Marginalia
Cities are wonderful incubators of innovation: Julian Bolleter discusses 'Planning for a Continent of Cities' and the importance of sustainable city planning in tackling overpopulation in Australia
Lauren Pratt Jess Burns Julian Bolleter Planning for a Continent of Cities Robert Freestone
Planning for a Continent of Cities (2025) is the new book by Julian Bolleter and Robert Freestone that explores various continental-scale settlement scenarios and how they each sustainably address rapid population growth across Australian cities. In this interview, UWAP intern Jess Burns speaks with Julian on the importance of sustainable cities, why social opinion is just as crucial as expert opinion when city planning and the book’s function as an evidence base for federal government urban policy
Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra wins the Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Fiction Literature
Lauren Pratt Awards Cassy Polimeni Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra Ella and the Frogs Hykie Breeze
The Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Literature, now in its 31st year, recognises books that inspire a love for nature-from the soil below to the canopy above.
A multifaceted multidisciplinary perspective: Authors of Collecting the West discuss their groundbreaking approach to understanding the history of collecting in Western Australia
Lauren Pratt Collecting the West Interview Jess Burns
In this interview, UWAP intern Jess Burns speaks with Alistair, Gaye and Tiffany on how collections helped Western Australia discover a sense of place, the entanglement of colonisation in collecting and the important role Indigenous peoples played in this history. Â
The Hum Hearers wins the 2025 Wesley Michel Wright Prize
Lauren Pratt Shey Marque The Hum Hearers
The Infant Vine named a finalist in the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards
Lauren Pratt Isabella G. Mead The Infant Vine
The Infant Vine, the debut poetry collection, by Isabella G. Mead has been named a finalist in the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards.
The Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection is awarded to an outstanding collection of poetry by an Australian poet.