The University of Western Australia has decided to close UWA Publishing (UWAP) after almost 85 years of operation, reports the Australian. An internal memo from deputy vice-chancellor Tayyeb Shah said... Read more
The winners of the 2019 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in July, the winning titles are: Birth to three years Let’s Go... Read more
The Walkley Book Award 2019 shortlist has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Rusted Off: Why country Australia is fed up (Gabrielle Chan, Vintage) See What You Made Me Do (Jess Hill, Black... Read more
A number of Australian authors and illustrators have been nominated for the 2020 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. Karen Foxlee (Lenny’s Book of Everything, A&U), Paul Jennings (A Different Land,... Read more
Melissa Fyfe’s article ‘Getting cliterate’ (Good Weekend) has won this year’s Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing. Fyfe receives $7000. Her winning article describes the work of urologist Helen... Read more
