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Here at Text we are very proud to be publishing a book you should have heard of, and read, but probably haven’t: The Women in Black, by Madeleine St John.
Madeleine St John was born in Sydney.
Rosemary Neill wrote in the Australian last weekend:
‘This extraordinarily potent crossover novel for adults and older teens looks at racial intolerance through the prism of a dangerous friendship between a black and a white boy. … The sensual, almost overripe prose of Read more
Happy New Year from Text Publishing. 2009 is going to be big. Stay tuned to this site in the coming months for news of all our exciting new releases.
To whet your appetite, you can download a pdf of our January to June catalogue.
We wish you a merry Christmas, and a happy new year.
The Text offices will be closing this Wednesday, 24 December, and will reopen on Monday, 5 January.
Any orders placed on the website between 24 December and 4 January will be sent out on 5 January.
Regular visitors to this site might recall we announced with some excitement last month that Text will be publishing two classic novels by the legendary Leonard Cohen, to coincide with his Australian tour.
Text Publishing is delighted to announce that it has signed a third Barack Obama book, Change We Can Believe In.
The longlist for the 2009 International Impac Dublin Literary Award has been released. This is the largest and most international prize of its kind. Libraries from all over the world can nominate books written in any language.
Peter Temple has been shortlisted for the Swedish Crime Writers Academy’s 2008 Martin Beck Award, for his multi-award-winning novel The Broken Shore.
It may not be official, but it is real. As we listen online to McCain conceding, it dawns on us that this epic campaign is finally, almost unbelievably, over. Barack Obama is the new President of the United States.
