University of Queensland Press

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University of Queensland Press
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Parent company University of Queensland
Founded1948
Country of originAustralia
Headquarters location Brisbane, Queensland
Key peopleBen James, director
Publication typesBooks
No. of employees19
Official website www.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, and poetry, and includes works for children and young adults.

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History

The University of Queensland Press was founded in 1948 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Queensland. [1] .

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. [2] 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 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. [3]

In 1990, UQP was the first mainstream Australian publisher to set up a list specifically for Indigenous Australian authors in 1990 with the Black Australian Writers series.[ citation needed ] 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. [4] Preceding this series,

In 2021, UQP became a signatory to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals Publishers Compact, [5] and, in 2023, was the first Australian trade publisher to be climate neutral or positive.[ citation needed ]


UQP Awards

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of Ngarrindjeri author, inventor and activist David Unaipon, and it remains the most prestigious national award for unpublished Indigenous authors today.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

UQP established the UQP Quentin Bryce Award in 2020 in honour of Dame Quentin Bryce to recognise a book in its list each year that celebrates women’s lives and/or promotes gender equality. 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 [6] .

In partnership with Arts Queensland, UQP supports the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize. Established in 2003 and named in honour of the distinguished Queensland poet Thomas Shapcott, the prestigious prize discovers and celebrates emerging Queensland poets and offers them a publishing contract with UQP. Previous winners of the prize include celebrated poets Holland-Batt, Felicity Plunkett, Gavin Yuan Gao and Rae White.[ citation needed ]

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.[ citation needed ]

Recognition

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, and others.[ citation needed ]

In 2021, UQP was awarded Small Publisher of the Year by the Australian Book Industry Awards. [7]

API Network

Founded in 1997, Australian Public Intellectual Network (API Network) is an organisation focused on linking Australian public intellectuals, 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. [8] 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. [9] In 2002 API Network was also associated with Fremantle Centre Press. [10]

As of 2006 it published the refereed journals Journal of Australian Studies, Australian Cultural History, and Life Writing (from 2005 [11] ), 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 [12] [13] ), Altitude 21C electronically. [8] As of 2022 the API Network continues to publish ACH: International Journal of Culture and History in Australia, [9] which has been published electronically since 2003. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "About us". UQP. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Martin, Sam (2010). "Publish or Perish? Re-Imagining the University Press". M/C Journal. 13 (1). doi:10.5204/mcj.212 . Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  3. ↑ David Paul Wagner. "Paperback Poets". Publishing History.
  4. ↑ "UQP to publish a First Nations Classic series in 2023". UQP. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "List of SDG Publishers Compact Members". UN Sustainable Development Goals. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Book of the Yare 2021 Winner". State Library New South Wales. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "2023 Winners". ABIA Awards. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Australian Public Intellectual [API] Network". api-network.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2006. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Australian Public Intellectual Network". Australian Public Intellectual Network. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  10. ↑ API Network, Trove, 2002, retrieved 27 September 2022, 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.
  11. ↑ API Network (2004), "Life writing[catalogue entry]", Trove , retrieved 27 September 2022
  12. ↑ Curtin University of Technology. Centre for Australian Studies; Australian Public Intellectual Network (2001), JAS review of books, Australian Studies Centre, Curtin University of Technology, ISSN   1447-7653
  13. ↑ Cloran, Phil; Curtin University of Technology. Australia Research Institute; Australian Public Intellectual Network (2005), API review of books, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, ISSN   1833-0932
  14. ↑ ACH : The journal of the history of culture in Australia, Australian Public Intellectual Network, 2003, ISSN   0728-8433
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