New releases
EXTRACT: Barbara Tucker and Heide
Posted on 30 Jan 2024 under Miegunyah PressNew releasesArts and LiteratureWriting
In the late 1990s Barbara and Albert Tucker made the magnanimous and bold decision to donate a significant proportion of their personal collection to the nation. While this generous gesture included a select number of gifts to state institutions and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, they determined to transfer the major part of the collection to Heide Museum of Modern Art in their hometown of Melbourne.
A Letter from the Publisher
Posted on 6 Feb 2023 under AcademicMiegunyah PressNew releasesPolitics and Current AffairsArts and LiteratureWriting
Dear friends, Shortly after I arrived at MUP in 2019 Professor Joy Damousi suggested that with the centenary of MUP coming up we should publish a press history. Perhaps not surprisingly I read many memoirs and histories about books and publishing, so I thought this a fine idea. But who to do it? Eventually the back part of my brain spat out the ideal candidate: Stuart Kells, a fellow book and publishing history enthusiast (some would say obsessive) who has written an award-winning account of Penguin, among other works on the subject. As Jason Steger put it, in an early notice of the book’s appearance: 'Stuart Kells knows his way around the book world like the back of his hand’.
Q & A with Shannyn Palmer—Author of Unmaking Angas Downs
Posted on 27 Sep 2022 under New releases
Read our Q & A with author of Unmaking Angas Downs, Shannyn Palmer. Discover what Angas Downs is and how First Nations people are connected to it.
December new releases
Posted on 1 Dec 2020 under New releases
In the 80th birthday edition of Meanjin, writers address the theme: The Next 80 Years. Pride of Place by Alisa Bunbury is a stunningly packaged hardback exploring the rich visual and textual material in the Grimwade Collection, and providing a unique perspective on Australia's history. Islam and Muslims in Australia by Jan Ali examines the diverse ways Muslims engage with religion locally.
November new releases
Posted on 3 Nov 2020 under New releases
As the end of the year approaches, MUP is pleased to present four groundbreaking and engrossing new titles, as well as a new edition of Mark McKenna’s award-winning biography of Manning Clark, An Eye for Eternity.
October new releases
Posted on 25 Sep 2020 under New releases
This month at MUP we are excited to publish two uniquely significant and timely new titles. Australia’s most respected experts chart the way forward from the COVID-19 pandemic in What Happens Next?, while Australian prose poetry receives its long overdue spotlight in The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry.
'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.
🌿 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.
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.
📖 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.
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.
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.
Celebrating women: #IWD 2018
Posted on 8 Mar 2018 under 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 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 releasesWriting
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.