July 1, 2008
Celebrate Your Independents
The community-driven movement of independent booksellers we have come to know and love as “BookSense” is officially changing its name today. Introducing: IndieBound.
June 30, 2008
Happy Birthday, America! Now about that First Amendment…
This week we celebrate our nation’s independence, and I’m kicking things off a little early. I’m delighted to see our bookselling neighbors over at The Regulator Bookshop in Durham are joining the blogosphere. The Regulator has long been active in promoting the local economic benefits of indie stores (they’ve done the numbers) and has been a great champion of free… Continue Reading Happy Birthday, America! Now about that First Amendment…
June 26, 2008
Weekend Roadtrip #2: Beach book grab bag (it’s educational!)
And now, back to our regularly scheduled program. Chances are, if you don’t already have a beach trip lined up this summer and you plan a road trip now, you’ll probably have to camp out in a tent or in your car, because North Carolina beaches are awesome and everyone wants to go and they make reservations early. But hey,… Continue Reading Weekend Roadtrip #2: Beach book grab bag (it’s educational!)
June 26, 2008
The Post Our Blog Editor Wouldn’t Post Herself
Kudos to our blog editor, Ellen C. Bush, for having her book of poems, Licorice, published by our neighbor, Bull City Press. And for hitting the big time with a mention on last week’s State of Things, radio broadcast on WUNC radio. You can learn more about Ellen’s book here, and listen to the audio tape of broadcast, with a… Continue Reading The Post Our Blog Editor Wouldn’t Post Herself
June 25, 2008
How healthy is “healthy”?
Yesterday’s New York Times offered a fantastic point/counterpoint book review pairing Nortin Hadler’s Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America with Nancy Snyderman’s book Medical Myths That Can Kill You: And the 101 Truths That Will Save, Extend and Improve Your Life. According to Hadler, a professor of medicine at UNC and attending rheumatologist at UNC Hospitals,… Continue Reading How healthy is “healthy”?
June 24, 2008
Award winner: Our Daily Bread
The Michael Harrington Book Award, given annually by the New Political Science Section of the American Political Science Association, recognizes “a recent outstanding book that demonstrates how scholarship can be used in the struggle for a better world.” This year’s prize has been awarded to Geoff Mann for his book Our Daily Bread: Wages, Workers, and the Political Economy of… Continue Reading Award winner: Our Daily Bread
June 23, 2008
NC Mountains-to-Sea Trailblazing Underway
Sunday’s Raleigh News & Observer began a four-part series on the development of North Carolina’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail, which stretches from the Smoky Mountains to coastal dunes. UNC Press has published the only comprehensive hiking guide to this 900+ mile trail, written by Allen de Hart, who has been hiking, designing, constructing, maintaining, and writing about southeastern trails for more than… Continue Reading NC Mountains-to-Sea Trailblazing Underway
June 19, 2008
Introducing a new weekly feature: Weekend Roadtrip!
Once a week the UNC Press blog will feature a tantalizing and adventuresome “Weekend Roadtrip” to a place featured in a UNC Press book. We’ll post them on Thursdays, so there’s still time to make last-minute weekend plans if you feel inspired. Mountains, Piedmont, Coast; hiking, birding, swimming, playing, learning; half-day trips, weekend jaunts, week-long adventures. We’ve got tons of… Continue Reading Introducing a new weekly feature: Weekend Roadtrip!
June 18, 2008
Karey Harwood on today’s State of Things
Karey Harwood, author of The Infertility Treadmill: Feminist Ethics, Personal Choice, and the Use of Reproductive Technologieswill be a guest on WUNC’s The State of Things with Frank Stasio TODAY at NOON. You can listen online by clicking here (click under the red banner). Or you can catch the podcast later. (I’ll add the link when it’s available. Update: Here… Continue Reading Karey Harwood on today’s State of Things
May 30, 2008
Here we go!
Greetings from the University of North Carolina Press! We’ll be in a trial period for the next two weeks, gearing up for a regular gig in the blogosphere. Starting in mid June, watch for frequent posts about great books published by UNC Press; interviews, reviews, and announcements of author events; discussions of issues that matter to authors, booksellers, readers, and… Continue Reading Here we go!
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