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UWA Publishing has acquired world rights to Helena Pantsis' collection of short stories →
UWA Publishing has acquired world rights to Mother Salad, a collection of short stories, by Naarm-based author Helena Pantsis for publication in 2026.

Emily Tsokos Purtill named winner in the WA Premier's Book Awards for her multi-generational Greek-Australian novel →
Western Australian author, Emily Tsokos Purtill has won the Emerging Writer award in the 2025 WA Premier's Book Awards for her debut novel Matia.

Mohammed Massoud Morsi named the winner of the 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award →
UWA Publishing and the Copyright Agency is excited to announce that the winner of the 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award is Mohammed Massoud Morsi for his unpublished fiction manuscript The Hair...

Pip Smith speaks with UWAP intern Reilly McGrath about 'The Pull of the Moon' and the challenges of mingling fact with fiction. →
The Pull of the Moon (2025) is the anticipated second novel by Sydney-based author Pip Smith, whose debut work Half Wild (2017) won her an SMH Best Young Australian Novelist...