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November 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Tell us about yourself and enter for the chance to WIN a $200 Readings voucher. There are five to be won!
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Entries close 8 December 2025, terms and conditions apply–available via the above link.
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Join us at the international symposium on truth-telling at The University of Melbourne from 11-14 November 2025. We will be selling books, including copies of ‘Dhoombak Goobgoowana’ Volumes 1 and 2.
Book now to secure your place: https://bit.ly/3JoDCAk
Book now to secure your place: https://bit.ly/3JoDCAk
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Join us at the international symposium on truth-telling at The University of Melbourne from 11-14 November 2025. We will be selling books, including copies of ‘Dhoombak Goobgoowana’ Volumes 1 and 2.
Book now to secure your place: https://bit.ly/3JoDCAk
Book now to secure your place: https://bit.ly/3JoDCAk
'[No Power Greater] is easily the best single-volume Australian general union history we have seen.' – Frank Bongiorno
Now is the time to pick up Liam Byrne’s history of union action in Australia 📢
Now is the time to pick up Liam Byrne’s history of union action in Australia 📢
October 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
'[No Power Greater] is easily the best single-volume Australian general union history we have seen.' – Frank Bongiorno
Now is the time to pick up Liam Byrne’s history of union action in Australia 📢
Now is the time to pick up Liam Byrne’s history of union action in Australia 📢
'This is easily the best single-volume Australian general union history we have seen.' – Frank Bongiorno
Read Inside Story's full review of NO POWER GREATER by Liam Byrne here: https://bit.ly/47qlQoi
Read Inside Story's full review of NO POWER GREATER by Liam Byrne here: https://bit.ly/47qlQoi
Larrikins, legends and legislators • Frank Bongiorno
Three new books explore the labour movement’s evolution
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October 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
'This is easily the best single-volume Australian general union history we have seen.' – Frank Bongiorno
Read Inside Story's full review of NO POWER GREATER by Liam Byrne here: https://bit.ly/47qlQoi
Read Inside Story's full review of NO POWER GREATER by Liam Byrne here: https://bit.ly/47qlQoi
We’re so stoked that Geoff Raby’s GREAT GAME ON has been longlisted for the 2025 Walkley Book Award 🎉
GREAT GAME ON takes the reader on a journey across Eurasia to understand the forces shaping its geopolitics.
Read the full longlist here: https://bit.ly/473zWeU
GREAT GAME ON takes the reader on a journey across Eurasia to understand the forces shaping its geopolitics.
Read the full longlist here: https://bit.ly/473zWeU
October 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We’re so stoked that Geoff Raby’s GREAT GAME ON has been longlisted for the 2025 Walkley Book Award 🎉
GREAT GAME ON takes the reader on a journey across Eurasia to understand the forces shaping its geopolitics.
Read the full longlist here: https://bit.ly/473zWeU
GREAT GAME ON takes the reader on a journey across Eurasia to understand the forces shaping its geopolitics.
Read the full longlist here: https://bit.ly/473zWeU
MUP’s biggest publication day is here 📚
🧡 Rebel Women Speak
🍯 Honey From the Ground
🇺🇸 Turbulence
📸 Early Photography in Colonial Australia
📖 Saltwater Fella
🌿 Red Earth
🏙️ Shutter City
🏡 Great Properties of the Riverina and Upper Murray
🧡 Rebel Women Speak
🍯 Honey From the Ground
🇺🇸 Turbulence
📸 Early Photography in Colonial Australia
📖 Saltwater Fella
🌿 Red Earth
🏙️ Shutter City
🏡 Great Properties of the Riverina and Upper Murray
October 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
MUP’s biggest publication day is here 📚
🧡 Rebel Women Speak
🍯 Honey From the Ground
🇺🇸 Turbulence
📸 Early Photography in Colonial Australia
📖 Saltwater Fella
🌿 Red Earth
🏙️ Shutter City
🏡 Great Properties of the Riverina and Upper Murray
🧡 Rebel Women Speak
🍯 Honey From the Ground
🇺🇸 Turbulence
📸 Early Photography in Colonial Australia
📖 Saltwater Fella
🌿 Red Earth
🏙️ Shutter City
🏡 Great Properties of the Riverina and Upper Murray
Discover the magic. Discover you. ✨
Today is Love Your Bookshop Day, an annual celebration of everything that makes local bookshops special.
