University Press Week Blog Tour #RaiseUP
By Kate O'Brien-Nicholson
10th November 2020
Today’s theme is Creative Voices!
Northwestern University Press @NorthwesternUP
A post that highlights Art Is Everything by Yxta Maya Murray
University of Notre Dame Press @UNDPress
A post about the value of university press publishing from our Notre Dame Press Colleagues.
University of Michigan Press @uofmpressHighlighting voices in the music and performance studies spaces in new and exciting ways.
Athabasca University Press @au_press
A discussion about the importance of publishing creative work alongside scholarly monographs.
University of Toronto Press @utpress
Charlotte Corden is an illustrator and fine artist who often works in the realms of anthropology. Charlotte is the illustrator of Light in Dark Times, a new graphic novel from UTP written by Alisse Waterston. Charlotte will write about the creative process involved in creating this stunning and important new book.
University of Toronto Press Journals: Guest blogger Thalia Gonzalez Kane is an Online Features Editor for Canadian Theatre Review.
Bristol University Press @BrisUniPress
Author Rob Kitchin on research creation and creative practice in critical data studies.
Bucknell University Press @BucknellUPress
One of our most prolific authors, Kevin Cope, will share his thoughts on creative approaches to studying and writing about 18th-century literature.
UBC Press @ubcpress
A Q&A with Gerilee McBride, Catalogues and Advertising Manager, about the design behind our open-access book, It’s All Good.
Yesterday’s theme: New Voices!
University of Illinois Press @illinoispress
An interview with newly promoted acquisitions editor, Alison Syring
Georgetown University Press @Georgetown_UP
An interview with our newest GUP acquisitions editor, Hilary Claggett
Duke University Press @DukePress
Acquisitions and journal editors discuss why we value working with first-time authors
University of Wisconsin Press @UWiscPress
Our press committee members share their perspectives and experiences.
Wilfred Laurier University Press @wlupress
Maia Desjardins, Digital Project Coordinator, is new to publishing and also involved in some of our newer ventures like audiobooks and podcasting. She will share her experience and perspective on working at the press and on these initiatives.
University of Toronto Press @utpress
Jodi Litvin, Inside Sales Representative, is new to publishing. She will share her experience working at UTP for the last 2 months.
University of Toronto Press Journals Amanda Buessecker, new marketing coordinator for the University of Toronto Press Journals, discusses her thoughts on academic publishing.
University of Missouri Press @umissouripress
Amy Laurel Fluker is a first-time author whose blog about Kansas City’s Veteran Company A provides further insight into her recently published book, Commonwealth of Compromise: Civil War Commemoration in Missouri, on Civil War memory and the collaborative commemoration efforts undertaken in Missouri.
Bucknell University Press @BucknellUPress
Guest blogger Shanee Stepakoff, author of the forthcoming poetry collection Testimony: Found Poems from the Special Court for Sierra Leone, will share her experience working with a UP for the first time.
University of Manitoba Press @umanitobapress
An excerpt from Brittany Luby’s academic debut, Dammed: The Politics of Loss and Survival in Anishinaabe Territory.
Amherst College Press @AmCollPress
An introduction to ACP’s internship program and new community page featuring blog posts and resources created by Amherst undergrads