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Robyn Davidson Introduces I Saw a Strange Land

‘I followed in the footsteps of Arthur Groom, a young man who explored the “amazing series of parallel ranges that wall the heart of Australia” thirty years before I did.

Silent Shock: Thalidomide in Australia
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Silent Shock exposes the devastating truth about the prescription of Thalidomide in Australia, but at its core is the story of a deeply loving family and the sacrifices they have made to care for each other.

The baby started to come out.

The Secret River Heads to the Small Screen

Don’t miss the first episode of The Secret River screening on ABC1 this Sunday. The two-part miniseries is adapted from Read more

Q & A with Bernard Beckett about his new book, Lullaby

Bernard Beckett is the award-winning author of Genesis and August. His new and gripping psychological thriller, Lullaby, questions what makes us who we are.

Send us your manuscripts!

‘Slush pile’ is an evocative term, don’t you think?

An affectionate industry term for the wealth of unsolicited manuscripts sent to publishers and agents, ‘slush pile’ might bring to mind a mountainous accumulation of paper with not nearly enough paperclips to keep it in check—

2015 Kibble Literary Award shortlist announced

Congratulations to Sophie Cunningham and Helen Garner, who have both been shortlisted for the 2015 Kibble Literary Award.

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Text at the 2015 Reading Matters Conference

Publicist Stephanie Speight spent a rewarding couple of days at the 2015 Reading Matters Conference with Text authors Laurie Halse Anderson and Clare Wright.

On the first day of Reading Matters there were tears, laughter, shock, awe and some extremely delicious brownies.

Eimear McBride’s A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
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The winner of the 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction will be announced on Wednesday.

Last year’s winner was the incredible debut novel by Eimear McBride, A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing.

The winner of the 2015 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing

The winner of the 2015 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing is Kimberley Starr, author of The Book of Whispers!

The Book of Whispers is an imaginative and gripping historical fantasy novel set during the first Crusade, in a world where demons are real and gaining

All Dressed Up and Ready to Thrill

The Text marketing team: guns for hire. Shalini Kunahlan (left) and Alice Lewinsky.

Shalini Kunahlan, Text's marketing coordinator, gives an inside view of the key bookseller event of the year.

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