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Legendary environmental leader and publisher David Brower (the subject of an exhibit at Doe Library at UC Berkeley until March 31) worked as an editor at UC Press 70 years ago and met his future wife, Anne, on the job. In the current issue of the Cal alumni magazine, their son Kenneth Brower shares this [more...] 
The University Press Week blog tour continues, delivering many wonderful, thought-provoking pieces. Indiana UP, who spearheaded this effort, has been running daily trivia contests; Scott Esposito wrote about literary critic Wayne Booth for the University of Chicago Press blog; MIT Editorial Director Gita Manaktala discussed current shifts in scholarship and reading; Princeton featured a post from the [more...] We are pleased to have Library Relations Manager Rachel Lee blogging for us as part of the University Press Week blog tour! The tour continues today at University of Hawai’i Press, who will address how university presses extend the global boundary of knowledge. A complete blog tour schedule is also available here. Why University Presses Matter At this year’s Litquake Festival, a series of literary events in the Bay Area through October 13 (most of them free), you won’t be able to throw a stone without hitting a UC Press author. Below is a full schedule of events featuring our authors (names in bold). You can find out more at the [more...] Every day, innocent books, books that wanted nothing more than to spread knowledge, each like a little paper Prometheus, get hurt. And when that happens, often these books fall between the cracks and end up in hurt book bins, unread, unloved, fearing being turned to pulp. Will you help us bring these injured tomes a better [more...] (Editor’s note: This post is written by Jonathan Losos, author of the title Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles. The post originally appeared in the blog Anole Annals (try saying that 3 times fast). The journal Nature has just published his paper on the Anole genome. Also, Jonathan has written [more...] David and Janet Carle We rejoin our intrepid adventurers, David and Janet Carle as they travel the 38th Parallel seeking water-related environmental and cultural connections. Their book, THE 38th PARALLEL: A WATER LINE AROUND THE WORLD will be published in 2012. They have crossed the U.S., Europe, Turkey, Turkmenistan, China, and Korea, and will be [more...] Much has changed since UC Press’s founding in 1893, and we now face some of the greatest challenges and opportunities in our history. In this new video, UC Press Director Alison Mudditt discusses the Press’s mission to foster innovative ideas and make them accessible for the benefit of society, and describes the ways we’re pushing the [more...] Today, UC Press, along with our distinguished peers at Harvard, Columbia, and Cornell, announced a very exciting initiative with JSTOR to bring scholarly books online. This means that more than 15,000 front and back list titles will be made available at JSTOR—a huge win for scholars, researchers and students everywhere. Read more about this groundbreaking [more...] This Valentine’s Day, show us you care by becoming a member or renewing your membership today. As a nonprofit publisher, UC Press relies on donations to publish intellectually and culturally significant books and journals at affordable prices. And our members enjoy wonderful opportunities including discounts on book purchases and invitations to author events. DONATE NOW Without the help [more...] |
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