Events To Be Held in New York, D.C., Chicago, London, and More
The Association of University Presses is pleased to announce a wide-ranging calendar of events across the U.S., U.K., and Europe during University Press Week, Nov. 11 to 15.
Events will feature authors speaking about their own works, including everything from novels, memoirs and collections of poetry to books about politics, history, social science, and more. Many of the events will be held at prominent bookstores, including P&T Knitwear in New York, Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C., The Book Cellar in Chicago, Third Place Books in Seattle, and more.
Some of the most exciting events happening during this year’s University Press Week include a talk on Nov. 10 in Washington, D.C., by Elaine Kamarck and Darrell West, authors of Lies That Kill: A Citizen’s Guide to Disinformation (Brookings Institution Press), about how regular citizens can learn how to spot disinformation online and stop its dissemination, as well as an event on Nov. 14 in San Francisco where Michael Doyle, author of Radical Chapters: Pacifist Bookseller Roy Kepler and the Paperback Revolution (Syracuse University Press), will speak about Kepler’s contributions to pacifism and social change.
“University press authors are extremely knowledgeable about their subject matters and are verified experts in their fields who can make the subject matter come to life,” says AUPresses president Anthony Cond, director of Liverpool University Press. “That’s why it’s such a treat to get to hear these brilliant authors speak about their work at a live, in-person event.”
Some of the events that will be happening during University Press Week include:
Sunday, November 10
- Washington, DC
5 p.m.
Elaine Kamarck and Darrell M. West, authors of Lies That Kill: A Citizen’s Guide to Disinformation (Brookings Institution Press)
Busboys and Poets, 450 K St. NW, Washington, D.C.
Monday, November 11
- Austin, TX
5 p.m.
Yael Segalovitz, author of How Close Reading Made Us (SUNY Press)
University of Texas, Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies
Tuesday, November 12
- Philadelphia
6 p.m.
Paul Kahan, author of Philadelphia: A Narrative History (University of Pennsylvania Press)
Aston Public Library, 370 Concord Rd., Aston, PA - Virtual Event
4 p.m. PST
Damion Searls, author of The Philosophy of Translation (Yale University Press), in conversation with Spencer Ruchti
Hosted by Third Place Books in Seattle
Register here
Wednesday, November 13
- New York
7 p.m.
Nicole Gelinas, Movement: New York’s Long War to Take Its Streets Back from the Car (Fordham University Press), in conversation with Howard Wolfson
P&T Knitwear, 180 Orchard St., New York, NY - Philadelphia
5:30 p.m.
Jeffrey Edward Green, Bob Dylan: Prophet Without God (Oxford University Press)
Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut Street
- Akron, OH
7 p.m.
Assorted writers and editors of Light Enters the Grove: Exploring Cuyahoga Valley National Park Through Poetry (Kent State University Press)
Elizabeth’s Bookshop, 647 E. Market Street, Akron, OH
Thursday, November 14
- London, England
6:00 p.m.
Douglas Field, Walking in the Dark: James Baldwin, my father, and me (Manchester University Press), in conversation with Mendez
Waterstones, London – Gower Street
82 Gower St, London WC1E 6EQ - Barcelona, Spain
6:30 p.m.
Susana Monsó, author of Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death (Princeton University Press)
Backstory English Bookshop, Carrer de Mallorca, 330, L’Eixample, Barcelona, Spain - Menlo Park, CA
7 p.m.
Michael Doyle, author of Radical Chapters: Pacifist Bookseller Roy Kepler and the Paperback Revolution (Syracuse University Press), in conversation with John Markoff
Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real #100, Menlo Park, CA - Houston
6:30 p.m.
Patricia Coral, author of Women Surrounded by Water: A Memoir (The Ohio State University Press)
Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St., Houston, TX - Chicago
7 p.m.
Gioia Diliberto, author of Firebrands: The Untold Story of Four Women Who Made and Unmade Prohibition (University of Chicago Press)
The Book Cellar, 4736 N Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL
Additional events are listed on the UP Week website. To see the most up-to-date list of events, click here.
Now in its 13th year, University Press Week is an opportunity to celebrate the many ways in which university presses — publishing companies associated with a university and whose mission it is to publish books, journals, and other works of scholarly or artistic importance — make a difference.
In addition to hosting author events during University Press Week, the Association of University Presses also celebrates the week by releasing an annual list of university press publications and projects that embody the theme of the year. This year’s reading list features 123 books and other publications and projects that embody this year’s theme of #StepUp, presenting thought-provoking concepts, new points of view, and ideas that advocate for social change. See the complete list here.
“Every day, university presses worldwide step up to educate and enlighten, motivate and inspire, support and act,” says AUPresses executive director Peter Berkery. “University Press Week 2024 offers the opportunity to explore the myriad ways that university press publications and projects give context to current issues and events, offer solutions to global challenges, and present diverse voices in a broad range of disciplines.”
About the Association of University Presses
AUPresses is an organization of 161 international nonprofit scholarly publishers. Since 1937, the Association of University Presses advances the essential role of a global community of publishers whose mission is to ensure academic excellence and cultivate knowledge. The Association holds intellectual freedom, integrity, stewardship, and equity and inclusion as core values. AUPresses members are active across many scholarly disciplines, including the humanities, arts, and sciences, publish significant regional and literary work, and are innovators in the world of digital publishing.