Text Publishing
Text Publishing is an Australian publisher of fiction and non-fiction, based in Melbourne, Victoria.
Also recorded as The Text Publishing Company
Text Publishing
- Name
- Text Publishing
- Founded
- 1994
- Headquarters
- Australia
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Key facts
• Name — Text Publishing • Founded — 1994 • Founder — Diana Gribble and Eric Beecher • Country — Australia • Headquarters — Melbourne • Distribution — Penguin Random House (Australia) Consortium Book Sales & Distribution (North America) Turnaround Publisher Services (Europe, Middle East) • Keypeople — Michael Heyward, Penny Heuston • Publications — Books, journals • Url — https: www.textpublishing.com.au
Company background
Company background
Text Media was founded in Melbourne in 1990 by Diana Gribble and Eric Beecher, along with designer Chong Weng Ho and others, with a small book publishing division known as Text Publishing. Michael Heyward joined in 1992, and the small publishing house became independent in 1994. When Text Media was taken over by Fairfax Media in 2004, Michael Heyward and his wife Penny Hueston entered into a joint venture with Scottish publisher Canongate. Maureen and Tony Wheeler, founders of Lonely Planet, bought Canongate's share in Text in 2011, making it a wholly Australian-owned company. In 2012, Text launched a series of Australian classics, republishing out-of-print works. In January 2025, Text announced that it had been acquired by Penguin Random House.
People
People
As of August 2022, Heyward was the publisher.
Institutional history
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Institutional history
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1994
Text Publishing established.
1994
Text Publishing is recorded from 1994.
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Text Publishing is associated with Australia.
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Text awards
Text awards
The Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing was inaugurated in 2008 and is awarded annually. As of 2021 it was valued at AU$10,000. In January 2025, Text announced that it had discontinued this award. In 2021 Text announced the Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers. It is open to writers under 25 years of age and provides 20 hours of manuscript development assistance and writers' centre membership to the winner.
Awards won by Text
Awards won by Text
Text has won the ABIA Small Publisher of the Year award three times, and in both 2018 and 2019 was awarded the Leading Edge Books Small Publisher of the Year award.
Significant publications
Significant publications
Notable publications by Text include: • Eucalyptus by Murray Bail • Dancing with Strangers by Inga Clendinnen • The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery • Stasiland by Anna Funder • The Secret River by Kate Grenville • The Henson Case by David Marr (2008) • The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (2013) • Truth by Peter Temple Winners of the Miles Franklin Award published by Text include: • Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down • The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey • Truth by Peter Temple
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q17056193: Text Publishing
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- “Text Publishing”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Text Publishing.
- 2.Twenty Years of Text. Text Publishing. 22 August 2022.
- 3.Steger, Jason. Text Publishing celebrates 20-year milestone. The Age. 14 August 2014.
- 4."A very passionate Text life", Age, 7 August 2004.
- 5.COMTEX News Network, Inc. Text Publishing starts its next chapter with new owner, but still independent. Australasian Business Intelligence. 2004-06-27. 1320-6680.
- 6.Text Publishing Leaves Fairfax Stable. Australian Bookseller & Publisher. 84. 2. 4. August 2004. 0004-8763.
- 7.Wheelers, dealers and Melburnians. The Age. 4 October 2011.
- 8.Text Classics. Text Publishing.
- 9."Classics going to waste", The Age, 22 January 2012.
- 10.Burke, Kelly. Australian independent publishing stalwart Text acquired by global giant Penguin Random House. The Guardian. 2025-01-22. 0261-3077.
- 11.Text Prize 2021 shortlist announced. Books+Publishing. 2021-07-12.
- 12.Books+Publishing. Text Prize discontinued. 2025-01-14.
- 13.Text announces Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers. Books+Publishing. 2021-02-23.
- 14.About Text. Text Publishing. 22 August 2022.
- 15.Story, Hannah. Winner of $60,000 literary award draws attention to systemic abuses in Australian out-of-home care. ABC News. 2022-07-20.
- 16.$60,000 Miles Franklin awarded to a novel 'soaked in sadness' that is ultimately about hope. ABC News. 2021-07-15.
- 17.Books+Publishing. 'Truth' wins 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award. 2010-06-22.
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