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This One is Ours by Kate O'Donnell wins the 2021 Indie Book Awards:
Young Adult Book of the Year

UQP are delighted to celebrate This One is Ours for winning the 2021 Indie Book Awards: Young Adult Book of the Year.

25.03.2021

Glendower Award now open for entries

Entries are now open for the 2021 Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer.

12.03.2021

Rose Byrne's Dollhouse Pictures to adapt Sally Piper's The Geography of Friendship for television

The Geography of Friendship by Sally Piper to be adapted for Television by Dollhouse Pictures and Aquarius Films.

09.03.2021

David Unaipon Award now open for entries

Entries are now open for the 2021 David Unaipon Award.

01.03.2021

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.

10.12.2020

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

Charles Massy shares his vision for regenerative farming on Australian Story.

01.10.2020

UQP acquires Indigenous academic and writer Amy Thunig's debut

UQP acquires Indigenous academic and writer Amy Thunig's debut, Tell Me Again

24.09.2020

The White Girl optioned for film

Tony Birch's award-winning novel The White Girl has been optioned for feature film.

11.09.2020

UQP launches a poetry podcast, Extraordinary Voices for Extraordinary Times

UQP's new monthly poetry podcast, hosted by Ellen van Neerven and Omar Sakr, will launch in July.

26.06.2020

Megan Daley:
How to keep tweens reading

Know a tween whose interest in reading is waning? Megan Daley, teacher-librarian and author of Raising Readers, shares her top tips for kickstarting their reading habit.

30.01.2020

This One is Ours by Kate O'Donnell wins the 2021 Indie Book Awards: Young Adult Book of the Year