This Month
- Christmas Gift Guide 2023
- Life & Leisure
Jill Dupleix’s easy festive menu from three top cookbooks of 2023
Why sweat in the kitchen while everyone else is drinking bubbly and opening presents?
- Jill Dupleix
October
The surprising history of the humble notebook
This history of writing on paper helps explain the enduring allure of the blank page in the digital age.
- Michael Dirda
August
Booktopia emerges from administration after sale to digiDirect
The company was once worth $400 million. The founder of digiDirect says he intends to invest in the business to turn around its poor performance.
- Carrie LaFrenz
July
Kogan, QBD on the scene at collapsed Booktopia
Booktopia also offers “unique” technology, website assets and systems, and wholesale sales channels into retail and educational markets for a would-be acquirer, sources noted.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
April
Does everything still look better in black and white?
Kobo’s first foray into colour e-book readers would be perfect if it wasn’t for one, small flaw.
- John Davidson
December 2023
The books flying off the shelves right now
Richard Flanagan’s “best thing yet”, a graphic novel for teenagers, Trent Dalton’s latest novel and ‘dragons and young love’ are flying off bookshop shelves.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
Is this the ultimate stocking filler for motorcycle fanatics?
They’re among the world’s fiercest and most courageous competitors. Veteran race correspondent Darryl Flack has compiled a winning tribute.
- Tony Davis
November 2023
- Christmas Gift Guide 2023
- Life & Leisure
Wine books to savour, and what to sip on while you’re reading
Our drinks writer reckons wine pairing doesn’t always have to apply to food. How about some perfectly matched reading material?
- Max Allen
September 2023
Tasks or time? What is a better measure of your worth
Tired of endless tomes on time management? An artist and a watchmaker, no less, share wisdom about this most precious modern resource.
- Nilanjana Roy
Why Australia’s top garden designer is embracing natives
How Paul Bangay, Australia’s most celebrated garden creator, went from sustainability to ostentation and back again.
- Stephen Clark
June 2023
Booktopia raising to fund warehouse consolidation
The two-tranche placement was priced at 12¢ a share, or a 25 per cent discount to the last close.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Machine learning is breathing new life into forgotten books
Open Road markets older books with a technology that scrapes the internet for any mentions, then develops a marketing plan for pricing, promotions and searchability.
- Elizabeth A. Harris
May 2023
Uganda’s first wildlife vet calls for more gorilla tourism
Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka recalls a cheeky monkey that inspired her younger self to dream big. Today, as her country marks the 30th anniversary of gorilla tourism, she’s a key reason for its success.
- Catherine Marshall
Bushcraft: R.M. Williams is not the only master of the trade
Taking a trot down history lane to uncover the origins of the Australian stock saddle threw up some intriguing early maestros of the leather trade.
- Fiona Carruthers
April 2023
The little Swiss town where Sherlock Holmes lives on
Conan Doyle’s fictional detective continues to provide an unlikely boost to Meiringen’s economy – despite the author’s bid to kill him off there.
- Andrew Eames
March 2023
- Opinion
- Workplace
This is the perfect size for a business (according to science)
Biology research applied to business by Oxford University experts finds the best sizes for management teams, work groups and businesses - and it’s about 150 people.
- Adrian Wooldridge
Inside the library where Marx and Engels wrote ‘The Communist Manifesto’
In continuous use for more than 350 years, Chetham’s is the oldest public library in the English-speaking world and includes books pre-dating the use of paper.
- Sue Bennett
December 2022
What our top CEOs watched, read and listened to
Stories of fighter planes, corporate disasters, against-the-odds victories and Indigenous culture inspired Australia’s top business leaders in 2022.
- James Thomson and Tony Boyd
October 2022
House whisperers Arent & Pyke share the secrets of their success
A lavish new book is proof of the interior design duo’s gift for creating what they call “a sense that the finished house has always looked this way”.
- Stephen Todd
August 2022
For a novel gift for Dad, here are three books to pair with top drops
Vino veritas, or so they say. These writers certainly know a lot about the finer things in life, and not just wine.
- Max Allen