Each year, the Discover Great New Writers Program from Barnes and Noble has introduced readers to up-and-coming new authors, many of whom have been from UNP. Past UNP winners include Ted Kooser (Local Wonders), Brandon Schrand (The Enders Hotel), Daryl Farmer (Bicycling Beyond the Divide) and most recently, Jon Pineda (Sleep in Me). Do you know an author (UNP or otherwise!) who you think should be considered for this honor?  If so, enter their works in the Facebook Sweepstakes here. You’ll be automatically in the drawing for a new NOOK Tablet. Check out Barnes and Noble’s website or stop by … Continue reading Discover great new writers

Tomas Transtromer, a Swedish poet who has written more than 15 collections of poetry, was named the winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature today. His poems have translated into English and 60 other languages. Julie Bosman from the New York Times wrote a profile on Transtromer saying, “Critics have praised Mr. Transtromer’s poems for their accessibility, even in translation; his descriptions of the long Swedish winters, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature.” Read the full story here. The University of Nebraska Press congratulates Transtromer, even though his win breaks our streak — … Continue reading 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature

The results are in and two UNP books have been named winners for the 2011 Nebraska Book Award! Lamb Bright Saviors by Robert Vivian won the Fiction Award, and Stolen Horses by Dan O'Brien won the Fiction Honor Award. Lamb Bright Saviors follows several troubled young men, a wandering preacher, and his young assistant, whose lives intersect for a few hours on a desolate Nebraska farmstead. Stolen Horses takes readers to McDermot, Nebraska, a pleasant, scenic western cattle town situated in the Pawnee River valley, as a local journalist uncovers a medical scandal epitomizing the problems facing the community. Award … Continue reading Nebraska Book Award winners

UNP author and sports journalist, Ron Thomas, is the recent recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism given by Sport in Society and the Northeastern University School of Journalism. He is receiving this award based on the articles he has written over the last 38 years, as well as his book, They Cleared the Lane (University Nebraska Press, 2002). They Cleared the Lane tells the story of what basketball was really like for the first black NBA players, including recent Hall of Fame inductee Earl Lloyd, and early superstars such as Maurice Stokes and Bill Russell. … Continue reading Lifetime achievement award