MUP encourages you to join the festivities happening at your local bookshop today and support them in any way you can! 📚💙
Today is Love Your Bookshop Day, an annual celebration of everything that makes local bookshops special.
MUP encourages you to join the festivities happening at your local bookshop today and support them in any way you can! 📚💙
October 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Discover the magic. Discover you. ✨
Today is Love Your Bookshop Day, an annual celebration of everything that makes local bookshops special.
MUP encourages you to join the festivities happening at your local bookshop today and support them in any way you can! 📚💙
Today is Love Your Bookshop Day, an annual celebration of everything that makes local bookshops special.
MUP encourages you to join the festivities happening at your local bookshop today and support them in any way you can! 📚💙
Just two weeks until Canberra Writers Festival 🥳
Make sure to book your tickets now here: https://bit.ly/4eT9l6T
MUP authors Esther Anatolitis, Clinton Fernandes and Jenny Macklin will be in attendance.
Make sure to book your tickets now here: https://bit.ly/4eT9l6T
MUP authors Esther Anatolitis, Clinton Fernandes and Jenny Macklin will be in attendance.
October 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just two weeks until Canberra Writers Festival 🥳
Make sure to book your tickets now here: https://bit.ly/4eT9l6T
MUP authors Esther Anatolitis, Clinton Fernandes and Jenny Macklin will be in attendance.
Make sure to book your tickets now here: https://bit.ly/4eT9l6T
MUP authors Esther Anatolitis, Clinton Fernandes and Jenny Macklin will be in attendance.
'The Big Fix makes two compelling arguments that really ought to be required reading and the basis for policymaking in this country and beyond.'
Read Inside Story's full review of Albert Palazzo's THE BIG FIX here: https://bit.ly/4mzCTJP
Read Inside Story's full review of Albert Palazzo's THE BIG FIX here: https://bit.ly/4mzCTJP
What if Australia’s defence policies are making us less safe? • Mark Beeson
A former insider weighs into the debate about Canberra’s strategy
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October 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
'The Big Fix makes two compelling arguments that really ought to be required reading and the basis for policymaking in this country and beyond.'
Read Inside Story's full review of Albert Palazzo's THE BIG FIX here: https://bit.ly/4mzCTJP
Read Inside Story's full review of Albert Palazzo's THE BIG FIX here: https://bit.ly/4mzCTJP
'58 Facets is a short book but a profound one.'
Read Inside Story's full review Marika Sosnowski's 58 Facets here: https://bit.ly/472NPew
Read Inside Story's full review Marika Sosnowski's 58 Facets here: https://bit.ly/472NPew
Everyday revolutions • Dennis Altman
A challenging account of war and migration brings a family’s story to the sweep of recent history
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October 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
'58 Facets is a short book but a profound one.'
Read Inside Story's full review Marika Sosnowski's 58 Facets here: https://bit.ly/472NPew
Read Inside Story's full review Marika Sosnowski's 58 Facets here: https://bit.ly/472NPew
Catch Marika Sosnowski across her events in VIC, NSW & QLD ❤️
Find detailed event information here: https://www.mup.com.au/events
58 FACETS weaves together the narratives of Holocaust survivors and Israeli war criminals with Syrian activists, revolutionaries and dissenters.
Find detailed event information here: https://www.mup.com.au/events
58 FACETS weaves together the narratives of Holocaust survivors and Israeli war criminals with Syrian activists, revolutionaries and dissenters.
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Catch Marika Sosnowski across her events in VIC, NSW & QLD ❤️
Find detailed event information here: https://www.mup.com.au/events
58 FACETS weaves together the narratives of Holocaust survivors and Israeli war criminals with Syrian activists, revolutionaries and dissenters.
Find detailed event information here: https://www.mup.com.au/events
58 FACETS weaves together the narratives of Holocaust survivors and Israeli war criminals with Syrian activists, revolutionaries and dissenters.
Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies on a new episode of Biographers in Conversation about her choices while crafting 90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT: A HIROSHIMA SURVIVOR’S NUCLEAR ODYSSEY.
Tune in here: https://bit.ly/3ILuWDv
Tune in here: https://bit.ly/3ILuWDv
Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs - Biographers in Conversation
In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting 90 Seconds to Midnight: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Nuclear Od...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies on a new episode of Biographers in Conversation about her choices while crafting 90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT: A HIROSHIMA SURVIVOR’S NUCLEAR ODYSSEY.
