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September 2010
August 2010
- Tue 31 Jay Griffiths in the Alps
- Tue 31 The winners are in for the Nick Cave newsletter giveaway
- Mon 30 An amazing month for literary festivals
- Fri 27 Addition to hit the big screen
- Tue 24 Follow Wildgirl and Wolfboy into Shyness
- Tue 24 Griffith REVIEW Father's Day gift ideas
- Fri 20 Awards news from Western Australia
- Fri 20 Your chance to meet Jessica Rudd
- Tue 17 AFFECTION shortlisted in the QLD Premier's Literary Awards
- Tue 17 THE BILLIONAIRE'S CURSE wins the Esther Glen Award
- Fri 13 Award shortlistings for CAPITAL and WYATT
- Fri 13 The Indigenous Literacy Project—how we all can help
- Thu 12 One campaign has been run and won, and the winner takes home a copy of Jessica Rudd's CAMPAIGN RUBY
- Fri 06 Here's your chance to WIN during this election
- Thu 05 FIVE PARTS DEAD launches during an historic week
- Wed 04 Newsletter subscriber giveaway
July 2010
- Wed 28 On tour with Richard Newsome
- Thu 22 Announcement of the Melbourne Writers Festival line-up
- Fri 16 Crime & Justice Festival opens tonight and Text authors have their fingerprints all over it
- Thu 15 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Awards—Shortlists announced
- Thu 15 Brabazon in town to talk all things Mercenary
- Tue 13 Capital by Kristin Otto recognised for production excellence
- Mon 12 Text Prize winner announced
- Fri 09 Truth gathers another gong—ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year
- Fri 02 When You Reach Me goes to Hollywood
June 2010
- Wed 30 Text Prize shortlist announced
- Fri 25 Temple-mania continues
- Fri 25 Last Chance to Win!
- Tue 22 Truth wins the Miles Franklin Award
- Fri 18 New Subscriber Giveaway
- Thu 17 'In Transnistria February is the coldest month of the year'—Siberian Education
- Tue 15 David Grossman to be awarded for diplomatic efforts
- Fri 04 The Imperfectionists closes in on perfection
- Thu 03 The Prix Sorcières has landed, broomstick and all
May 2010
- Sat 29 Another gong for Truth
- Wed 26 Australian Book Industry Awards 2010—Shortlists Announced
- Fri 21 The Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing—two weeks to go
- Tue 18 Arise Sir John
- Wed 12 Beatrice and Virgil ignites passionate responses across the globe
- Thu 06 WINNERS, WINNERS, WINNERS
- Wed 05 War at the Wall Street Journal—take a peek behind the scenes
- Mon 03 The Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing—Entries open
April 2010
- Fri 30 The Ice Age hits the road
- Thu 29 ALS Gold Medal shortlist announced—Congratulations Eva Hornung
- Tue 27 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction announced—Congratulations Peter Hessler
- Thu 22 Ron Rash reads from Serena
- Wed 21 Miles Franklin Shortlist announced—Congratulations Peter Temple
- Wed 14 The Pacific has landed
- Tue 13 The Beginner's Guide to Living giveaway
- Wed 07 NSW Premier's Literary Awards—Congratulations to Text authors
- Wed 07 Beatrice and Virgil is coming—only seven more sleeps
March 2010
- Wed 31 A rapper revealed—Dizzee Rascal to tell all
- Tue 30 The Australian Ugliness—50 years on and still going strong
- Wed 17 Helen Garner in conversation with Jennifer Byrne at the Wheeler Centre
- Wed 17 Congratulations Peter Temple!
- Wed 17 Congratulations M.J. Hyland!
- Tue 16 Geoff Dyer woos them at the Adelaide Writers' Week
- Fri 05 The Life You Can Save making a difference
- Thu 04 Congratulations to Lia Hills!
- Tue 02 There's lots happening on the international rights front at Text...
February 2010
- Fri 26 Impac Dublin Literary Award 2010
- Thu 25 Congratulations to the winners of the YA & Children's prize packs
- Mon 22 Sydney Bridge Upside Down - a neglected gem of New Zealand literature
- Thu 18 Congratulations to Kirsten Reed!
