Melbourne University Publishing

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Melbourne University Publishing
Parent company University of Melbourne
Founded1922;101 years ago (1922)
Country of originAustralia
Headquarters locationMelbourne
Distribution Penguin Random House (Australia)
Independent Publishers Group (US)
Eurospan Group (Europe) [1]
Publication typesBooks
Imprints Miegunyah Press, MUP Academic
Official website www.mup.com.au

Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) is the book publishing arm of the University of Melbourne. The press is currently a member of the Association of University Presses. [2]

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History

MUP was founded in 1922 as Melbourne University Press to sell text books and stationery to students, and soon began publishing books itself. Over the years scholarly works published under the MUP imprint have won numerous awards and prizes. The name Melbourne University Publishing was adopted for the business in 2003 following a restructure by the university, but books continue to be published under the Melbourne University Press imprint. [3] The company's mandate is expressed by the tag line, "Books with Spine", which was coined by the writer Guy Rundle when Louise Adler asked him for a suitable motto. [4]

The Miegunyah Press is an imprint of MUP, established in 1967 under a bequest from businessman and philanthropist Russell Grimwade, with the intention of subsidising the publication of illustrated scholarly works that would otherwise be uneconomic to publish. Grimwade's great-grandnephew Andrew Grimwade is the present patron. Miegunyah is from an Aboriginal Australian language, meaning "my house". [5]

MUP also is the current publisher of the literary journal Meanjin .

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References

  1. "Booksellers". Melbourne University Publishing. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. "Our Members". Association of University Presses . Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  3. "About – Melbourne University Press". Melbourne University Publishing. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  4. "Inside the Melbourne University Publishing Dinner 2018". Melbourne University Publishing. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  5. "The Miegunyah Press" . Retrieved 6 February 2023.

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