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Established in 1948, '''University of Queensland Press''' (UQP) is an Australian publishing house.
'''University of Queensland Press''' (UQP) is an Australian publishing house based in [[Brisbane|Brisbane, Queensland]].


Founded as a traditional university press, UQP has since branched into publishing books for general readers in the areas of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, Indigenous writing and youth literature.
Founded in 1948 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the [[University of Queensland]] and a traditional [[university press]], UQP now publishes books for general readers across fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and children’s and YA. As of 2024, UQP is Queensland’s only major publishing house with domestic and international distribution<ref>{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.uqp.com.au/pages/about-us |website=UQP |access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref>.


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In 2021, UQP was awarded Small Publisher of the Year by the [[Australian Book Industry Awards]] (ABIAs)<ref>{{cite web |title=2023 Winners |url=https://abiawards.com.au/year-won/2023/ |website=ABIA Awards |access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref>.
From 2010, UQP has been releasing selected out-of-print titles in digital formats, in addition to the digital and print publishing of new books.

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In 2021, UQP was awarded Small Publisher of the Year by the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs).<ref name="abiawards.com.au">{{Cite web|url=https://abiawards.com.au/winner/small-publisher-of-the-year-university-of-queensland-press-uqp/|title = Small Publisher of the Year - University of Queensland Press (UQP)}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Established as a publisher of scholarly works, UQP made its transition into trade publishing in the late-1960s, largely through poetry and the Paperback Poets series <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Martin |first1=Sam |title=Publish or Perish? Re-Imagining the University Press |journal=M/C Journal |date=2010 |volume=13 |issue=1 |doi=https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.212 |url=https://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/212 |access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref>.
UQP began as a publisher of scholarly works in 1948, and made its transition into trade publishing in the mid-1960s through its Paperback Poets series.<ref name="mcj"/> The Paperback Poets series came into being when Australian [[novelist]] and [[poet]] [[David Malouf]] approached publisher Frank Thompson and suggested that poetry ought to be made available widely and inexpensively. Thompson agreed, and UQP's poetry list began with Malouf's first book, ''[[Bicycle and Other Poems]]'', alongside volumes by [[Michael Dransfield]] and [[Rodney Hall (writer)|Rodney Hall]].<ref name="mcj">Sam Martin (March 2010). [http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/212 Publish or Perish? Re-Imagining the University Press]. Media and Culture Journal. Volume 13 Issue 1.</ref> Since then, UQP has become Australia's leading poetry publisher, maintaining a poetry list that includes [[John Tranter]], [[David Malouf]], [[Thomas Shapcott]], and many others. It has launched the careers {{citation needed|date=March 2015}} of many Australian writers, such as [[David Malouf]], [[Peter Carey (novelist)]], [[Kate Grenville]], [[Doris Pilkington]], [[Melissa Lucashenko]] and [[Nick Earls]]. In 1978 the press published its first title in its UQP Studies in Australian Literature series.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=se%3A%22UQP+studies+in+Australian+literature.%22&fq=&dblist=638&qt=sort&se=yr&sd=asc&qt=sort_yr_asc UQP Studies in Australian Literature], worldcat.org. Retrieved 15 June 2021.</ref>

Considered revolutionary at the time, Paperback Poets was a series of poetry editions in paperback format and priced at $1. The series was established after now acclaimed poet and novelist [[David Malouf]] expressed a desire to produce a new poetry format that was affordable and had mass appeal. Alongside Malouf’s debut collection ''[[Bicycle and Other Poems]]'', the Paperback Poets series published volumes by writers such as [[Rodney Hall (writer)|Rodney Hall]] and [[Michael Dransfield]], who would go on to become icons of Australian poetry.

Today, UQP has a reputation for fostering writing talent across all genres and has launched the careers of some of Australia’s most highly respected and acclaimed authors, from [[Peter Carey (novelist)|Peter Carey]], winner of the [[Booker Prize]], [[Janette Turner Hospital]] and [[Thea Astley]] to [[Melissa Lucashenko]], [[Tony Birch]] and [[Sarah Holland-Batt]].