- Wed 17 Sarah Murgatroyd's The Dig Tree
- Mon 08 The Broken Shore on The Times's top ten crime novels of the decade
- Wed 03 Shelf Awareness interviews Newbery Medal winner Rebecca Stead
- Mon 01 Text young adult and children's books, resources for teachers, and more...
- Mon 01 Zero Hour is approaching
January 2010
- Tue 19 Rebecca Stead has won the 2010 Newbery Medal
- Mon 18 Writers at the Convent, 12–14 Feb, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
- Thu 07 Good books fill the year ahead
December 2009
- Tue 22 The Pacific to screen on Channel 7 in 2010
- Mon 21 Steph Bowe's debut novel sold to Random House Mondadori in Spain
- Mon 14 Dog Boy a favourite for 'Best of 2009' lists
- Fri 11 Financial Review Magazine says Truth is Book of the YEAR
- Fri 11 Jeff in Venice was a highlight of 2009 for The Economist
- Thu 10 New Yorker's James Wood on The Spare Room
- Wed 09 The Times best books of the decade
- Wed 09 New Yorker says Jeff was a highlight of 2009
- Tue 08 Readings choose their best of the year
- Tue 08 Readings choose their best of the year
- Mon 07 Books of the Year: Reviewers and authors pick their faves of 2009
- Mon 07 'Books of the Year' lists have begun…
- Wed 02 BE OFFENDED…ALL OVER AGAIN
November 2009
- Fri 27 Fup Duck waiting for the tram
- Thu 26 Amra Pajalic is the people's choice
- Thu 26 Fup Duck on the swings
- Thu 26 Ten tips for Fraffly holiday etiquette #10
- Wed 25 Fup's behind bars
- Tue 24 Fup Duck does the washing
- Tue 24 Fup
- Tue 24 Fup Duck admires Bill Henson
- Tue 24 Ten tips for Fraffly holiday etiquette #9
- Mon 23 Fup enjoying a beer
- Mon 23 Fup at the bus stop
- Mon 23 Ten tips for Fraffly holiday etiquette # 8
- Fri 20 Ten tips for Fraffly holiday etiquette # 7
- Fri 20 Ten tips for Fraffly holiday etiquette # 6
- Thu 19 Anne's November rights acquisitions news
- Thu 19 Anne's November rights sales news
- Thu 19 Ten tips for Fraffly holiday etiquette # 5
- Wed 18 Ten tips for Fraffly holiday etiquette # 4
- Tue 17 Ten tips for Fraffly holiday etiquette # 3
- Fri 13 Ten tips for Fraffly holiday etiquette # 2
- Thu 12 Gerald Murnane has won the Melbourne Prize for Literature
- Wed 11 A victory for authors, publishers, Australian literature and Australian jobs
- Wed 11 Ten tips for Fraffly holiday etiquette - #1
- Tue 10 Ten tips for Strine holiday etiquette - #10
- Mon 09 Ten tips for Strine holiday etiquette - #9
- Fri 06 Text Catalogue: January to June 2010
- Fri 06 Impac Dublin Literary Award: longlist announced
- Fri 06 Ten tips for Strine holiday etiquette - #8
- Thu 05 Ten tips for Strine holiday etiquette - #7
- Wed 04 Ten tips for Strine holiday etiquette - #6
- Mon 02 Ten tips for Strine holiday etiquette - #5
October 2009
- Fri 30 Ten tips for Strine holiday etiquette - #4
- Fri 30 The Gargoyle wins Sunburst Award - Fantastic!
