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Ellen on
20 November 2009, 2:51 pm
We love fan mail here at UNC Press. Who doesn’t, right? Fan mail from kids is extra awesome, though. Here’s something that really made our day recently. Eight-year-old Sydney C., of Asheville, North Carolina, was one of the guests at last month’s Asheville book party (which Rachel has blogged about). Sydney met Press authors Foy [...] Read more »
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Rose on
10 November 2009, 9:12 am
Creating lifetime readers is the goal and it’s all thanks to Pizza Hut. Wait, what? That’s right, you read me correctly. National Young Readers Week is an annual event that was co-founded in 1989 by Pizza Hut and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Pizza Hut created The BOOK IT! Program [...] Read more »
Filed under Appalachian Studies, Current Events, Juvenile, folklore.
Tagged Adventures of Molly Whuppie, Ann Shelby, appalachian folktales, barbara duncan, BOOK IT!, Center for the Book, cherokee, Library of Congress, National Young Readers Week, oral traditions, Origin of the Milky Way, Pizza Hut
Posted by
Rose on
19 August 2009, 3:01 pm
Imagine sitting in a backstage dressing room, snacking on trail mix and chatting with your friends, when your ballet teacher rushes in, frantically calling your name and informing you that one of the princesses has sprained her ankle and must be replaced in the ballet’s final act just ten minutes away. You are the shocked [...] Read more »
Filed under Guest Bloggers, Juvenile, Sports, UNC Press News.
Tagged ballet, Bring Your "A" Game, Carolina Ballet, Jennifer Etnier, mental toughness, Raleigh School of Ballet, sports psychology, young athletes
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admin on
10 December 2008, 4:58 pm
We’ve got lots going on around here! Here’s a quick roundup of ways in which UNC Press books are making waves right now. . . . Patrick Huber’s Linthead Stomp: The Creation of Country Music in the Piedmont South has just earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. The review states, “With respect and passion, [...] Read more »
Filed under American History, American Studies, Environmental Studies, Events, History, Interviews, Juvenile, Music, Native American Studies, Nature, North Carolina, Podcasts, Reviews, Science, UNC Press News.
Tagged barbara duncan, cherokee, country music, dg martin, diane neer, gulf stream, linthead, living on earth, market street books, mike walden, north carolina people, patrick huber, stan ulanski, unc-tv, wchl, william friday
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admin on
28 October 2008, 2:00 pm
Three UNCP authors deserve special cheers for winning awards recently: Rob Christensen, author of The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics, has been awarded the 2008 Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction by the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. The successor to the organization’s Mayflower Cup, the Ragan Old North State Award honors Sam [...] Read more »
Filed under African American Studies, American History, Appalachian Studies, Awards, Civil Rights, Fiction, History, Juvenile, North Carolina, Politics, UNC Press News.
Tagged anne shelby, appalachian folktales, Civil Rights, juvenile fiction, north carolina politics, rob christensen, SNCC, virginia authors, wesley c hogan
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admin on
14 October 2008, 8:25 am
The University of North Carolina Press was not the only out-of-towner attending the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville Oct. 10-Oct. 12. Comedian and actor Robin Williams strolled through the War Memorial Plaza on Sunday and checked out what UNC Press had to offer. He even purchased Lincoln and the Decision for War, by Russell [...] Read more »
Filed under Civil War, Cooking / Food, Events, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Juvenile, Military History, Native American Studies, Nature, The Book Biz, UNC Press News.
Tagged southern festival of books, tennessee
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admin on
17 July 2008, 11:56 am
As I was driving to work this morning and listening to NPR, WUNC‘s Leoneda Inge was reporting from the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where locals are eager to draw more visitors now. (Forget what I said before about it being too late to plan a trip! It’s not too late!) The economies of beach [...] Read more »
Filed under Environmental Studies, Juvenile, Nature, North Carolina, Travel.
Tagged aviation, Ocracoke, Outer Banks, Roanoke Island, vacation, Weekend Roadtrip, Wright Brothers
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admin on
17 June 2008, 12:49 pm
The biggest annual trade show in the American book biz, BookExpo America was held in Los Angeles this year from May 29 to June 1. UNC Press had a double booth and featured several great books coming up on our Fall 2008 list. Pics of our booth and a peek at some forthcoming gems, after [...]