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As we all know, Labour Day was originally called Eight-Hour Day and commemorates the granting of the eight-hour working day for Australians as well as recognising workers’ contributions to the Australian economy.
Brave stonemasons and building workers in Melbourne put down their tools and marched on parliament in 1856, resulting in our working days being limited to eight hours, with no reduction in pay. It was a momentous event that had repercussions around the world.
In support of this momentous and important day, Text is proud to present you with eight hardworking reads.
Congratulations to Kate Grenville on winning the 2017 Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature.
This award acknowledges the achievements of eminent literary writers over the age of 60 who have made an outstanding and lifelong contribution to Australian literature.
Kirsty Wilson is Text’s Sales & Marketing Director. Kirsty started with Text in 2005 and has been an essential part of the company ever since. We sat her down and talked about changes in publishing over the years, working in UK antiquarian bookstores and why yellow vans are a great place to read a book in.
We’ve got an ocean of books this month for you to immerse yourself in, so take a deep breath and jump in. Try to come up for air when you can, but we know you’ll get through this swimmingly.
It’s February, ergo Australia is sweltering. Okay, not necessarily Melbourne and Hobart, but the rest of us are roasting. We at Text know what you’re after: you need a read that will cool you down. So we’ve put together some titles that will help you out...
Text’s latest Classic is Madame Midas by Fergus Hume, with an introduction by Clare Wright, author of The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka. Set in Ballarat and Melbourne during the gold rush, Madame Midas is a gripping tale of greed, romance and intrigue, a companion piece to Hume’s bestselling crime novel, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.
This quarter’s Griffith Review55: State of Hope focuses on South Australia and features a weighty rollcall of writers such as: Patrick Allington, Robyn Archer, Eva Hornung, Dave Graney, Kerryn Goldsworthy and Peter Stanley.
Fresh from GR55: State of Hope here is a timely essay in this world of alternate facts and post-truth, Into the Dark: What happens when ‘truthiness’ eclipses truth by Tory Shepherd.
You’ve read the gritty extract, now find out about the person behind it. Stephen Greenall, the author of Winter Traffic, talks to us about Kings Cross, sloth and treating readers as equals.
We are giving away tickets for the spectacular Tim Finn stage musical The Ladies in Black. Based on our very own Text Classic The Women in Black by Madeleine St John.
Text has just published The Case Against Fragrance by Kate Grenville, a beautifully written, clear-eyed investigation of the science of scent and the power of the fragrance industry.
Did you know that as much as a quarter of the population suffer headaches when exposed to scent? We talk to Kate, one of Australia’s greatest writers, about the trouble with fragrance and why she decided to do something about it.
