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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. 

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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.

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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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May New Books
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May New Books

Stories of the future, stories of the past. Tales for young readers, tales for adults. Our May new releases have something for everyone.

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Ondaatje Prize Longlist
Ondaatje Prize Longlist

Congratulations to Michelle de Kretser! Theory & Practice has been longlisted for the 2026 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize.

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New Releases
  • Capture
  • First of December
  • The Maidenheads
  • The Wild Unknown
  • Hafsa's Way
  • Griefdogg
Coming Soon
  • Night Swimming
  • The Typing Lady
  • Nymph
  • A Brief History of Climate Folly
  • The End of Romance
  • How to Make a Woman
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  • Scion
  • The Will of the Many
  • The Strength of the Few
  • The Mushroom Tapes
  • How to End a Story
  • One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
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9 May
12:30pmYann Martel: Son of Nobodyright
9 May
2:30pmBurial Grounds: Indigenous Perspectives on Horrorright
9 May
4:30pmMichael Winkler at Melbourne Writers Festivalright
9 May
6:30pmSintering: An Evening of Indigenous Brillianceright
10 May
4:30pmMythical Retellingsright
13 May
7:30pmYann Martel: Son of Nobodyright
14 May
5:00pmFestival Gala Night: Resetting the Compassright
15 May
8:00amInside the Story: The Art and the Ethics of Investigative Journalismright
15 May
9:30amMeet the Canadian Writersright
15 May
11:00amBarbara Demickright
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