Great to talk to Ryan Carolan and @stuartkells.bsky.social about Commodifying Water: The systematic mismanagement of the Murray-Darling Basin, and what to do about it #water #SoldDownTheRiver #TextPublishing #MurrayDarlingBasin
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Karys McEwen #karyswrites not only writes amazing books, such as #thepaperbarktreecommittee but has an informed substack newsletter #ireadalot Her piece for #paperbarkwords blog is about #therightbookfortherightreader #loveozmg #textpublishing
"...a clever and enjoyable story of teenagers living through a zombie apocalypse, coping with sarcasm, morbid humour & building strong relationships with each other."
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#booksky #zombies #ya #ArtsHub #StephBowe #TextPublishing
I dread to think what this will mean for Australian books. The number of Aussie writers I have discovered over the past three or four years through their resurrection via #TextPublishing. Penguin aren’t going to want to publish those books. So many people will be lost to us.
2/ Penguin Random House has acquired Text. The Aussie indie publisher will reportedly maintain creative control but commentators are concerned what it means for Australian literature in the long-term.
#TextPublishing #PenguinRandomHouse @textpublishing.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
“What will worry #authors and #readers alike is the potential for more conglomeration, leading to greater homogenisation and an impoverished choice of local titles on offer.”
#AustralianPublishing #AustralianLiterature #TextPublishing #AustralianAuthors
@aunz.theconversation.com
“History shows that #mergers often result in the dissolution of the smaller imprint. #Penguin no longer publishes under the #McPheeGribble imprint. …which readerships the merged version of #TextPublishing will cater to that will worry #Australian readers & supporters of #IndependentPublishing.”
It’s been a big week of news for @TextPublishing, which has now signed an agreement to join @PenguinRandomHouse (PRH), the largest trade publishing house.
Read the full story: https://vist.ly/3ms22ps
#textpublishing #penguinrandomhouse #publishing #auslit #books #textprize
Just finished reading Panic by Catherine Jinks
Full of twists, turns, and surprises to the very last page!
@textpublishing.bsky.social
#Panic #CatherineJinks #TextPublishing #NetGalley #NetgalleyUK #GeneralFiction #Mystery #Thrillers #Suspense #AdvancedReaderCopy #January2025Release
