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Announcing the Winner of the 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize

Tom Baragwanath has been awarded the 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize for his crime novel Paper Cage.

Cath Moore is a QLD Literary Award winner

Congratulations to Cath Moore! Metal Fish, Falling Snow has won the Griffith University Young Adult Book Award at the Queensland Literary Awards.

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Peter Singer awarded $1 million Berggruen Prize

Text is delighted to announce that distinguished philosopher and author Peter Singer has been awarded the $1 million Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture.

Robbie Arnott wins Age Book of the Year

Congratulations to Robbie Arnott! The Rain Heron is the winner of the 2021 Age Book of the Year award.

Explore the Text Classics

Our featured classic for April is Joan Lindsay’s charming and evocative autobiography tells the story of her marriage to Sir Daryl Lindsay, of their life in Melbourne in the 1920s and ’30s. Revealed in this delightful reminiscence is Lindsay’s fascination with the ambiguities of time, seen by some as the key to the mysteries of her masterpiece Picnic at Hanging Rock.