Ohio University Press & Swallow Press

12/11/2025

Today's the final day of our holiday book sale! Get 40% off with promo code SNOW at ohioswallow.com. Orders $50+ qualify for free US shipping!

12/05/2025

Final call for poetry manuscripts! The Hollis Summers Poetry Prize deadline is December 31. Winner will receive $1000 and publication of the winning manuscript. Final judge is Michael Prior. Learn more at ohioswallow.com/poetry-prize.

12/04/2025

We’re thrilled to share that six Ohio University Press titles have recently earned top honors from leading scholarly organizations, including the African Studies Association, the American Historical Association, and others. Here's a rundown: https://www.ohio.edu/news/2025/12/ohio-university-press-books-garner-top-honors-african-studies

Ohio University Press proudly announces that several of its recent publications have received prestigious awards from leading scholarly organizations.

11/24/2025

🏆 We had a spectacular time at the annual meeting of the African Studies Association this past week and are thrilled to announce that Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi, author of Imagine Lagos: Mapping History, Place, and Politics in a Nineteenth-Century African City, is the winner of the ASA Best Book Prize for the most important scholarly work in African studies published in English during the preceding year. 👏

To top it off, Jody Benjamin received Best Book Prize honorable mention for The Texture of Change: Dress, Self-Fashioning, and History in Western Africa, 1700–1850. 👏

Please join us in congratulating these excellent scholars!

Learn more about Imagine Lagos https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780821424896/imagine-lagos/

Learn more about The Texture of Change: https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780821425473/the-texture-of-change/

11/21/2025

Today's the first day of our annual winter holiday book sale!

40% off all titles and free US shipping on orders $50+ w/ promo code SNOW

Once again this year, Ohio University Press will offer the OHIO community a 40% discount off of its books, in all formats.

11/20/2025

Congratulations to Admire Mseba, winner of the 2025 Martin A. Klein Prize in African History from the American Historical Association!

Learn more about his prizewinning book Society, Power, and Land in Northeastern Zimbabwe, 1560–1960 at https://bit.ly/Mseba

Now through November 25, get 40% off all African studies titles with promo code ASA25!

11/20/2025

📚 African Studies Book Sale!

✨ 40% OFF all African Studies titles w/ promo code ASA25 at https://bit.ly/OhioASA25
🚚 Free U.S. shipping
📅 Offer ends November 25

If you're at ASA, visit our booth and check out our books!

11/13/2025

📚 Big News for Victorian Studies Enthusiasts! 📚
Celebrate the classics with 50% OFF select Victorian Studies titles!
🛒 Use promo code: OHVIC at checkout
📅 Offer valid: November 13–16, 2025
Don’t miss this chance to expand your collection and dive deeper into the Victorian era. Shop now and save big: https://www.ohioswallow.com/series/series-in-victorian-studies/

11/05/2025

🎙️ New Interview Alert!

Explore the Brontës like never before in this fascinating conversation with Dr. Jessica Campbell on the New Books Network! 📚✨

In The Brontës and the Fairy Tale, Campbell uncovers how fairy tales and folklore shaped the works of Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell Brontë—challenging assumptions about genre, realism, and gender in the Victorian era.

Hosted by Miranda Melcher, this episode dives deep into the Brontës’ haunting narratives and their rich, recursive use of fairy tale motifs.

🔗 Listen now: newbooksnetwork.com/the-brontës-and-the-fairy-tale

10/14/2025

Another wonderful tribute to Gurney Norman and his book Kinfolks:

10/10/2025

Come to the Athens County Public Libraries in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 11 at 10:00 AM for a joyful and engaging reading of Mara Giglio’s new children’s book, If You're Angry and You Know It, Go Outside — a beautiful story that helps kids explore emotions and the healing power of nature.

This event is perfect for families and young readers, and it's a wonderful opportunity to meet the author and celebrate storytelling together.
📖 Learn more about the book in this WOUB Public Media interview:
👉 https://woub.org/2025/10/01/if-youre-angry-and-you-know-it-go-outside-author-mara-giglio-on-helping-children-navigate-big-feelings/
📅 Event details:
👉 https://events.myacpl.org/event/family-storytime-36965
We hope to see you there!

In this episode of "Conversations From Studio B," Emily Votaw interviews Mara Giglio, author of "If You're Angry and You Know It, Go Outside: Tools to Cool Off Hot Feelings."

08/22/2025

📚 Meet the Authors!
Join Kathleen Smythe and Chris Hanlin at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, for a discussion and signing of Bicycling Through Paradise: Historical Tours Around Cincinnati.

🗓 Monday, August 25
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Joseph-Beth Booksellers

Discover the stories and history behind Ohio’s scenic cycling routes. Don’t miss this engaging evening!
👉 Details: https://www.josephbeth.com/event/kathleen-smythe-and-chris-hanlin-discussing-and-signing-bicycling-through-paradise-historical