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The International Impac Dublin Literary Awards are on again. We are very proud to say TWO fine books recently published by Text have been nominated by discerning librarians, somewhere in the English-speaking world.
OUR book industry is lively, diverse and inventive, and it’s growing. It may now be our most successful creative industry. But you won’t learn that from the recent Productivity Commission report.
The John Button Prize was created in memory of the late Industry Minister, Senator and writer, who sadly passed away last year.
Geoff Dyer’s laugh-out-loud genre-buster Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, will feature on First Tuesday Book Club on ABC TV in September.
…you can visit the SWF website to hear a podcast of the author, in conversation with Ashley Hay. Kate reads from her latest novel The Lieutenant, and talks about research, the writing process and the power of language.
Fans of Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Shadow of the Wind have stormed the bookshops in the States to get a hold of the prequel, the absorbing, gothic page-turner, The Angel’s Game. Published simultaneously around the world this month, it has stormed to no.
Peter Temple’s Jack Irish novels earned him a big following among lovers of crime fiction. But with his 2005 novel The Broken Shore he reached a whole new readership, found critical acclaim, prestigious awards, and many new fans, at home and abroad.
The brilliant film adaptation of Kenneth Cook’s classic Australian novel Wake in Fright, is currently screening on limited release around the country.
We were thrilled to accept a recent offer from Picador in the UK for Kirsten Reed’s The Ice Age, which we are publishing in July. We’re sure this will be the first of many territories to embrace this exciting new author, as word spreads about Kirsten Reed.
The latest novel by Sweden’s queen of crime, Karin Alvtegen, is on the shortlist for the UK Crimewriters Association’s prestigious International Dagger Award. Published by Text in Australia and New Zealand this March, Read more