Pamela Carter Joern, author of The Floor of the SkyThursday, November 30, 20067:00 PMMagers & Quinn Booksellers3038 Hennepin AvenueMinneapolis, MN(612)822-4611Appearance, book signing, and reading with Alicia Conroy, author of Lives of Mapmakers. Joel Sartore, author of Nebraska: Under a Big Red SkyThursday, November 30, 20067:00 PMGreat Plains Art Museum1155 Q StreetLincoln, NE 68588You are cordially invited to a reception celebrating the paperback Bison Books edition of Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky. Remarks by the photographer followed by a reception and book signing. The National GrasslandsBy Francis Moul Photography by Georg JoutrasFriday, December 1, 200611:00 AM – 12:30 PMUniversity of … Continue reading Author Events

n October 26, 2006, the University of Nebraska Press and the Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities hosted a discussion on the book Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward with author Charlyne Berens.  Michael R. McCarthy, co-founder and manager of the McCarthy Group in Omaha, and Geitner Simmons, editorial page editor of the Omaha World-Herald, participated as panelist at the event. To listen to a recording of the live event, please download our podcast. Continue reading An Evening on Chuck Hagel

The National Grasslands By Francis MoulPhotography by Georg Joutras Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 2:00 PMLee Booksellers – Edgewood Center5500 S. 56th StreetLincoln, NE 68516(402) 420-1919Author appearance, reading and book signing. Continue reading Upcoming Author Event

An American Soldier in World War IBy George Browne Edited by David L. Snead Sunday, November 19, 20063:00 PMBedford Book FestivalBedford Central Library321 North Bridge StreetBedford, VA 24523(540) 586-8911Author appearance, reading and book signing. The Fortune Teller’s KissBy Brenda Serotte Sunday, November 19, 20064:30 PMMiami Book Fair InternationalMiami Dade College Fairgrounds, Room 3410Miami, FL The Last Street Before ClevelandBy Joe Mackall Saturday, November 18, 20068:00 – 9:00 PMNieman Conference on Narrative JournalismPrudential CenterSheraton Boston Hotel39 Dalton StreetBoston, MA 02199Author appearance and Café Session, "Ethical Implications for the Real People we Call Characters" with Dan Lehman. Nocturnal AmericaBy John Keeble Friday, … Continue reading Weekend Author Events

In celebration of the Bison Books edition of Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky, UNP, NET, and the Center for Great Plains Studies will sponsor a conversation with Joel Sartore, followed by a reception and book signing, on Thursday, November 30, 7:00–9:00 p.m., at the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q Street, Lincoln. Continue reading A Conversation with Joel Sartore

Pamela Joern, author of The Floor of the Sky, will appear at Magers & Quinn Booksellers on Thursday, November 30, 7:00 p.m.  She will be appearing with author Alicia Conroy, Magers & Quinn Booksellers3038 Hennepin AvenueMinneapolis, MN  612.822.4611 Continue reading Pamela Joern Appearance

niversity of Nebraska Press Authors and the Prairie Schooner at the 2006 Nebraska Book Festival: "Beyond Borders: Nebraska and the World" William Kloefkorn, author of At Home on This Moveable Earth Terese Svoboda, author of Tin God Gerald Shapiro, author of Bad Jews and editor of American Jewish Fiction Kelly Grey Carlisle, Managing Editor of the Prairie Schooner   Ladette Randolph, Humanities Editor at University of Nebraska Press and Editor of A Different Plain The 2006 Nebraska Book Festival is located at Nebraska Wesleyan University 50th & St. Paul in Lincoln, Nebraska and takes place on October 6 and 7.   It … Continue reading 2006 Nebraska Book Festival

Whale and Star is pleased to announce the release of     our new bookXX148 pages, 87 color illustrations,hardcover. $45.00 XX celebrates the twentieth anniversary of Cowboy Junkies, one of the most distinctive and influential rock bands in recent years. Starting with the seminal album The Trinity Session, the Canadian band’s signature sound, based on traditional blues and post-punk rock, has garnered much critical acclaim and an uncommonly devoted international following. Cowboy Junkies are: guitarist and songwriter Michael Timmins, bassist Alan Anton and Timmins’ siblings Margo (lead vocals) and Peter (drums).  Michael Timmins has created narratives-poems-of everyday life. They bring to … Continue reading Celebrating 25 Years of the Cowboy Junkies

he Groundwater Foundation announces that Rainmakers: A Photographic Story of Center Pivots has been selected as the 2006 Honor Book for non-fiction by the Nebraska Library Commission and Nebraska Center for the Book.  Each year the Library Commission and Nebraska Center for the Book select a fiction and non-fiction book to recognize at the annual Nebraska Book Festival.  The award will be presented to The Groundwater Foundation during the 2006 at a luncheon on October 7, 2006 at Nebraska Wesleyan University.  Continue reading 2006 Nebraska Book Award