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Helena Pantsis on ‘Mother Salad’ and the horrors of the mundane: using surrealism to confront societal pressures on women
Lauren Pratt Helena Pantsis Interview Mother Salad Naomi Becker
Helena Pantsis (she/they) explains how their surrealist writing in Mother Salad exposes and embodies the crushing pressure on women to ‘mother’. UWA Publishing intern Naomi Becker interviews Helena about her use of horror to capture life's fears, such as mortality, aging, and purpose. Helena also responds by sharing vulnerable insights into how the short-fiction collection was partly inspired by her witnessing initially non-conforming women give in to societal pressures. This discussion addresses her masterful use of absurdism to explore the stigmatised struggles women experience.
Teaching notes now available for Maya Follows Her Nose
Lauren Pratt Maya Follows Her Nose Teaching notes
Teaching notes for Maya Follows Her Nose by Nic Gill and Jake A Minton are now available for free download from UWA Publishing. These teaching notes have been prepared by Melinda Tognini and are freely available to assist teachers in the classroom.
Kaya Ortiz wins the inaugural Dr Charmaine Papertalk Green Smith Prize for Poetry in the 2026 WA Premier's Book Awards
Lauren Pratt Awards Kaya Ortiz Past & Parallel Lives WA Premier's Book Awards
UWA Publishing author, Kaya Ortiz, has been named the inaugural winner of the Dr Charmaine Papertalk Green Smith Prize for Poetry in the 2026 WA Premier's Book Awards.
The Pull of the Moon shortlisted in the 2026 South Australian Literary Awards
Lauren Pratt Awards Pip Smith South Australian Literary Awards The Pull of the Moon
The young adult shortlistees include Pip Smith, Olivia De Zilva, Sharon Kernot and Margot McGovern. The winner will be announced at the State Library of South Australia in November this year and will be awarded $15,000.
UWA Publishing acquires world rights to N. J. Madden’s literary fiction novel Laughing River
Lauren Pratt 2025 DHA Acquisition Laughing River N. J. Madden
UWA Publishing has acquired world rights to N. J. Madden’s literary fiction novel Laughing River which was shortlisted for the Dorothy Hewett Award in 2025.