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"We have now far more reason to fear for the world than we had when I expressed that fear almost twenty years ago in “Justice and Hope”. That is why I have dedicated the book that carries the name of that essay to my grandchildren, which, implicitly, is to all young people."
Raimond Gaita about Justice and Hope
"We need new approaches to prepare for these changing conditions before they eventuate. Lives, human and other, depend on it. These urgent concerns lie at the heart of this book."
Peter Christoff about The Fires Next Time
"For although Whisson was referred to as many things over his long career – an expressionist, a modernist, an outsider, an artist’s artist – nothing is quite as accurate as the suggestion that his embrace of intuitive process rendered him, above all else, a painter of memory."
Quentin Sprague on Ken Whisson: Painting & Drawing
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Our new sales & distribution partnership with Simon & Schuster Australia
Melbourne University Publishing has embarked on a partnership with Simon & Schuster Australia for its sales and distribution in Australia and New Zealand after 12 years with United Book Distributors (UBD).
Stuart Kells on ABC Nightlife
"We need a well-informed public conversation about how monetary and fiscal policy should operate. And based on that, we need a clear program for reform."
