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Torres Strait Islander storyteller Lenora Thaker has won the 2021 Boundless Mentorship for a work of historical fiction inspired by the life of her Indigenous grandmother.

We’re delighted to announce that this May in the Common Room we’ll be reading Stranger Care by Sarah Sentilles. This is a memoir like no other.

From award-winning authors to fresh new voices, beloved classics to debut novels, we’ve got something for everyone this month...

It’s autumn, and that can mean only one thing: it’s time to march (see what we did there?) straight to your local bookshop and avail yourself of one of our brilliant new releases.

Text Publishing is thrilled to announce the introduction of the Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers, an initiative designed to nurture and encourage an exciting new Australian middle grade or young adult writer writer under the age of 25.

From international giants to homegrown stars, bestselling writers to debut authors, we’ve got something for everyone in our February new releases...

Want to know more about the Text Prize from the writer’s point-of-view? Read on for words of wisdom from past winners Nina Kenwood, A. J. Betts and David Burton and shortlistee Meg Caddy.

Is your manuscript ready to submit for the upcoming Text Prize? Here’s how to put your best submission forward.

January is traditionally the time for ‘New Year, new you’ messages, but we don’t hold with that sort of talk round these parts. We recommend opening a novel, reading it until you’re finished and then opening another one...