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Watch a story on Australian film director Tim Burstall and his diaries from the early 1950's on ABC TV's 730 program.  Memoirs of a Young Bastard: The Diaries of Tim Burstall is introduced and annotated by writer and publisher Hilary McPhee and published this month by the Miegunyah Press. 

Listen to Philip Adams speaking with editor Hilary McPhee and Tim Burstall about the recently published diaries of Australian film director Tim Burstall, Memoirs of a Young Bastard. 

Listen to the writer of Demanding the Impossible: Seven essays on Resistance speaking with Geraldine Doogue on Radio National's Saturday Extra.  In Demanding the Impossible, Lawson combines elements of fiction, history and reportage to ask the large political questions about how best to engage as a public citizen.

Watch Ray Martin on ABC TV News Breakfast discussing his favourite interviews from the 10,000 plus he has conducted during his career with Virginia Trioli and Michael Rowland.

Listen to clinical psychologist, sex therapist and author of What Men Want Bettina Arndt speaking with Annie Gaffney on ABC Local Radio's National Drive program.  Callers from across Australia rang into ABC Local Radio during the segment to put their questions to Bettina too.

Watch Ray Martin speak with Jane Hutcheon on ABC TV's One Plus One program about the changing face of news and television. Ray Martin's Favourite's: The stories behind the legends is out now. 

Watch Andrew Robb with Noni Hazlehurst, Ben Pobjie and Nicole Highet discussing the emotion 'sad', during an event as part of The Wheeler Centre's 'Sad/Angry/Happy'.  MUP published Robb's memoirs earlier this year, Black Dog Daze: Public Life, Private Demons.

Listen to Ray Martin join host Jon Faine and co host Peter Mitchell, along with fellow guest Simplice Ribouem, discussing the state of commercial current affairs on ABC radio 774, The Conversation Hour.  

Watch author and SBS Chief Political Correspondent Karen Middleton interviewed for 'The Misson' on ABC TV's 730 program.  Australia has gone to war in Afghanistan twice since 2001- yet many of us know little about the conflict and its rational.  In her new book An Unwinnable War, Middleton examines why we are there.  

Watch coverage of the book launch of Ray Martin's new book Ray Martin's Favourites: The stories behind the legends on A Current Affair.  The program includes footage from some of the original interviews featured in this new book. 

Listen to chef and author Shannon Bennett with host Jon Faine, co host Barry Jones and fellow guest Ray Kurzweil on ABC 774's The Conversation Hour. Shannon Bennett's France is published by the Miegunyah Press this month, along with the paperback of Shannon Bennett's Paris.

Watch Ray Martin on the final episode of Q&A for 2011 with host Tony Jones and other panellists Malcolm Turnbull, Jessica Rudd, Kate Ellis and Peter Reith. Ray's new book, Ray Martin's Favourites was published on November 1st.

Listen to Andrew Fowler interviewed on a special on WikiLeaks going broke on Triple J's news and current affairs program Hack. Fowler's book on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, The Most Dangerous Man in the World, was published by MUP earlier this year.

Listen to bestselling author and sex therapist Bettina Arndt discussing erectile disfunction- one of the topics in her book What Men Want- with Lindy Burns on 774 Drive.

Read Margaret Pomeranz's speech from the launch of Stephen Sewell's novel Babylon.  Babylon is available now.

Listen to Fran Kelly speaking with Frank Sartor about his new book The Fog on the HIll: How NSW labor lost its way on Radio National Breakfast.

Listen to respected journalist Jennifer Hewett discuss her late husband Peter Ruehl and his writing for the Australian Financial Review on Radio National's Life Matters program.  A collection of his columns Men Are Stupid, Women Are Crazy is published this month by MUP.  

Listen to Fiona Harari speak with Greg Cary on 4BC in Brisbane about her book on disgraced judge Marcus Einfeld and the woman he blamed his speeding fine on, Teresa Brennan.  Read more about A Tragedy in Two Acts here.

Watch Frank Sartor discuss his new book on Lateline with presenter Steve Cannane.  In The Fog on the HIll, Sartor reflects on his political life and times, and how NSW Labor lost its way.   

Watch Ray Martin's special feature on the story behind Paul Daley's new book Collingwood: A Love Story on A Current Affair. A century old tale of love, war and football, Collingwood: A Love Story is available now. 