In 2023, UQP created the First Nations Classics series, a collection of UQP’s award-winning titles by [[Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander]] writers reissued with introductions from contemporary authors. The series set out to celebrate the legacy of Indigenous Australian writing in the publisher’s backlist and bring renewed attention to the featured titles.
In 1972, during a time of "Australia’s developing awareness of her place in Asia",<ref>Nicholas Jose, [https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/uqp-makes-history-a-personal-version/ UQP Makes History: a personal version], sydneyreviewofbooks.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.</ref> UQP launched the Asian and Pacific Writing Series,<ref>[https://www.publishinghistory.com/asian-and-pacific-writing-uqp.html Asian and Pacific Writing (University of Queensland Press) - Book Series List], publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.</ref> edited by [[Michael Wilding (writer)|Michael Wilding]] and later [[Harry Aveling]]. In 1980 the press launched the Leaders of Asia Series, with K. G. Tregonning as the general editor.


Preceding this series, UQP was the first mainstream Australian publisher to set up a list specifically for Indigenous authors in 1990 with the Black Australian Writers series .
===API Network===
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Founded in 1997, Australian Public Intellectual Network (API Network) is an organisation focused on linking Australian [[public intellectual]]s, and a registered publisher as Network Books. API Network was a scholarly imprint through the University of Queensland Press until 2004. Over this period it gradually transferred to [[Perth]], [[Western Australia]], where its imprint Network Books was formed as a [[not-for-profit]] publisher of scholarly titles on Australia.<ref name=about2006>{{cite web | title=Australian Public Intellectual [API] Network | website=api-network.com | url=http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?apply=&webpage=default&cID=4&PHPSESSID=&menuID=56 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030204850/http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?apply=&webpage=default&cID=4&PHPSESSID=&menuID=56 | archive-date=30 October 2006 | url-status=dead | access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref> ''Creative Arts Review'' was edited by Ffion Murphy and included as a supplement to the ''Journal of Australian Studies'' between 1998 and 2008. It was produced at the Australia Research Institute, [[Curtin University of Technology]], and published by UQ Press and the API Network. ''Journal of Nutritional Studies'' was also produced in this way.<ref name=apihome>{{cite web | title=Australian Public Intellectual Network | website=Australian Public Intellectual Network | url=https://www.api-network.com/ | access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref> In 2002 API Network was also associated with Fremantle Centre Press.<ref>{{Citation | title=API Network | publication-date=2002| publisher=[[Trove]] | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17070880 | access-date=27 September 2022| quote="Dedicated to the 'democratisation of knowledge', the API Network is a free electronic gateway specialising on matters Australia. In association with Fremantle Arts Centre Press, the University of Queensland Press and the Division of Humanities Curtin University of Technology, it links public intellectuals through its mailing list, online forum, chat room and regular posting of news relating to book, journal and ezine publications, conferences, events, tours and funding opportunities in the field of Australian studies."}}</ref>


In 2021, UQP became a signatory to the United Nations' (UN) [[Sustainable Development Goals]] Publishers Compact<ref>{{cite web |title=List of SDG Publishers Compact Members |url=https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdg-publishers-compact-members/ |website=UN Sustainable Development Goals |access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref> and, in 2023, was the first Australian trade publisher to be [[Climate neutral|climate neutral or positive]].
As of 2006 it published the refereed journals ''Journal of Australian Studies'', ''Australian Cultural History'', and ''Life Writing'' (from 2005<ref>{{Citation | author1=API Network | title=Life writing[catalogue entry] | publication-date=2004 | website= [[Trove]]| url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/24352636 | access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>), as well as four book series: ''Australian Scholarly Classics'', ''Symposia'', ''Australian Essay'', and ''Fresh Cuts''. It also published the ''API Review of Books'' (''JAS (Journal of Australian Studies) Review of Books'' from 2001-2005<ref>{{Citation | author1=Curtin University of Technology. Centre for Australian Studies | author2=Australian Public Intellectual Network | title=JAS review of books | publication-date=2001 | publisher=Australian Studies Centre, Curtin University of Technology | issn=1447-7653}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Cloran, Phil | author2=Curtin University of Technology. Australia Research Institute | author3=Australian Public Intellectual Network | title=API review of books | publication-date=2005 | publisher=Australia Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology | issn=1833-0932}}</ref>), ''Altitude 21C'' electronically.<ref name=about2006/> {{as of|2022}} the API Network continues to publish ''ACH: International Journal of Culture and History in Australia'',<ref name=apihome/> which has been published electronically since 2003.<ref>{{Citation | title=ACH : The journal of the history of culture in Australia | publication-date=2003 | publisher=Australian Public Intellectual Network | issn=0728-8433}}</ref>


==UQP today==
==Awards==
Since 2019, UQP authors have won significant national acclaim, with award wins in all of Australia’s most prestigious [[Literature prize|literature prizes]] including the [[Miles Franklin Award|Miles Franklin Literary Award]], the [[Stella Prize]], the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Voss Literary Prize, the Australian Book Industry Awards, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, the Queensland Literary Awards, the CBCA awards, the ACT Book of the Year, the ARA Historical Novel Prize, plus more.
UQP currently publishes books for general readers in the areas of [[fiction]], [[poetry]], [[non-fiction]], [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] writing and [[young adult literature|youth literature]]. Many of UQP's recent fiction and poetry titles have won significant international acclaim, including [[Peter Carey (novelist)|Peter Carey]]'s [[True History of the Kelly Gang]], which won the 2001 [[Man Booker Prize]] and the [[Commonwealth Writers Prize]]. In 2019, Melissa Lucashenko won the [[Miles Franklin Award]] for her novel ''Too Much Lip''.


In 2020, UQP's ''The Trespassers'' by Meg Mundell was selected by the UNESCO Cities of Literature as one of seven initial books that reflect the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Charlotte Edmond |title=Want to understand the world's biggest problems better? Read these 7 books |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/02/unesco-cities-of-literature-recommended-books-sustainable-development-goals/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |publisher=World Economic Forumnda |date=Feb 13, 2020}}</ref>
In 2010, UQP announced that it will release selected out-of-print titles in digital formats, in addition to the digital and print publishing of new books.


UQP established the David Unaipon Award for an Emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Writer in 1988 and it remains the most prestigious national award for unpublished Indigenous authors today. It established the careers of hailed Australian writers such as Doris Pilkington Garimara, Samuel Wagan Watson, Larissa Behrendt, Tara June Winch and van Neerven.
In 2021, UQP was awarded Small Publisher of the Year by the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs).<ref name="abiawards.com.au"/> Judges commented: 'UQP has been recognised with 13 award wins and 30 shortlistings in 2020. In the wake of COVID-19, it launched several initiatives: the UQP Quentin Bryce Award, the UQP Writing Mentorship, and Extraordinary Voices for Extraordinary Times podcast. It supported and actively promoted local bookshops and partnered with the Queensland Department of Education – to beam animated readings of UQP picture books into homes and classrooms. To improve diversity and career pathways for the literary sector – UQP launched its Indigenous Placement Program which has since been recognised as an industry-leading initiative – and hosted six internships for people from diverse and minority backgrounds, including an intern from Vision Australia.' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uqp.com.au/blog/uqp-wins-the-abias-small-publisher-of-the-year-2021|title = UQP wins the ABIAs Small Publisher of the Year 2021|date = 29 April 2021}}</ref>


In 2020, UQP established the UQP Quentin Bryce Award to recognise one book in its list each year that celebrates women’s lives and/or promotes gender equality in honour of Dame Quentin Bryce. The inaugural recipient of the award was van Neerven’s poetry collection Throat, which went on to be recognised in multiple prizes, including winning Book of the Year at the 2021 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.
The UQP Bookshop on the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland opened in September 2021. Located in the Biological Sciences Library, it exclusively stocks UQP titles including new releases, children's books, poetry titles, and classics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uqp.com.au/blog/uqp-opens-an-on-campus-bookshop-at-the-university-of-queensland|title = UQP opens an on-campus bookshop at the University of Queensland|date = 7 September 2021}}</ref>
In partnership with Arts Queensland, UQP supports the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript. Established in 2003 and named in honour of the distinguished Queensland poet, the prestigious prize discovers and celebrates emerging Queensland poets and offers them a publishing contract with UQP (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Shapcott_Poetry_Prize). Previous winners of the prize include celebrated poets Holland-Batt, Felicity Plunkett, Gavin Yuan Gao and Rae White.
UQP also supports the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer Queensland Literary Award. The award was established in 1999 with the aim to mentor Queensland writers in the early stages of their careers. The winner receives a publishing contract with UQP.


==Books and authors==
The UQP publication list includes [[novels]], [[short stories]], [[memoirs]], [[essays]], and [[poetry]] by writers such as [[Les Murray (poet)|Les Murray]], [[Peter Carey (novelist)|Peter Carey]], [[David Malouf]], [[Katharine Susannah Prichard]], [[Kenneth Slessor]], [[Thea Astley]], [[Janette Turner Hospital]], [[Kate Grenville]], [[Beverley Farmer]], [[Lily Brett]], [[Frank Brennan (Jesuit)|Frank Brennan]], [[Ian Lowe]], [[Bernhard Schlink]], [[Olga Masters]], [[Randolph Stow]], [[Michael Dransfield]], [[Bruce Beaver]], [[Jennifer Mills]], [[Gwen Harwood]], [[Melissa Lucashenko]], [[Tony Birch]] and [[Elizabeth Jolley]].


