Sydney Publishing
Q & A with Simon Chapman, author of Quit Smoking Weapons of Mass Distraction
Q & A with Roger Osborne, author of The Life of Such is Life
Q & A with Richard Horsburgh and Siaoman Yen, editors of South Flows the Pearl
Q & A with Peter Charles Gibson, author of Made in Chinatown
Peter Charles Gibson鈥檚听Made in Chinatown听was published in March this year. The book delves into a little-known aspect of Australia鈥檚 past: its hundreds of Chinese furniture factories. We caught up with Peter to ask him a few questions about his motivations for writing the book, its significance and his writing process.
Kung Hei Fat Choi! Year of the Tiger
As the Lunar New Year starts, we welcome our newest book in the听China and the West in the Modern World series.听
South Flows the Pearl: Chinese Australian Voices听tells the stories of families who lived between China and Australia in the 20th century.
2022 and holiday closure
Q & A with the authors of Buying and Selling the Poor
The SUP store is coming back!
The SUP online store will be reopening on Monday 1 November 2021.听
There may be delays between orders and delivery, but we will keep customers aware of when their items have shipped and are likely to arrive.听
Open Access Week 2021
Monday 25 October marks the start of Open Access Week 2021 and this year the theme is: 鈥淚t matters how we open knowledge:听 building structural equity鈥.
Head over to to peruse the program for this year. There will be a broad range of speakers and panellists featured, sure to inspire and lead to many thoughtful conversations and constructive ideas.
Australian Reading Hour
Celebrating History Week 2021: 鈥淔rom the ground up鈥
Happy History Week!听The听听has curated a fantastic line-up of activities exploring this year鈥檚听theme: 鈥淗istory: from the ground up.鈥澨齀f you鈥檙e looking for your next history read, here are some recent and forthcoming highlights from the SUP list (you can explore many more听on our website).
Q & A with Denise Varney, author of Patrick White鈥檚 Theatre
Denise Varney is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Melbourne, where she teaches Australian theatre and performance, and modern and contemporary drama. Her new book,听Patrick White鈥檚 Theatre: Australian Modernism on Stage, 1960鈥2018, explores how听White鈥檚 plays have been staged and received over a period of 60 years, and offers a new analysis of听his place in wider Australian modernist and theatrical traditions.
Image: a production of The Ham Funeral by Patrick White, State Theatre Company of South Australia.听