Happy University Press Week 2020! Continue the blog tour by visiting these great offerings that illuminate how university presses raise up local voices:
- For Temple University Press, the editors of the Pennsylvania History series discuss regional collaboration.
- Fordham University Press features a post by Mathew Spady, author of The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot.
- Syracuse University Press‘s regional acquisitions editor writes about their regional titles.
- University of California Press focuses on their recent titles in the A People’s Guide series about social justice and lesser known histories.
- Manchester University Press interviews local authors on their forthcoming book, Manchester.
- University Press of Kansas highlights how they work with a local bookstore to promote regional titles and authors.
- Penn State University Press hosts a Q&A with acqusitions editor Kathryn Yahner about their regional imprint.
- University of Nebraska Press has a guest post from James J. Kimble, author of the 2021 One Book One Nebraska selection.
- The American School of Classical Study at Athens discusses Vrysaki: A Neighborhood Lost in Search of the Athenian Agora.
- University of Toronto Press feature Another Story bookshop’s manager and events coordinator on the importance of supporting UPs.
- For University of Toronto Press Journals, Reuben Rose-Redwood, special edition editor Cartographica, talks about decolonizing the map.
- University of Virginia Press author Tom Kapsidelis reflects on the evolution of gun-safety advocacy since the Virginia Tech massacre.
- Eurospan will also provide an overview of UP Week for those who might not know about it and cover a few of the reading list books from UPs that they distribute.