Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) is the book publishing arm of the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

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. The Miegunyah Press is an imprint of MUP, established in 1967 under a bequest from businessman and philanthropist

Russell Grimwade Sir Wilfrid Russell Grimwade (15 October 1879 - 2 November 1955) was an Australian chemist, botanist, industrialist and philanthropist. He was the son of Frederick Sheppard Grimwade and brother of Harold Grimwade. An endowment by Grimwade in 19 ...

, with the intention of subsidising the publication of illustrated scholarly works that would otherwise be uneconomic to publish. Grimwade's great-grandnephew

Andrew Grimwade Sir Andrew Sheppard Grimwade, CBE (born 26 November 1930) is an Australian chemical engineer, scientist, philanthropist, businessman and cattle breeder. He is best known for his service for 15 years as honorary President of the National Galler ...

is the present patron. ''Miegunyah'' is from an Aboriginal Australian language, meaning "my house".The Miegunyah Press page
at the MUP web site MUP also is the current publisher of the literary journal ''

Meanjin ''Meanjin'' (), formerly ''Meanjin Papers'' and ''Meanjin Quarterly'', is an Australian literary magazine. The name is derived from the Turrbal word for the spike of land where the city of Brisbane is located. It was founded in 1940 in Brisbane ...

''.

Directors

*1922–1932: Stanley Addison *1932–1942:

Frank Wilmot Frank Leslie Thomson Wilmot (6 April 1881 – 22 February 1942), who published his work under the pseudonym Furnley Maurice, was a noted Australian poet, best known for ''To God: From the Warring Nations'' (1917). Early life Wilmot was a son of H ...

*1943–1962: Gwyn James *1962–1988: Peter Ryan *1989: Brian Wilder *1990–1994: John Iremonger *1994: Andrew Watson (Acting) *1994–1996: Brian Wilder *1996–2002: John Meckan *2002–2019:

Louise Adler Louise Adler (born 1954) is a prominent figure in Australian publishing, known for being CEO of Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) since 2003. Early life and education Louise Adler was born in Melbourne to Jacques and Ruth Adler, Jewish immi ...

*2019–current: Nathan Hollier

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