The 46th Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, “The oldest, continuous running bluegrass festival in the world,” is less than a month away. We have a robust selection of […]
Category: Illinois / regional
Farmers’ Markets are in season
The official publication date of Janine MacLachlan’s new book Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland is still weeks away (June 4), but copies have arrived at the warehouse and are being […]
More ISHS award winners
In addition to the award for Gillum Ferguson’s new book Illinois in the War of 1812, the Illinois State Historical Society recognized two University of Illinois Press books at the […]
Illinois in the War of 1812 wins Russell P. Strange Award
Gillum Ferguson’s book, Illinois in the War of 1812 (University of Illinois Press), is the 2012 recipient of the Illinois State Historical Society’s Russell P. Strange “Book of the Year” award. […]
Join us at IHS!
Visit our tables at the Illinois History Symposium (IHS), “Contested Lands: 1763-1840,” April 26-28 at The Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center, East Peoria. The symposium commemorates the 200th anniversary […]
New Editor-in-Chief at the University of Illinois Press
Laurie Matheson has been named Editor-in-Chief of the University of Illinois Press. Her publishing career began in New York City as an editorial assistant at Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1984. She […]
Gillum Ferguson on the road
Gillum Ferguson is visiting bookstores, libraries, historical societies, and museums throughout the State of Illinois to discuss and sign copies of his new book Illinois in the War of 1812. […]
Gillum Ferguson on WGN-TV’s Midday News
Gillum Ferguson, author the new book Illinois in the War of 1812, was a guest on the March 8, 2012, edition of WGN-TV’s Midday News. Today at noon, Ferguson will […]
Q&A with Illinois in the War of 1812 author Gillum Ferguson
On February 27, 2012, we will publish Gillum Ferguson’s book Illinois in the War of 1812. Throughout this bicentennial year Ferguson will travel to museums, libraries, bookstores, and historical societies across the […]
Praise for Writers of the Black Chicago Renaissance
In December 2011 we published Steven Tracy’s edited volume Writers of the Black Chicago Renaissance, which covers a vast collection of subjects, including many important writers such as Richard Wright, […]
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Hey there, check out UIP‘s winter wonderland decorations. It’s getting cold outside, and word is that there will be a dusting of snow tonight in our neck of the woods. […]
Becoming Ray Bradbury in Illinois Issues
The December 2011 edition of Illinois Issues magazine includes a feature on Jonathan Eller’s new book Becoming Ray Bradbury. “Eller, who has known Bradbury since the 1980s, focused his book […]