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MUP Podcasts allow you to listen to the latest MUP events, interviews and book launches online. 

To save the MP3 to your computer,
- for Windows: right click on the "Listen now" link and click on "Save Link As..."
- for Mac: on the "Listen now" link, press down the "Control" key on your keboard and click your mouse at the same time, then click on "Download Linked File"

Visit our events schedule for further details in case you also want to experience some MUP events in the flesh.

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  • Louise Adler in conversation with Peter Singer at The Convent Writers' Festival in Abbotsford on 14th February'09. [ Listen now, File size: 20MB; Time: 54mins; Format: mp3]
  • Author David Malouf reflecting on his favourite childhood books and his influences in the 'A Readers Life' session with Michelle de Kretser at the Melbourne Writers' Festival in August '08. [ Listen now, File size: 2MB; Time: 14mins; Format: mp3]
  • Author Jim Sharman and Barrie Kosky reflecting on the Australian Arts scene from the new wave to now, in the 'Dramatis Personae' session at the Melbourne Writers' Festival in August '08. [ Listen now, File size: 11MB; Time: 1h; Format: mp3]
  • Join Monica Dux, Cath Lumby, Susan Maushart and Emily Macguire as they discuss the new wave of feminism in the 'From Friedan to feministas' session at the Capital Theatre as part of Melbourne Writers' Festival in August '08. [ Listen now, File size: 16MB; Time: 1h27mins; Format: mp3]
  • Listen to Mark Davis chat with Nick Davis and Margaret Simons about 'Media Independence' at the Melbourne Writers' Festival in August '08. [ Listen now, File size: 10MB; Time: 56mins; Format: mp3]
  • Publisher, Louise Adler and authors Peter Coleman's and Peter Costello's speeches at the launch of The Costello Memoirs on Tuesday, 16 September at National Press Club, Canberra. [ Listen now, File size: 15MB; Time: 1h03mins; Format: mp3]
  • Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Prof. Glyn Davis, launched The Land of Plenty by Mark Davis on Tuesday, 2 September at MUP. [ Listen now, File size: 5MB; Time: 19mins; Format: mp3]
  • The passionate and powerful speech by Germaine Greer on Aboriginal rage for the Melbourne Writers Festival keynote speech at the Melbourne Town Hall on Friday, 22 August, introduced by MUP's CEO and Publisher-in-Chief, Louise Adler. [ Listen now, File size: 17MB; Time: 1hr13mins; Format: mp3]
  • Speeches by the fabulous Geoffrey Rush, director and new author Jim Sharman, and his publisher Elisa Berg, at the launch of Blood & Tinsel by Jim Sharman, at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday 29 July. [ Listen now, File size: 11MB; Time: 23mins; Format: mp3]
  • The Hon. Bob Carr launched MUP's new series Little Books on Big Themes on Thursday, 14 August at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.
    The podcast includes speeches by Louise Adler, Bob Carr, Germaine Greer, Blanche d'Alpuget, Barrie Kosky and David Malouf. [ Listen now, File size: 14MB; Time: 57mins; Format: mp3]
  • Granta director interview with Simon Critchley: The Book of Dead Philosophers. [ Listen now, File size: 22MB; Time: 24mins; Format: mp3]