Who was William Guilfoyle?
Posted on 28 Aug 2018 under Miegunyah PressArts and LiteratureWriting
Enter the world of William Guilfoyle: the intrepid ‘plant hunter’ responsible for the transformation of Melbourne’s Botanic Gardens into one of the world’s most spectacular botanical landscapes.
No point crying about spilt leadership: MUP experts on Australian politics
Posted on 24 Aug 2018
In case you've not been keeping up with #auspol: Australia has a new prime minister. We have a rich pool of political experts within our MUP authorship; it was apt to put those two together and give you the heads up on how to catch up with our current political situation.
Q & A with Lisa Harvey-Smith - Author of When Galaxies Collide
Posted on 23 Aug 2018
"Thinking about it all gives me perspective on the scale of the universe and my relative unimportance," Lisa Harvey-Smith on the intersection of astrophysics and philosophy.
🌟 WIN 🌟 When Galaxies Collide by Lisa Harvey-Smith
Posted on 21 Aug 2018 under Giveaways 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.
Melbourne University Publishing to publish Jane Caro’s Accidental Feminists in 2019
Posted on 15 Aug 2018 under News
MUP is delighted to be publishing Accidental Feminists by award-winning writer and journalist, Jane Caro. In her new book Caro draws our attention to the unnoticed revolution led by women over 50.
Q & A with Rebe Taylor - Author of Into the Heart of Tasmania
Posted on 14 Aug 2018 under Interviews
"Jim taught me one of the toughest and best lessons...to put my notebook down, and to listen, and look at the country and culture. He said to stop being a researcher. That was when I really began to learn." - Rebe Taylor on what we can learn from Aboriginal Tasmania.
Q & A with Fleur Anderson – Author of On Sleep
Posted on 9 Aug 2018 under WritingInterviews
Part-time insomniac Fleur Anderson ponders the big questions: Why can't I sleep? Do politicians and other high-fliers ever admit they too are exhausted? Do they get enough sleep to make sensible decisions? Where is society heading, and why did I have that glass of cab sav?
The MUP Diaries: Byron Writers Festival 2018
Posted on 7 Aug 2018 under WritingEvents
This past weekend, six authors from the MUP stable headed to the stunning northern rivers of Byron Writers Festival for a weekend of curiosity, connection and robust intellectual tussles.
Q & A with Ellen Broad – Author of Made by Humans
Posted on 2 Aug 2018 under Interviews
"When technology is affecting so much of our lives, and driving so many new inventions and interventions, this language barrier is inexcusable. This is a conversation everyone needs to be part of – the price of entry shouldn’t be a computer science degree or an IT career," says Ellen Broad, author of Made by Humans: The AI Condition.
📖 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.
MUP Books out August
Posted on 30 Jul 2018 under News
This August, we've surely got something to strike your fancy. Whether it's a memoir, a book on space exploration or artificial intelligence, true crime, or two "little" books on two big ideas: sleep and indignation.
Celebrate the Mirka story: A culinary affair at Tolarno's Eating House
Posted on 27 Jul 2018 under NewsMiegunyah PressArts and Literature
Mirka Mora is one of Melbourne's best known and loved artists. Join us for a night to celebrate the Mora's story at Tolarno's Eating House.
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[UPDATED with new events] Uncensored: Greer and Carr with Phillip Adams – Live on Stage in Brisbane
Posted on 25 Jul 2018 under News
Germaine Greer and Bob Carr will appear in a one-night-only MUP Brisbane event, UNCENSORED: GREER & CARR on Friday 7 September.
Gabriella Coslovich wins Walkley Arts Journalism Award 2018
Posted on 19 Jul 2018 under NewsAwards
MUP congratulates Gabriella Coslovich for winning the 2018 Walkley Arts Journalism Award.
Special offer – Our Trailblazing Susan Alberti
Posted on 17 Jul 2018 under Politics and Current AffairsGiveaways and competitions
"I was fearless, I was strong, and I had a determination like you have no idea," says Susan Alberti. Her biography The Footy Lady is the trailblazing story of a woman who fights constantly for her values and to make change happen.
MUP at the Brisbane Writers Festival 2018
Posted on 11 Jul 2018 under Events
Join MUP authors Louise Milligan, Joelle Gergis, Nikki Gemmell, Gareth Evans, Amanda Dunn, Ellen Broad, and more at the Brisbane Writers Festival this September.
Susan Alberti AC named 2018 Victorian of the Year
Posted on 2 Jul 2018 under NewsAwardsEvents
Congratulations Susan Alberti AC for being crowned the 2018 Victorian of the Year award!
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.
Tony Walker – Vale Peter Thomson, Australian golfing legend
Posted on 21 Jun 2018
Australia's greatest golfer and subject of a MUP tribute — The Peter Thomson Five: A golfing legend's greatest triumphs — has died at 88. Tony Walker remembers the man he greatly admired.
Rebe Taylor wins Dick and Joan Green Award for Tasmania History
Posted on 19 Jun 2018 under NewsAwards
Into the Heart of Tasmania, by Rebe Taylor, delves deep into Tasmanian’s Indigenous history. It has been awarded the inaugural Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History.
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On Mutiny—the first book on the Libs Spill, in store Monday 22 October
Posted on 10 Oct 2018
A recap of the most brutal and bizarre week in Australian politics since The Dismissal.
Byron Writers Festival 2018, with Louise Milligan, Gillian Triggs, Jenny Hocking and so many more!
Posted on 13 Jun 2018
Louise Milligan, Gillian Triggs, Jenny Hocking, Joëlle Gergis on climate change ... a great selection of MUP authors will be speaking at Byron Writers Festival this year, 3 – 5 August.
MUP at Brisbane Writers Festival 2018
Posted on 6 Sep 2018
Join MUP authors Joëlle Gergis, Louise Milligan, Lisa Harvey-Smith, Nikki Gemmell, Gareth Evans, and more at the Brisbane Writers Festival this weekend.
