Claire Christian's sparkling adult debut repackaged in a stunning new B format- a feminist, queer, sex-positive and shamelessly feel-good millennial rom-com.Noni Blake knows she wants more- more adventures, more joy, more romance, more orgasms, more...

Forensic psychiatrist Natalie King returns in a new locked-room mystery by a beloved Australian authorNatalie King may be a psychiatrist, but that doesn't mean she can persuade her baby to go to sleep. Sienna wants to party through the night-and lack of...

Beautifully capturing the emotional complexity of impending motherhood, Little Plum is a rich and vital story from a rising star in Australian fictionOn the cusp of thirty, Coral learns that a thing is growing inside her body. It is not necessarily a...

The final work of one of the greatest non-fiction writers of the last century is a stunningly original memoir and a moving exploration of family historyFor decades, Janet Malcolm's books and dispatches for the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books...

Four historical figures cross paths amidst the chaos of war in this immersive and beautifully written tale by an award-winning Australian novelistMacedonia, 1917. The great city of Salonika is engulfed by fire as all of Europe is ravaged by war. Amid the...

Fall in love with this feel-good romance about the first messy, chaotic steps into adulthood, from the author of It Sounded Better in My HeadFrom the author of the much-loved It Sounded Better It My Head comes a deliciously entertaining new rom-com, set...

A daughter abducted, an anonymous caller, a descent into madness-the first adult crime thriller by beloved Australian author Vikki Wakefield will have you on the edge of your seat.What happens to a family when a child goes missing?In a busy street...

The first volume of private diaries from the fearless, fierce and much-loved Helen Garner, is now available in paperbackFinally, Helen Garner has opened her diaries and invited readers into the world behind her novels and works of non-fiction. Recorded...

From the acclaimed author of Severance comes a story collection that is breathtaking in its imaginative featWhat happens when fantasy tears through the screen of the everyday to wake us up? Could that waking be our end?In Bliss Montage, Ling Ma brings...

Winner of the 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize, this thrilling debut unravels a series of mysterious child abductions in a small New Zealand town.A child goes missing in a small town. Then another. And suddenly everyone's holding their own kids a little...

A timely and approachable middle-grade novel by David Levithan that prompts a vital conversation around books and censorshipDonovan is excited to read The Adventurers, the new book Mr Howe has assigned his class. But before he can dig in, his mother gets...

Sadie Starr attempts to leave her old self behind, but life at her new school proves starting over is more complicated than it sounds.Sadie Starr is obsessed with starting over. A new year, a new diet, a new social media identity. Anything that gives her...

Michael McGirr's profound, uplifting and accessible introduction to key philosophical ideas and their relevance to everyday life, now in a smaller and more affordable format.This book is about the quest for order in a perplexing world. Ideas to Save...

'After Sappho is superb. Mesmerizing. Such incredible writing. And thinking. Selby Wynn Schwartz tips everyone out of the water.' Deborah Levy, author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted novels Swimming Home and Hot MilkWhat did we want? To begin with, we...

A dangerous high-stakes mystery is afoot. Unlicensed, and unlikely, detective Cass Tuplin is on the case.It's a mostly normal Friday evening in the Rusty Bore Takeaway. Cass Tuplin's cleaning down the grill when her glamorous sister Helen walks in, all...

Kate Grenville's collection of Elizabeth Macarthur's letters, the inspiration for her bestselling, award-winning novel A Room Made of Leaves.These letters were the starting point for Kate Grenville's bestselling novel A Room Made of Leaves. They inspired...

A novel about taking on new challenges, dealing with change and growing up, All the Little Tricky Things is perfect for readers about to start secondary school, or those moving into a new stage in life.It's the start of the summer holidays and...

A compelling, personal and fearless examination of a life lived without children of one's own, from Melbourne writer, broadcaster and journalist Sian PriorI always wanted to have children. The earth might be in trouble-overpopulated, descending into...

Every day in the small town of Fawn Creek is exactly the same-until Orchid Mason arrives. From Newbery medallist Erin Entrada Kelly comes a contemporary school story about friendship, family, deception, and being true to yourself.Every day in Fawn Creek...

This contemporary YA novel is perfect for fans of Mark Smith and Vikki Wakefield, and tackles grief, belonging and mental illness.I've heard of Noah the way you hear about car accidents. A series of whispers, theories and rumours...Kenna's mother Ava was...

Author of the acclaimed novel Hurricane Season, Fernanda Melchor leads us into a different kind of hell- paradiseInside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around and get drunk. Franco, lonely, overweight, and addicted to porn,...

Australia's leading biographer Brenda Niall, now in her nineties, turns the spotlight on her own story in this fascinating memoir of a remarkable life and careerBrenda Niall, arguably Australia's foremost biographer, looks back on her own life and the...

From the internationally bestselling author of Amal Unbound comes a delightful companion novel featuring a new lead character, Omar.In this compelling companion to the bestseller Amal Unbound, Omar finds a way to change the corrupt system in his new...