Listen to the launch speeches by Eddie McGuire, Alan Kohler and Paul Daley at the launch of Collingwood: A Love Story at The Westpac Centre. Collingwood: A Love Story will be published on October 1 and is available now online through the CFC website.

Watch author of An Unwinnable War Karen Middleton on The Circle. She discusses her recent trip to Afghanistan, Australia's 10 year involvement in the war and why she chose the provocative title for her book.

Watch Christine Nixon speaking at a recent Wheeler Centre 'Lunchbox/Soapbox' event in Melbourne on 'The Nature of Leadership'. Fair Cop by Christine Nixon with Jo Chandler is available now.

 Watch author and SBS Chief Political Correspondent Karen Middleton join host Barrie Cassidy and other guests Laura Tingle of The Financial Review and Nikki Savva of The Australian on Insiders this week.  Middleton's book, An Unwinnable War is available now. 

Listen to Mark McKenna discussing the writing of Biography, the unique challenges of writing about Manning Clark, and the major themes of Clark's life and career, on ABC South East NSW.  In this series of interviews, archival recordings of Manning Clark are featured.  McKenna recently won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for non fiction and the Queensland Premier's Literary Award for non fiction for An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark. 

 Listen to Fiona Harari talk about the strange story of Marcus Einfeld and Teresa Brennan, and how one speeding ticket caused Einfeld's life to unravel, on Richard Fidler's Conversations program. Fiona's new book A Tragedy in Two Acts is available now.

Listen to Karen Middleton who joined host Tom Tilley in studio on Friday as part of Triple J's Hack week long special '10 years since Sept 11'.  Karen was in Washington DC on Sept 11, 2001 and has since reported from Afghanistan.  Her book on Australia's involvement in the Afghanistan War, An Unwinnable War, is available now. 

Listen to Andrew Robb on The Conversation Hour with host Jon Faine and other guests and authors, Anna Funder and Malalai Joya. Andrew Robb's memoirs, Black Dog Daze, was launched last week by Jeff Kennett in Melbourne.

MUP congratulates Mark McKenna whose book An Eye For Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark won both the Victorian Premier's Award for non-fiction and the Queensland Premier's Award for non-fiction at ceremonies in Melbourne and Brisbane last night.

Watch Prime Minister Julia Gillard launch Christine Nixon's book Fair Cop earlier in the month at the Windsor Hotel in Melbourne.

Listen to Armageddon authors Paul Daley and Mike Bowers join Richard Fidler on Conversations with Richard Fidler in Brisbane last week. Armageddon is available now. 

Listen to Liam Jurrah and author of The Liam Jurrah Story Bruce Hearn Mackinnon on Life Matters discussing Liam's Walpiri culture and the difficulties associated with getting used to life in the 'big smoke'.

Listen to Barcelona born Frank Camorra speak with Richard Fidler on Conversations with Richard Fidler earlier in the month about his new book MoVida's Guide to Barcelona.

Christine Nixon appeared on Jon Faine's The Conversation Hour on 2 August to discuss her book Fair Cop and told Jon what she'd planned to do with Ned Kelly's armour, what it was like to come from Sydney to take over in Victoria, and how she keeps going in the face of her turbulent public life. Listen here.

MUP congratulates Mark McKenna, whose sweeping portrait of Manning Clark in An Eye For Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark has been shortlisted for the 2011 Victorian Premier's Awards for the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction.  The winner will be announced on 6 September.

Listen to speeches by publisher Elisa Berg and authors Frank Camorra and Richard Cornish at the launch of their book MoVida's Guide to Barcelona, at MoVida Next Door on 1 August.

Watch Christine Nixon on The Circle discussing her book Fair Cop and the changes in policing and the role of females in the force since the 1970's.

Alan Kohler spoke at Stanton Library in Sydney about his new book Alan Kohler's Eureka Report: Guide to Personal Investing. Watch him answer questions about the US debt crisis, the future for Telstra and the NBN and the current state of the European economy.

The Liam Jurrah Story: From Yuendumu to the MCG was launched at the MCG by AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou, Melbourne Football Club President Jim Stynes, Age writer Martin Flanagan and Liam Jurrah's grandmother Cecily Granites. Watch Jim Stynes and Cecil Granites speak at the launch.

