Lisa Hendrickson’s Burning the Breeze is a finalist for the Evans Biography Award Wynne Brown’s Forgotten Botanist is a WILLA award winner and Burning the Breeze is a finalist Saddiq Dzukogi’s Your Crib, My Qibla and Susan Nguyen’s Dear Diaspora are … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
Several UNP authors will be presenting at the South Dakota Festival of Books, taking place from Friday, September 23rd to Sunday, September 25th. The state’s premier literary event, the Festival celebrates literature in South Dakota and beyond by connecting the … Continue reading UNP Authors at South Dakota Festival of Books
The critically acclaimed and widely popular Black Elk Speaks has now sold over one million copies. This cements the book as the number one bestseller on the University of Nebraska Press backlist. Since its original publication, there have been numerous … Continue reading Black Elk Speaks Sells Over One Million Copies
The Professional Golfer’s Association of America (P.G.A.) founded the first National Golf Month in August 1993 to promote golf as a family-friendly and inclusive sport that could be accessible to all ages, genders, and skill levels. With the 2022 FedEx … Continue reading National Golf Month Reading List
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. “UNP’s mystery novel Deer Season by Erin Flanagan was propelled to the … Continue reading July Staff Reading List
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. “I’m currently reading The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir by André Leon Talley, … Continue reading June Staff Reading List
On Saturday, June 25 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. meet local Nebraska authors including three UNP authors hosted by Chapters Books & Gifts. Suzanne Ohlmann author of Shadow Migration, Marjorie Saiser author of The Tracks the Whales Make, and Amy … Continue reading Meet Local Nebraska Authors on June 25
SAVE 50% on over a thousand different titles from our rich and capacious backlist. From Native American History to Latin American Studies, from Military History to African Poetry, from books on the Great Plains to the literature of the American West, there’s … Continue reading Summer Reading Sale!
The San Antonio Book Festival celebrates national and local authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas, and imagination. The festival takes place all day on Saturday, May 21, located downtown at the Central Library (600 Soledad Street) … Continue reading UNP Authors at the San Antonio Book Festival
The following books are available from our imprint, Potomac Books. Read below to learn more about these new releases! Troubling the Water by Abby Seiff Troubling the Water follows ordinary Cambodians coping with the rapid erasure of a long-held way of life. … Continue reading New from Potomac Books!
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