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2025, 2023, 2022 & 2021 Australian Small Publisher of the Year

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2026 NSW Literary Awards Shortlist & Highly Commended

2026 NSW Literary Awards Shortlist & Highly Commended

2026 ABIA Business Award: UQP Shortlisted for Small Publisher of the Year

2026 ABIA Business Award:
UQP Shortlisted for Small Publisher of the Year

2026 ABIA Business Award: Aviva Tuffield Shortlisted for Commissioning Editor/Publisher of the Year

2026 ABIA Business Award:
Aviva Tuffield Shortlisted for Commissioning Editor/Publisher of the Year

The Age Book of The Year non-fiction shortlist 2026

The Age Book of The Year non-fiction shortlist 2026

UQP Appoints New Publishing Director

UQP Appoints New Publishing Director

We're Hiring: UQP Commissioning Editor

We're Hiring:
UQP Commissioning Editor

Evelyn Araluen's 'The Rot' Shortlisted for the Stella Prize

Evelyn Araluen's 'The Rot' Shortlisted for the Stella Prize

2026 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Shortlist Announcement

2026 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Shortlist Announcement

ALS Gold Medal Longlist announced!

ALS Gold Medal Longlist announced!

Evelyn Araluen's 'The Rot' Longlisted for the Stella Prize!

Evelyn Araluen's 'The Rot' Longlisted for the Stella Prize!

UQP has sold world English (ex ANZ) rights to Randa Abdel-Fattah’s Discipline to Oneworld Publications

UQP has sold world English (ex ANZ) rights to Randa Abdel-Fattah’s Discipline to Oneworld Publications

UQP Call-Out for Submissions to Weaving Gold from Firelight: Fairytales with a Blak twist

UQP Call-Out for Submissions to Weaving Gold from Firelight:
Fairytales with a Blak twist

2026 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Announced

2026 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Announced

Open Book Internship

Open Book Internship

Applications for the 2026 Open Book program are now open.

Little Bones wins the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction

Little Bones wins the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction

Cheryl Leavy wins the 2026 Porter Prize

Cheryl Leavy wins the 2026 Porter Prize

Selected from a field of 1,360 poets, the largest in the award’s twenty-two-year history, Cheryl Leavy wins Australia’s top poetry prize.

UQP is seeking an experienced Publishing Director

UQP is seeking an experienced Publishing Director

We're Hiring UQP's next Publishing Director.

First Name Second Name Shortlisted for the 2026 MUD Literary Prize

First Name Second Name Shortlisted for the 2026 MUD Literary Prize

Congratulations Steve MinOn! First Name Second Name has been shortlisted for the 2026 MUD Literary Prize.

Little Bones shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction

Little Bones shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction

Phantom Days by Angela O'Keeffe

Phantom Days

Angela O'Keeffe

after war by Dženana Vucic

after war

Running in Circles by Shivaun Plozza

Running in Circles

All Her Lives by Ingrid Horrocks

All Her Lives

Ingrid Horrocks

Frogsong by Melissa Manning

Frogsong

Melissa Manning

A Flash in the Dust by Meg Caddy

A Flash in the Dust

Black Life by Jack Davis

Black Life

Kid by Peter Carnavas

Kid

The Boundary by Nicole Watson

The Boundary

A Short History of Longans by Mirandi Riwoe

A Short History of Longans

Ghost Cities by Siang Lu

Ghost Cities

Out of the Box: A one-stop guide to navigating neurodivergence by Madonna King, Rebecca Sparrow

Out of the Box:
A one-stop guide to navigating neurodivergence

Madonna King, Rebecca Sparrow

Leo and Ralph by Peter Carnavas

Leo and Ralph

Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen

Dropbear

The White Girl by Tony Birch

The White Girl

The House of Rural Realness by Curtis Campbell

The House of Rural Realness

Curtis Campbell

My Mum is a Bird by Angie Cui, Evie Barrow

My Mum is a Bird

Angie Cui, Evie Barrow

Three Dresses by Wanda Gibson

Three Dresses

How to Break a World Record and Survive Grade Five by Carla Fitzgerald

How to Break a World Record and Survive Grade Five

Carla Fitzgerald

Digger Digs Down by Johanna Bell, Huni Melissa Bolliger

Digger Digs Down

Johanna Bell, Huni Melissa Bolliger

Life Drawing by Emily Lighezzolo

Life Drawing

Emily Lighezzolo

Two Islands by Ian Kemish

Two Islands

Always Will Be by Mykaela Saunders

Always Will Be

Mykaela Saunders

Sunbirds by Mirandi Riwoe

Sunbirds

Women & Children by Tony Birch

Women & Children

The Sky So Heavy by Claire Zorn

The Sky So Heavy

The White Girl by Tony Birch

The White Girl

Two Tongues by Maria van Neerven

Two Tongues

Maria van Neerven

The Little Wave by Pip Harry

The Little Wave

The Sunbird - Young readers' edition by Sara Haddad

The Sunbird - Young readers' edition

Soft Serve by George Kemp

Soft Serve

Two Islands by Ian Kemish

Two Islands

Behind the Screens by Dr Niraj Lal, Aśka

Behind the Screens

Dr Niraj Lal, Aśka

Leo and Ralph by Peter Carnavas

Leo and Ralph

Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Discipline

Randa Abdel-Fattah

Literary Allsorts Festival (Kyogle)

Literary Allsorts Festival (Kyogle)

May 15 5:30pm - Kyogle, New South Wales

George Kemp - Lake Macquarie Write Here Festival

George Kemp - Lake Macquarie Write Here Festival

May 16 12:30pm - Windale Hub, 20 Lake Street, Windale, NSW 2306

Various, Gadigal Country

Carlton Library, 667 Rathdowne St, Carlton North, VIC 3054

Various locations across Garramilla (Darwin)

Dr Tracy Westerman's 'Jilya' Shortlisted for the Western Australian Premier's Non-Fiction Book of the Year

UQP Titles on the 2025 CBCA Notables List

Changemaker Of The Year: Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts