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An Extract from Our Tiny, Useless Hearts by Toni Jordan

The brilliant new novel from the acclaimed author of Addition and Nine Days is here! Smart, funny and poignant, this is the kind of writing Toni Jordan has become known for.

An Extract from Ágota Kristóf’s The Notebook Trilogy

These three novels—The Notebook, The Proof and The Lie—tell the story of twin boys, Claus and Lucas, sent to live with their grandmother. She mistreats and neglects them, and to survive they abide by a new code of ethics.

A Beginner’s Guide To: Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist

The brand new novel in Anne Buist’s gripping Natalie King series, Dangerous to Know, has just been released. If you missed Medea’s Curse and are wondering what all the fuss is about, we’ve got you covered with the first post in our new Beginner’s Guide series.

Meet Senior Editor Elizabeth Cowell

Today in our new meet-the-team blog series, we want to introduce you to Senior Editor Elizabeth Cowell. Elizabeth joined Text in February 2016. Here she discusses textual lumps and bumps and all things editorial.

Text is Hiring! We’re Looking for a New Publicity Manager

Text Publishing is looking for an experienced Publicity Manager to lead its busy, highly effective publicity team.

Toni Jordan, Anna Karenina and Our Tiny, Useless Hearts

The delightful Toni Jordan, award-winning author of Nine Days, Fall Girl and Addition, sheds light on the beginnings of her latest razor-sharp comedy about love and marriage—Our, Tiny Useless Heartsfrom Anna Karenina to scribbling on the back of a boarding pass in the

April New Releases and Giveaway

It’s time for our giveaway of all the shiny new April books. So, if you missed out earlier in the month, here’s another chance to win a copy of Helen Garner’s delightful new collection.

Day Boy Wins Twice in the Aurealis Awards

Congratulations Trent Jamieson, author of the genre-defying Day BoyDay Boy has won two categories in the 2015 Aurealis Awards—Best Horror Novel and Best Fantasy Novel.

Read the Winning Love Letter!

February was a month filled with passionate, determined, sigh-inducing love letters at Text. We published two books about love built on the vanishing art of letter writing: Fever at Dawn by Pétér Gárdos and The Passion of Mademoiselle S., edited by Jean-Yves Berthault.

As if we needed more encouragement to run a love-letter writing contest! So we asked readers to submit a letter to the object of their affections for the chance to win a romantic dinner to the value of $300 at a restaurant of their choice.

An Extract from Melanie Raabe’s Thriller, The Trap

Linda Conrads is a bestselling author who has lived as a recluse since witnessing her sister’s murder. When she sees the murderer on television, Linda takes matters into her own hands in the only way she knows how: through literature. The Trap is a captivating, fast-paced debut crime novel that became an international rights sensation in 2015.

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