The Text Publishing

A leading Australian independent publisher and three-time winner of Small Publisher of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards. In 2018 Text was named the inaugural Best Small Publisher of the Year at the Indie Book Awards, voted for by independent booksellers. Launched in 2012, the Text Classics list champion Australian greats including Thomas Keneally and Kate Grenville, while Text is also committed to finding and publishing the best contemporary writing for an international audience. Text publishes internationally acclaimed authors including Herman Koch, Ruth Ozeki, Yann Martel, Geoff Dyer, Jeanette Winterson, Lionel Shriver, Ali Smith, Julian Assange and J.M. Coetzee in the local market, while selling numerous leading authors to publishers around the world. They include Tim Flannery, Graeme Simsion, Lloyd Jones, Toni Jordon and Peter Temple. Text is distributed by Turnaround in the UK.