The list of events this week are abbreviated.  Instead of attending readings at bookstores, many of us will be telling our own stories around a well stocked table tomorrow, or creating new ones in living rooms.  Some of us will shop like money is going out of style on Friday and others of us will be honoring the annual Do Not Buy day.  Two of our authors will be out and about this week, braving the Eastern rains and Midwestern snows. Dinty W. Moore will be on the Frostburg State University campus in Maryland on Monday, November 26th at 7:30 … Continue reading Author Events November 22 through November 28, 2007

From up here in my fourth floor office, autumn leaves blow by and tap on the window which, considering the height of the trees here in Lincoln, is odd.  I sit higher than most of the trees around the building!  The wind is very strong today, whipping the outside world around, forcing a wind advisory over much of the state.  It reminds me of travel — wanderlust, if you will.  That’s my thinking today with the author events, about traveling with books. . . it makes sense somewhere. This week with author events, and each subsequent week, we’ll focus on … Continue reading Author Events November 15 through November 21, 2007

As usual, there are a lot of events taking place for UNP authors this week.  From what I can tell, most of them take place inside, where it’s warm and comfortable.  Tomorrow, November 8, at 7:00pm, Lee Lowenfish will be discussing Branch Rickey at the Borders in Louisville, KY. Paul Grondahl will be at a Borders further east in Albany, New York on Saturday, November 10.  He will make an appearance and sign copies of I Rose Like a Rocket at 2:00pm. Next Tuesday, November 13, author Dinty W. Moore will be reading from his memoir Between Panic and Desire.  … Continue reading Author Events November 8 through November 14, 2007

Happy Halloween, UNP blog readers!  Looking for something to do after the ghostly festivities come to a close?  Why not check out a UNP author event?  We have a vast array of readings, discussions, signings, and presentations this week, and there’s something to suit any ghoul’s or goblin’s fancy.  So, hang up your witch’s hat, put down that candy corn, and join us for an author event that is sure to be more treat than trick. A number of our authors will make appearances and take part in readings and panel discussions at this year’s NonfictionNow Conference at the University … Continue reading Author Events: October 31st through November 6th

Mere weeks to Halloween and what should a body do?  Plan on costumes?  Decorate the porch?  How about getting ideas for costumes from historical figures, like Caroline Lockhart or Captain Georg von Trapp?  Well, maybe our authors can give you ideas. The One Book One Nebraska selection this year— Crazy Horse— exhibit will open at the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center on October 24th in Kearney, NE. Joanne Wilke, author of Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West, will make an appearance at the High Plains BookFest on October 20th in Billings, MT.  At 3:00PM, she’ll be … Continue reading Author Events October 18 thru October 24, 2007

The blog Tomato Nation is having its third annual donation challenge for DonorsChoose.org, an organization that supplies students in need with resources.  You can find Tomato Nation’s challenge page here.  You can also win prizes with your donations, anything from review CDs, signed MSCL DVDs, compliments of Ms. Claire Danes, and books from the University of Chicago Press, and books from the University of Nebraska Press!  Now, you may be asking, "What books can I win from the University of Nebraska Press if I donate to the Tomato Nation’s challenge?"  Then, I’d answer, "You can win Branch Rickey by Lee … Continue reading A Challenge to Meet by Halloween

No rest for the wicked, or UNP authors, who will be out like midnight light bulbs this week.  Frances Washburn, author of the novel Elsie’s Business, will be at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC on Wednesday, 10/17/2007 for the Vine Deloria Jr. Native Writers Series.  At 12:00pm for an informal meet the author session and at 6:30pm for a reading and discussion followed by a reception and book series. Poet Kathleen Flenniken (Famous) will be giving a reading and signing books for Johnson County Library’s The Writers Place series.  The event is in Overland Park, … Continue reading Author Events October 11 thru October 17, 2007