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UQP authors shortlisted for the 2022 Queensland Literary Awards

UQP authors shortlisted for the 2022 Queensland Literary Awards

Congratulations to all the UQP authors shortlisted for the 2022 Queensland Literary Awards.

UQP acquires debut novel from Kirsty Jagger, winner of the inaugural Heyman Mentorship Award

UQP acquires debut novel from Kirsty Jagger, winner of the inaugural Heyman Mentorship Award

UQP is delighted to announce that we’ve acquired Kirsty Jagger’s debut novel, Roseghetto.

Designer Spotlight: Harrison Vial

Designer Spotlight:
Harrison Vial

In this week's Designer Spotlight, we hear from Harrison Vial, illustrator of UQP's upcoming children's book, Egg.

UQP authors on ABC's Big Weekend of Books

UQP authors on ABC's Big Weekend of Books

Tune in to ABC Radio National's Big Weekend of Books to hear UQP authors live and in conversation.

Ian Kemish in conversation at Muse

Ian Kemish in conversation at Muse

Join Ian Kemish as he discusses his new book The Consul at Muse bookstore in Canberra.

The Whitewash by Siang Lu

The Whitewash

The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi: Exploring the microscopic world around us by Keith Seifert

The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi:
Exploring the microscopic world around us

How to be Prime Minister and Survive Grade Five by Carla Fitzgerald

How to be Prime Minister and Survive Grade Five

Carla Fitzgerald

Egg by Clare Atkins, Harrison Vial

Egg

Clare Atkins, Harrison Vial

The Consul: An insider account from Australia's diplomatic frontline by Ian Kemish

The Consul:
An insider account from Australia's diplomatic frontline

Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen

Dropbear

Smokehouse by Melissa Manning

Smokehouse

Melissa Manning

Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko

Trigger Warning by Maria Takolander

Trigger Warning

Maria Takolander

Dark as Last Night by Tony Birch

Dark as Last Night

Where You Left Us by Rhiannon Wilde

Where You Left Us

Desi Girl: On feminism, race, faith and belonging by Sarah Malik

Desi Girl:
On feminism, race, faith and belonging

The Wintrish Girl: Talismans of Fate, Book One by Melanie La’Brooy

The Wintrish Girl:
Talismans of Fate, Book One

Melanie La’Brooy

Saving the Reef: The human story behind one of Australia's greatest environmental treasures by Rohan Lloyd

Saving the Reef:
The human story behind one of Australia's greatest environmental treasures

Tell Me Again by Amy Thunig

Tell Me Again

Solomon Macaroni and the Cousin Catastrophe by Ashleigh Barton

Solomon Macaroni and the Cousin Catastrophe

Ashleigh Barton

A Feather on a Wing by Maria Speyer

A Feather on a Wing

The Way of Dog by Zana Fraillon

The Way of Dog

What Snail Knows by Kathryn Apel

What Snail Knows

Tiny Wonders by Sally Soweol Han

Tiny Wonders

Sally Soweol Han

Another Day in the Colony by Chelsea Watego

Another Day in the Colony

Born Into This by Adam Thompson

Born Into This

Sister Girl: Reflections on Tiddaism, Identity and Reconciliation by Jackie Huggins

Sister Girl:
Reflections on Tiddaism, Identity and Reconciliation

The White Girl by Tony Birch

The White Girl

After Story by Larissa Behrendt

After Story

Larissa Behrendt

Zoe, Max and the Bicycle Bus by Steven Herrick

Zoe, Max and the Bicycle Bus

The Little Wave by Pip Harry

The Little Wave

Another Day in the Colony by Chelsea Watego

Another Day in the Colony

The Way of Dog by Zana Fraillon

The Way of Dog

A Feather on a Wing by Maria Speyer

A Feather on a Wing

Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko

After Story by Larissa Behrendt

After Story

Larissa Behrendt

Kumiko and the Dragon by Briony Stewart

Kumiko and the Dragon

This All Come Back Now: An anthology of First Nations speculative fiction by Mykaela Saunders (ed)

This All Come Back Now: An anthology of First Nations speculative fiction

Mykaela Saunders (ed)

Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen

Dropbear

Photo credit: Anna Jacobson

Ellen van Neerven

Melissa Lucashenko

Melissa Lucashenko

Tony Birch

Evelyn Araluen

Jazz Money

Lucy Neave

Kári Gíslason, author of The Promise of Iceland, and The Ash Burner

Kári Gíslason

Larissa Behrendt

Larissa Behrendt

Jackie Huggins

UQP authors at Canberra Writers Festival

UQP authors at Canberra Writers Festival

Join our UQP authors at the Canberra Writers Festival this year in August.

Aug 10 - Canberra, ACT

Fiona Robertson on If You're Happy

Fiona Robertson on If You're Happy

Join Fiona Robertson as she discusses her debut collection If You're Happy at Outspoken Maleny.

Aug 12 6:00pm - Melany Community Centre

Join Carla Fitzgerald for the launch of How to be Prime Minister and Survive Grade Five. There will be food, drinks, activities - and of course, books!

Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre

Join Ian Kemish as he discusses his new book The Consul at Muse bookstore in Canberra.

Canberra, ACT

Join Siang Lu and Mirandi Riwoe as they discuss Siang's debut novel, The Whitewash at Avid Reader.

Avid Reader Bookshop, West End, Brisbane

UQP acquires debut novel from professional basketballer and AFLW recruit Saraid Taylor

UQP authors shortlisted for the 2022 Queensland Literary Awards