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16/07/2025

Happy Publication Day to Bruce A. Bugbee, Robert J. Kiesling, and John B. Wright!

"Saving the Big Sky: A Chronicle of Land Conservation in Montana" is now available from your favorite booksellers and directly from OSU Press!

“The essential purpose of 'Saving the Big Sky' is to inspire the reader to help conserve even more of Montana,” write Bruce Bugbee, Robert Kiesling, and John Wright in this compelling study of how six million acres of biodiverse land were conserved in Montana over the past fifty years.

https://beav.es/x4F

14/07/2025

Nice shout out from Yale School of the Environment for "Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge" and contributor Pat Gonzales-Rogers!

"In an anthology of critical discourse highlighting Indigenous perspectives on ecological knowledge and value systems, Pat Gonzales-Rogers, an executive fellow at YSE, shares insights in his essay, 'The Doctrine of Discovery Still Lives With Us and It Ain’t Good.'”

https://beav.es/x4v

  Hearsay is Not Excluded: A History of Natural History Michael Dove (Yale University Press) Oral tradition, folktales, and Indigenous knowledge are often footnotes in the study of the natural world, but it’s this cultural knowledge that Michael Dove, the Margaret K. Musser Professor of Social E...

11/07/2025

blog features the newly available "Field Guide to the Grasses of Oregon and Washington, Second Edition."
Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen posts "This book is a MUST-HAVE for those with a serious interest in the grasses of the region!"
Check it out: https://beav.es/x4E.

1) Birkhead,Tim. The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife. 2025. Bloomsbury Sigma. Hardbound: 288 pages. Price: $28.00 U.S. 

10/07/2025

Dr. Stephen R. Hausmann talks with OSU Press author Char Miller about his recent book "Burn Scars: A Documentary History of Fire Suppression, from Colonial Origins to the Resurgence of Cultural Burning" for New Books Network.
Take a listen: https://beav.es/x4M.

09/07/2025

"Well known for her previous books about artisan cheese, Portland author Tami Parr's new book, 'Goats in America: A Cultural History,' documents the surprising and important role goats have played throughout the history of the United States." —Kathleen Bauer,
Find out what prompted Tami to write the book and more: https://beav.es/xZU.

Did you know that goats were brought to the Americas from Europe on Christopher Columbus's second voyage in 1493? Or that goats were considered "the poor man's cow" because immigrants streaming to the newly industrializing cities in America often kept goats for sustenance and survival? Or that goa...

02/07/2025

Calling all Montana and . Join the authors of "Saving the Big Sky" as they celebrate their new book throughout your great state.

Find an upcoming book event with Bruce A. Bugbee, Robert J. Kiesling, and John B. Wright near you this July!

🔷Country Bookshelf, Bozeman, MT, Wednesday, July 16, 6:00 pm
🔷Shakespeare & Co., Missoula, MT, Wednesday, July 23, 7:00 pm
🔷Billings Public Library with This House of Books, Billings, MT, Thursday, July 24, 6:00 pm
🔷Wheatgrass Books & Gifts, Livingston, MT, Friday, July 25, 5:00 pm

Visit osupress.oregonstate.edu/events to learn more about each stop.

01/07/2025

Wow! It's so exciting to see Linda Meanus, author of "My Name is LaMoosh," featured and celebrated by Confluence. ❤️
https://beav.es/NFw.

– Linda Meanus We honor Linda Meanus, a Warm Springs author, elder, and cultural educator dedicated to preserving the stories of her people. Linda grew up under the guidance of her grandmother, Flora Thompson and grandpa Chief Tommy Thompson near Celilo Falls. Today, Linda’s b...

27/06/2025

Linda Ziedrich will discuss her book "First Fruits: The Lewellings and the Birth of the Pacific Coast Fruit Industry" at the Ledding Library of Milwaukie this Saturday, June 28, at 12 pm.
Supported by the Friends of the Ledding Library, this is a free event, with seating available on a first-come, first-seated basis.
https://beav.es/NFc

Author Linda Ziedrich will discuss her book First Fruits: The Lewellings and the Birth of the Pacific Coast Fruit Industry. This is a free event, with seating available on a first-come, first-seated basis. This author talk is supported by the Friends of the Ledding Library.

25/06/2025

Happy Publication Day to the Hallie Ford Museum of Art and Roger Saydack!

"C.S. Price: A Portrait" is now available from your favorite booksellers and directly from OSU Press!

"C.S. Price: A Portrait" chronicles the life and work of an early Portland modernist painter (1874-1950), who emerged in the 1930s and '40s as a national figure and one of Oregon’s most important and influential artists.

https://beav.es/Nya

24/06/2025

OSU Press will be attending NAISA 2025 in Oklahoma City! Come by and tell us about your latest book project while browsing our new titles. Booth #8.
The exhibit hall will be open Thursday, June 26, through Saturday, June 28, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm daily.
The 2025 conference will explore the theme of “Roots and Origins.” This theme invites participants to reflect on the foundational aspects of Native American and Indigenous Studies, to consider the origins of our field, and to engage with the deep-rooted histories and traditions that shape Indigenous Peoples locally and globally today.
View this year's featured titles online at https://beav.es/Nyd.

19/06/2025

The Willamette Writers Coast Chapter welcomes author Judith Barrington at the Newport Public Library.
Friday, June 20th at 4 pm
Reading
Judith will read from her book "Virginia's Apple: Collected Memoirs"
Saturday, June 21st at 2 pm
Memoir and Memoir-in-Essay Workshop
Judith will offer a supplemental talk, discussion, and writing prompts
Both events are free and open to the public.
https://beav.es/NC8

19/06/2025

Are you in Corvallis for the 2025 joint annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) and the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS)?
If so, stop by the OSU Press book display on Thursday, 6/19, or Friday, 6/20, to see our great selection of titles. You can also check out the featured books by clicking the link!
https://beav.es/NCh

OSU Press will be tabling at the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) and the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS) taking place on the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis, Oregon!