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University of California Press
Oct 06 2026

News: Recent UC Press Book Signings

We're excited to announce a selection of our latest book signings! We look forward to working with these authors on their upcoming projects.

Rumor Machines: From Gutenberg to Generative AI
By Stefan Andriopolous

Co-founder and co-director of the Center for Comparative Media at Columbia University and author of GHOSTLY APPARITIONS, Stefan Andriopolous’s RUMOR MACHINES reveals how our current surge of misinformation follows striking historical precedents to Raina Polivka at University of California Press.

Documentary Filmmaking: A 21st-Century Guide
By Mark J. Harris and Daniel Junge

Three-time Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and distinguished professor, Mark J. Harris, and Oscar and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, Daniel Junge’s DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING compiles years of experience in the classroom and behind the camera in a completely new, comprehensive guide for making documentary films in our era to Raina Polivka at University of California Press.

The World Atlas of Bread
By Eric Pallant

Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science and Sustainability at Allegheny College and author of SOURDOUGH CULTURE, Eric Pallant’s THE WORLD ATLAS OF BREAD, an essential illustrated reference guide to breads of the world, and companion to THE WORLD ATLAS OF HONEY and THE WORLD ATLAS OF FERMENTED FOODS AND DRINKS, to Kate Marshall at University of California Press by Eszter Karpati at Quintessence (world English) for Fall 2028. 

The Health Supremacists: How Wellness Becomes Fascism, A History
By Aaron Strain

Baker Ferguson Chair of Politics and Leadership at Whitman College and author of THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AIDA HERNANDEZ, Aaron Strain’s THE HEALTH SUPREMACISTS, uncovering the ways alternative health movements cultivate habits of mind that fuel fascism, to Kate Marshall at University of California Press by Matt McGowan at Frances Goldin Literary Agency  (world English).