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Text Publishing and the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are thrilled to announce entries for the 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel are now open...

Tasmanian author Amanda Lohrey has won the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her seventh novel, The Labyrinth...

President Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father to be released in a Young Adult edition 5 October 2021...

Seven manuscripts have been shortlisted for the 2021 $10,000 Text Prize. The recipient of the Steph Bowe Mentorship will also be chosen from the shortlist, and both will be announced on 29 July...

It’s July. We are now officially halfway through 2021, and we have a brilliant selection of titles to help make the winter days race by...

Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are excited to announce the shortlist for the 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel.

‘Three Novels and a Criticism’ might not be the title of a memorable Richard Curtis movie but it’s an uncanny description of our June new releases. Read on for more...


The days might be getting shorter but there’s always time to read a good book. This month we’ve got eight of the best...