News & Podcasts
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 Mapmaker’s Eye author Jack Nisbet were interviewed by Megan Sukys on KUOW, Seattle’s 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).
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.
OCTOBER 2009
Saturday & Sunday, October 10 - 11, Convention Center, Portland, OR
WSU Press will return to the Wordstock book fair with great discounts on a variety of our titles. Stop by our booth on Sunday to meet author Joan Hockaday.
Saturday, October 17, 1 - 3 PM, High Tea Reception
at the Washington
State Capital Museum's Lord Mansion, 211 21st Avenue SW,
Olympia, WA
Performances and special remarks will celebrate the release of Women's Votes, Women's Voices, followed by a book signing and tea.
Sunday, October 18, 12:30 PM, Auntie's Bookstore, 402 W Main Spokane, WA, 509-838-0206
Author Joan Hockaday will be speaking and signing her new book about John Charles Olmsted, Greenscapes.
Sunday, October 18, 1:30 PM, Adams County Historical Society at Zion Lutheran Church, Ritzville, WA
Dr. Richard Scheuerman will give a presentation about his recent book, Finding Chief Kamiakin.
Saturday, October 24, 2 PM, Women's Suffrage Rally at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center in Wenatchee, WA
The rally will start in Memorial Park, 300 Orondo Avenue, and proceed to the opening reception for the Women's Votes, Women's Voices exhibit at the museum.
Saturday & Sunday, October 24 - 25, Columbia City Event Center, Seattle, WA
WSU Press will participate in the revived Seattle Book Festival with great discounts on a variety of our titles. Stop by our booth in Room 1, say hello, and enter our drawing for free books.
JANUARY 2010
Sunday, January 31, Bloedel Reserve, 7571 NE Dolphin Drive, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, 206-842-7631
Author Joan Hockaday will present a lecture related to Greenscapes, her new book about John Charles Olmsted, at the Bloedel Reserve main mansion.
APRIL 2010
Thursday, April 1, State Capitol campus, Olympia,
WA
Joan Hockaday will give a presentation for the Historic Seattle Program.
Awards
America's Nuclear Wastelands:
Politics, Accountability, and Cleanup
Max S. Power
2009 Best of the Best from the University Presses
American Library Association
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