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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The Miles Franklin Long List – you be the judge

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Toni Whitmont

And so we come to yesterday’s announcement of the Miles Franklin long list. This is the nation’s most prestigious literary prize. Prestige in spades. But prestige doesn’t automatically lead to commercial success….

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The Story of Danny Dunn & the Best of 2009, Downunder

Posted on January 21, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

Australian writers did well in 2009, too. Alex Miller’s Lovesong raised the bar once again. He truly is one of the best writers writing in Australia today. To see Toni Whitmont’s interview with Alex Miller – Click Here. And there was strong Australian representation in the field of popular writing too. Late 2009 saw the [...]

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The Best of 2009 -Vampire Academy Series, Sookie Stackhouse, Under the Dome

Posted on January 19, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

Book sales BOOOOOMED in 2009. Some suggest this was caused by the Global Financial Crisis which sent us scurrying off to the safety of our beds and the reliability of a good book. Others suggest that in the face of our present technology overload – the three remotes  needed to turn on a TV, the [...]

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Bryce Courtenay

Posted on December 22, 2009 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

If your pre-Christmas week has been unrelieved hell

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Alex Miller interview

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Toni Whitmont

Alex Miller, author of Lovesong, speaks about what moves him, that wonderful novel, and where he gets his inspiration from.

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Fast movers from November’s Booktopia Buzz

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Toni Whitmont

The November Booktopia Buzz is up on the site and I always like to have a look at it about 6 hours after we’ve sent it to our customers, just to see what is really moving…So, any guesses for the top five for November from the latest Buzz?

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