Hughes-d’Aeth to head new UWAP advisory board
The University of Western Australia (UWA) has announced its publishing arm will open for submissions from May, following UWA Publishing’s (UWAP) shift to a hybrid publishing model from late 2020....
UWA Publishing to become ‘hybrid’ press, management to be ‘re-aligned’
The University of Western Australia (UWA) has announced the university’s publishing arm will become a ‘hybrid’ publisher, and ‘internal management of UWA publishing will be re-aligned to the Library’. Of...
White to launch new imprint Upswell
Terri-ann White, former director and publisher at UWA Publishing (UWAP), has announced she will launch a new not-for-profit imprint, Upswell, 'to continue my adventures in publishing’. White has entered into...
White departs UWA Publishing
UWA Publishing director Terri-ann White has left the publisher after 14 years, as the future direction of the organisation remains unconfirmed. ‘I finished my fourteen years as publisher at UWA...
UWAP staff given six-month extensions; university to reconsider publishing model
Staff at the University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP) have been given six-month extensions of their contracts, amid the university’s plans to reconsider the publishing model of the press. The...
UWAP announces 2019 Dorothy Hewett Award shortlist
UWA Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Angela Rockel for ‘Rogue Intensities’, a memoir...
UWAP celebrates 10 years of publishing Australian poetry
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has celebrated its 10th anniversary of publishing Australian poetry. UWAP’s first poetry collection, Martin Harrison’s Wild Bees: New and Selected Poems, was published in 2008, and the...
Dorothy Hewett award to retain name
University of Western Australia (UWA) Publishing has announced it will continue the Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript under its current name, following allegations made by Hewett’s two adult...
UWA Publishing launches scholarly imprint
UWA Publishing has launched a scholarly imprint called UWAP Scholarly.The imprint launched in January with two books, After Homosexual: The Legacies of Gay Liberation edited by Carolyn D’Cruz and Mark...
‘It’s Still in My Heart, This is My Country’ wins Margaret Medcalf Award
It's Still in My Heart, This Is My Country: The Single Noongar Claim History (John Host & Chris Owen, UWAP) has won the Margaret Medcalf Award for works that display...
Ostell appointed publisher at UWA Publishing
University of Western Australia (UWA) Publishing has announced the appointment of former Text Publishing senior editor Melanie Ostell as publisher. Ostell, who will fill the role during Kate McLeod's maternity...