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What do explosions, dangerous electric superpowers, evil corporations and handsome muscled strangers all have in common?
One stressed-out Jules De Marchi, who was just trying to get a job.
Read on for an explosive extract from The Undercurrent by Paula Weston.

The 2017 Melbourne Writers Festival is nearly upon us and is teeming with Text authors. This year the festival is running from 25 August – 3 September.
Have a look at which of our talented and eminently erudite authors are in attendance this year...

Jock Serong, award-winning author of Quota and The Rules of Backyard Cricket now brings you a gripping political thriller set on the high seas.
Read on for an edited extract.

In exciting news, Two Steps Forward by Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist has just been optioned by Fox Searchlight with Ellen DeGeneres and Jeff Kleeman producing it through A Very Good Production. It has also been signed by the Two Roads imprint for publication in the UK.
Read on for full details.

We know you’ve been waiting on tenterhooks for Anna by Niccolò Ammaniti to come out.
Read on for an extract from the latest extraordinary novel by one of Italy’s most talented prize-winning authors.

Dogs, spec fic, artists-in-residence, short walks, new release tables, licenced cafes and crime sections. These are just some of the things Text’s authors love about their favourite bookshops.
Saturday 12 August is Love Your Bookshop Day. Read on for which bookshops our authors love and find out how to help us spread some bookshop love...

Elizabeth Kostova, bestselling author of The Historian, is touring Australia and New Zealand with her vivid and intriguing new novel, The Shadow Land.
Read on for details of her tour, an extract from her beguiling new book and a delightful letter to you, the reader, from the author.

Immigration, vengeance, tragic romance, inscrutable prime ministers, sustainability and Tasmanian pirates are only some of the themes coming your way this August from Text.
Have a look at what we’ve put together for you and find out how to win one of them!

Nadja Poljo is one of Text’s publicists. She is the heart and soul of our amazing Kids & Teens publicity machine and has read pretty much every book we’ve got and every book we’re going to publish.
We sat this bubbly woman down and found out what makes her tick.

Cold. Rain. Dark.
The only thing to get us out this fix is books. Lots of books about things that have nothing to do with cold rainy dark winter days.
We’re not aiming to make anyone a better person. We just want to escape for a bit. Get away and forget about what’s pouring down on the other side of the window.
We’ve got a list of books that are going to nail that on the head. Read on for our guaranteed reads to keep you warm and fuzzy this winter...