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This week saw the jubilee conference for the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English. Text went along to gain invaluable face-to-face time with teachers, and also ran a competition to give away a class set of The Unidentified by Rae Mariz.
What better Christmas present could you give the literature lover in your family, than a signed first edition hardback from a Booker-shortlisted author?
While Lloyd Jones was in Australia ten days ago he signed a small number of first edition hardbacks of his brilliant new novel
Thank you to everyone who entered our newsletter competition to win Chaser gift packs. Each pack contains The Chaser Annual 2010 and ‘YES WE CANberra’ DVD (total value $44.90).
Get the heads up on great books to look out for next year: Text’s January to June 2011 catalogue is available now. We’ve got startlingly good debut Aussie fiction, smoking werewolves and the return of a lost classic.
Peter Singer’s The Life You Can Save has inspired a Melbourne woman to embark on an epic journey to raise money for poverty-stricken children across the globe.
Sydney Writers' Festival has released details for next year’s School Days—an opportunity for teachers and students to directly engage with a great line-up of children’s and young adult authors.
The longlist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award has just been announced. Books in the running for 100,000 award have been nominated by librarians based in capital and major cities throughout the world.
Huge congratulations to Eva Hornung, who has won the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction for her novel Dog Boy.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for the Arts Simon Crean announced the four award winners in a ceremony in Melbourne this morning.
Michael Cathcart has won the Colin Roderick Award for his book The Water Dreamers. The award was announced last night in Townsville.
Text’s October education e-newsletter highlighted, among other great titles and events, Tim Pegler’s latest novel, Five Parts Dead. It tells the story of sixteen-year-old Dan who is injured and traumatised by a car accident that has left three of his mates dead.
