Woke up at 6 AM to drive across Pennsylvania, a state that has come to seem endlessly long. I arrived an hour early and found the bookstore from my itinerary in a […]
Category: author events
“A Few Notes from North Carolina” by Jane Bernstein
I try to be realistic about bookstore appearances in places where I don’t have friends and family to fill up the chairs and hope that someone shows up;Â maybe even […]
Diane Diekman’s first report from the Faron Young book launch
Diane Diekman, author of Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story, posted a quick paragraph about the November 10 book launch and Country Deputies reunion concert in Nashville. “We […]
“Sign this one to Tom T. Hall!”
I spent the weekend in Nashville attending the Americana Music Association conference during which the Press hosted a launch reception for Craig Havighurst’s new book Air Castle of the South: […]
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn visits the University of Illinois
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, author of the new book New Indians, Old Wars, will speak at the University of Illinois on November 6, 2007, at a lecture sponsored by the Native American […]
Memorial reading for poet Len Roberts
University of Illinois Press author Len Roberts passed away on May 25, 2007, prior to the publication of his latest book of poetry, The Disappearing Trick. Yesterday’s edition of Morning […]
“Live Fast, Love Hard” launch party at Ernest Tubb’s Midnite Jamboree
We have a blowout launch party planned to celebrate the publication of Diane Diekman’s new book Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story. Nashville’s Ernest Tubb Record Shops have […]
Wall Street Journal reviews “Air Castle of the South”
The October 17 issue of the Wall Street Journal praised Craig Havighurst’s new book Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City writing, “Havighurst has done […]
Launch party for Frances E. Willard book
The Frances Willard Historical Association is sponsoring a launch party for the new book Let Something Good Be Said: Speeches And Writings Of Frances E. Willard at 7:30 P.M. on […]
Roni Stoneman sighting at IBMA
“…and Roni Stoneman who was drawing folks to the University of Illinois book booth on Wednesday afternoon like ants to sugar…” […]
R. Michelson Galleries to celebrate Leonard Nimoy’s The Full Body Project
Richard Michelson, author of the University of Illinois Press poetry book Battles and Lullabies, is hosting Leonard Nimoy’s The Full Body Project photography exhibition at his R. Michelson Galleries in […]
Jane Bernstein Pittsburgh Post-Gazette review
Jane Bernstein’s new book Rachel in the World: A Memoir received a favorable review in the September 30th issue of her hometown daily, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Jane will be discussing […]