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NSW Literary Awards Book of the Year

NSW Literary Awards Book of the Year

Congratulations to Clare Wright! Naku Dharuk: The Bark Petitions has won Book of the Year at the NSW Literary Awards. ‘A book that should be read by all Australians’

ASAL Magarey Medal shortlist

ASAL Magarey Medal shortlist

Congratulations to Judith Brett and Brenda Niall on their longlistings for the 2026 Association for the Study of Australian Literature Magarey Medal for Biography.

Edgar Award Winner

Edgar Award Winner

Huge congratulations to Vikki Wakefield! Her latest novel, To the River (published in the US as The Backwater) has won the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original in the Mystery Writers of America’s 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Awards.

Children’s Choice Book Awards

Children’s Choice Book Awards

Congratulations to Emily Gale! The Goodbye Year has been shortlisted for the R.E.A.L. Children’s Choice Book Awards in the Older Readers category.

New Text Catalogue

New Text Catalogue

Text’s next quarter is full of brand new books to enjoy. Why not pick a book (or or two, or three) to get lost in?

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10:00amThe Writers Who Made Us

6:00pm20th Law Week event: A is for Arsenic, D Is for Death Cap

8:00pmState of the Art: The Booker Prize

12:00pmOn the Verge

7:00pmBarbara Demick: Daughters of the Bamboo Grove

Michael Winkler at Island Readers & Writers Festival

6:30pmAutumn 2026 Jamboree

Amanda Lohrey at Island Readers & Writers Festival

5:30pmRobbie Arnott at Island Readers & Writers Festival

7:00pmMeet the Author: Sharon Kernot