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

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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

Madonna Duffy Named 2025 Winner of the Johnno Award

Madonna Duffy Named 2025 Winner of the Johnno Award

UQP Director Madonna Duffy named the 2025 winner of the Johnno Award by the Queensland Writers Centre's Management Committee.

UQP authors shortlisted for The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards

UQP authors shortlisted for The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards

UQP authors shortlisted for The Victorian Premiers Literary Awards 2026

UQP acquires K.A Ren Wyld's extraordinary novel 'Whichway Shimmering Dust'

UQP acquires K.A Ren Wyld's extraordinary novel 'Whichway Shimmering Dust'

UQP is delighted to announce that we’ve acquired K.A Ren Wyld’s novel Whichway Shimmering Dust.

Two Islands by Ian Kemish

Two Islands

Behind the Screens by Dr Niraj Lal, Aśka

Behind the Screens

Dr Niraj Lal, Aśka

The Sunbird - Young readers' edition by Sara Haddad

The Sunbird - Young readers' edition

Two Tongues by Maria van Neerven

Two Tongues

Maria van Neerven

Soft Serve by George Kemp

Soft Serve

Life Drawing by Emily Lighezzolo

Life Drawing

Emily Lighezzolo

The Boy and the Dog Tree by Fiona Wood

The Boy and the Dog Tree

Green Cities by Sheila Boudreau, Katy Dockrill

Green Cities

Sheila Boudreau, Katy Dockrill

When I Am Sixty-Four by Dr Debra Adelaide

When I Am Sixty-Four

Dr Debra Adelaide

Frogsong by Melissa Manning

Frogsong

Melissa Manning

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

Always Will Be by Mykaela Saunders

Always Will Be

Mykaela Saunders

Women & Children by Tony Birch

Women & Children

Slutdom: Reclaiming shame-free sexuality by Hilary Caldwell

Slutdom:
Reclaiming shame-free sexuality

Hilary Caldwell

Big Time by Jordan Prosser

Big Time

Sunbirds by Mirandi Riwoe

Sunbirds

Swallow the Air (with an introduction by Yasmin Smith) by Tara June Winch

Swallow the Air (with an introduction by Yasmin Smith)

Tara June Winch

Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller

Ghost Bird

The Little Wave by Pip Harry

The Little Wave

Kumiko and the Dragon by Briony Stewart

Kumiko and the Dragon

Ghost Cities by Siang Lu

Ghost Cities

The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick

The Simple Gift

Leo and Ralph by Peter Carnavas

Leo and Ralph

If Queers Weren't Meant to Have Kids... by Narelda Jacobs & Karina Natt, Molly Hunt

If Queers Weren't Meant to Have Kids...

Narelda Jacobs & Karina Natt, Molly Hunt

The Rot by Evelyn Araluen

The Rot

Not Quite White in the Head by Melissa Lucashenko

Not Quite White in the Head

Melissa Lucashenko

Primary Book Chat with Fiona Wood

Primary Book Chat with Fiona Wood

Mar 03 6:00pm - The Little Bookroom, Brunswick East VIC, Australia

An Evening with Yanis Varoufakis and Friends, with Randa Abdel-Fattah

An Evening with Yanis Varoufakis and Friends, with Randa Abdel-Fattah

Mar 05 6:00pm - Sydney Town Hall, NSW

Rooftop Hong Kong Maritime Museum Pier 8, Man Kwong St, Central

Tāwhiri Warehouse, 11 Hutchison Road, Newtown, Wellington, NZ

Readings Carlton, Wurundjeri Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton

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