Happy University Press Week! Help us celebrate university presses November 10-14. Since 2012, members of the Association of University Presses have participated in an annual celebration of University Presses.

This year’s theme for UP Week is “Team UP.” This theme examines ways that university presses and their authors Team UP with a vast network of reviewers, booksellers, freelancers, translators, librarians, teachers, and students to advance knowledge and understanding globally.

The #UPweek blog tour today asks “WHERE does your press #TeamUP?” Posts on today’s topic, exploring where presses team up across the publishing ecosystem, come from University of Illinois Press, Fordham University Press, University Press of Florida, SUNY Press, Columbia University Press, Purdue University Press, Mercer University Press, and Clemson University Press.

For our contribution, we’re highlighting the Nebraska Celebration of Books (N.COB) occurring on campus this weekend.

We are so proud to co-sponsor and attend Nebraska’s literary festival: The 2025 Nebraska Celebration of Books (N.COB).

This year’s festival takes place on Nov. 15, 2025, on the second floor of the UNL Union. From 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., you can find us at the Vendor Market in the Multicultural Center’s Unity Room. We’ll have plenty of intriguing books for your perusal!

UNP authors are participating in several ways; the list of their events can be found below.

Nebraska Book Award Author Roundtable

10:00 a.m. — Multicultural Center, Ubuntu Room

A selection of authors and illustrators who received a 2025 Nebraska Book Award will be discussing their winning books and answering questions, featuring the Non-Fiction and Poetry Winners: Gail Shaffer Blankenau, author of Journey to Freedom (Bison Books, 2024), Kim Hachiya, coauthor of The Nebraska Sandhills (Bison Books, 2024), Colby Coash, Bob Ross, and Judy Brackett Crowe.

Nebraska Book Award Author Roundtable

11:00 a.m. — Multicultural Center, Ubuntu Room

A selection of authors and illustrators who received a 2025 Nebraska Book Award will be discussing their winning books and answering questions, featuring the Fiction, Children & Teen, and Cover/Design/Illustration Winners: Drew Davies, coauthor of Creative Genius (Bison Books, 2024), DD Davenport, Kailee Pedersen, Mylisa Larsen, Alison Pearce Stevens, and Quentin Fortney.

In Conversation with Matt Mason & Jewel Rodgers

2:00 p.m. — Swanson Auditorium

Join us for a cozy chat between the former and current Nebraska State Poets Matt Mason, author of Things We Don’t Know We Don’t Know (Backwaters Press, 2006), and Jewel Rodgers as they discuss their roles and experiences as state poets, poetry in Nebraska, personal favorite poets/poems, and more.

Awards Presentations and OBON Announcement

4:00 p.m. — Swanson Auditorium

Join us for the 2025 Nebraska Book Awards presentations. Each author will speak briefly as they accept their awards. Read more about the UNP winners here. The Jane Geske and Mildred Bennett Awards will also be presented while the announcement of the 2026 One Book One Nebraska Selection will close the evening.

Joel Sartore’s Nebraska (Bison Books, 2006) is a finalist for the 2026 One Book One Nebraska Selection.

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To view the full lineup of events, click here.