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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · Jun 18
Find & follow your favorite university presses on this platform with this handy starter pack of our members: go.bsky.app/7p95p7B

And if you're looking for university presses that publish in a certain field, consult our Subject Area Grid: https://bit.ly/3C7ASUc.

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 1d
“Americans are curious, inquisitive, learning, and enriching themselves…”

Banned Books Week honorary chair @georgetakei.bsky.social knows we need the right to read to understand each other.

Full interview: youtu.be/Gm4-SOEwEYk

#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984

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University Press of Mississippi @upmississippi.bsky.social · 19h
C-SPAN Book TV airs panels from the Mississippi Book Festival this Sunday!
📚 From World War II to First Americans, explore stories that shaped our shared history.
🕐 12:30 PM CST start
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#MSBookFestival #CSPAN #UPMississippi
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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · 18h
To wrap up #BannedBooksWeek, we’d like to spotlight a BUP title recently added to the list of books banned across the country; “Cigar Smoke and Violet Water” by Joyce Tolliver was number 307 on April’s list of purged books.

To learn more: tinyurl.com/2etuxzzd
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UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 18h
UCalgary Press is proud to be a Certified Canadian Publisher. buff.ly/ADYuAuB
A hand reaching towards a bookshelf beside the Certified Canadian Publishing Logo and above the tagline publishing with purpose.
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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · 1d
Laurie Marhoefer delves into the impacts of the queer press and censorship in Weimar Germany, revealing that print media is historically key to self-discovery and finding community

Read free in @jwomenshistory.bsky.social at @ProjectMUSE

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“(I)n 1929, Helene Stock described the production and distribution of the magazines as a political and even humanitarian act: “I call on all women: commit yourself to a serious deed. Don’t just pursue your own pleasure while thousands of our sisters suffer in muffled despair. Help with enlightenment.”” “The Book Was a Revelation, I Recognized Myself in it” Lesbian Sexuality, Censorship, and the Queer Press in Weimar-era Germany Laurie Marhoefer Journal of Women’s History Volume 27, Number 2, Summer 2015 Read free thru 31 October 2025
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 1d
We're celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth with a fresh reading list, including free to read articles, new LUP books, and more. Browse it all online: bit.ly/LUP-BHM 📖
Black History Month 2025: Reading List
To mark Black History Month, we’ve put together a list of books and journal articles which provide new and critical insights into the area. Each article has been made Free to Read throughout Octobe…
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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 1d
Congratulations to our 12 winners and 13 finalists for the 2025 NM Book Awards!🎉🍾 Out of 37 total categories we placed in an impressive total of 25 of them and we couldn't be prouder of our authors and team.✒️ Click on the link below to read all about it. #booksky
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 1d
The Life of Violet editor Urmila Seshagiri spoke to @malcolmbrabant.bsky.social on @pbsnews.org NewsHour about her “remarkable literary discovery” of Virginia Woolf’s stories: www.youtube.com/watch?v=baW3...
Collection of Virginia Woolf's lost stories published nearly 80 years after her death
A remarkable literary discovery has thrilled readers of the late, great British writer Virginia Woolf. More than 80 years after her death, a new book has been published this week. It's a collection…
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University Press of Mississippi @upmississippi.bsky.social · 23h
“Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names.”

This Banned Books Week, we celebrate TONI MORRISON: CONVERSATIONS, honoring a writer whose voice continues to shape the world.

#BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead
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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · 23h
"Does censorship work? Never completely," writes Norma Klein, a much-banned children's author, in The Lion and the Unicorn, way back in 1986

Her thoughts "On Being a Banned Writer" are free to read on @ProjectMUSE thru 31 Oct

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"The only kind of censorship which makes sense to me is the kind all of us practice —putting down a book without finishing it because it seems boring or not worth the time. What I dislike most about censorship is the attempt of a single person to impose his or her literary or moral standards on others who do not share them at all." On Being a Banned Writer Norma Klein The Lion and the Unicorn Volume 10, 1986 Read free thru 31 Oct 2025
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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 1d
Adding our support to this statement. The Compact simultaneously tramples academic freedom and denigrates the humanities, both of which are essential to the work of our members and their authors.
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American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) @aacu.org · 7d
AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” https://bit.ly/3VOEJvx
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University of South Carolina Press @uscpress.bsky.social · 1d
It's the 100th anniversary of Jewish Book Month and we've got a nice selection of books to help you celebrate! You can find our list here: uscpress.com/books/catego...
Happy reading!

