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UQP's early 2021 highlights

UQP's early 2021 highlights

Take a sneak peek at some of our exciting new books for the first part of 2021.

Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe wins the inaugural ARA Historical Novel Prize

Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe wins the inaugural ARA Historical Novel Prize

UQP is thrilled to share that Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe has won the inaugural ARA Historical Novel Prize.

Bookseller spotlight: Finn Waite from Dymocks Burwood

Bookseller spotlight:
Finn Waite from Dymocks Burwood

In this week's Bookseller Spotlight we chat to Finn from Dymocks Burwood in New South Wales.

UQP Writer's Room: Luke Best

UQP Writer's Room:
Luke Best

Poet Luke Best talks writing routines, getting started with a new work and handling reviews.

The Lost Arabs by Omar Sakr wins the 2020 Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Poetry

The Lost Arabs by Omar Sakr wins the 2020 Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Poetry

Congratulations to Omar Sakr (The Lost Arabs) for winning the 2020 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry.

Born Into This by Adam Thompson

Born Into This

Footprints on the Moon by Lorraine Marwood

Footprints on the Moon

Lorraine Marwood

Mind Your Brain: The Essential Australian Guide to Dementia by Kailas Roberts

Mind Your Brain:
The Essential Australian Guide to Dementia

Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen

Dropbear

The Edge of Thirteen by Nova Weetman

The Edge of Thirteen

Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller

Ghost Bird

Throat by Ellen van Neerven

Throat

Ellen van Neerven

Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe

Stone Sky Gold Mountain

The Trespassers by Meg Mundell

The Trespassers

The Little Wave by Pip Harry

The Little Wave

Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko

The White Girl by Tony Birch

The White Girl

Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch

Swallow the Air

Tara June Winch

Talkin’ Up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism (20th anniversary edition) by Aileen Moreton-Robinson

Talkin’ Up to the White Woman:
Indigenous Women and Feminism (20th anniversary edition)

Aileen Moreton-Robinson

Throat by Ellen van Neerven

Throat

Ellen van Neerven

Sick Bay by Nova Weetman

Sick Bay

The Little Wave by Pip Harry

The Little Wave

The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn by Kate Gordon

The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn

As Fast As I Can by Penny Tangey

As Fast As I Can

Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller

Ghost Bird

Biting the Clouds by Fiona Foley

Biting the Clouds

Growing Pineapples in the Outback by Rebecca Lister, Tony Kelly

Growing Pineapples in the Outback

Rebecca Lister, Tony Kelly

Heartland: How Rugby League Explains Queensland by Joe Gorman

Heartland:
How Rugby League Explains Queensland

A River with a City Problem: A History of Brisbane Floods by Margaret Cook

A River with a City Problem:
A History of Brisbane Floods

Meet Me at Lennon’s by Melanie Myers

Meet Me at Lennon’s

Only Happiness Here: In Search of Elizabeth von Arnim by Gabrielle Carey

Only Happiness Here: In Search of Elizabeth von Arnim

Gabrielle Carey

This One is Ours by Kate O’Donnell

This One is Ours

Kate O’Donnell

Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe

Stone Sky Gold Mountain

Word for Today by Roly Sussex

Word for Today

Mammoth by Chris Flynn

Mammoth

Talkin’ Up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism (20th anniversary edition) by Aileen Moreton-Robinson

Talkin’ Up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism (20th anniversary edition)

Aileen Moreton-Robinson

The White Girl by Tony Birch

The White Girl

The Little Wave by Pip Harry

The Little Wave

Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko

Call of the Reed Warbler (revised edition) by Charles Massy

Call of the Reed Warbler (revised edition)

Photo credit: Anna Jacobson

Ellen van Neerven

Charles Massy, author of Call of the Reed Warbler and Breaking the Sheep's Back

Charles Massy

Steven Herrick

Melissa Lucashenko

Melissa Lucashenko

Tony Birch

Aileen Moreton-Robinson

Aileen Moreton-Robinson

Kate Gordon, author of The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn

Kate Gordon

Royce Kurmelovs, author of Just Money

Royce Kurmelovs

Laura Elvery

Melissa Lucashenko and Adam Thompson in conversation

Melissa Lucashenko and Adam Thompson in conversation

Join Melissa Lucashenko and Adam Thompson in conversation as part of the Tamar Valley Writers Festival.

Feb 06 4:00pm - Tailrace Centre, Riverside

The Lost Arabs by Omar Sakr wins the 2020 Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Poetry

Charles Massy, author of 'Call of the Reed Warbler', on Australian Story

UQP acquires Indigenous academic and writer Amy Thunig's debut