- Thu 29 Ten tips for Strine holiday etiquette - #3
- Wed 28 Ten tips for Strine holiday etiquette - #2
- Tue 27 Strine - a strain must appease
- Tue 20 Barack Obama: Author, President, Nobel Laureate
- Tue 20 Private Lives of Pippa Lee comes to the big screen
- Thu 15 The Henson Case makes the Walkley longlist
September 2009
- Fri 18 Prime Minister's Literary Awards
- Wed 16 Melbourne Prize for Literature
- Mon 14 Young readers are loving the Curse
- Fri 11 Billionaire's Curse competition winners
- Thu 10 The Spare Room on the Colin Roderick Award shortlist
- Mon 07 DMag interviews Richard Newsome
- Fri 04 Lia Hills as blogger-in-residence
- Tue 01 Shane Maloney - a life of crime celebrated
August 2009
- Mon 31 Kel Robertson shares a Ned with Corris
- Mon 31 Impac Dublin Literary Award: the nominees are…
- Fri 28 It's Inky time
- Tue 25 Prize winners, past and present
- Mon 24 AND THE WINNER IS…
- Fri 21 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards - shortlists announced
- Tue 18 2009 Text Prize shortlist announced
- Mon 10 Victorian Premier's shortlists announced
- Mon 03 Mister Pip comes to the big screen
- Mon 03 July to December catalogue
July 2009
- Fri 31 Murderer's Thumb in the running for a Davitt Award
- Tue 28 Colin Cotterill gets a Dagger in the Library
- Fri 24 Parallel Importation Rules - why we need them
- Fri 17 Inaugural John Button Prize longlist announced
- Thu 16 Jeff in Venice, on Tuesday
- Tue 07 If you missed Kate Grenville at Sydney Writers Festival…
June 2009
- Tue 30 The Angel's Game debuts at no. 3 on New York Times list
- Mon 29 Peter Temple returns
- Fri 26 Win a double pass to see WAKE IN FRIGHT
- Wed 17 Debut novel by Australian talent snapped up by Picador in the UK
- Thu 11 Karin Alvtegen on Dagger shortlist
- Wed 03 Wake in Fright: the book, the film
- Wed 03 The Women in Black on the big screen
- Tue 02 Australian Book Industry Awards shortlists
- Mon 01 Genesis in the running for the Guardian children's fiction prize
- Mon 01 Dyer wins comic fiction award
May 2009
April 2009
- Thu 16 Miles Frankin 2009 shortlist announced
- Tue 07 Griffith Review and Text Publishing announce new literary partnership
- Mon 06 NSW Premier's Literary Awards shortlist announced
March 2009
- Sat 28 The Spare Room wins 2009 Barbara Jefferis Award
- Fri 27 The Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing
- Mon 23 Murderer's Thumb a White Ravens selection
- Sun 22 Orbinski wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
- Sat 21 Temple's Shooting Star a German favourite
- Thu 19 Aye Write! shortlist
- Tue 17 Gool on NZ Post shortlist
- Fri 13 Miles Franklin longlist: Bail, Jordan
- Tue 10 Barbara Jefferis Award shortlist: The Spare Room and Addition
- Mon 02 Book Design Awards - 2009 shortlist
February 2009
- Thu 26 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize longlist 2009
- Wed 25 Retaining Australian Territorial Copyright – New website
- Thu 19 Helen Garner's The Spare Room on Commonwealth Prize shortlist
- Tue 03 Peter Singer and Text Publishing putting their money where their mouths are
January 2009
- Mon 19 Coming soon - a neglected Australian classic
- Fri 09 Bone By Bone a crossover mini-masterpiece
- Thu 08 Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
- Mon 05 2009
December 2008
November 2008
- Mon 17 Change We Can Believe In
- Thu 13 Text and Canongate authors on Impac longlist 2009
- Fri 07 Peter Temple shortlisted for Martin Beck Award
- Wed 05 Barack Obama: Author, Senator, PRESIDENT!
- Wed 05 Hallelujah! Text to publish Leonard Cohen novels
October 2008
- Tue 28 Coetzee longlisted for Australia's richest literary prize
- Wed 15 Frankfurt International Book Fair
- Wed 08 New Nick Cave novel in 2009
- Wed 08 Thrice cursed - more books from YA Prize-winner Richard Newsome
September 2008
- Thu 25 Galloway on Giller Prize longlist
- Wed 24 Kate Grenville on The 7.30 Report
- Tue 16 Queensland Premier joins Helen Garner fan club
- Mon 15 Bernard Beckett's Genesis on The Inkys shortlist
- Thu 11 Lloyd Jones honoured by NZ PM
- Tue 09 The wait is over - The Gargoyle is here!
- Tue 02 The Spare Room wins the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
- Mon 01 Text Publishing Young Adult prize - winner announced
August 2008
- Wed 27 Indie Book Award shortlist
- Wed 20 Text Publishing Young Adult prize - shortlist
- Tue 19 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards shortlist
- Tue 19 Changing book import rules will hurt Australian writers
- Fri 15 The Gargoyle a New York Times bestseller
- Fri 01 Text Publishing Young Adult prize