Melbourne University Publishing

How a discovery in a Sydney library changed the world of art history 🎨

GIORGIONE, DANTE AND THE SYDNEY INCUNABLE is now available at your local bookstore.

This book explores the significance of the inscription found within a 1497 copy of Dante Alighieri’s ‘Divine Comedy.’

‘I can’t unsee’: Aboriginal justice needs self-determination What does it say about our justice system if an accomplished Aboriginal lawyer stands up in court only for an orderly to ask if they are on ‘today’s court list’.

Read The Nightly's full review of Eddie Cubillo's DEFENDING THE DEFENCELESS here: https://thenightly.com.au/culture/books/defending-the-defenceless-book-review-aboriginal-justice-and-self-determination-go-hand-in-hand-c-21574412

The coast and its people help define our identity 🌊

The updated edition of THE COAST by Chris Hammer is now available at your local bookstore!

This book is a celebration of Chris Hammer’s travels across the east coast of Australia on a journey of discovery and reflection.

A triumph of human resistance • Ian McShane Historian Shayne Breen goes deep into Tasmania’s past, and illuminates its present

'This is a marvellous book, deeply researched and accessible.'

Read Inside Story's full review of Shayne Breen's FIRST TASMANIANS here: https://bit.ly/4sBlZin

A dynamic, polyvocal anthology exploring 50 years of community, care and perseverance 🎨

KEEPING THINGS TOGETHER is now available at your local bookstore.

Delve into an accessible introduction to the Women’s Art Register’s significant collection.

Tell us about yourself and enter for the chance to WIN a $200 Readings voucher. There are five to be won!

🥳 Enter here: https://mailchi.mp/a207d7eed3ff/mup-e-newsletter

Entries close 8 December 2025, terms and conditions apply–available via the above link.

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

'[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 📢

Larrikins, legends and legislators • Frank Bongiorno Three new books explore the labour movement’s evolution

'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

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

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

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! 📚💙

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.

What if Australia’s defence policies are making us less safe? • Mark Beeson A former insider weighs into the debate about Canberra’s strategy

'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

Everyday revolutions • Dennis Altman A challenging account of war and migration brings a family’s story to the sweep of recent history

'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

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.

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...

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

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.

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

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.

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...

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

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.

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 🏉

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

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!

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.

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 😁

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

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.

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