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Five manuscripts have been shortlisted for the 2024 $10,000 Text Prize. The winner will be announced in mid-June.
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Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel
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May is upon us and winter is well and truly on the way. Good thing we’ve got a host of new books to snuggle up with…
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Kate Grenville’s Restless Dolly Maunder is shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction
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April sees four new titles from established favourites, and the updated paperback of a bestselling memoir...
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Bardi writer Kalem Murray wins the 2024 Boundless Mentorship and will be mentored by Mykaela Saunders.
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Huge congratulations from everyone at Text to Australia’s new Children’s Laureate, Sally Rippin.
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2024 being a leap year, there’s an extra day in February. Why not spend it reading a good book?