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

Sunday, September 17, 3:00 pmInaugural Reading from FamousCelebration to followOpen Books: A Poem Emporium2414 N. 45th StreetSeattle, WA 98103(206) 633-0811 Continue reading September Events for Featured Blogger Kathleen Flenniken

September 14, 2006: 6:00 p.m. Reading/SigningThe BookwormCountryside Village8702 Pacific StreetOmaha , NE September 15-16, 2006:Omaha Literary Festival Old MarketOmaha, NEhttp://www.omahalitfest.com September 22, 2006:7:30 p.m. Reading and SigningHamline UniversityGiddens Learning Center100E Snelling and HewittSt. Paul, MN September 25, 2006:6:30 p.m.Reading and SigningEdina Community Library5280 Grandview SquareEdina, MN Continue reading September Events for Featured Blogger Pamela Carter Joern

September 15th and 16th, various writers will be reading and discussing writing.  Many of the writers attending will be University of Nebraska Press authors.  Visit (downtown) Omaha Lit Fest website for more details. UNP Authors in Attendance: Jonis Agee, author of  Sweet Eyes Pamela Joern, author of The Floor of the Sky John Price, author of Not Just Any Land Ladette Randolph, editor of A Different Plain Gerald Shapiro, author of Bad Jews Terese Svoboda, author of Tin God Robert Vivian, author of Mover of Bones Kellie Wells, author of Skin Continue reading UNP Authors at the (downtown) Omaha Lit Fest

The University of Nebraska Press and the Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities will host a discussion of the new biography, Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward by Charlyne Berens, professor of journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, on Thursday, October 26, 2006, 7:00–8:30 p.m., at the Joslyn Castle, 3902 Davenport Street, in Omaha, Nebraska. Who is Chuck Hagel, what is his story, and is he a genuine player on the national political stage? In Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward, Charlyne Berens sets out to answer these questions in her close and careful look at one of the most interesting and independent figures … Continue reading UNP Salon for New Chuck Hagel Biography

ayne State College, The Neihardt Trust and the Neihardt Foundation announce the first annual Circle of Neihardt Juried Contest. The Circle of Neihardt honors the memory of John G. Neihardt (1881-1973) —poet, writer, journalist, professor. During his lifetime, Neihardt received many honors, among them being named Poet Laureate of Nebraska and Prairie Poet of America. The Circle of Neihardt has both a College Level and a High School Level contest.  The themes and the genre for the contests—always derived from some aspect of Neihardt’s work—will change yearly.  This year’s College Level genre is Essay or Creative Nonfiction and the High … Continue reading Circle of Neihardt Juried Contest

n a UNP web exclusive, UNP author Eli Hastings reads his essay "Sky" from Falling Room.  Future podcasts will feature author readings, interviews, and discussions; reviews; audio from UNP salons; and, as possible, audio from other events of interest to the Press’s readers. When we get really good at podcasting, maybe we’ll even launch a radio show format with any number of intellectually stimulating and compelling segments. For now, you can expect a new podcast on the 4th Wednesday of every month. Download Eli_Hastings_Sky.mp3 (17mb, MP3 audio) Continue reading UNP Blog Announces Inaugural Podcast

‘ll be reading in and around the Seattle area in the next months to celebrate the release of my first book of poems, Famous.  I hope you can join me.  The inaugural reading at Open Books (an exceptional all-poetry book store) on September 17 has the added allure of a party afterward.  The reading on November 28 at University Book Store in Seattle will include John Keeble, winner of the 2005 Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction.  He’ll be reading from Nocturnal America.   Sunday, September 17, 3:00 pmInaugural Reading from FamousCelebration to follow Open Books: A Poem Emporium 2414 … Continue reading Reading Events for Famous

I  will be reading three times in the Seattle area in August: August 17: Ravenna Third Place Books 6504 20th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 525-2347 August 20: A Book for All Seasons 702 Highway 2, Leavenworth, WA 98826 (509) 548-1451 August 23: Elliott Bay Bookstore 101 South Main Street Seattle, WA 98104(206) 624-6600 Come and check it out if you’re around.  I’ll try to shock someone.  Continue reading Falling Room Readings, August