{"results":[{"title":"Remarkable manuscripts shortlisted for literary prize","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/d-hewett-2026-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/remarkable-manuscripts-shortlisted-for-literary-prize","publisheddate":"2026-07-07","summary":"
UWA Publishing has announced the six entries shortlisted for the 2026 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"UWA Publishing"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"}]},{"title":"Book gives Indigenous children's stories a new life","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/solomon-cocky-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/book-gives-indigenous-childrens-stories-a-new-life","publisheddate":"2025-10-29","summary":"
A collection of Nyangumarta children’s stories about the Dreaming, hunting and everyday life in the desert of north-western Western Australia have been newly translated and illustrated.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Diversity"},{"title":"UWA Publishing"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"}]},{"title":"Strong field shortlisted for children's literature prize","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/type-writer-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/strong-field-shortlisted-for-childrens-literature-prize","publisheddate":"2025-10-24","summary":"
The shortlist for the inaugural Spiers Prize, which is awarded to an unpublished manuscript for middle primary and young adult fiction, has been announced.","sxaTags":[{"title":"UWA Publishing"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"Gripping novel set in Damascus wins 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/morsi-author-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/july/gripping-novel-set-in-damascus-wins-2025-dorothy-hewett-award","publisheddate":"2025-07-31","summary":"
A novel that speaks to the moment we are in and follows childhood friends in the tangled streets of millennial Damascus as they grow into adulthood has won the 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"School of Humanities"},{"title":"UWA Publishing"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"}]},{"title":"Shortlist announced for Dorothy Hewett Award","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/unpublished-manuscript-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/june/shortlist-announced-for-dorothy-hewett-award","publisheddate":"2025-06-05","summary":"
UWA Publishing, with the support of the Copyright Agency, has announced the entries that have been shortlisted for the 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award.  ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"UWA Publishing"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Philanthropy"}]},{"title":"Prize turns a page for children's literature","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/gail-spiers-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/march/prize-turns-a-page-for-childrens-literature","publisheddate":"2025-03-12","summary":"
A retired teacher and philanthropist with a passion for young adult and children's literature has endowed a new literary prize.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Alumni"},{"title":"Library"},{"title":"UWA Publishing"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Featured"}]},{"title":"Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery announces new Director","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/theo-lwag-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/may/lawrence-wilson-art-gallery-announces-new-director","publisheddate":"2024-05-14","summary":"
Experienced visual artist, writer and educator Dr Theo Costantino has been appointed Director of the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery at The University of Western Australia.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Perth Festival"},{"title":"School of Design"},{"title":"UWA Publishing"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"Children's books nominated for national awards","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/uwap-childrens-book-awards-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/march/childrens-books-nominated-for-national-awards","publisheddate":"2024-03-06","summary":"
Two novels published by UWA Publishing have been longlisted in the older readers’ category of the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards.","sxaTags":[{"title":"UWA Publishing"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"}]},{"title":"Exploration of how modern world drives TV's outlandish plots","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/tony-hughesdaeth-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/february/exploration-of-how-modern-world-drives-tvs-outlandish-plots","publisheddate":"2024-02-15","summary":"
A new book explores how the outlandish, yet reoccurring, plots of our favourite television shows and films ask fundamental questions about life in the modern world.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Media"},{"title":"School of Humanities"},{"title":"UWA Publishing"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Our People"}]},{"title":"Rediscovering the hidden beauty of Australia's marine plants","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/marine-plants-author-and-artist-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/october/rediscovering-the-hidden-beauty-of-australias-marine-plants","publisheddate":"2023-10-02","summary":"
When people think of marine plants, many probably picture unattractive seaweed washed ashore or tangling around their ankles in shallow waters. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Albany Centre"},{"title":"Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"UWA Publishing"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]}]}