Listen to David F Dufty explaining what happened in the events leading up to the disappearance of the Philip K Dick Android head and the book he has written about it, Lost In Transit, on 612 ABC Brisbane. 

Listen to Sidney Bloch discuss mental health in the workplace with host Natasha Mitchell, Dr Peter Cotton, John Brogden and Jorgen Gullestrup on Radio National's Life Matters program. Sidney's new book Understanding Troubled Minds is available now.

Listen to Man Bites Murdoch author Bruce Guthrie discuss the future of newspapers at the Wheeler Centre earlier this month.

Mark McKenna spent seven years working on his biography of Manning Clark, An Eye for Eternity. Listen to him discuss the project with Richard Filder on ABC Radio's Conversations program.

Listen to Jo Chandler discuss her new book Feeling the Heat on ABC Radio National's Ockham's Razor program, 12 June.

Everfresh members Rone, Meggs, Prism, Phibs and Sync are among 13 Melbourne artists appearing in an exhibition of Australian street art in San Francisco this September. The exhibition is being put on by prominent Melbourne art patrons Sandra Powell and Andrew King, who were profiled in The Age over the weekend.

Is there ever a case for pornography, or should it be totally off-limits in an ethical society? MUP author Catharine Lumby joined Gail Dines, Kate Holden and Leslie Cannold in a heated discussion of the issue at the Sydney Writers' Festival. Watch the footage here.

An Eye for Eternity author Mark McKenna joined Jon Faine, Bruce Esplin and Karen Curnow on ABC Radio 774's The Conversation Hour on Tuesday. Listen to the discussion here.

Mark McKenna discussed his new book An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark last week at the 2011 Meet the Author Series, held at the Australian National University. Watch the video here.

Everfresh artist Rone has a solo exhibition at Backwoods Gallery in Melbourne from 17-26 June. Check out a behind-the-scenes video of the making of the exhibition at the link.

Listen to Andrew Fowler discuss WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, subject of his new book The Most Dangerous Man in the World, on ABC Radio's Guestroom program.

"Mark McKenna has produced a fascinating portrait of Manning Clark, showing the inter-relatedness of his private life, his spiritual cravings and his writings." Read Jim Davidson's full review of An Eye for Eternity in the Age here.

"The Most Dangerous Man in the World is a pacy and detailed addition to the rapidly expanding library of material on Assange." Read the full review from the weekend's Age here.

An extract from the new edition of Meanjin was published in The Age on the weekend. The piece by Peter Timms discusses the newly launched MONA gallery in Tasmania. 

Tom Keneally officially launched Mark McKenna's Manning Clark biography An Eye for Eternity at the Sydney Writers' Festival last week. Listen to the launch speeches by Louise Adler, Keneally and McKenna here.

Listen to Mark McKenna discuss his new book An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark with Phillip Adams on Radio National's Late Night Live, 18 May.

MUP congratulates Malcolm Fraser and Margaret Simons, whose book Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs won both the Book of the Year and the Douglas Stewart Prize for non-fiction at last night's NSW Premier's Literary Awards.

Former PM Bob Hawke was a hit at the Clunes Back to Booktown festival, where he discussed his biography Hawke: The Prime Minister by Blanche d'Alpuget. Read about his sold-out event here.

Listen to Jo Chandler discuss her new book Feeling the Heat on Radio National's Bush Telegraph program, 3 May.

MUP authors Jo Chandler and Denis Muller discussed the challenges journalists face in reporting on disasters at a Centre for Advanced Journalism event last week. Read about it on the Melbourne Press Club website here.

Italianicious magazine interviewed Angela Di Sciascio about her new book Finding Valentino: Four seasons in my father's Italy in their April issue. Read the full piece here.

Andrew Fowler, author of WikiLeaks book The Most Dangerous Man in the World, has been in demand with local and international media following the death of Osama bin Laden. Listen to him discuss the latest WikiLeaks on the possible Al Qaeda response to bin Laden's death on ABC radio here.

The Australian's serialised coverage of Mark McKenna's An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark began last week, with a series of feature articles and extracts from the book. Always a controversial figure, this new biography of Manning Clark is already stirring up debate. Read the full coverage here.

