The annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) begins today in Minneapolis and will last through the weekend. Open to all baseball fans, the meeting includes featured speakers from around the baseball world, innovative panel discussions, groundbreaking research presentations, … Continue reading UNP at SABR’s 52nd Annual Convention
Book lovers, get your calendars out and save the date. A new literary festival is taking place in Lincoln. The 2024 Nebraska Celebration of Books (NCOB) will take place on Oct. 12, 2024, in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus … Continue reading N.COB: a new literary festival to take place this fall
Author and quilt historian Janneken Smucker has been named the co-winner of the 2023 New Deal Book Award for her most recent book A New Deal for Quilts. The award is issued annually by the California-based nonprofit Living New Deal. … Continue reading University of Nebraska Press author, quilt historian named co-winner of 2023 New Deal Book Award
Saturday, March 9 through Sunday, March 10, 2024, UNP will be at the Tucson Festival of Books. Come visit us at booth 202 to browse our books and meet our authors! Check out our virtual exhibit here for the same great books … Continue reading UNP at the Tucson Festival of Books
UNP will be exhibiting at the AWP Conference & Bookfair February 7-10. It’s the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Come visit us in booths 1334/1336 to browse our books and journals! Attending the conference … Continue reading UNP at AWP24
UNP’s running (and walking) team, Footnotes, participated in the 2023 Lincoln Track Club Holiday Run at Pioneers Park on Sunday, December 3. Around 500 people signed up to run and all proceeds went to the Capital Humane Society. #RunForBowWowsAndMeowsMeows “Most of … Continue reading People Make Publishing: Footnotes at the Holiday Run
The National Willa Cather Center is celebrating acclaimed American novelist Willa Cather’s 150th birthday with a series of special events to mark the occasion! 2023 also marks the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, along with the … Continue reading Upcoming Events for Willa Cather’s 150th Birthday
Join the University of Nebraska Press in celebrating University Press Week 2023! Celebrated from November 13-17, this year’s theme is “Speak UP!” and the Association for University Presses encourages “presses and their supporters to shout to the rooftops about the … Continue reading Upcoming: University Press Week 2023
Join the University of Nebraska Press and UNL’s English department in celebrating the first publication in our Zero Street Fiction series with some events celebrating the series later today! Zero Street is committed to LGBTQ+ literary fiction of all kinds, … Continue reading Upcoming Events for Zero Street Fiction
This year Heartland Fall Forum is in Detroit, Michigan from Oct. 18-20. HFF is the premiere gathering place for those interested in independent bookstores throughout the Midwest. Hosted jointly by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. UNP … Continue reading Heartland Fall Forum 2023
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