Why stop at Coke bottles? Let’s print personalised editions of the literary classics…

Posted on October 10, 2011 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

Over the weekend while I was doing the weekly shop I found Mr Thirteen buried in a fridge digging for a Coke bottle with his name on it. His name wasn’t there. He was so annoyed he bought one which said Giulia, because he didn’t believe it was a real name. This morning I arrived [...]

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë : Australian fans await new film.

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Booktopia

The new film of Jane Eyre is being released in Australia on 11th August 2011  In a bold new feature version of Jane Eyre, director Cary Joji Fukunaga (Sin Nombre) and screenwriter Moira Buffini (Tamara Drewe) infuse a contemporary immediacy into Charlotte Brontë’s timeless, classic story. Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) and Michael Fassbender (Inglourious [...]

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Kylie Ladd, author of Last Summer, answers Six Sharp Questions

Posted on June 30, 2011 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Kylie Ladd author of Last Summer and After the Fall Six Sharp Questions —————————— 1. Congratulations, you have a new book. What is it about and what does it mean to you? Last Summer is about what happens to a close group of friends when the man at their centre, [...]

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Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries, answers Ten Terrifying Questions

Posted on May 4, 2011 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Meg Cabot author of Abandon, The Princess Diaries 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 was born in In Bloomington, Indiana, which is where I was raised and [...]

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What our customers think of Popular Penguins

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Toni Whitmont

One week down and three weeks to go in our fantastic Popular Penguin promotion and up for grabs are four Popular Penguin libraries. Yep, one set of 20 books of your choice are going off each week. All the details are here. It is not too late to enter the competition. Meanwhile, here are some comments from some of our entrants so far.

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Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

Posted on January 14, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

When the end of the world comes I will not wet my pants

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