Get writing advice from the best in the business! 

What inspired Rosalie Ham (The Dressmaker) to writer her new book The Year of the Farmer?  

There has never been a better time to dive in to weird and wonderful world of #AusPol. But where to start, and how to make sense of the headlines? 

We're celebrating The Bachelor 2018 with this list of 25 great love stories! One for every contestant... 

Our August Kids Book of the Month is The Peski Kids 1: The Mystery of the Squashed Cockroach by R.A. Spratt! 

"It should be an easy enough request, don’t you think? My publishers thought so: write a few hundred words on the inspiration for Scrublands. How hard could it be?"

 

The stars are NEVER WRONG. 

Win the Ultimate Australian Book Collection valued at over $220 in our #ReadAustralian Instagram Photo Competition! 

One of Australia's leading politicians answeres our questions about his new memoir, Run For Your Life. 

Are you obsessed with politics? Do you thrive on informed opinions? Then make sure ALL of these books are on your shelf! 

Why did Megan Goldin set her new thriller in an elevator? 

Don't even bother pretending you don't believe in horoscopes. It's too late. The stars have been right too many times. Go on, find out what they reckon you should read this month! 

Our June Children's Book of the Month is Claris the Chicest Mouse in Paris by Megan Hess! 

Win a $300 Dymocks Gift Card thanks to Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman! 

We know with 100% certainty that you're destined to love these books! 

Want to know more about your favourite author, Sarah J. Maas? Of course you do! Here are 10 exclusive details Sarah shared with us... 

We have come to associate epic stories with traditionally male activities—warfare, ruling, founding cities, etc.  But women’s lives deserve to be considered epic also, allowed the same sense of adventure, excitement and destiny. 

 

Want 3 books from the Top 101 for under $50? Of course you do! 

Bernadette Fisers, author of The Little Book of Big Happiness and The Little Book of Big Weightloss, shares her top 8 tips to be a happier you! 

Look around the shelves at your local Dymocks store and you'll find reviews and recommendations from our well-read booksellers. Here's a taste of what they're reading this month! 

With psychic powers rivalled only by Professor Trelawny, we've consulted the stars to find out which books you're destined to love as Autumn sets in and Mercury does... something this April! You're welcome. 

"When I look back at every single story I wrote from the age of 6 to 18, I wasn’t the star. I wasn’t even the sidekick. I couldn’t picture myself as the protagonist because the world told me I couldn’t be one. "

 

"Characters and situations always arise from place – that’s just how it works for me." 

"The story of the moon landing, as technical feat, has been told often and well. So let us widen our view. What were women, children and animals doing in that same place at that time? Lucky the Galah, come on down! It’s time to tell your story." 

 

What book are you destined to love this month? 

The author best-selling YA novel Scythe answers our questions! 

Are you a bibliophile or a bibliophagist? 

Debut author Dervla McTiernan on her crime novel The Ruin: "I’ve struggled to understand why good people allow terrible things to be done in their name. I think in a way that is a universal question, not just an Irish one. And in the novel, I found myself coming back to that question, trying to find an answer to it." 

"I prefer characters with gray areas..." 

Bestsellers and New Releases Arranged by Colour. 

What is the Stella Prize and who is on the longlist? 

*Actually, only 80 languages. But that’s still a pretty big deal.

Can't decide what to read next? Let the stars guide you! 

Debra Oswald reveals how an ancient myth inspired a contemporary story.

All's fair in love and couture ... Sunni Overend answers our questions about 'The Rules of Backyard Croquet'. 

The New York Times No. 1 Bestseller! 

Hollywood have been looking for inspiration in all the right places! Take a look at these brilliant books coming to the big screen this year and #ReadItFirst. 

Looking for a great book to read? Let the stars guide you! 

A semi-autobiographical short story about being sandwiched between generations above and below from Glenna Thomson, the author of Stella and Margie. 

With Michael Wolff's explosive new book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump Whitehouse making headlines around the world, we’re taking a look at the some of the most compelling, enlightening, infuriating and at times mind-blowing political biographies and tell-alls and from the past few years. 

Hand-picked by the well-read people of Dymocks! 

The Choke  is a brilliant, haunting novel about a child navigating an often dark and uncaring world of male power and violence, in which grown-ups can't be trusted and comfort can only be found in nature.  Sofie Laguna, winner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her novel The Eye of the Sheep, once again shows she is a writer of rare empathy, originality and blazing talent. 

In her debut novel, The Mummy Bloggers, Holly Wainwright introduces us to Elle Campbell - champion blogger who's made it big on social media posting about her perfect life. Here, Holly discusses writing a villain for the Instagram age...