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Decision to axe UWA Publishing met with outrage

The 85-year-old university publishing house is to be closed – a move which has alarmed and angered the literary sector.

8 Nov 2019 12:00

Richard Watts

Writing and Publishing

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Australia’s literary sector is up in arms over the decision to close down UWA Publishing (UWAP), the 85-year-old publishing house at the University of Western Australia.

Established in 1935, UWA Publishing has developed a reputation for publishing diverse, distinctive and distinguished poetry, fiction and nonfiction titles under current UWAP director, Terri-ann White.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts