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
This Thursday is BEA Power Reader Day
For the first time ever BEA is opening its doors to a select group of people for a discounted price. When you register, you get a free bag of swag and a full day of BEA fun! Click here for more information and to register. Continue reading This Thursday is BEA Power Reader Day
BEA begins next week
BookExpo America starts Tuesday! Come on by and say hello to the University of Nebraska Press at booth number 2439. Find the lastest show information here or on Facebook. Continue reading BEA begins next week
Hemingway and Gellhorn on HBO
HBO recently released a new movie titled "Hemingway and Gellhorn" which recounts the marriage of Ernest Hemingway and journalist Martha Gellhorn. Gellhorn (1908–98) had a six-decade career as a war correspondent and published sixteen books, including six novels, short fiction, and two collections of journalistic articles. Her story is also in paperback, not just on TV. Love Goes to Press (University of Nebraska Press, 2010), starts in a press camp on the Italian front in 1944, two women war correspondents—smart, sexy, and famous for scooping their male competitors—struggle to balance their professional lives with their love lives. Gellhorn and Virginia … Continue reading Hemingway and Gellhorn on HBO