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 06:57, 5 March 2024

University of Queensland Press
Parent companyUniversity of Queensland
Founded1948
Country of originAustralia
Headquarters locationBrisbane, Queensland
Key peopleBen James, Director
Publication typesBooks
No. of employees19
Official websitewww.uqp.com.au

University of Queensland Press (UQP) is an Australian publishing house based in Brisbane, Queensland.

Founded in 1948 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Queensland and a traditional university press, UQP now publishes books for general readers across fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and children’s and YA. As of 2024, UQP is Queensland’s only major publishing house with domestic and international distribution[1].

In 2021, UQP was awarded Small Publisher of the Year by the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs)[2].

History

Established as a publisher of scholarly works, UQP made its transition into trade publishing in the late-1960s, largely through poetry and the Paperback Poets series [3].

Considered revolutionary at the time, Paperback Poets was a series of poetry editions in paperback format and priced at $1. The series was established after now acclaimed poet and novelist David Malouf expressed a desire to produce a new poetry format that was affordable and had mass appeal. Alongside Malouf’s debut collection Bicycle and Other Poems, the Paperback Poets series published volumes by writers such as Rodney Hall and Michael Dransfield, who would go on to become icons of Australian poetry.

Today, UQP has a reputation for fostering writing talent across all genres and has launched the careers of some of Australia’s most highly respected and acclaimed authors, from Peter Carey, winner of the Booker Prize, Janette Turner Hospital and Thea Astley to Melissa Lucashenko, Tony Birch and Sarah Holland-Batt.

In 2023, UQP created the First Nations Classics series, a collection of UQP’s award-winning titles by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers reissued with introductions from contemporary authors. The series set out to celebrate the legacy of Indigenous Australian writing in the publisher’s backlist and bring renewed attention to the featured titles.

Preceding this series, UQP was the first mainstream Australian publisher to set up a list specifically for Indigenous authors in 1990 with the Black Australian Writers series .

In 2021, UQP became a signatory to the United Nations' (UN) Sustainable Development Goals Publishers Compact[4] and, in 2023, was the first Australian trade publisher to be climate neutral or positive.

Awards

Since 2019, UQP authors have won significant national acclaim, with award wins in all of Australia’s most prestigious literature prizes including the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the Stella Prize, the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Voss Literary Prize, the Australian Book Industry Awards, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, the Queensland Literary Awards, the CBCA awards, the ACT Book of the Year, the ARA Historical Novel Prize, plus more.

In 2020, UQP's The Trespassers by Meg Mundell was selected by the UNESCO Cities of Literature as one of seven initial books that reflect the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.[5]

UQP established the David Unaipon Award for an Emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Writer in 1988 and it remains the most prestigious national award for unpublished Indigenous authors today. It established the careers of hailed Australian writers such as Doris Pilkington Garimara, Samuel Wagan Watson, Larissa Behrendt, Tara June Winch and van Neerven.

In 2020, UQP established the UQP Quentin Bryce Award to recognise one book in its list each year that celebrates women’s lives and/or promotes gender equality in honour of Dame Quentin Bryce. The inaugural recipient of the award was van Neerven’s poetry collection Throat, which went on to be recognised in multiple prizes, including winning Book of the Year at the 2021 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. In partnership with Arts Queensland, UQP supports the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript. Established in 2003 and named in honour of the distinguished Queensland poet, the prestigious prize discovers and celebrates emerging Queensland poets and offers them a publishing contract with UQP (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Shapcott_Poetry_Prize). Previous winners of the prize include celebrated poets Holland-Batt, Felicity Plunkett, Gavin Yuan Gao and Rae White. UQP also supports the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer Queensland Literary Award. The award was established in 1999 with the aim to mentor Queensland writers in the early stages of their careers. The winner receives a publishing contract with UQP.


See also

References

  1. ^ "About us". UQP. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  2. ^ "2023 Winners". ABIA Awards. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  3. ^ Martin, Sam (2010). "Publish or Perish? Re-Imagining the University Press". M/C Journal. 13 (1). doi:https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.212. Retrieved 5 March 2024. {{cite journal}}: Check |doi= value (help); External link in |doi= (help)
  4. ^ "List of SDG Publishers Compact Members". UN Sustainable Development Goals. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  5. ^ Charlotte Edmond (13 February 2020). "Want to understand the world's biggest problems better? Read these 7 books". World Economic Forumnda. Retrieved 5 March 2024.

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