A wry and insightful portrait of contemporary life, this is the much-anticipated follow-up to the award-winning novel Chemistry.Joan is a thirty-something ICU doctor at a busy New York City hospital. She is intensely devoted to her work and happily...

A bold, contemporary and urgent novel from a renowned Italian writer that examines silence in different forms, immigration, family and social class.Every family has its own mythology, but in this family the myths don't match up. Claudia's mother says she...

Barack Obama's #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of his childhood and young adult years, a compelling journey through family, race, and identity, is now adapted for young people. Includes a new introduction from the author and features a full color...

Set on the French Atlantic coast, Our Happy Days is a warm, vivid holiday novel about friendship, romance and the memories of our youthA vivid tale of love and friendship, coincidence and fate, guilt and betrayal-and the memories of a summer that changed...

A new fantastical retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, Gilded is the first instalment in a new duology from Marissa Meyer, the New York Times bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles.What if Rumpelstiltskin isn't the villain of the story?By the following...

A funny and insightful novel about an autistic teen who realises she's been missing all the signs when it comes to her romantic life.I thought I was nobody's teen crush, but turns out I was just missing the signs.Zoe Kelly is starting a new phase of her...

The third instalment of diaries from the inimitable Helen Garner covers four eventful years in the life of one of Australia's most treasured writers.Helen Garner's third volume of diaries is an account of a woman fighting to hold on to a marriage that is...

The globally successful, Wainwright Prize-winning memoir by Irish teenager Dara McAnulty, now available in paperback format.Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of 15-year-old Dara McAnulty's world. From spring and through a year in his...

From the author of The Road to Winter trilogy comes an empowering standalone novel about the courage and consequences of taking climate action in a small coastal community.He'd always accepted the mine and power station were part of Shelbourne. On still...

A heartwarming story about a young girl taking action to clean up her local creek, from beloved middle-grade author Ingrid Laguna.Bailey's mum had always said that being by the creek with Bailey and her dad was as good as it gets. She had shown Bailey...

The #1 bestselling novel in Israel by Nir Baram, a controversial voice of dissent.A fast-paced novel about politics, money, power and corruption that holds a mirror up to the present day.It's the mid-1990s. Gabriel Mantzur wants to take advantage of all...

A monumental and gripping story, Red Heaven is a glamorous tale of a child with two fascinating and domineering guardians, inspired by the author's own childhood.Red Heaven is the story of a child's journey to adulthood, his loss of those he loves and...

An exhilarating underwater exploration for readers wanting to recapture their sense of wonderEdith Widder grew up wanting to become a marine biologist. But after complications from surgery caused her to go temporarily blind, she became fascinated by...

Winner of the 2020 Text Prize. A humorous and poignant middle-grade story about a young boy grappling with guilt after stealing from the local church.'You don't kill them rainfish 'cause they'll bring trouble. Rainstorms and floods and bad things...

A scorching collection of essays from the Booker-shortlisted author of Ducks, NewburyportThere are three forms of strike I'd recommend- a housework strike, a labour strike, and a sex strike. I can't wait for the first two. The first collection of essays...

The imaginative and refreshingly original debut short story collection by the bestselling author of Nothing to See HereIn Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, Kevin Wilson's characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the...

Internationally bestselling husband-and-wife writing team Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist are back with another smart, romantic adventureThree years after life got in the way of their long-distance relationship, Californian artist Zoe and English engineer...

The final volume of Nobel Prize winner J. M. Coetzee's essays on celebrated writers.Late Essays is the last of three collections of literary criticism by J. M. Coetzee to be republished by Text. It includes essays on Flaubert and Goethe, Patrick White...

An exciting collaboration from two of Australia's favourite middle-grade authorsIt's midnight and I'm alone in the kitchen eating a cold potato scallop. Coach O'Call would say something like, 'That's not what I expect from a scholarship girl!' because I...

An unmissable debut thriller by Melbourne-based author Amy Suiter Clarke, in which a true-crime podcaster finds herself horribly entangled in a case that's captivated her for decades.In this thrilling debut for fans of Karin Slaughter and Riley Sager, a...

Take a trip into a dystopian Far North Queensland with this wildly exciting YA novel by Brisbane author Maree KimberleyI stumbled towards the Meat House, my body shaking with the violence that raged within me, as the realisation of the mistake I had made...

A devastating memoir about motherhood, from the award-winning author of Draw Your WeaponsMay you always feel at home. After deciding not to have a biological child, Sarah Sentilles and her husband, Eric, try to adopt a baby through foster care. Knowing...

Kate Grenville's debut novel, complete with a special new introduction by Toni Collette, is now available as a Text Classic. A must-read for fans of one of Australia's most prominent writers.I was still not permitted to decline those tennis parties. 'You...

The first of three volumes featuring Nobel Prize winner J. M. Coetzee's essays on some of the world's most celebrated writers.Stranger Shores is the first of three collections of literary criticism by J. M. Coetzee to be republished by Text. It includes...

Fragments and reflections from the life of a revered Australian writerAn elusive, elliptical, often beautiful thread of recollections and observations, He. is not autobiography, or even memoir, but an almost anonymous portrait of a figure passing through...