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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

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

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

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

Ondaatje Prize Longlist

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

10 May

4:30pmMythical Retellings

13 May

7:30pmYann Martel: Son of Nobody

14 May

5:00pmFestival Gala Night: Resetting the Compass

15 May

8:00amInside the Story: The Art and the Ethics of Investigative Journalism

15 May

9:30amMeet the Canadian Writers

15 May

11:00amBarbara Demick

15 May

3:30pmYann Martel

16 May

9:00amBarbara Demick: Covering Repressive Regimes

21 May

10:00amTrue Crimes

21 May

12:00pmYann Martel: Son of Nobody

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