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'Settlement, Struggle and Success' shortlisted for the 2025 Margaret Medcalf Award

Lauren Pratt Bill Bunbury Jenny Bunbury Margaret Medcalf Award Margaret River Settlement Struggle and Success

'Settlement, Struggle and Success' shortlisted for the 2025 Margaret Medcalf Award

Jenny and Bill Bunbury have been shortlisted for the 2025 Margaret Medcalf Award for their book Settlement, Struggle and Success: Margaret River and its Old Hospital, 1924–2024 published last year by UWA Publishing.

 

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For the love of it: Catie Gressier discusses how Australians can support rare and heritage breed farmers and chats about her new book 'Saving Heritage Breeds: A Love Story'

Lauren Pratt Catie Gressier Saving Heritage Breeds Vignettes

For the love of it: Catie Gressier discusses how Australians can support rare and heritage breed farmers and chats about her new book 'Saving Heritage Breeds: A Love Story'

In this interview Catie speaks with UWAP intern Maria Kakani about the research and inspiration behind her book and how everyday Australians can support local heritage breed farmers.

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Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra shortlisted for the Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Literature

Lauren Pratt Cassy Polimeni Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra Hykie Breeze

Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra shortlisted for the Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Literature

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.

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Teaching notes now available for The Pull of the Moon by Pip Smith

Lauren Pratt Pip Smith Teaching notes The Pull of the Moon YA YA and Children's

Teaching notes now available for The Pull of the Moon by Pip Smith

Teaching notes for The Pull of the Moon by Pip Smith are now available for free download from UWA Publishing. These teaching notes have been prepared by Christina Wheeler for UWA Publishing and are freely available to assist teachers in the classroom.

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Big Day of Books happening this June!

Lauren Pratt author events Big Day of Books Emily Tsokos Purtill

Big Day of Books happening this June!

Hosted by ABC Radio, in partnership Fremantle Press, UWA Publishing, Magabala Books and Boffins Books, the Big Day of Books is a wonderful chance to enjoy a live literary show, meet the authors, and snap up some fabulous reads.

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