Number 3 chiller
Every writer needs a trusted confidant, a first reader, someone who can look at their work and give valuable advice. Arnold Zable’ is Text’s very own senior editor, Jane Pearson...
They can educate and entertain, frighten and thrill, move us to laughter or to tears, make us wonder or reassess, make the ordinary extraordinary or the strange familiar. How good are books?
Dr Frances Devlin-Glass’s launch speech for Brenda Niall’s Friends & Rivals: Four Great Australian Writers.
From children’s fables of magic and heroism, to accounts of poverty, isolation, and catastrophic violence, to absurdist comedies and stories of sweet romance, New Zealand’s literary heritage is vast...
Until 31 May, we’ll give $1 to the Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation every time you buy a book published by Text and email us the receipt.
Whether you’re taking this time to educate, escape or engage, we hope our April releases will offer the right mix of entertainment, information and distraction during this period of self-exile.
The 2019 Michael Gifkins Prize-winning novel Soldiers has been moved to a September publication date. Read the full post for more key dates for the 2020 Gifkins Prize winner...
Whatever you’re feeling about the current situation –whether you want to know more about viruses or can’t get far enough away – we’ve got the books that meet you where you’re at...
There’s never been a better time to be part of an online book club! During uncertain times, it’s nice to go back to the classics — the Text Classics to be exact. Join us as we all read Helen Garner’s Honour & Other People’s Children...
In these troubling times, we want to let you know that we are doing everything we can to minimise disruption to our publishing...