Spotlight–August in Kabul: America's Last Days in Afghanistan by Andrew Quilty
Posted on 11 Oct 2022
Told through the eyes of witnesses to the fall of Kabul, Walkley award-winning journalist Andrew Quilty's debut publication offers a remarkable record of this historic moment.
Melbourne University Publishing announces Esther Anatolitis as the next Editor of 'Meanjin'
Posted on 8 Oct 2022 under Arts and Literature
Melbourne University Publishing announces Esther Anatolitis as the next Editor of 'Meanjin'
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.
Q & A with Erica Frydenberg—Author of Coping in Good Times and Bad
Posted on 12 Sep 2022
Read our Q & A with author of Coping in Good Times and Bad, Erica Frydenberg.
EXTRACT: Julieanne Lamond Interviews Amanda Lohrey
Posted on 18 Aug 2022 under Arts and LiteratureInterviews
Tasmania’s Parliament House is a graceful Georgian sandstone building facing the Hobart waterfront. It is here, on the steps of the parliament, that Amanda Lohrey suggested we meet for the interview, so that I could see at firsthand the docks and backstreets of the waterfront that constituted the setting of her first novel, The Morality of Gentlemen. Lohrey has a frank, straightforward manner and a penetrating gaze. There is a steadiness about her, as though others can flap about all they like and she’ll wait until they have finished. She has a remarkable voice, deep and sonorous, which holds a calm authority but is very ready to register a wry humour.
Andrew Quilty Book Tour
Posted on 2 Aug 2022 under Politics and Current Affairs
Andrew Quilty, author of August in Kabul will be appearing live at several events across Australia.
Q & A with Leah Lui-Chivizhe—Author of Masked Histories
Posted on 1 Aug 2022 under Miegunyah PressArts and Literature
Read our Q & A with author of Masked Histories Leah Lui-Chivizhe.
Graeme Davison's speech launching The Work of History edited by Peter Beilharz and Sian Supski
Posted on 28 Jul 2022
In the months since his death, we have only become more conscious of the immense gap Stuart Macintyre leaves in our intellectual and civic life. So it’s with a mixture of sadness and deep admiration that we celebrate the publication of this tribute from his friends.
Q & A with David Walker and Li Yao—Authors of Happy Together
Posted on 30 Jun 2022 under Arts and Literature
Read our Q & A with authors of Happy Together David Walker and Li Yao. Uncover what sparked their relationship, what aspects of their culture and identity they hope to convey to readers and what has been the highlight of writing Happy Together.
Q & A with Nathan Hobby—Author of The Red Witch
Posted on 20 May 2022 under Arts and Literature
Read our Q & A with author of The Red Witch Nathan Hobby. Find out the surprising memories he uncovered while sifting through Katharine Susannah Prichard's letters, the images of Katharine he hopes to leave with readers and what has been the highlight for him during the writing process.
Read Janet McCalman's chapter from WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Posted on 13 May 2022 under Politics and Current Affairs
When this pandemic crisis ends, things will be very bad for those with weak, corrupt and incompetent governments. For those with good governments, critical moral decisions will be required: do we reinvest and rebuild positively, or do we inflict austerity to pay down the debt quickly?
Read Anthony Albanese's chapter from WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Posted on 13 May 2022 under Politics and Current Affairs
COVID-19 emerged while Australians were trying to recover from the worst bushfire season experienced in recent memory. Now, as we’ve begun to come to terms with the impact of this crisis, the nation’s gaze has turned towards recovery. In doing so, we ask ourselves what will Australia look like on the other side?
Frank Bongiorno's speech launching Phillip Deery's Spies and Sparrows
Posted on 28 Mar 2022
We’re privileged to have Phillip Deery’s Spies and Sparrows: ASIO and the Cold War for several reasons. In the first place, it’s the work of Australia’s leading cold war historian. Phillip’s knowledge of the primary sources, of the historical scholarship, of the key personalities, living and dead, is incomparable. His own contribution to our understanding of Australia’s cold war has been formidable: through a vast body of published scholarship, through memorable performances at conferences, through his teaching and supervision, and, increasingly in recent years, through his book reviewing in the weekend papers and his voice on the airwaves.
Q & A with Isobelle Barrett Meyering—Author of Feminism and the Making of a Child Rights Revolution 1969–1979
Posted on 14 Mar 2022
Read our Q & A with author of <i>Feminism and the Making of a Child Rights Revolution</i> Isobelle Barrett Meyering. Find out the reason behind the child rights revolution and what they were fighting for, the unbelievable discovery uncovered through her research and what messages she hopes to leave with her readers.
Q & A with Phillip Deery—Author of Spies and Sparrows: ASIO and the Cold War
Posted on 14 Feb 2022
Read our Q & A with author of <i>Spies and Sparrows</i> Phillip Deery. Find out the surprising stories he uncovered while researching his real-life espionage thriller, the messages he hopes to convey to readers and what has been the highlight for him during the writing process.
Meet the Vandemonians
Posted on 1 Nov 2021 under Miegunyah Press
Before you uncover the Vandemonian’s fates, and the lives they lived and loved ones they valued; glimpse the most renown of Vandemonians to understand why Janet McCalman felt the need to discover their stories and individual places within Victoria’s convict history.
MUP to release 'August in Kabul: America’s Last Days in Afghanistan' by award-winning photojournalist Andrew Quilty
Posted on 22 Oct 2021 under Politics and Current Affairs
Andrew Quilty was one of a handful of Western journalists present in Kabul as the city fell. This is his account of what happened in the chaotic final days of America's capitulation to the Taliban.
MUP Presents New Series on Colonial Australian Culture
Posted on 18 Oct 2021
MUP will release two books each year in a Colonial Australian Culture series. The series will be a library of innovative, accessible, scholarly work on colonialism in Australia.
MUP Series to Present New Perspectives on South Asia
Posted on 9 Sep 2021
Melbourne University Press (MUP) has signed the first title in a new South Asia book publishing series: Farmers’ Strike, by Namita Waikar.
Spotlight: Farmers or Hunter-gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate
Posted on 23 Aug 2021 under Academic
Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate, by Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe was published 16 June 2021. This book is an authoritative study of pre-colonial Australia that dismantles and reframes popular narratives of First Nations land management and food production.