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Founded in 1938, UGA Press currently publishes 60-70 new books a year, ranging from works of scholarship; creative and literary works; regional books; and digital projects.
Here's our recommended reading list for National Native American Heritage Month.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth #UGAPress
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We're excited to welcome Ana Lucia Araujo, Toby Green, and Brooke Newman as the new editorial team for our Race in the Atlantic World series! Check out the blog for more on the editors and the series.
https://loom.ly/j2osHxM
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We are thrilled to announce that Killing the Buddha on the Appalachian Trail has been named a NOBA Awards Winner for 2025. Click the link below to purchase your copy today! https://www.ugapress.org/9780820367736/killing-the-buddha-on-the-appalachian-trail/
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Save-the-date: We're excited to join the Athens Library Store Holiday Market on 11/29/25! Grab a friend and pop by as we'll have a selection of our books all perfect for holiday gift giving. 🎁 📚☃️ https://friendsofacclibrary.org/market
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Just dropped📚🎉: Today ONLY all books will be sold at 75% off! Come by between 9-3pm at the Main Library for the last day of our Dirty Book Sale.

#booksale #ugapress #SpotlightOnTheArts
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Stop by the Main Library on Nov. 11–13 for our Dirty Book Sale between 9–3 PM! 📚 We will be selling a variety of books at 50% off. You don't want to miss out on this massive sale.

This is rain or shine. If raining, find us in the front library lobby.

#SpotlightontheArts #booksale #ugapress
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Join Gene Kansas on Nov 10th at Constellations Atlanta to discuss his mission, work, and acclaimed book, "Civil Sights" The free event will include an book talk and a short walking tour. https://www.atlcitystudio.org/acs-events/2025/9/26/amplify-author-talk-and-short-walking-tour-with-gene-kansas
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Very busy this week attending 3 different conferences today!

Author of Civil Sights, Gene Kansas, came by our booth at the Statewide Historic Preservation Conference (SHPC) in Athens, GA, this morning. Come visit Jason and our check out our books at The Classic Center today and tomorrow morning.
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Make sure to stop by and grab How 'Bout Them Dawgs tomorrow between 2-5pm at the Main Library. 🐾

We’re offering an exclusive 40% off this book tomorrow only. Perfect timing for fans and families visiting campus for Fall Family Weekend. 📚

Don’t miss out!

#UGAParentsWeekend #Godawgs #BookSale
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Attending #SHA2025? Come by our exhibit booth to chat with our acquisitions editors, meet some of our authors, and get a 40% discount on our books!
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tom Johnson will discuss his new book Driven tonight at Mercer University. The reception will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by a 6 p.m. talk and book signing. More info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-discussion-qa-w-tom-johnson-author-of-driven-and-ed-grisamore-tickets-1815101370059
#Macon
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Join Gene Kansas for a presentation based on his book Civil Sights tomorrow at 2:45 pm at The Classic Center! Kansas will discuss how storytelling can preserve and promote the history and culture of Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood. This event is part of the GA Statewide Preservation Conference.
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Join us for our Dirty Book Sale on Nov. 11–13 from 9am–3pm!📚

In celebration of UGA's Spotlight on the Arts, we’re clearing out our shelves and offering 50% off a wide selection of books across subjects. Come browse and take home something unexpected!

#SpotlightOnTheArts #booksale #ugapress
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This Friday only, get 40% off How 'Bout Them Dawgs, Coach Kirby Smart’s behind-the-scenes look at UGA’s 2021 national championship season.🐾❤️ 🖤

Perfect for fans, alumni, and anyone visiting campus this Fall Family Weekend! Join us at the Main Library from 2-5pm!

#godawgs #booksale
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Happy Publication Day to all of these wonderful authors! 🎉✏️📖 Check out these New Releases on our website: ugapress.org

#happypublicationday #publications #publicationday #UGAPress #newreleases
November 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🐾 Just 1 WEEK to go! 🐾 Celebrate Parent’s Weekend with the exclusive How 'Bout Them Dawgs book sale on Friday, Nov. 7th only! 📚

Don’t miss out!

#HowBoutThemDawgs #UGAParentsWeekend #DawgNation #BookSale
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Check out our spooky reads, My Corpse Inside & The Slow Release! Happy Halloween from UGA Press.

#ugapress #spookyreads
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Join us for a talk with former LA Times Publisher and CNN President Tom Johnson and R&B Executive Director Charlotte Varnum, as they discuss Johnson’s new book Driven tomorrow. A reception and a book signing with Johnson will follow. This event is free and open to the public.
October 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Check out Boom Magazine's review of Tom Johnson's autobiography Driven. https://loom.ly/uyrJ1i0
Interested in learning more? Join us for Tom Johnson's Signature Lecture this Wednesday, October 29th at 4:00 PM in the UGA Special Collections Library (Room 271). The event is free & open to the public!
October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Here's a SCARILY good deal! 👻 🎃 Now through Halloween (10/31/25), all titles are 50% OFF including our newest books just published. Use code "Spooky50" at checkout!

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#halloweensale #booksale
October 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#PrisonBannedBooksWeek (Oct. 19–25) shines a light on censorship in jails and celebrates programs fighting back.📚⛓️.

Midwest Books to Prisoners received the Martin Sostre Memorial Prison Books Fund, powered by royalties from our book, Books Through Bars.

Buy a copy at ugapress.org!
October 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Join Kathryn Beasley as she discusses her book The Proof Is in the Dough. Signed copies will be available for purchase after the talks. This tour is part of the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities at Pebble Hill's Draughon Seminar Series. https://loom.ly/zqwnupQ
October 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) has chosen Cris Mazza's The Decade of Letting Things Go: A Postmenopause Memoir as one of their Great Group Reads 2025 Selections. 🎉

#NatlReadingGrpMonth #GrtGrpReads2025 #Memoir
October 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We are pleased to announce that My Withered Legs and other Essays by Sandra Gail Lambert has been awarded winner of the 2025 @lambdaliterary.org Award for Lesbian Memoir/ Biography!🏆 You can order her book at ugapress.org

#lgbtq #lesbianliterary
https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2025-winners/
October 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Award-winning authors Clifford Thompson & Susan Cheever will have a wide-ranging, free-flowing discussion about writing, family, life, and their new works. The talk starts at 7 p.m. at Community Bookstore.
RSVP: https://loom.ly/WgmMmi8
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM