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Congratulations to all the authors whose books have been shortlisted for the 2014 CBCA Awards.
Due to an error during a staff handover, Text Publishing’s entries for the 2014 Awards were not submitted.
Text sincerely apologises to the YA and Children’s authors we let down.
‘Beneath the shiny surface of each sits both an abrasive wit and insightful reflection of human nature’: Nikki Lusk pairs Madeleine St John’s The Women in Black with Belle and Sebastian’s Dear Catastrophe Waitress.
Craig Sherborne’s second novel, Tree Palace, is ‘a novel as beautiful in its conjunctions as the chandelier swinging over its landscapes,’ writes Felicity Plunkett in the Australian.
True Detective, if it were a series of Hardy Boys books.
I saw the best minds of my generation
Destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked
See me and hope I’m intoxicated or slightly faded
18 famous literary first lines perfectly paired with rap lyrics.
‘Sherborne had me at chapter one. Yes this comes down to the writing, which is, quite simply, sublime, but it goes further than that…This is timeless, universal storytelling that is nonetheless quintessentially Australian.’ Craig Sherborne’s new novel, Read more
‘She was my mask, my elsewhere, my alibi.’ Jay Griffiths on Frida Kahlo and what inspired her to write A Love Letter From a Stray Moon.
Geoff Dyer on robust health, moving to California and having a stroke, anyway.
What happens in a book auction?
N+1 continues their investigation into Amazon.
‘An immensely satisfying book, one that rewards slow and careful reading, it confirms his status as a writer of the highest caliber’: Murray Bail’s The Voyage reviewed in the New York Times.
Book editors do actually edit books, despite what you may have heard.
