The University of Illinois Press seeks a production specialist (civil service title: Publications Production Expediter) for book composition and coordination of schedules and materials within the Press and with various […]
UIP Authors Speaking at Printers Row Lit Fest
Visit our booth (UPDATE: we have been moved to TENT B on Dearborn) at Printers Row Lit Fest this weekend, and enjoy presentations by these University of Illinois Press authors: […]
Goodbye, Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury, author, Illinois native, and subject of Becoming Ray Bradbury, has died. Jonathan Eller, his biographer, had this to say about him in an article last year in New […]
Diane Diekman interviewed by Cowboys & Indians
The Telegraph blog of Cowboys & Indians magazine recently interviewed one of our authors. From the post: “In Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins, Diane Diekman offers a […]
PBS in Chicago explores Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland
On May 30, 2012, WTTW’s Chicago Tonight program interviewed Janine MacLachlan, author of the new book Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland. […]
Things I didn’t know, pt. 2 – Mountains in Illinois
In September 2012 we will publish Picturing Illinois: Twentieth-Century Postcard Art from Chicago to Cairo, an illustrated history of Illinois postcards edited by John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle. […]
I love Annette Insdorf
Yesterday, The Jewish Daily Forward‘s Arty Semite column by Michael Kaminer featured a Q&A with director Philip Kaufman. A sample: Michael Kaminer: There’s a bright spotlight on you, 48 years […]
Things I didn’t know, pt. 1
From the forthcoming University of Illinois Press book The Story Within Us: Women Prisoners Reflect on Reading (September 2012) edited by Megan Sweeney: “While allowing Ku Klux Klan publications such […]
Q&A with Bean Blossom author Thomas A. Adler
The 46th Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival begins June 9 and runs through June 16. We spoke with Thomas A. Adler, author of the recent book Bean Blossom: The Brown […]
Banjos and Bluegrass
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 […]
Great infographic about publishing
Last week, Mariah Bear of Weldon Owen Publishing posted the following infographic, explaining how a book comes to be published. Link to the original post. […]
Book trailer for The Beautiful Music All Around Us
Stephen Wade’s forthcoming book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience will be published in September 2012. Visit Stephen’s information page for details on his […]