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West Virginia’s largest book publisher. Our titles include a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

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Some of our amazing editors of This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep, Katy Ryan and Ellen Skirvin and author of God of River Mud Vic Sizemore signing their books at #awp25 📚 🖊️

Some of our amazing editors of This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep, Katy Ryan and Ellen Skirvin and author of God of River Mud Vic Sizemore signing their books at #awp25 📚 🖊️
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We are thrilled to present West Virginia Poet Laureate Marc Harshman's newest collection of poems, Dispatch From the Mountain State. "Unflinching, Dispatch from the Mountain State wrestles with contemporary chaos, but illuminates the sweet stillness alive under it; mourns our

We are thrilled to present West Virginia Poet Laureate Marc Harshman's newest collection of poems, Dispatch From the Mountain State.

"Unflinching, Dispatch from the Mountain State wrestles with contemporary chaos, but illuminates the sweet stillness alive under it; mourns our
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Join us at the Aull Center in Morgantown, WV on April 30th at 6:30pm for a wonderful discussion about This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep and the Appalachian Prison Book Project!! This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep presents an engaging collection of letters and artwork by

Join us at the Aull Center in Morgantown, WV on April 30th at 6:30pm for a wonderful discussion about This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep and the Appalachian Prison Book Project!! 

This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep presents an engaging collection of letters and artwork by
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Megan Howell, author of Softie, was chosen by our own Deesha Philyaw Deesha Philyaw and was named to The National Book Foundation 5 under 35! The National Book Foundation selects five fiction writers under the age of 35 whose debut work promises to leave a lasting impression

Megan Howell, author of Softie, was chosen by our own Deesha Philyaw <a href="/DeeshaPhilyaw/">Deesha Philyaw</a> and was named to The National Book Foundation 5 under 35!  

The National Book Foundation selects five fiction writers under the age of 35 whose debut work promises to leave a lasting impression
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It was the greatest honor of my career to be a runner up for the George Perkins Marsh prize for best book in environmental history at #aseh2025. I wrote this book for these people and it is so great to know they liked it!

It was the greatest honor of my career to be a runner up for the George Perkins Marsh prize for best book in environmental history at #aseh2025. I wrote this book for these people and it is so great to know they liked it!
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New Signing! We are pleased to announce that we’ve signed Corinna Cook’s next essay collection, “Another Sense of Time” for our Spring 2026 list. These essays wrestle with colonialism and climate change spanning the borderlands of the author’s natal Southeast Alaska and their

New Signing!

We are pleased to announce that we’ve signed Corinna Cook’s next essay collection, “Another Sense of Time” for our Spring 2026 list.  These essays wrestle with colonialism and climate change spanning the borderlands of the author’s natal Southeast Alaska and their
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We have some fantastic reading material for you on this beautiful Earth Day!! 🌎🌳 Jason Newton, author of Cutover Capitalism, recently published an op-ed drawing from his book research in the Times Union. The article is a great read about immigration and the logging industry.

We have some fantastic reading material for you on this beautiful Earth Day!! 🌎🌳

Jason Newton, author of Cutover Capitalism, recently published an op-ed drawing from his book research in the Times Union. The article is a great read about immigration and the logging industry.
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Earth Day Sale!! 🌏🌍🌎🌲🌱 Power Shift by Szeman and Wenzel traces recent social and cultural shifts in how we understand and imagine energy, the environment, and the challenges of global warming—a great read for today! Use SHIFT25 to get 20% off.

Earth Day Sale!! 🌏🌍🌎🌲🌱

Power Shift by Szeman and Wenzel traces recent social and cultural shifts in how we understand and imagine energy, the environment, and the challenges of global warming—a great read for today! 

Use SHIFT25 to get 20% off.
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Rouzbeh Yassini will be celebrating his colleagues tomorrow April 24th at the Cable Hall of Fame ceremony in NYC! Yassini was inducted into the Hall of Fame at last year’s ceremony, where he was celebrated for his invention of the first cable modem—a breakthrough chronicled in

Rouzbeh Yassini will be celebrating his colleagues tomorrow April 24th at the Cable Hall of Fame ceremony in NYC! 

Yassini was inducted into the Hall of Fame at last year’s ceremony, where he was celebrated for his invention of the first cable modem—a breakthrough chronicled in
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Join Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP) and WVUP for an evening of conversation and community at the launch of "This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep: Notes from the Appalachian Prison Book Project." We are excited to celebrate this powerful collection of writings, artwork, and reflections. This

Join <a href="/AppalachianPBP/">Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP)</a> and WVUP for an evening of conversation and community at the launch of "This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep: Notes from the Appalachian Prison Book Project."

