University of Washington Press

11/18/2025

In The New York Review of Books, Robert Sullivan reviews Charles Wilkinson's TREATY JUSTICE, which "deftly lays out one of the twentieth century's most significant and underestimated legal decisions."

If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction.

11/17/2025

The annual UW Press Holiday Sale is here! Pull out your wish list and find great books for all the readers in your life from your local university press.

November 17, 2025–January 2, 2026, get 40% off and free domestic shipping on all books sitewide with promo code WINTER25 at checkout.

Start browsing at bit.ly/UWPressHolidaySale2025

11/14/2025

For University Press Week, author and journalist Lynda V. Mapes shares why she publishes with UW Press and the value that university presses bring to their communities.

11/12/2025

Why do university presses matter? Spencer Ruchti of Third Place Books shares three things he loves about university presses and clears up a few misconceptions about scholarly publishing (with a shoutout to our friends at Yale University Press!).

Booksellers and independent bookstores play a vital role in sustaining university press publishing through events, handselling, and advocacy, helping mission-driven presses like UW Press continue to publish innovative and diverse books.

Third Place Books Lake Forest Park

11/11/2025

We've partnered with Long Brothers Books—the newest literary addition to Pioneer Square—for a special evening with HistoryLink's executive director Jennifer Ott, author of WHERE THE CITY MEETS THE SOUND.

Join us for a deep dive into the rich, diverse, and constantly evolving story of Seattle's waterfront over a glass of wine from the bookstore bar!

📅 Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 7:00 pm (doors at 6:30)
📍 Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, 400 Occidental Ave. South

Join author, historian, and executive director of HistoryLink Jennifer Ott at Long Brothers Books in Pioneer Square for a discussion of her new book, Where the City Meets the Sound: The Story of Seattle's Waterfront. Doors open: 6:30

11/10/2025

Collaboration is at the heart of university presses. As University Press Week kicks off, author, professor, and literary activist Shawn Wong reflects on his decades-long partnership with UW Press to amplify Asian American literature past and present.

11/08/2025

🎧 Author and labor historian Aaron Goings sat down with Cascade of History host Feliks Banel to discuss his new book, RED HARBOR—a "needed addition to the canon" of Pacific Northwest labor history that centers on the fiery legacy of class conflict in Grays Harbor. Listen at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts!

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Aaron Goings, whose most recent book, "Red Harbor: Radical Workers and Community Struggle in the Pacific Northwest" was published in

11/07/2025

🎥 Free community screening!

Join Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission and Northwest Treaty Tribes for a screening of FISH WAR. An Official Selection at SIFF 2024, this powerful documentary highlights the violent struggle faced by Indigenous nations to exercise their treaty-protected right to harvest salmon in the Pacific Northwest.

📅 Friday, November 14, at 5 PM
📍Shoreline Community Theatre

DETAILS: https://ow.ly/qvKE50XjfAH

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion including NWIFC Chairman Ed Johnstone and former Puyallup Chair Ramona Bennett Bill, author of FIGHTING FOR THE PUYALLUP TRIBE.

Thanks to bookselling partner Edmonds Bookshop!

11/06/2025

Cover reveal! A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE by Tamiko Nimura is coming on April 28, 2026. A moving conversation with the past, Nimura's memoir illuminates the enduring costs of the Japanese American incarceration while honoring the persistence of family, memory, and story.

Read more about the book and how the cover came to be on Discover Nikkei: https://ow.ly/yJ7050XnwOK

11/05/2025

Happy Native American Month! Looking for books that center Native authors and experiences? Find recommendations from Indigenous authors, scholars, and historians on our blog: https://ow.ly/bglE50XmE72

Every November, we mark Native American Heritage Month as a time to uplift the traditions, languages, and stories of Native American and Alaska Native communities, ensuring their contributions and …

10/28/2025

Watch a short documentary from Northwest Public Broadcasting based on Coll Thrush's book, WRECKED, at the link below. Many thanks to NWPB senior correspondent Anna King, who joined the author on the Northwest coast to explore how the echoes of shipwrecks still resonate today.

Historian Coll Thrush’s book titled “Wrecked” traces the history of iconic shipwrecks on the Pacific Northwest Coast and what impacts the wrecks have had on the Indigenous communities there.

10/27/2025

“The tidal and tempestuous afterlives of these ships are the echoes of past eras. Just like lost times, they are never fully in the past. They are revenant remains, telling stories, the final results of which are yet to be seen.”

Watch a short documentary from based on Coll Thrush’s book, WRECKED: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific: bit.ly/WreckedDoc