Stephanie MacFie’s Once Upon a Breakfast Show is a dazzling debut rom-com about the one that got away and second chances. Sunlight Finds You from bestselling author Laura Moriarty is a love story that explores female desire, motherhood and prejudice. The Wild Beneath by Kelly Anderson is a spellbinding story of soulmates and the ancient bonds that tie us to the natural world. Christopher Raja’s Eye of the Needle is a passionate story about the landscape of grief and the emergence of self by a distinctive new voice in Australian literary fiction. Lastly, Garry Disher’s bestselling Mischance Creek is out in a smaller format.
From rom-com to rural crime, and all points in between, our August new releases have something for everyone.
Once Upon a Breakfast Show Stephanie MacFie
Emily Blake, known to listeners as the fearless, filter-less Blake from ‘Mack and Blake in the Morning’, has built a career out of turning her messy life into radio gold. But when a cheeky on-air stunt spirals out of control, Blake finds herself accidentally crowdsourcing her next date in this funny new debut rom-com perfect for fans of Beth O’Leary, Steph Vizard and Robinne Lee.
‘Sharp, funny, addictive and full of heart, absolutely nails the pressure, the tension, the vibes and the on-air chemistry of breakfast radio.’ Heidi Anderson
The Wild Beneath Kelly Anderson
Set in the Pacific Northwest, The Wild Beneath is a sweeping love story that pulls Annie between a life of stability with her childhood sweetheart and a mysterious man washed ashore after a tsunami.
‘Anderson’s book is ethereal, languid, crafted of language that rushes and recedes like a tide, buoying a story that reminds us sometimes the impossible is possible.’ Jodi Picoult
Sunlight Finds You Laura Moriarty
Postwar America is a time of rigid social rules. But when effervescent, seventeen-year-old Nora moves to Florida, she finds paradise – especially after she meets and wins over shy, brilliant Leonard. His mother is welcoming, but his father is suspicious of Nora and her lower-class family. From the New York Times bestselling author comes this compulsive love story that spins on the consequence of lies and our capacity for resilience.
‘Perfectly captures the joy and exquisite pain of first love, and the sacrifices that change our lives forever. I adored it.’ Toni Jordan, author of Tenderfoot
Eye of the Needle Christopher Raja
In the late 1800s, young Afghan cameleer Khidr is hired to accompany a scientific expedition into central Australia; neither Khidr nor the scientists know anything of the world they will encounter. And in late 1990s St Kilda, young Chris comes of age in the shadow of his father’s death, finding himself adrift in a landscape of grief and addiction.
A passionate story about the landscape of grief and the emergence of self by a distinctive new voice in Australian literary fiction.
Mischance Creek Garry Disher
Now in a smaller format paperback, Mischance Creek is the latest in the bestselling Australian rural crime series featuring beloved local copper Paul Hirschausen. When Hirsch meets a young woman who is searching a rural backwater for the body of her mother, it is a cold-case he can’t resist.
‘Mischance Creek confirms Disher’s place as one of Australia’s great crime writers.’ Australian
News
2026 Queensland Literary Awards shortlists announced
Lenora Thaker and Gail Jones have been shortlisted in the 2026 Queensland Literary Awards.
News
Chameleon shortlisted for 2026 National Biography Award
Robert Dessaix's funny, incisive and utterly compelling memoir, Chameleon, has been shortlisted for the State Library NSW 2026 National Biography Award.
News
July New Books
Congratulations, you’ve made it to the halfway point of the year. We suggest you celebrate with a few good books. Like what? you say. We’re glad you asked...
News
Gerald Murnane receives 2026 King's Birthday Honour
Gerald Murnane was announced an Officer of the Order of Australia, AO, in the General Division for distinguished service to literature as an author and novelist, and to tertiary education.
News
Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship Winner
Writing NSW and Text Publishing are delighted to announce the winner of the inaugural Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship: Allanah Hunt.
News
The Hierarchy Deluxe Editions are coming
The first two volumes in global bestselling author James Islington’s Hierarchy fantasy series are coming in July! Aurealis Award-winner The Will of the Many and New York Times No. 1 bestseller The Strength of the Few will be available in gorgeous deluxe hardcover editions from 14 July.
News
June New Books
June is the perfect month for curling up with a cup of tea and a good book. You’ll have to sort the tea, but we’ve got you covered on the reading front.
News
Farewell to the Text Prize (but keep those manuscripts coming!)
After sixteen years and many wonderful stories, we regret to bring you the news that the Text Prize has been discontinued.
News
Text Publishing joins Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House Australia and The Text Publishing Company today announced that they have signed an agreement under which Text Publishing will join Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade publishing house. The acquisition includes all of Text Publishing.
News
In Honour of Elizabeth Harrower
Elizabeth Harrower died on Tuesday 7 July 2020 at the great age of ninety-two. Elizabeth thought...
News
Text Authors at the Melbourne Writers Festival
Like many literary events, the Melbourne Writers Festival can be a daunting space to find your w...