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Laurie Halse Anderson Visits Australia and New Zealand

We’re thrilled that Laurie Halse Anderson is down under as a guest of the Auckland and Sydney Writers Festivals, and the State Library of Victoria’s Reading Matters Youth Literature Conference.

What’s So Great about a Dystopia?

Oxford Dictionaries describes it as ‘an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. The opposite of utopia.

On Being a Publicist

Léa Antigny discovers her skills in juggling and iCal and juggling her iCal as a publicist for Text.

‘So, you’re a "yes" girl?’

‘So, you’re like Samantha Jones?’

‘Oh, cool.

Coming Rain by Stephen Daisley

Stephen Daisley’s first novel, Traitor, won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award in 2011. His second novel, Coming Rain, has just been released.

Traitor Stephen Daisley $23.

Don’t Forget Mum

In the words of James Joyce, ‘Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not.’

Click here to find out what Texters are getting their mums for Mother’s Day or browse below to find the perfect book for yours.

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Krissy Kneen Down the Rabbit Hole

Krissy Kneen describes her adventures in classic erotic fiction in her research for The Adventures of Holly White and the Incredible Sex Machine.

I was originally approached by Michael Heyward, the publisher at Text. He had a great idea.

Competition Winners and a New Jack Mason Adventure

Congratulations to Melissa Rymer, winner of a magical Yarra Valley hot-air-balloon adventure of a lifetime, who shared the experience with Renzo, Sebastian and Nicholas on an exhilarating morning in March.

Reflections on War

The centenary of Gallipoli is a unique opportunity to reflect on war and the ways it has shaped the modern world.

What Do You Do at an International Book Fair?

Alice Cottrell, Text’s Rights Administrator, describes the excitement of attending two international book fairs for the first time.

Walking into a book fair is like seeing the entire publishing industry in physical form.

Mary Norris, Comma Queen, Charms the Language Lovers

If you love words you'll love Mary Norris’s Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, the most irreverent and enjoyable book on language since Eats, Shoots & Leaves.

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