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Welcome to MS Confidential: by Friday would be amazing, our brand-new blog series that explores the unique relationship between a writer and their most trusted confidant. Our first instalment features Alice Bishop, author of A Constant Hum, and her dad, Leon Bishop.

Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) are pleased to announce that submissions for the 2020 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel are now open.

Suzie Bull of Farrells Bookshop in Mornington won the 2019 ABA Text Publishing Bookseller of the Year Award last month at a dinner at the Australian Booksellers Association Conference.

Text is looking for a highly organised, detail-oriented bookkeeper/finance coordinator to join its small team in Melbourne.

The year is now officially half over – we’re on the downhill run to Christmas and there’s nothing to do but enjoy the ride. We can’t stop the passage of time but we can give you something to distract you on the journey.

Bestselling author Mark Smith talks us through his journey from would-be writer to author of an acclaimed trilogy...

At the end of last month, the Australian Book Designers Association Awards were presented in a ceremony in Sydney.

Welcome to the Common Room – an online gathering space for booklovers to come together and participate in our quarterly book club.

Switch off the telly, switch on the kettle and set your phone to mute, because you’ve got a date with one of Text’s fantastic new June releases...

We are now just a week away from the presentation of the Australian Book Design Association Awards, so it seems like a good time to celebrate our shortlisted covers and designers.