What's New

Be on the look out for our Georgia Open History Library (GOHL) exhibit circulating around the state! GOHL is an open-access library of nearly fifty digital editions of single-authored scholarly titles and two multi-volume series, as well as primary documents going back to the founding of Georgia as a colony up to statehood and beyond.

Racism and Anti-Blackness: Educate yourself about what’s going on with something from our reading list.

Sales and Special Offers: See our most recent virtual conference exhibits and access our current discount codes.

Just where did all of these great UGA Press books come from, anyway? Let our new How Books Are Made infographic clear that up for you.

 

Upcoming Events

  • Book Discussion: Books Through Bars

    March 28, 2024  5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
    Bluestockings Cooperative Bookstore, 116 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002, USA

    Join Victoria Law and members of NYC's Books Through Bars Collective to learn about the rich history and future of prison books program.

    Get tickets here

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  • Beware the Tall Grass Author Event

    March 28, 2024  7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Carmichael's Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY 40206, USA

    Carmichael's Bookstore is excited to be hosting ELLEN BIRKETT MORRIS for her new book, Beware the Tall Grass. She will be joined in conversation by IAN STANSEL. 

    This event is part of our Bluegrass Books Series, which aims to highlight Kentucky authors and storytelling in our hometown.

    Introduction and welcome from bookstore representative
    20–30-minute author reading/presentation/discussion.
    20 minutes audience Q&A
    Book signing
    Featured book: Beware the Tall Grass: A Novel
    Special notes: In conversation with Dr. Ian Stansel

    More info here

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  • Renata Golden Hometown Reading/ Signing

    March 30, 2024  3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

    Come to Garcia Street Books in Santa Fe on March 30 at 4:30 PM for a Mountain Time reading, conversation, and book signing.

    More info here.

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  • Book Reading: Books Through Bars

    March 30, 2024  5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Alienated Majesty Books, 613 W 29th St, Austin, TX 78705, USA

    Books through BarsStories from the Prison Books Movement (UGA Press), edited by Dave "Mac" Marquis and Moira Marquis, recounts 70 years of the grassroots movement and collective which today still challenge the prison industrial complex by corresponding with incarcerated people and providing them with donated books.

    There will be readings from the book and letters from imprisoned people, as well as information on Austin's own Inside Books Project, prisoner art, refreshments, and merch.

    More info here

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  • Book Talk: Books Through Bars

    March 30, 2024  6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    The Big Idea Bookstore & Cafe, 4812 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA

    Book talk with Jodi Lincoln, contributor of Books Through Bars.

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  • Book Talk: Books Through Bars with Editor Dave "Mac" Marquis and Contributor Julie Schneyer

    April 1, 2024  5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
    Malaprop's Bookstore, 55 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

    Join us in person at Malaprop’s when co-editor Dave "Mac" Marquis and contributor Julie Schneyer discuss Books Through Bars: Stories from the Prison Books Movement 

    This in-store event is free but registration is required to reserve your seat. Please click here to register. Note the important event details on the RSVP form. (There will not be a virtual attendance option.)

    More info here

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  • Book Talk with Lauren Braun-Strumfels

    April 4, 2024
    Ewell Hall, 221 Jamestown Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA

    Book talk with Lauren Braun-Strumfels, author of Partners in Gatekeeping with the Department of History at the College of William and Mary.

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What's New

Be on the look out for our Georgia Open History Library (GOHL) exhibit circulating around the state! GOHL is an open-access library of nearly fifty digital editions of single-authored scholarly titles and two multi-volume series, as well as primary documents going back to the founding of Georgia as a colony up to statehood and beyond.

Racism and Anti-Blackness: Educate yourself about what’s going on with something from our reading list.

Sales and Special Offers: See our most recent virtual conference exhibits and access our current discount codes.

Just where did all of these great UGA Press books come from, anyway? Let our new How Books Are Made infographic clear that up for you.

 

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