Books from Text Publishing

  • One Boy Missing
    One Boy Missing
    By Stephen Orr

    'You lookin' for someone?' 'Yes.' But the old man just turned and looked back at the younger boys. 'That one out there,' he said, indicating, 'that's my grandson, Michael.' They watched him fumble a catch. 'And over there, my son, Todd.

  • Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy
    Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy
    By Sophie Cunningham

    And the guy that was standing in front of me was a well- known and quite wealthy businessman...I remember then thinking to myself, 'We're all equal. Everybody's equal, you know, we've all been hit with the same thing.

  • Selected Stories: Text Classics
    Selected Stories: Text Classics
    By Amy Witting

    Meanwhile he considered the problem of Miss Lloyd's legs, which were visible to mid-thigh below a long loose red sweater and a short narrow tartan skirt. They were clothed, indeed, in solid black tights, which might be considered ...

  • Madame Midas
    Madame Midas
    By Fergus Hume

    Madame Midas is the thrilling companion piece to Fergus Hume's phenomenally successful The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, and includes an introduction by Simon Caterson. Fergus Hume was born in England in 1859.

  • The Commandant: Text Classics
    The Commandant: Text Classics
    By Jessica Anderson

    ... fifty hours non—stop on a circuit in Sydney, a stunt for a television show. In 1975 he ran from Bathurst to Bondi and from Newcastle to Sydney (return). A runner is born 37.

  • Dame Maggie Scott: A Life in Dance
    Dame Maggie Scott: A Life in Dance
    By Michelle Potter

    The Australian Ballet Foundation had grown out of the informal meetings at her home, and its first board includ- ed representatives of the major institutional players—the J. C. Williamson organisation and the Australian Elizabethan ...

  • No Place Like Home: Repairing Australia’s Housing Crisis
    No Place Like Home: Repairing Australia’s Housing Crisis
    By Peter Mares

    ... p.19 4 David Madden and Peter Marcuse, In Defence of Housing: The Politics of Crisis, Verso, London and New York, 2016, p.12 5 Madden and Marcuse (2016), p.67 6 Suzanne Moore, “The Rentauake Will Punish the Tories at the Ballot Box' ...

  • The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka
    The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka
    By Clare Wright

    Margaret Brown Howdenwasone ofperhaps few realinnocents goingabroad. As she stood onthewharf at Birkenhead in May 1854, twentythreeyearold Maggie was thinking ofone thing only: her fiancé,dear Jamie. The farewell dinners in hernative ...

  • The Scarecrow: Text Classics
    The Scarecrow: Text Classics
    By Ronald Hugh Morrieson

    We told the whole story to the sergeant. While we were in the office gabbling it all out, Len Ramsbottom arrived. He managed not to look at Prudence while the sergeant relayed the story to him. Les arrived, puffed out.

  • Iris and the Tiger
    Iris and the Tiger
    By Leanne Hall

    She slid down the trunk and grabbed her notebook back, hoping he hadn't read any of it. 'Have you met my friends?' Jordi pointed at a nearby shed. Two horses peered over the gate, one light brown and one dark. 'His names are Turrón and ...

  • The Last Wave
    The Last Wave
    By Gillian Best

    The heart-wrenching story of a woman torn between her love of the sea and love for her family

  • A Short History of Myth
    A Short History of Myth
    By Karen Armstrong

    With contributions from Margaret Atwood and Jeanette Winterson following in November, the series is launched with Karen Armstrong's compelling investigation into myth; what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it.

  • The Grass Hotel
    The Grass Hotel
    By Craig Sherborne

    The Grass Hotel is a story of damage and repair, of familial obligation and the resentments it can cause. It is also about the profound comfort that a connection with animals can offer.

  • The Art of Taxidermy
    The Art of Taxidermy
    By Sharon Kernot

    Lingers in the mind for weeks afterwards.’ Tulpa Magazine ‘Kernot has created an intriguing tale of mystery and the imagination with a haunting ambience that the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe would recognise and admire...this is a delightful ...

  • City of Trees: Essays on Life, Death and the Need for a Forest
    City of Trees: Essays on Life, Death and the Need for a Forest
    By Sophie Cunningham

    A rich and insightful collection of personal essays about life, death and our connection to the environment from bestselling Australian author Sophie Cunningham

  • Bird
    Bird
    By Sophie Cunningham

    To her lovers and friends, Anna Davidoff was a mystery: beautiful, charismatic, irresponsible, famous but ultimately unknowable.

  • The Cage
    The Cage
    By Lloyd Jones

    • From the bestselling author of the Man Booker shortlisted novel, Mister Pip • Lloyd Jones brings his trademark lush and evocative language to this powerful allegorical tale about humanity and dignity and the ease with which we justify ...

  • Hello, Beautiful!: Scenes from a Life
    Hello, Beautiful!: Scenes from a Life
    By Hannie Rayson

    In her new book, she shines the spotlight on herself. This collection of stories from a dramatic life radiate with the great warmth and humour that has made Hannie one of the best-known playwrights in the country.

  • The Enigmatic Mr Deakin
    The Enigmatic Mr Deakin
    By Judith Brett

    This is a comprehensive work which will stand as a definitive source on Alfred Deakin.’ Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2018, Judges’ comments ‘Truly one of the great political biographies of our time, a delicately nuanced, warm ...

  • Clancy of the Undertow
    Clancy of the Undertow
    By Christopher Currie

    Angus ducks under a branch and skips up the track. He's got a silver box in his hand. It's got a little handle and it looks a bit like a tape player. 'What's that you're carrying?' 'Digital recorder. For audio.' 'Course it is.