Listen to What Men Want author and social commentator Bettina Arndt on Radio National's Ockham's Razor program, 1 May.

Watch artist and former Nationally Gallery director Betty Churcher talk about her new book Notebooks, losing her sight and the art that inspires her on ABC TV's 7.30, 15 April.

Ian Bickerton's The Illusion of Victory and David Rieff's Against Remembrance were described as 'fine, provocative books' in a recent review in The Australian. Read the full review here.

Betty Churcher gave a sold-out public lecture at ANU last month, discussing some of the artworks featured in her new book Notebooks. Listen to the podcast here.

Watch Ian Bickerton discuss his new book The Illusion of Victory on ABC News, 27 April.

David Rieff discussed his controversial new book Against Remembrance with Phillip Adams on Radio National's Late Night Live on Monday. Listen to the conversation here.

Listen to Betty Churcher discuss art, racism, and more with Jill Singer, Marion Lau and Jon Faine on Radio 774's The Conversation Hour, 19 April. Betty's new book Notebooks is out now.

Tanya Ha joined fellow author Richard McKellar and comedian Asher Treleaven on Radio 774's Conversation Hour with Jon Faine last week. Listen to the conversation here. Tanya's books Greeniology and Green Stuff for Kids are out now.

Listen to Andrew Fowler chat with Stephanie Alexander, Leslie Cannold and Jon Faine on ABC Radio 774's The Conversation Hour, 14 April. Andrew's inside story on Julian Assange, The Most Dangerous Man in the World, is out now.

MUP congratulates Sheila Fitzpatrick, whose moving Cold War memoir My Father's Daughter has been shortlisted for the 2011 National Biography Award. The winner will be announced at the Sydney Writers' Festival on 16 May.

Listen to Ian Bickerton discuss his new book The Illusion of Victory with Phillip Adams on radio National's Late Night Live, 5 April.

Listen to Andrew Fowler discuss his new book The Most Dangerous Man in the World: The inside story on Julian Assange and the WikiLeaks secrets with Margaret Throsby on ABC Classic FM Mornings, 6 April.

Betty Churcher has been busy promoting her new book Notebooks on ABC Radio. Watch her interview with Fran Kelly on Radio National Breakfast here and listen to her on 666 ABC Canberra here.

Listen to Andrew Fowler discuss Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and his new book on the subject - The Most Dangerous Man in the World - on ABC Radio's Conversations with Richard Fidler, 7 April.

Governor-General Quentin Bryce launched Betty Churcher's Notebooks at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra yesterday. Read her launch speech and view photos from the event here.

Listen to Ian Bickerton discuss his new book The Illusion of Victory with Andrew Jaspan, Mary Delahunty and Jon Faine on Radio 774's The Conversation Hour, 7 April.

Christina Stead's classic novel The Man Who Loved Children divided opinion on this week's First Tuesday Book Club (ABC TV). While some critics agreed with Jonathan Franzen's recent rave review in The New York Times, others found the book too hard-going. Read it yourself and see what you think!

Listen to Betty Churcher discuss her new book Notebooks with Fran Kelly on Radio National Breakfast this morning. Notebooks takes readers on a personal tour of Betty's favourite galleries and artworks around the world.

Watch MUP CEO and Publisher-in-Chief Louise Adler debate Kevin Rudd, Julie Bishop, Robert Manne and Jeff Bleich on ABC TV's Q and A last night.

MUP has just released an updated eBook edition of The Latham Diaries. Listen to Mark Latham discuss Labor, the Greens and Julia Gillard with Fran Kelly on Radio National this morning.

Watch Betty Churcher discuss her new book Notebooks with Ali Moore on ABC TV's Lateline, Friday 1 April.

Andrew Fowler appeared on The 7pm Project last night to discuss Julian Assange, the subject of his new book The Most Dangerous Man in the World. Watch the interview here.

Listen to Angela Di Sciascio discuss her new book Finding Valentino on Radio National's Life Matters program this morning. The book follows Angela's journey back to Abruzzo, the Italian region where her father was born.

Listen to Andrew Fowler discuss his new book The Most Dangerous Man in the World with Fran Kelly on Radio National this morning. Published today, the book offers a ringside view of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.