The Poynter Institute recently hosted an event celebrating the publication of The Edge of Change: Women in the Twenty-First-Century Press, edited by June O. Nicholson, Pamela J. Creedon, Wanda S. […]
Best of 2010, midyear report
Michael Roux, Publicity Manager Favorite CD: Joanna Newsom–Have One On Me Favorite Song: Joanna Newsom-’81 Favorite Cover Version: The Angry Whistler–’81 […]
What is a publication date?
The week that I started at the Press a new book arrived from the printer. It was placed on my desk with the expectation that I would assign it a “publication […]
A Knight in Istanbul
In book publishing we’re busy talking about the need to expand our social networking efforts, to create online communities around books and authors, to consider content from the customer’s perspective […]
Publishing secrets revealed!
What does it take to get an article published in a scholarly journal? Sound, original scholarship, you say? That’s important, but what about presentation? How do you go about interesting […]
Judy McCulloh, NEA honoree
Woo hoo! Retired University of Illinois Press acquisitions editor Judy McCulloh will be one of 18 artists to receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts. […]
PBS’ History Detectives investigate the Theremin
Albert Glinsky, author of the University of Illinois Press book Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage, will appear on the PBS series History Detectives on Monday, June 28, 2010. From the […]
Small author readings, in context
In today’s Shelf Awareness touring author Michael Perry hits upon key reasons for scheduling author events: The reading is primarily a peg upon which to hang radio interviews, newspaper pieces, face-to-face interaction […]
What Is Angel Falls?
My favorite story of the last couple of weeks is about Watson, the I.B.M. supercomputer who’s been working out on pro-grade Jeopardy players in real-time test matches. The idea is […]
Brother Mine, letter 107
On July 5, 2010, we will publish Kathleen Pfeiffer’s new book Brother Mine: The Correspondence of Jean Toomer and Waldo Frank, which presents for the first time their entire correspondence in chronological […]
“Illinois Politics” authors at IUB literary fest
James Nowlan and Richard Winkel, co-authors of the new book Illinois Politics: A Citizens Guide, will participate in the Illini Union Bookstore’s summer literary fest in Champaign. On Tuesday, July […]
“Radio’s Hidden Voice” wins AEJMC award
Radio’s Hidden Voice: The Origins of Public Broadcasting in the United States by Hugh Richard Slotten is the winner of the 2009 Best Book in Journalism and Mass Communication given […]