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Clueless Movie Reviews: "The Great Gatsby"

Felix the Morning Cat wrote 1 week ago: Lavish, decadent, and seductive, The Great Gatsby as a film is, at least at first, as irresistible t … more →

Tags: features, Shows, Movies, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Clueless Movie Reviews, Joel Edgerton, Adaptation, The Great Gatsby

The 2013 Sydney Writer's Festival In Focus - Part 1

Andrew Cattanach wrote 1 week ago: In the lead up to the 2013 Sydney Writer’s Festival we’ll be featuring a few of the key … more →

Tags: Australian author, Book Recommendations, Coming soon, Literary festivals, Thriller, writing style, Writing Tips, Tara Moss, michael robotham

Short Stories Roundup Jan-April 20137 comments

ladyredjess wrote 2 weeks ago: As there are fewer reviews of collections of short stories, and individual short stories, than in ot … more →

Tags: Book Review, Romance, short stories, Speculative / Fantasy / Horror / Paranormal / Science F

Announcement of the Kibble and Dobbie Awards longlist18 comments

ladyredjess wrote 1 month ago: Today the long lists for the Kibble award, for a work by an established woman writer, and the Dobbie … more →

Tags: Book Review, Contemporary Fiction, Genre bias, History, Memoir, Biography, Indigenous literature, News, Nonfiction -- general, prize winner, short stories

March 2013 Roundup: Classics and Literary2 comments

whisperinggums wrote 1 month ago: The year is hotting up and it’s starting to get serious here in Literary-and-Classics land. No … more →

Tags: Poetry, Miles Franklin Award, Stella Awards

February 2013 Roundup: Classics and Literary2 comments

whisperinggums wrote 2 months ago: Well, here it is March already and I’m bringing you the February roundup of reviews in both th … more →

Tags: Poetry

The A&R Australian Classics Series - Buy two and get a free bag!

Andrew Cattanach wrote 2 months ago: Check out the beautiful Australian Classics series, with a special offer from Booktopia. A&R Pub … more →

Tags: Australian author, Book Recommendations, Fiction, Literature, Publishing, Booktopia Offer, Australian classics

January 2013 Roundup: Diversity2 comments

ladyredjess wrote 2 months ago: Reviews of books about diversity have got off to a good start this year, with some twenty reviews in … more →

Tags: History, Memoir, Biography, Contemporary Fiction, Young-Adult, Indigenous literature, Book Review, diversity, Children's

January 2013 Roundup: Classics and Literary4 comments

whisperinggums wrote 3 months ago: Welcome to 2013 to all you Australian Women Writers Challenge participants. And lurkers! We welcome … more →

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, 50 to 31 - Your votes counted.

Andrew Cattanach wrote 3 months ago: Who will it be? February is the month of love at Booktopia, and to celebrate we’re counting do … more →

Tags: Fiction, book talk, twilight, Great Expectations, Maurice Guest, War and Peace, Never Let Me Go, The Magic Mountain, For love alone!

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told - Vote Today.1 comment

Andrew Cattanach wrote 3 months ago: Classic – Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice What is The Greatest Love Story Ever Told? T … more →

Tags: Romance, Fiction, Literature, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Literature, Erotic Fiction, Book Recommendations, great literature

A LOVELY glimpse into February with Booktopia

Andrew Cattanach wrote 3 months ago: February is a huge month for all Booktopians, here’s a few hints of what it’s about … more →

Tags: Romance, Fiction, Literature, Historical Romance, Book Recommendations, great literature, Promotions, Coming soon, book talk

AWW 2012 Challenge Wrap-up: Literary Awards/Classics Part 24 comments

Paula wrote 3 months ago: This is a wrap-up of literary awards (with a focus on Miles Franklin Award titles) and Classics revi … more →

Tags: Australian women writers, Literary, australian women writers challenge

AWW 2012 Challenge Wrap-up: Literary Awards/Classics Part 114 comments

Paula wrote 3 months ago: This is a wrap-up of literary awards (with a focus on Miles Franklin Award titles) and Classics revi … more →

Tags: The Stella Prize, Australian women writers, Miles Franklin, Literary, australian women writers challenge

2012 AWW Challenge: Short Stories and Poetry5 comments

ladyredjess wrote 4 months ago: We’re nearly at the end of the wrap-ups of reviews of Australian women’s writing for 2012, which hav … more →

Tags: Nonfiction -- general, prize winner, Poetry, Guest Author

Australia's Favourite Novelist - The Shortlist and Final Vote29 comments

Andrew Cattanach wrote 4 months ago: Nick Earls’ popularity was undeniable in the Heats The people have spoken. We are very excited … more →

Tags: Romance, Fiction, Young-Adult, Fantasy, Childrens Fiction, crime/thriller, Literature, Historical Romance, Paranormal

The Last Chance Saloon - Take these Novelists off the cusp and into the shortlist

Andrew Cattanach wrote 4 months ago: We here at Booktopia are a democratic lot so we thought we’d give you one last chance to mold … more →

Tags: Romance, Fiction, Young-Adult, Fantasy, Childrens Fiction, crime/thriller, Literature, Historical Romance, Paranormal

2012 AWW Challenge Wrap-up: Literary Fiction and Non-fiction12 comments

whisperinggums wrote 4 months ago: What is literary fiction? Is it a genre? Is it a style? No, it’s supernovel! Seriously though, some … more →

Australia's Favourite Novelist - Heat 54 comments

Andrew Cattanach wrote 4 months ago: What method will you choose? And then there was one. One heat left before we have our shortlist. The … more →

Tags: Action, adventure, Australian author, Australian Rural Fiction, Childrens Fiction, Contemporary Literature, contemporary women's fiction, crime/thriller, Dystopia


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