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Cory Taylor died yesterday morning from melanoma-related cancer. She was not in pain and her family were with her. She had just turned sixty-one.

Text Publishing is looking for a publicist to join its energetic, highly effective publicity team. Duties include initiating and running publicity campaigns, media liaison, author caretaking, writing sales materials, and arranging and attending author events.

Simon Barnard, author of A–Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land and the upcoming Convict Tattoos, was interviewed by Jill Fitzsimons, Learning Leader of English at Whitefriars College, and her Year 12 Whitefriars College English class.

There’s heaps of buzz around the release of Mark Smith’s exciting debut, The Road to Winter.
Finn is living wild after a virus wiped out his small town. He hunts and fishes and surfs, his dog Rowdy his only companion.

‘Australians need Australian stories.’ W. H. Chong
‘We have been growing a local publishing industry and culture where designers and illustrators can work and support each other.’ Miri Rosenbloom

Alice Lewinsky is part of Text’s dynamic publicity team, working across the list and taking care of our authors at literary events all around the country.

There is an effective consensus across the industry—among booksellers, authors, publishers, literary agents and printers—about the widespread benefits of the current arrangements. These are the people who have worked to transform our industry into one of the most successful publishing territories in the world. The consumer has been the winner. Let’s keep it that way.

In this video Iain Reid talks about his intense, suspenseful debut novel that will have readers’ nerves jangling. A series of tiny clues sprinkled through the relentlessly paced narrative culminate in a haunting twist on the final page.

Text is looking for an Administration Coordinator to join its busy and dynamic team, in an entry-level position suited to someone looking to build a career in publishing.

Watch Mark Smith talk about his exciting debut, The Road to Winter.