No Word for Welcome by Wendy Call was mentioned in The Seattle Times for winning first-place prize in the Best History/Political Book in English category of the International Latino Book Awards. Continue reading Seattle Times mentions author award
Derek Krissoff has been named the new Editor in Chief for the University of Nebraska Press, effective July 16. He comes to UNL from the University of Georgia Press in Athens, Ga., where he has been a senior acquisitions editor since 2006. During his tenure in Georgia, Krissoff acquired books in history and geography. See the full press release here. Continue reading New UNP editor-in-chief
Congratulations to Dan Aadland for winning the 1st place prize for book/E-book in the 2012 Excellence in Craft contest sponsored by the Outdoor Writers Association of America! His book, In Trace of TR: A Montana Hunter’s Journey, is a quest to hunt Teddy Roosevelt's favorite places offering an introspective commentary on the ecology of the Northern Plains, the psyche of the West, Roosevelt's historical significance, and the culture and perceptions of hunting. Congrats again, Dan! Continue reading Aadland wins first place prize
Island of Bones by Joy Castro, coming this Fall, recieved a starred review from Publisher's Weekly. Robert K. Fitt's Banzai Babe Ruth was reviewed in The Washington Post. Not by the Sword by Kathryn Watterson was mentioned in The Triangle at Drexel University. And Matthew Gavin Frank's Pot Farm won the grand prize at the 2012 New York Book Festival. Continue reading The Friday roundup
We Are Here by Ellen Cassedy was reviewed by Philip K. Jason for the Jewish Book Council. Jason said, "Cassedy’s quest is brilliantly balanced, totally engaging, and constantly penetrating." Click here to read the full review. Continue reading We Are Here gets rave review
Check out Ozzie Zehner's Green Illusions author video on Amazon! Click here to go to his Amazon page and watch the video at the bottom right corner. Continue reading Green Illusions video
Susan Kushner Resnick's new book You Saved Me, Too: What a Holocaust Survivor Taught Me About Living, Dying, Loving, Fighting, and Swearing in Yiddish (Globe Pequot/Skirt!) was reviewed by Publisher's Weekly. Resnick is also the author of Goodbye Wifes and Daughters (University of Nebraska Press, 2011), which tells the story of the 1943 mining disaster in Bearcreek, Montana, and the women who survived the tragedy. Continue reading Author in Publisher’s Weekly
BEA officially ended last week, but you can still go online and relive some of the action here. Below is author Ellen Cassedy (left) with Donna Shear, director of University of Nebraska Press, in front of UNP's booth. Continue reading More from BEA
Matthew Gavin Frank's Pot Farm is the grand prize winner of the 2012 New York Book Festival. Click here for the full list of winners. Congratulations to Matthew! Continue reading Pot Farm named grand prize winner
Tomorrow night UNP author Terese Svoboda will be in Lincoln! Nebraska Summer Writers Conference and Caring People Sudan will present Nuer/Nebraska, an evening with Terese Svoboda, translator of Cleaned the Crocodile's Teeth: Nuer Song, celebrating Nebraskan-Nuer culture. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Nebraska’s student union. Svoboda is also the author of Bohemian Girl (University of Nebraska Press, 2011). Continue reading UNP author in Lincoln
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