New releases
Q & A with Nikki Gemmell – Author of On Quiet
Posted on 12 Apr 2018 under New releasesArts and LiteratureQ&As and Interviews
"I needed the medicine of quiet because noise was making me sick; I was losing myself in the midst of it all. By researching quietism I wrote myself into it, and was rescued." – Nikki Gemmell on why we all need the medicine of quiet in her latest book.
📖 APRIL COMPETITION 📖 : On Quiet
Posted on 3 Apr 2018 under Latest NewsNew releases
Have a look at what we’re offering this April and then head over to MUP's Facebook page for your chance to win a copy.
A Matter of Trust – a timely practical guide to ethical finance
Posted on 28 Mar 2018 under AcademicNew releasesPolitics and Current Affairs
A particularly timely book, A Matter of Trust discusses the effects of how an ethical mishap can cause widespread institutional and systemic shortcomings across the financial sector. On Tuesday we launched A Matter of Trust: The Practice of Ethics in Finance at the University of Melbourne.
Melbourne University Publishing has acquired world rights to Germaine Greer’s new book, On Rape
Posted on 28 Mar 2018 under AcademicLatest NewsNew releasesPolitics and Current Affairs
Germaine Greer calls for ‘a better way’ in new book On Rape, to be published by Melbourne University Publishing
Chloe Shorten on Placemats and Peacekeeping
Posted on 22 Mar 2018 under New releasesWritingQ&As and Interviews
'Setting the table is one of those jobs I recall from my childhood that used to make me wince. I got it out of the way as quickly as I could and had a list in my head: placemats, plates, napkin, knife, fork, pudding spoon, glass, jug, salt and pepper.' – Chloe Shorten on her tradition of the family table.
Special offer for The Secret Ingredient by Chloe Shorten
Posted on 9 Mar 2018 under Latest NewsNew releases
Pre-order The Secret Ingredient and receive a signed book and an exclusive video.
Celebrating women: #IWD 2018
Posted on 8 Mar 2018 under Latest NewsNew releasesPolitics and Current Affairs
This year’s theme for International Women's Day, #PressforProgress, continues to rally for gender equality, and to celebrate women’s achievements everywhere. We're doing that too, by drawing attention to some amazing women we publish at MUP and how their stories have inspired us.
📖 FEBRUARY GIVEAWAY 📖 : Surviving Your Split
Posted on 20 Feb 2018 under Latest NewsNew releases
Have a look at one of our offering for February and then head over to MUP's Facebook page for your chance to win a copy.
Christina Stead and her life in Letters
Posted on 6 Feb 2018 under New releasesWritingHistory
Christina Stead’s letters, with their awkward Australian bones, their cosmopolitan sensibility and their ‘‘intelligent ferocity’’, cannot help but draw us in. Talking into the Typewriter is the second volume in the collection of her letters.
Most Anticipated Books of 2018 from MUP
Posted on 10 Jan 2018 under Latest NewsNew releases
The books you can't wait to read in 2018.
Live National Press Club launch of Gareth Evans's 'Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir'
Posted on 7 Oct 2017 under Latest NewsNew releasesPolitics and Current Affairs
On Wednesday 4 October 2017, the Hon Bob Hawke AC GCL launched the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC's 'Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir'
A message from Gareth Evans
Posted on 26 Sep 2017 under New releasesPolitics and Current Affairs
Gareth Evans will be touring INCORRIGIBLE OPTIMIST around Australia in October
Songlines, Fault Lines and Literature
Posted on 31 Aug 2017 under New releases
Q&A with author Glenn Morrison
Watch Sam Dastyari's official book trailer
Posted on 14 Aug 2017 under New releasesPolitics and Current Affairs
The Labor Senator has One Halal of a Story to tell
Read Lady Cowen's speech from the launch of her diaries
Posted on 17 Jul 2017 under Miegunyah PressNew releases
My Vice-Regal Life brings us Lady Cowen's diaries from her time as wife of Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen.
Sam Dastyari pre-order offer with Booktopia
Posted on 14 Jul 2017 under New releasesPolitics and Current Affairs
Pre-order One Halal of a Story from Booktopia and receive a signed book and an exclusive video.
Chris Bowen launches Mark Butler's new book Climate Wars
Posted on 6 Jul 2017 under New releasesPolitics and Current Affairs
Climate Wars is a forceful case for using less and cleaner energy as part of global action to save the planet.
A message about Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell
Posted on 15 May 2017 under New releases
This book is not a biography but an examination of a man through the lens of the child abuse scandal in his Church.
The Ernest Westlake Archive
Posted on 7 Mar 2017 under New releasesHistory
One of the extraordinary things about Into the Heart of Tasmania, is that most of the book’s original archival sources are available online for readers to freely explore.
MUP to publish Moana Hope's autobiography
Posted on 31 Jan 2017 under Latest NewsNew releasesSport
In this inaugural year of the AFL Women’s competition MUP is very excited to be publishing Moana Hope’s autobiography.