Pot Farm named grand prize winner
Matthew Gavin Frank's Pot Farm is the grand prize winner of the 2012 New York Book Festival. Click here for the full list of winners. Congratulations to Matthew! Continue reading Pot Farm named grand prize winner
UNP author in Lincoln
Tomorrow night UNP author Terese Svoboda will be in Lincoln! Nebraska Summer Writers Conference and Caring People Sudan will present Nuer/Nebraska, an evening with Terese Svoboda, translator of Cleaned the Crocodile's Teeth: Nuer Song, celebrating Nebraskan-Nuer culture. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Nebraska’s student union. Svoboda is also the author of Bohemian Girl (University of Nebraska Press, 2011). Continue reading UNP author in Lincoln
First place award winner
Author Wendy Call won the first place prize for Best History/Political Book in English in the International Latino Book Awards for her book, No Word for Welcome. The International Latino Book Award is the largest and most important Latino book awards in the USA. This year, the awards were sponsored by Libros Publishing, Scholastic, and Atria Books. No Word for Welcome follows the story of a large-scale development effort in central Mexico and the grassroots efforts to stop it. Congrats Wendy! Continue reading First place award winner
UNP author at Printers Row
Tomorrow Terese Svoboda, author of Bohemian Girl, will be at the Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago. Continue reading UNP author at Printers Row
Slaying the Dragon opening night
Tonight is the opening of Center City Opera Theater's Slaying the Dragon, a new opera by composer Michael Ching and librettist Ellen Frankel. Slaying the Dragon is based on the upcoming UNP book Not by the Sword by Kathryn Watterson, in which she tells the inspiring true story of how a Jewish cantor and his family changed the life of a virulent white supremacist leader. The opening performance is at the Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia at 8:00 p.m. with five performances through June 17. Click here for more information about the opera and performances. Philly.com previewed the opera earlier this week. Continue reading Slaying the Dragon opening night
Author sighting at BEA
Here's Robert K. Fitts at his book signing! Continue reading Author sighting at BEA
BEA author signings today
You can meet authors Ellen Cassedy and Robert Fitts in the autographing area. Cassedy will be at table 5 at 10:30 a.m. and Fitts will be at table 7 at 11:00 a.m. Continue reading BEA author signings today
Title IX legislation anniversary sale
June 23 marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX legislation and in celebration you can save 25 percent on women's sports books, like Beyond Bend it Like Beckham, in honor of the event! Click here for other sale titles. Offer ends June 29. Continue reading Title IX legislation anniversary sale
UNP authors signing books at BEA
This Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Ellen Cassedy, author of We Are Here, will be in the autographing area at table 5. And at 11:00 a.m. Banzai Babe Ruth author Robert Fitts, will be at table 7. Continue reading UNP authors signing books at BEA
Father’s Day sale
Father's Day is just around the corner! Right now you can save 25 percent on Father's Day gift books like Banzai Babe Ruth, Double No-Hit, Let There Be Pebble and Straight Down the Middle. Click on the Father's Day Sale link on the left for a full list of sale titles. Offer ends June 15. Continue reading Father’s Day sale