Tune in here: https://bit.ly/3ILuWDv
Tune in here: https://bit.ly/3ILuWDv
Clinton Fernandes's TURBULENCE is featured in The Age's '17 new books to read this month.'
Read the full list here: https://bit.ly/4mRli0o
Read the full list here: https://bit.ly/4mRli0o
Rage, dog-napping, and a long-awaited return: 17 new books to read this month
The return of a Booker winner after nearly 20 years is only one of the umpteen books out in October. There is crime, biography, politics, fiction and much more.
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September 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Clinton Fernandes's TURBULENCE is featured in The Age's '17 new books to read this month.'
Read the full list here: https://bit.ly/4mRli0o
Read the full list here: https://bit.ly/4mRli0o
From interview preparation to workplace understanding and tools for success, this book is for both autistic and non-autistic people in the workplace 💛
AUTISTICS AT WORK is now available at your local bookstore.
AUTISTICS AT WORK is now available at your local bookstore.
September 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
From interview preparation to workplace understanding and tools for success, this book is for both autistic and non-autistic people in the workplace 💛
AUTISTICS AT WORK is now available at your local bookstore.
AUTISTICS AT WORK is now available at your local bookstore.
Join Ann Curthoys and Professor Joy Damousi at Readings State Library this Thursday at 6:30pm for a conversation about THE LAST TOUR.
Please book here: https://bit.ly/48M0CDg
Please book here: https://bit.ly/48M0CDg
Ann Curthoys in conversation.
Ann Curthoys in conversation.
Join us for a discussion with Prof Joy Damousi about Ann Cuthoy’s book, The Last Tour: Paul and Eslanda Robeson’s...
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September 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Join Ann Curthoys and Professor Joy Damousi at Readings State Library this Thursday at 6:30pm for a conversation about THE LAST TOUR.
Please book here: https://bit.ly/48M0CDg
Please book here: https://bit.ly/48M0CDg
What it means to be an Aussie dad 💜
FATHERING by Alistair Thomson, John Murphy, Kate Murphy, Johnny Bell, and Jill Barnard is now available!
Transform your understanding of men's experience of parenthood in the first comprehensive history of Australian fathering.
FATHERING by Alistair Thomson, John Murphy, Kate Murphy, Johnny Bell, and Jill Barnard is now available!
Transform your understanding of men's experience of parenthood in the first comprehensive history of Australian fathering.
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
What it means to be an Aussie dad 💜
FATHERING by Alistair Thomson, John Murphy, Kate Murphy, Johnny Bell, and Jill Barnard is now available!
Transform your understanding of men's experience of parenthood in the first comprehensive history of Australian fathering.
FATHERING by Alistair Thomson, John Murphy, Kate Murphy, Johnny Bell, and Jill Barnard is now available!
Transform your understanding of men's experience of parenthood in the first comprehensive history of Australian fathering.
Cats 🐱 or Lions 🦁 – let us know who you’ve got in the comments below!
Refine your AFL knowledge with THE FOOTBALL WAR by Xavier Fowler, the historical conquest that shaped the modern league.
Available at your local bookstore today 🏉
Refine your AFL knowledge with THE FOOTBALL WAR by Xavier Fowler, the historical conquest that shaped the modern league.
Available at your local bookstore today 🏉
September 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Cats 🐱 or Lions 🦁 – let us know who you’ve got in the comments below!
Refine your AFL knowledge with THE FOOTBALL WAR by Xavier Fowler, the historical conquest that shaped the modern league.
Available at your local bookstore today 🏉
Refine your AFL knowledge with THE FOOTBALL WAR by Xavier Fowler, the historical conquest that shaped the modern league.
Available at your local bookstore today 🏉
Congratulations to Ross L Jones, James Waghorne and Marcia Langton on the launch of DHOOMBAK GOOBGOOWANA – VOLUME 2: VOICE.
Paperback editions are now available at your local bookstore.
📸 – James Henry
Paperback editions are now available at your local bookstore.
📸 – James Henry
September 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Congratulations to Ross L Jones, James Waghorne and Marcia Langton on the launch of DHOOMBAK GOOBGOOWANA – VOLUME 2: VOICE.
Paperback editions are now available at your local bookstore.
📸 – James Henry
Paperback editions are now available at your local bookstore.
