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UWA Publishing supports the 2025 Books Create Australia campaign

Lauren Pratt Books Create Australia

UWA Publishing supports the 2025 Books Create Australia campaign

The APA has partnered with the Australian Library and Information Association, the Australian Society of Authors, BookPeople and Australia Reads to champion Australian stories and knowledge, and advocating strongly for investment in publishing, books and reading.

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Teaching notes now available for Ella and the Sleepover Safari

Lauren Pratt Cassy Polimeni Ella and the Frogs Ella and the Sleepover Safari Hykie Breeze Teaching notes YA and Children's

Teaching notes now available for Ella and the Sleepover Safari

Teaching notes for Ella and the Sleepover Safari by Cassy Polimeni, illustrated by Hykie Breeze, are now available for free download from UWA Publishing.

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Award-winning author Kaya Ortiz on their writing process and inspirations.

Lauren Pratt Interview Kaya Ortiz Maria Kakani Past and Parallel Lives Poetry

Award-winning author Kaya Ortiz on their writing process and inspirations.

Winner of the 2024 Dorothy Hewett Award, Kaya Ortiz’s debut book Past & Parallel Lives forms a story of growth and identity, woven together with themes of time. In this interview, Kaya speaks with UWAP intern Maria Kakani on the process of curating their poetry collection and the evolution of their writing journey.

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Shey Marque combines science with art in new poetry collection, The Hum Hearers.

Lauren Pratt Interview Maria Kakani Shey Marque The Hum Hearers

Shey Marque combines science with art in new poetry collection, The Hum Hearers.

Shey Marque’s second poetry collection, The Hum Hearers, explores memory, imagination, and inherited trauma through an epigenetic lens. Shey tracks her family history, from Victorian London to modern time, linking generations of women through cellular memory.

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Announcing The Spiers Prize!

Lauren Pratt Gail Spiers The Spiers Prize

Announcing The Spiers Prize!

To coincide with UWA Publishing’s 90th anniversary in 2025, UWA Publishing is proud to announce the establishment of The Spiers Prize.

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