Coming Events
WSU Press authors give presentations at venues throughout the Pacific Northwest. Please contact the specific organizations for scheduling details, as these sometimes change.
APRIL 2013
RUGGED MERCY AUTHOR RADIO INTERVIEW
Monday, April 8, 2013, 9:00 AM - 9:30 PM
The Donna Seebow Show
Rugged Mercy author Robert Wright will be interviewed on the Donna Seebow Show on BBSradio.com, Station 1. He has also invited Dr. James Whorton, the expert he consulted regarding turn-of-the-20th century medical practices. It should be a fascinating program!
JOAN HOCKADAY
Speaking engagements
Ridgefield Public Library
Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Dunn Gardens
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
JUNE 2013
RUGGED MERCY AUTHOR ROBERT WRIGHT
Speaking engagements
Rugged Mercy author Robert Wright will speak about his grandfather, a long-time Hailey, Idaho doctor who began practicing there in 1908, and present artifacts from turn-of-the-20th century medicine.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Hailey Public Library, 7 West Croy in Hailey, Idaho. Call 208-788-2036 for more information.
Thursday, June 13, 2013, 6:00 PM
Ketchum, Idaho Community Library
Podcasts
Get the scoop on some fascinating Seattle history when you watch the TV program based on our book, Eccentric Seattle. Author J. Kingston Pierce hosts.
Listen in as NPR host Ross Reynolds interviews Greenscapes author Joan Hockaday on Friday, January 28, 2011 from 12:40 - 1:00 PM on KUOW Seattle, 94.9 FM.
Kent D. Richards, whose book, Isaac I. Stevens inspired an exhibit at the Washington State Heritage Center, spoke at the opening, along with Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed. The event was aired on TVW.
WSU Press An Election for the Ages author Trova Heffernan and Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed were interviewed on TVW's author's hour.
On September 4, 2010, Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk talked about reading in space on the radio program, The Next Chapter . What did he read? The Mapmaker's Eye , by Jack Nisbet! He said his favorite spot to read was floating next to a window. (Thirsk's portion starts about halfway through the podcast .)
On December 18, 2009, Shaper of Seattle author William H. Wilson provided additional insight into famed Seattle city engineer, Reginald Heber Thomson, in his lecture at the Seattle Public Library.
For John Charles Olmsted fans, we offer this podcast from Greenscapes author Joan Hockaday 's talk at the Seattle Public Library on June 3, 2009.
Watch the video of TVW's June 15, 2009 Author's Hour , an interview with Finding Chief Kamiakin authors Richard D. Scheuerman and Michael O. Finley .
The 2009 American Library Association Conference presentation by reference librarian Hilary Albert featuring America's Nuclear Wastelands was taped by C-SPAN2 for BookTV and aired on July 26, 2009. (The portion on America's Nuclear Wastelands starts at about 16:46.)
Catch Dr. Power's presentation at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, Washington, on the Pirate TV Website .
On June 1, 2007, Dear Medora author Sydney Stevens was interviewed on the KMUN After Deadline radio program by Matt Winters, editor and publisher of the Chinook Observer. Listen to the podcast .
Catastrophe to Triumph author Richard S. Hobbs and The Mapmakers Eye author Jack Nisbet were interviewed by Megan Sukys on KUOW, Seattles National Public Radio affiliate. Podcasts of her program The Beat are available. Original broadcast dates were February 6, 2007 (listen ) and February 14, 2006 (listen ).
The Mapmakers Eye author Jack Nisbet , was extensively interviewed for the public television documentary on Pacific Northwest explorer David Thompson. Uncharted Territory: David Thompson in the Intermountain West that has been on the air at KSPS and other PBS stations.
Awards
Greenscapes: Olmsted's Pacific Northwest
Joan Hockaday
2010 Outstanding Title
American Library Association
Finding Chief Kamiakin: The Life and Legacy of a Northwest Patriot
Richard D. Scheuerman and Michael O. Finley
Photographs by John Clement
Finalist, 2009 Washington State Book Award
America's Nuclear Wastelands :
Politics, Accountability, and Cleanup
Max S. Power
2009 Best of the Best from the University Presses
American Library Association
CHOICE has again listed three WSU Press books in their compilation of Significant University Press Titles for Undergraduates, 2009-2010. The three titles are: An Election for the Ages, Greenscapes, and Shaper of Seattle.
The Way We Ate author, speaker, and food historian Jackie Williams received the 2008 History Award from the Pacific Northwest Historians Guild.
Catastrophe to Triumph
Richard S. Hobbs
Fall 2007 Washington Reads Selection
Washington State Library
Spokane and the Inland Empire:
An Interior Pacific Northwest Anthology
David H. Stratton
Summer 2007 Washington Reads Selection
Washington State Library
The Funhouse Mirror: Reflections on Prison
Robert Gordon
Spring 2007 Washington Reads Selection
Washington State Library
The Mapmaker's Eye: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau
Jack Nisbet
2006 Best of the Best from the University Presses
American Association of School Librarians
Captured Honor: POW Survival in the Philippines and Japan
Bob Wodnik
2004 Best of the Best from the University Presses
American Association of School Librarians
The Oil Prince
Karl May
Translated by Herbert Windolf
2004 Best of the Best from the University Presses
American Association of School Librarians
The Restless Northwest: A Geological Story
Hill Williams
2003 Washington State Book Award
The Funhouse Mirror: Reflections on Prison
Robert Ellis Gordon
2001 Washington State Book Award
Home Mountains: Reflections from a Western Middle Age
Susan Swetnam
2001 Idaho Book Award Honorable Mention