New releases
'Why I Wrote Seeking Justice in Cambodia' — Sue Coffey explains
Posted on 10 Nov 2018 under NewsNew releases
Sue Coffey explains why she put together Seeking Justice in Cambodia, a book containing interviews and accounts from fifteen contributors, telling a powerful tale of the struggle to bring human rights to all Cambodians from the early 1990s to the present day.
Q & A with Juliana Engberg - Author of En Route
Posted on 8 Nov 2018 under New releases
"In meandering, one is open to experience, thought, making connections, and relaxing while being made alert to the new, the unexpected, and the sometimes challenging things in the real world." - Juliana Engberg on the importance of meandering and getting lost.
New releases in November
Posted on 1 Nov 2018 under New releases
We have an incredible list of books for you to read this month!
📚 NOVEMBER GIVEAWAY 📚: READ ON with MUP!
Posted on 1 Nov 2018 under New releasesGiveaways and competitions
Have a look at what we’re offering this November and then head over to MUP's Facebook page for your chance to win a copy.
On Mutiny—the first book on the Libs Spill, in store Monday 22 October
Posted on 10 Oct 2018 under NewsNew releasesPolitics and Current Affairs
A recap of the most brutal and bizarre week in Australian politics since The Dismissal.
🌿 OCTOBER GIVEAWAY 🌿: RISE & RESIST by Clare Press
Posted on 4 Oct 2018 under New releasesGiveaways and competitions
Have a look at what we’re offering this October and then head over to MUP's Facebook page for your chance to win a copy.
The Gillian Triggs/Speaking Up Australian Tour
Posted on 4 Sep 2018 under New releasesEvents
Announcing the national tour for Speaking Up, by Gillian Triggs.
📖 AUGUST GIVEAWAY 📖 : ON SLEEP by Fleur Anderson
Posted on 1 Aug 2018 under New releasesGiveaways and competitions
Have a look at what we’re offering this August and then head over to MUP's Facebook page for your chance to win a copy.
Out this July | Radical Heart, The Knowledge Solution, On Disruption, and Run for Your Life!
Posted on 30 Jun 2018 under NewsNew releases
These are some heavyweights: what our best political thinkers say about the crisis of democracy; Shireen Morris' memoir on her fight to achieve constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians; Bob Carr's funny and delightful political memoir; and Katharine Murphy on the meaning of disruption.
Busting myths about the single life: Clare Payne
Posted on 23 May 2018 under New releasesWriting
Judgements made of single people, particularly single women, are harsh. Here are some ways single women suffer the judgement of others about their relationship status, by Clare Payne, author of One.
Meanjin "#MeToo" Winter Edition – The Turning Point
Posted on 22 May 2018 under MeanjinNew releases
This edition's feature essay, ‘The Turning Point: One man's downfall, #METoo and the rising up’ is written by bestselling author, Clementine Ford.
'Talk to your mother' says Sarah Ferguson
Posted on 18 May 2018 under New releasesArts and Literature
On Mother is Sarah Ferguson's homage to her mother. #TalkToYourMother
📖 MAY GIVEAWAY 📖 : One by Clare Payne
Posted on 1 May 2018 under New releasesGiveaways and competitions
Have a look at what we’re offering this May and then head over to MUP's Facebook page for your chance to win a copy.
Books from MUP this May!
Posted on 30 Apr 2018 under NewsNew releases
Acollection of short fiction, finely curated by Meanjin's Editor Jonathan Green; a treatise and celebration in the single life; and, a celebration of motherhood contemplated by one of Australia's most respected journalists.
Q & A with Nikki Gemmell – Author of On Quiet
Posted on 12 Apr 2018 under New releasesArts and LiteratureInterviews
"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 New releasesGiveaways and competitions
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 AcademicNewsNew 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 releasesWritingInterviews
'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 NewsNew releases
Pre-order The Secret Ingredient and receive a signed book and an exclusive video.