Want to know where booksellers hang out?
The Australian Bookseller Association’s Conference was on last weekend. Text gives you a behind-the-scenes peek at what goes on at this glittering and glorious weekend that celebrates Australian bookselling and publishing.

Read an extract from Nina Riggs’ beautiful and heartbreaking memoir, The Bright Hour.

‘The Bright Hour is a stunning work, a heart-rending meditation on life—not just how to appreciate it while you’re living it, but how to embrace its end, too. It is this year’s When Breath Becomes Air.’ Washington Post

Anaesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion and the Mystery of Consciousness by Kate Cole-Adams delves into the unknowable realm beyond consciousness. Read an extract here.

Read on and you'll agree with these folk:

‘One of Australia’s best YA writers.’ Cath Crowley

‘Brilliantly creepy and thrilling.’ Fiona Wood

‘She will rip your heart into tiny pieces and then patch it together into something exquisitely beautiful.’ Angela Crocombe, Readings

‘Tender and wholly marvellous.’ Alpha Reader