Second (shelf) life
Portia Lindsay finds out what publishers can do to give underperforming titles a second chance. For a book that doesn’t capture the audience’s attention through positive (or with shrinking literary...
The golden girls: Clare Wright on ‘The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka’
Clare Wright’s The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka (Text, November) gives the untold story of the women who worked on the goldfields of Ballarat. Reviewer Patrick Mullins said Wright has ‘a...
Changes at Affirm Press
Keiran Rogers, former senior sales manager at Hinkler and sales director at Hardie Grant, has joined Affirm Press in the newly created role of sales and marketing manager. Rebecca Starford,...
No ordinary friendship: A J Betts on ‘Zac & Mia’
A J Betts’ YA novel Zac & Mia won the 2012 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing. Reviewer Natalie Crawford gave the book five stars, calling it ‘a...
‘The Minnow’ wins 2013 Text Prize; Text acquires second shortlisted book
Diana Sweeney has won this year’s Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing for her manuscript The Minnow. Sweeney was presented with the prize by Text publisher Michael Heyward...
ABC TV to adapt ‘The Secret River’
The ABC has announced that it is working on a television miniseries adaptation of Kate Grenville’s The Secret River (Text). The adaptation is being developed by producers Stephen Luby and Mark Ruse; screenwriters Jan...
McCamish, Williamson awarded Myer Foundation stipends
The Myer Foundation has announced the recipients of the inaugural Merlyn Myer Biography Stipends. The stipends, which are valued at $50,000 each, have been awarded to Thornton McCamish and Geordie...
Chong wins Joyce Thorpe Nicholson Design Hall of Fame Award
Text Publishing designer Chong Weng Ho has been awarded the Joyce Thorpe Nicholson Design Hall of Fame Award at the 2013 Australian Publishers Association (APA) Book Design Awards, which were announced in Sydney...
Text Prize 2013 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2013 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing has been announced. The shortlisted authors and their manuscripts are: Meg Caddy for Waer, a ‘fantasy novel...
Sony Pictures acquires ‘The Rosie Project’
Sony Pictures has optioned the screen rights to Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project (Text Publishing). Simsion will write the script for the film, which will be produced by Sony-based Matt...
Self-published YA author Darrell Pitt on striking a deal with Text
Self-published YA author Darrell Pitt recently signed an eight-book publishing deal with Text. He reflects on his path to publication. It was a combination of hard work, perseverance and luck...
In the aftermath: Kate Hendrick on ‘The Accident’
Kate Hendrick’s The Accident (Text, July) alternates between the perspectives of three characters who have lived through tragedy. The author spoke to Meredith Lewin. (Read the review here.) The Accident was shortlisted for...
Temple’s ‘The Broken Shore’ to screen on ABC
ABC Television has announced the cast for a television adaptation of Peter Temple’s novel The Broken Shore (Text). The novel will be adapted into a telemovie for ABC1 starring Don...
Publishers make the Arts Top 50 in the ‘Australian’
Griffith REVIEW founding editor Julianne Schultz, Melbourne University Publishing CEO Louise Adler, Text publisher Michael Heyward, Lonely Planet founders Maureen and Tony Wheeler and Black Inc. owner Morry Schwartz have...
Publishers make the Arts Top 50 in the ‘Australian’
Griffith REVIEW founding editor Julianne Schultz, Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) CEO Louise Adler, Text publisher Michael Heyward, Lonely Planet founders Maureen and Tony Wheeler and Black Inc. owner Morry Schwartz have...
Anne Beilby: The rights direction
Anne Beilby has been rights manager at Text Publishing since the days when pitch letters were sent by fax. She shares her career journey. I studied anthropology, literature and languages...
Text to take Classics to UK and North America
Melbourne-based publisher Text Publishing has announced that it will publish books in the UK and in North America for the first time next month. Text said in a statement that it will...
Tenfold increase in sales of Most Underrated Book finalists at Readings in November
Readings has seen a tenfold increase in sales of the books shortlisted for the inaugural Small Press Network (SPN) Most Underrated Book Award in November, according to books division manager Martin Shaw....
‘The Cook’ wins Most Underrated Book Award
Wayne Macauley has won the inaugural Most Underrated Book Award for his novel The Cook (Text). The award, sponsored by Kobo, was announced at the Wheeler Centre on 8 November as part...
Kneen’s book banned by Apple iBookstore
Apple has removed Krissy Kneen’s erotic fiction novel Triptych (Text) from the iBookstore. Kneen told Bookseller+Publisher that Text received an email from iBookstore Publisher Support informing the publisher that the book 'has been ticketed for having...