📸 – James Henry
We’re absolutely thrilled that NUKED by Andrew Fowler has been shortlisted for the 2025 Australian Political Book of the Year 🌟
The Judges said ‘the probing research by Andrew Fowler behind this book is exceptional.’
Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors!
The Judges said ‘the probing research by Andrew Fowler behind this book is exceptional.’
Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors!
September 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We’re absolutely thrilled that NUKED by Andrew Fowler has been shortlisted for the 2025 Australian Political Book of the Year 🌟
The Judges said ‘the probing research by Andrew Fowler behind this book is exceptional.’
Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors!
The Judges said ‘the probing research by Andrew Fowler behind this book is exceptional.’
Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors!
New books to start off your Spring reading right 🌸
BEYOND THE MEETING OF THE WATERS by Dr Wayne Atkinson and Catherine Guinness
AUTISTICS AT WORK by Sandra Thom-Jones
58 FACETS by Marika Sosnowski
Now available at your local bookstore and online.
BEYOND THE MEETING OF THE WATERS by Dr Wayne Atkinson and Catherine Guinness
AUTISTICS AT WORK by Sandra Thom-Jones
58 FACETS by Marika Sosnowski
Now available at your local bookstore and online.
September 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
New books to start off your Spring reading right 🌸
BEYOND THE MEETING OF THE WATERS by Dr Wayne Atkinson and Catherine Guinness
AUTISTICS AT WORK by Sandra Thom-Jones
58 FACETS by Marika Sosnowski
Now available at your local bookstore and online.
BEYOND THE MEETING OF THE WATERS by Dr Wayne Atkinson and Catherine Guinness
AUTISTICS AT WORK by Sandra Thom-Jones
58 FACETS by Marika Sosnowski
Now available at your local bookstore and online.
An updated edition with insight on how to deal with the cost of living crisis.
COPING IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD (updated edition) by Erica Frydenberg is now available at your local bookstore 😁
COPING IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD (updated edition) by Erica Frydenberg is now available at your local bookstore 😁
September 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
An updated edition with insight on how to deal with the cost of living crisis.
COPING IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD (updated edition) by Erica Frydenberg is now available at your local bookstore 😁
COPING IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD (updated edition) by Erica Frydenberg is now available at your local bookstore 😁
The voice of the antinuclear movement.
’Required reading for any incumbent or aspiring political leader.’ – Tessa Morris-Suzuki in Inside Story
Read the full review here: https://bit.ly/45wvnsS
’Required reading for any incumbent or aspiring political leader.’ – Tessa Morris-Suzuki in Inside Story
Read the full review here: https://bit.ly/45wvnsS
September 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The voice of the antinuclear movement.
’Required reading for any incumbent or aspiring political leader.’ – Tessa Morris-Suzuki in Inside Story
Read the full review here: https://bit.ly/45wvnsS
’Required reading for any incumbent or aspiring political leader.’ – Tessa Morris-Suzuki in Inside Story
Read the full review here: https://bit.ly/45wvnsS
Join us as we celebrate the launch of our Asian Law & Society Book Series.
This Zoom webinar will be presented by Dr Maria Bhatti, Dr Matthew Busch, Prof Simon Butt, Associate Prof Jeremy Kingsley, Foong Ling Kong and Prof Todung Mulya Lubis.
Book here: https://bit.ly/4lVGQIq
This Zoom webinar will be presented by Dr Maria Bhatti, Dr Matthew Busch, Prof Simon Butt, Associate Prof Jeremy Kingsley, Foong Ling Kong and Prof Todung Mulya Lubis.
Book here: https://bit.ly/4lVGQIq
Law and Society in Indonesia -Launch of MUP Asian Law & Society Book Series
Melbourne University Publishing has recently launched an ‘Asian Law and Society’ book series.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Join us as we celebrate the launch of our Asian Law & Society Book Series.
This Zoom webinar will be presented by Dr Maria Bhatti, Dr Matthew Busch, Prof Simon Butt, Associate Prof Jeremy Kingsley, Foong Ling Kong and Prof Todung Mulya Lubis.
Book here: https://bit.ly/4lVGQIq
This Zoom webinar will be presented by Dr Maria Bhatti, Dr Matthew Busch, Prof Simon Butt, Associate Prof Jeremy Kingsley, Foong Ling Kong and Prof Todung Mulya Lubis.
Book here: https://bit.ly/4lVGQIq