#jewishbookmonth #jewishhistory #jewishculture
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Harvard Education Press @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social · 1d
Our new blog post, "Speaking Out Against Censorship," provides an overview of @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social, links to resources that will help you push back against book challenges in your community, and discusses UNCENSORED by Jonna Perrillo. Read it here: https://bit.ly/4nELR9x #BannedBooksWeek
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine @nationalacademies.org · 1d
#NationalNanoDay celebrates how #nanotechnology shape and enrich our daily lives.

Our recent report evaluates current U.S. #nanotech research and development infrastructure and offers recommendations to ensure continued leadership in the field.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/jOue50X9gYB
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 1d
We extend congratulations to László Krasznahorkai on his receipt of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. Read his short work, "A Mountain from the North," published in Common Knowledge 20:3, made freely available: buff.ly/nt5tyEr
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 1d
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay 💗

#MentalHealth is something that cannot be taken for granted. Whether in your personal life, or at work, promoting better mental health is vital to creating a better society for everyone.

Browse our mental health books:
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Bristol University Press publishes world-class scholarship in the social sciences and aligned disciplines to advance theory and knowledge and address the global social challenges.
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Northwestern University Press @nupress.bsky.social · 2d
If you've suddenly gained a new interest in Hungarian literature, we have a few recommendations for you.

Featuring
- Péter Esterházy
- Gyula Illyés
- Ferenc Barnás

#ReadUP #Translations
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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 2d
This new PBS documentary, inspired by Peter Harnik's FROM RAILS TO TRAILS, explores the 60-year movement to convert abandoned railroads into public trails for cycling and walking.

Premieris October 15 on public television stations nationwide (check local listings). bit.ly/4mJIOvS
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Coming to public television in October, 2025.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 1d
@professortkh.bsky.social’s work, including her book RACIAL INNOCENCE, aims to aid those who care about the pursuit of racial equality by providing a more expansive view of the greater swath of the population that is harmed by anti-Black bias. #LatinxHeritageMonth
Caribbean Matters: Afro-Latinos and Hispanic American Heritage Month
Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of ...
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 1d
Our author, Troy Nahumko (author of STORIES LEFT IN STONE: Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain), has written an article on book bans in Florida and, now, in Alberta. Check it out on rabble.ca:
https://bit.ly/48k6cwK

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The lists we keep, and the ones that keep us
Lists can chronicle our growth, or a society's regression.
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Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 1d
🎧 Hot off the Press

Host and Cambridge author Jen Manion talks to fellow authors Caroline Gonda and Simon Goldhill about queer history and the power of the archive.

🎙️ Listen to the full episode 🔗 https://cup.org/4h3NJ9N
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 1d
As the nights grow longer, and the air turns crisp, there’s no better time to curl up with a book that sends shivers down your spine.

Shop our new Spooky Season reading list with 25% OFF on our Blog here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/10...
#SpookySeason #Halloween #booksky
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West Virginia University Press @wvupress.bsky.social · 1d
Celebrate Banned Book Week by contributing to the Appalachian Prison Book Project!

The nonprofit provides books to incarcerated people in West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Maryland.
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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · 2d
From the 2016 @socres.org special issue "The Fear of Art" gallerist Ethan Cohen interviews dissident artist Ai Weiwei

Read A Conversation with Ai Weiwei and Ethan Cohen for free via @projectmuse.bsky.social thru 31 October

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“Fighting for freedom of expression. I never thought that was just for me. I think that is for the condition of all artists and all human beings. This is the most precious right, to be ourselves and to announce ourselves as individuals, and that is best part of life." A Conversation: Ai Weiwei and Ethan Cohen Social Research: An International Quarterly Volume 83, Number 1, Spring 2016 Read free thru 31 October 2025
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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · 2d
In a 2007 vintage @LibraryTrends article, Nikola von Merveldt analyzes approaches by two libraries dedicated to preserving cultural memory in the wake of Nazi book burnings

Read "Books Cannot Be Killed by Fire" free thru 31 October

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