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!

Categories Literature/North Carolina/Travel
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

Categories Events/Podcasts/Women's Studies
June 17, 2008

BEA Report

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 the jump….

Categories Appalachian Studies/Civil War/Cooking / Food/Craft/Juvenile/Native Amer./Indigenous Studies/Sports/UNC Press News
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!

Categories UNC Press News