Author of “Provence, 1970″ Drops In
We love it when authors drop in! Today Luke Barr, author of Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste, stopped by our main branch to sign copies of...
View ArticleThe Impossible Knife of Memory
Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson at our U-District store on January 8, 2014. Fans of all ages were thrilled to meet best-selling childrens’ and young-adult author Laurie Halse Anderson in our...
View ArticleUBS Press – New Titles!
The University Book Store Press galloped into 2014 thanks to some incredible new titles from our authors. Many of these new books were works long in progress. It’s exciting to finally see them on the...
View ArticleRolling Out the Red Carpet
Oscar himself guards the staircase at our U-District store. Now that the Winter Olympics have concluded–and can I say bravo to Sochi on that epic celebration of Russian literature in the closing...
View ArticleHere There Be Dragons
On this day in 1926, internationally-bestselling author Anne Inez McCaffrey was born, and millions of her loyal readers are thrilled about that fact. I remember to the day when I was first introduced...
View ArticleA Good Day for Book Lovers
Alice Waters, Terry Pratchett, and Harper Lee have (at least) one thing in common: they were all born on April 28! (I could also say how they’re all writers and internationally known and homo sapiens,...
View ArticleStory Crush Summer Tour
We are very excited to host the Epic Reads’ Story Crush Summer Tour, which is not only a mouthful to say but also a wonderful teen reader event! Join us on Friday, May 23, at 7 p.m. to meet YA authors...
View Article(Paper)Back in Action
It’s the time of year for renewal. To restart cycles, redye the hairdo, rewind the cassette tapes. Snow melts, songbirds sing, colors bloom, the sun comes out and old things come back to us in new...
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