” but I can see this book sitting next to The Catcher in the Rye. It’s that good. [...]

Gabrielle Lord’s Conspiracy 365 Series is Coming to TV

Haven’t read the Conspiracy 365 Series? Better get cracking. Start here with JANUARY! On New Year’s Eve Cal is chased down the street by a staggering, sick man with a deadly warning … They killed your father. They’ll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days. Hurled into a life on the run, with [...]

Coming in 2012: Two new titles from Lauren Kate – Fallen in Love and Rapture…

OUT IN JANUARY: A new novel set in the world of Lauren Kate’s bestselling Fallen series. FALLEN IN LOVE is a riveting collection of four intertwined love stories featuring the Fallen characters that fans have grown to know and love: Miles, Shelby, Roland, Arriane, and Luce & Daniel. The novel, FALLEN IN LOVE, will be [...]

Amanda Hocking: The Author Who Made Millions by Self-Publishing Her Novels Now Makes Millions Being Published

Publishing sensation Amanda Hocking’s story reads like a fairy tale. She self-published her novels and sold a million copies within a year or so. The very thought of such overnight success can cause normally quite reasonable unpublished authors to lose their heads. On the strength of a headline – ‘Self-published author makes money’  – thousands [...]

Deck the halls: Booktopia Buzz for December is up!

What a cracker of an edition I have for you for December. How is this for a line-up? Gifts, give-aways and goodies to win include an amazing high quality Ken Duncan signed and numbered print valued at nearly $2,000 to be won by a purchaser of Australia: Our Island Paradise

The Hunger Games Official Movie Trailer : You’ll kick yourself later if you don’t read the books before you see the film

Read the books, first: The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins Book One: The Hunger Games In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them [...]

Monica McInerney : Five Favourites Books for 2011

Monica McInerney author of Lola’s Secret, A Taste for It, Upside Down Inside Out, Spin the Bottle, The Alphabet Sisters, Family Baggage, All Together Now, Those Faraday Girls and At Home with the Templetons reveals… The 5 best books I read this year are… How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran I have to [...]

Christopher Paolini reads an extract from INHERITANCE

Inheritance The Inheritance Cycle : Book 4 Not so very long ago, Eragon – Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider – was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now, the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders. Long months of training and battle have [...]

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