| Founded | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Diana Gribble andEric Beecher |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Headquarters location | Melbourne |
| Distribution | Penguin Random House (Australia) Consortium Book Sales & Distribution (North America) Turnaround Publisher Services (Europe, Middle East)[1] |
| Key people | Michael Heyward, Penny Heuston |
| Publication types | Books, journals |
| Official website | www |
Text Publishing is an Australian publisher offiction andnon-fiction, based inMelbourne,Victoria.
Text Media was founded in Melbourne in 1990 byDiana Gribble andEric Beecher, along with designer Chong Weng Ho and others, with a small book publishing division known as Text Publishing.[2] Michael Heyward joined in 1992, and the small publishing house became independent in 1994.[3]
When Text Media was taken over byFairfax Media in 2004,[4] Michael Heyward and his wife Penny Hueston entered into a joint venture with Scottish publisherCanongate.[5][6][3]
Maureen and Tony Wheeler, founders ofLonely Planet, bought Canongate's share in Text in 2011,[7] making it a wholly Australian-owned company.[3]
In 2012, Text launched a series of Australian classics,[8] republishing out-of-print works.[9]
In January 2025, Text announced that it had been acquired byPenguin Random House.[10]
As of August 2022, Heyward was the publisher.[11]
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.[12] In January 2025, Text announced that it had discontinued this award.[13]
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.[14]
Text has won theABIA 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.[11]
Notable publications by Text include:[3]
Winners of theMiles Franklin Award published by Text include: