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Announcing the 2026 Dorothy Hewett Award shortlist
Lauren Pratt The Dorothy Hewett Award
UWA Publishing is excited to announce the shortlist for the 2026 Dorothy Hewett Award.
Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra shortlisted for the 2026 Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards
Lauren Pratt Cassy Polimeni Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra Hykie Breeze Speech Pathology Australia
This annual award, judged by a panel of Certified Practising Speech Pathologists, highlights quality Australian books that help children get the best start in life by promoting language and literacy development.
UWA Publishing acquires world rights to Thuy On's poetry collection Insolence
mabel gibson Acquisition insolence Poetry Thuy On UWAP Poetry
UWA Publishing has acquired world rights to Thuy On’s fourth collection of poetry Insolence.
Thuy On reinvents, reimagines, and rearranges iconic figures in our literature, visual art, history, books, and screens.
UWA Publishing has acquired world rights to Nic Gill's Sniff Squad series
Lauren Pratt Acquisition Jake A Minton Maya Follows Her Nose Nic Gill Sniff Squad
The first book in the series, Maya Follows Her Nose, features a timid border collie who’s been abandoned at an animal shelter, but is rescued by ecologist Dr Romane ‘Rom’ Cristescu to work in the field of koala conservation. The following books in the series will follow the stories of other working dogs from across Australia.
Two UWAP poetry titles shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
Lauren Pratt Kaya Ortiz Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry NSW Literary Awards Past & Parallel Lives Shey Marque The Hum Hearers
Congratulations to UWA Publishing authors Kaya Ortiz and Shey Marque for having their poetry collections shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry in the 2026 NSW Literary Awards.