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A New Story by Elizabeth Harrower

Later this year Text is publishing a new collection by Elizabeth Harrower, A Few Days in the Country and Other Stories.

For a sneak peek, you can read or listen to one of the stories— 'Alice'— online at the New Yorker, as well as the Read more

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This is excellent: 13 words of the year, from other countries and languages.

I would read Hermione Granger and the Goddamn Patriarchy.

The 10 ways your life will change after you publish your first book.

50 great songs based on literary characters.

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Text Is Looking for a Production and Design Assistant

Text Publishing is seeking a highly motivated Production and Design Assistant to deliver print and ebooks and produce marketing materials.

Today, Elsewhere
Academy Street Mary Costello $27.99

'She has a gift for relating even life's most calamitous events in matter-of-fact prose, and in doing so laying bare their true devastation.' Mary Costello's Academy Street reviewed in the Financial Times.

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The weirdest advice from vintage lit.

43 of the most romantic lines in literature.

How well-rounded is your personal book collection?

Tolstoy's mac & cheese, and other recipes from famous authors.

The 50 sexiest villains in literature.

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The daily routines of famous creative people, now in handy infographic form.

Bad romance by great writers.

Was J. Alfred Prufrock the original hipster?

Banned books through history, yep, in handy infographic form.

18 libraries every book lover should visit.

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Some 2015 Highlights, from Text Staff

We're all out of panettone, so the holidays are well and truly over. Luckily, there's a lot to look forward to in 2015—browse our January–June catalogue to see what's in store. Below, Text staff talk about some of the books they’re working on and looking forward to.

Today, Elsewhere
The Delinquents Criena Rohan $14.95

'Text has done Australian readers a service putting Rohan's book back in print.' The Sydney Morning Herald on Criena Rohan's The Delinquents, now a Text Classic.

Writers on the best advice they ever received.

Literary resolutions.

Best Books of 2014 Lists

Here you’ll find a collection of links to various ‘Best Books of 2014’ lists featuring titles we’ve published this year. This post will be updated regularly.

Age: Australian Writers Pick the Best Books of 2014
(including Helen Garner's This House of Grief, Ron Rash, J. M.

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It's the last #fridayfrivolity of 2014! We'll be back next year. In the meantime, stay frivolous.

51 of the most beautiful sentences in literature.

The most popular books of all time, now in handy infographic form.

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