We are excited to celebrate this powerful collection of writings, artwork, and reflections. This
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Spring has finally arrived, bringing cheery blossoms, peaking tulips, and the warming sun. While Morgantown defrosts and returns to its vibrant nature, our authors have been busy bees! Check out the Booktimist for another seasonal update from our authors!

Spring has finally arrived, bringing cheery blossoms, peaking tulips, and the warming sun. While Morgantown defrosts and returns to its vibrant nature, our authors have been busy bees!

Check out the Booktimist for another seasonal update from our authors!
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We are SO excited for this event TOMORROW evening!! Join Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP) and WVUP for an evening of conversation and community at the launch of “This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep: Notes from the Appalachian Prison Book Project.” We are celebrating this powerful collection of

We are SO excited for this event TOMORROW evening!! 

Join <a href="/AppalachianPBP/">Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP)</a> and WVUP for an evening of conversation and community at the launch of “This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep: Notes from the Appalachian Prison Book Project.”

We are celebrating this powerful collection of
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We want to close out National Poetry Month by celebrating Marc Harshman and his work that recently went live on Poets.org!! “Astonished,” “Hunger,” and “This Light” are all pulled from Dispatch from the Mountain State, published at the beginning of this month.

We want to close out National Poetry Month by celebrating Marc Harshman and his work that recently went live on Poets.org!! 

“Astonished,” “Hunger,” and “This Light” are all pulled from Dispatch from the Mountain State, published at the beginning of this month.
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Happy (belated) pub day to Power Shift edited by Imre Szeman and Jennifer Wenzel!!! Featuring brief essays on 101 key terms by scholars, artists, and activists from around the world and across disciplines, Power Shift offers an expansive, kaleidoscopic guide to the history of

Happy (belated) pub day to Power Shift edited by Imre Szeman and Jennifer Wenzel!!!

Featuring brief essays on 101 key terms by scholars, artists, and activists from around the world and across disciplines, Power Shift offers an expansive, kaleidoscopic guide to the history of
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T-30 min 🚨🚨 See you tonight for the “This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep” book launch party!!! Location: Aull Center (351 Spruce Street, Morgantown, WV) Date: Wednesday, April 30 Time: 6:30 pm

T-30 min 🚨🚨

See you tonight for the “This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep” book launch party!!! 

Location: Aull Center (351 Spruce Street, Morgantown, WV)
Date: Wednesday, April 30
Time: 6:30 pm
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We are thrilled to present north by north/west by Chris Campanioni Chris Campanioni !! north by north/west is a hybrid work of creative nonfiction assembled as several iterative sequences—a discontinuous itinerary—of exile. As the narrator begins work on a rough translation of

We are thrilled to present north by north/west by Chris Campanioni <a href="/chriscampanioni/">Chris Campanioni</a> !!

north by north/west is a hybrid work of creative nonfiction assembled as several iterative sequences—a discontinuous itinerary—of exile.

As the narrator begins work on a rough translation of
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The 2025 PEN Literary Awards are TONIGHT in New York!! Megan Howell’s debut short story collection, Softie, made the longlist for the @penamerica Robert W. Bingham Prize! Good luck Megan!!

The 2025 PEN Literary Awards are TONIGHT in New York!! 

Megan Howell’s debut short story collection, Softie, made the longlist for the @penamerica Robert W. Bingham Prize! 

Good luck Megan!!
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We are celebrating the Mother’s Day with a 40% sale on Memorializing Motherhood!! 🌷🌻🌹 Few know the name Anna Jarvis, yet on the second Sunday in May, we mail the card, buy the flowers, place the phone call, or make the brunch reservation to honor our mothers, all because of

We are celebrating the Mother’s Day with a 40% sale on Memorializing Motherhood!! 🌷🌻🌹

Few know the name Anna Jarvis, yet on the second Sunday in May, we mail the card, buy the flowers, place the phone call, or make the brunch reservation to honor our mothers, all because of
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Check out the advance praise for The New American Small Town by Jennifer Mapes coming June 1st!!! Small towns are often assumed to be utopias of the past or crumbling ghost towns of the present day rather than places with potential for sustainable living. This book critically

Check out the advance praise for The New American Small Town by Jennifer Mapes coming June 1st!!! 

Small towns are often assumed to be utopias of the past or crumbling ghost towns of the present day rather than places with potential for sustainable living. This book critically