DATE
December 2 – 3, 2026 from 11 am – 3 pm in the Terrell Library Atrium on the Pullman campus!
The fair highlights books published throughout the year, and festivities include authors signing books, discounts of 30-50% on all titles, and complimentary refreshments. All are welcome to attend!
Sale prices will also be valid for online orders that use coupon code 35HBF2026 during the online Holiday Book Fair timeline, November 30 – December 7, 2026, but you can start your browsing now!
NEW TITLES
This year, the fair features new titles on America’s first adventure race, art, environmental, railroad, and regional history, as well as a fascinating examination of Lewis and Clark geology, all at 30% off!
There are six new featured titles for 2026. The Mountain Runners tells the incredible true story of an early 1900s endurance competition unlike any in their day—a grueling race with wrecks, falls, blizzards, and more—to Mount Baker’s summit that the athletes—mostly local amateurs—were thankful to survive. The Day Whatcom Creek Burned describes the heartbreaking human and environmental catastrophe that followed an undetected gasoline pipeline leak in Bellingham, Washington. Marvelous Wings connects science with personal observations as the author shares from a human and an ornithologist’s perspective, exploring birds and places across the Pacific Northwest. After scrutinizing expedition journals, reading hundreds geological reports, and photographing numerous locations along the route to a professional geologist delve deep into the geological formations, geomorphic features, past geological upheavals and catastrophic events, and more in Scenes of Visionary Enchantment. Life Along the Tracks captures Mike McLaughlin’s career through gritty personal accounts that focus on what happened behind the scenes as he spanned jobs from gandy to consultant at multiple railroads and firms. Tell Clyfford I Said “Hi” offers perspectives from tribal youth, revealing the joy the students derived from engaging with art Clyfford Still created as part of the Nespelem Art Colony.
There is also a selection of new poetry titles from Lost Horse and Lynx House, two publishers distributed by WSU Press.
Founded in 1928 and revitalized in the 1980s, WSU Press concentrates on telling unique, focused stories about the Northwest. For more information about the book fair, contact WSU Press at 509-335-7880 or visit their website at wsupress.wsu.edu.