A number of local and overseas authors published by Text will be attending this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival:

Azhar Abidi, Australian author of Twilight

Steven Galloway, Canadian author of The Cellist of Sarajevo

Kate Grenville, whose new novel The Lieutenant will be out on 29 September

Lloyd Jones, award-winning New Zealand author of Mister Pip

John Marsden, whose Hamlet, A Novel was published this month

Yann Martel, Canadian, winner of the Booker Prize for Life of Pi

Ronald Wright, Canadian, author of What Is America?

Text welcomes our visiting authors, and we wish everyone a very happy festival.

As always, this year’s BWF has attracted some great talent (as evidenced by the above list), and offers a range of entertaining and thought-provoking events.

For full detailsl, visit the [Festival website] (http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au). Sessions are booking out fast, so get online and get involved.