I wrote a book chapter about LIHTC and this @opb.org @tonyschick.bsky.social story well articulates the inefficiencies of the tax credit: www.opb.org/article/2026...

In what a scientist called "a crippling loss of information," the Trump administration is dismantling a network of ocean sensors, including those off Oregon and Washington's coast. The network helps scientists monitor everything from ocean circulation and climate change to ecosystems and weather.

The application period for the 2027 FSG Writer’s Fellowship is now open! The application period begins on June 3, 2026, and closes on July 6, 2026. More information about the fellowship can be found at fsgfellowship.com.

Terria Smith (Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla) has a memoir coming out with Heyday this spring, & it just got some great press in Ms Magazine! If you want to read an approachable, adventurous book by a Native woman journalist, mom, & world traveler, this is your jam msmagazine.com/2026/06/01/b...

Happy Publication Day to Jared D. Aldern, Theresa Lynn Gregor, and all of the "Landkeeping" contributors! "Landkeeping: Restoring Indigenous Fire Stewardship and Ecological Partnerships" is now available from your favorite booksellers or directly from OSU Press! beav.es/f8s #CulturalBurning #TEK

A young California condor flew into Oregon last month, marking the first time in more than 120 years that one of the birds has flown in Oregon’s sky. https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2026/06/condor-flies-into-oregon-for-first-time-in-over-120-years.html 

Join us in welcoming Marty Brown back to Corvallis as the Director of OSU Press! “It’s a true privilege to be back at the Press. The work that we do to publish peer-reviewed scholarship and foundational regional works is more important than ever and I am humbled to be part of it.” #GoBeavs #ReadUP

Tribal fire crews use controlled burns and forest thinning techniques passed down for centuries, proving that "good fire" can help stop devastating wildfires before they start.

The Kam Wah Chung and Company building has been a constant in the town of John Day for more than 150 years, where it has served as a home, store, medical practice, religious and community center, and — most recently — a museum.

The OSU Press fall 2026 catalog of books is now available! Check it out at beav.es/fn5.📚 🔖 In Search of Portland 🔖 Rare and Used 🔖 Another Eve 🔖 From Peaks to Prairie 🔖 Beautiful Stream 🔖 Peddlers of Hate 🔖 Everyone Has Class 🔖 The Art of D. E. May 🔖 James Lavadour #ReadLocal #ReadUP

Delighted to post that the University of Chicago Press has brought out a fourth edition (substantially revised and updated) of Getting It Published. I how could I have known twenty-five years ago that this book would be my companion?

One of my authors got one claiming to be from a film production company. Going to their website - searching and going to it directly, not clicking through from an email link - showed they were a real company, with a large notice on their homepage about impersonations and not trusting cold emails.

Three signs that bookclub email you just got is probably a scam 🚩 1) Generic gmail (or similar) address 2) The book club, award, or organization doesn’t exist when you look it up 3) The email is overly long, vague, and full of excessive praise (often AI-written)

New OSU Press blog post features Brian Libby (@brianlibby.bsky.social) author of "In Search of Portland: Exploring a Transforming City." "Writing this book was a way of reminding myself to cherish the city we have, right now." Read more: beav.es/fdP. #PortlandArchitecture #PortlandHistory

Mitzi and David Loftus present "From Thorns to Blossoms: A Japanese American Family in War and Peace" at the Lake Theater & Cafe, Tuesday, May 19, at 7 pm, for Lake Oswego Public Library's Third Tuesday Author program in collaboration with One Book, One Coast! #ReadLocal beav.es/fAu

It's powwow day at OSU! I'm at Gill with a table full of books. OSUP booth assistant Beverly Beaver is wearing her best earrings. Stop by and check out a great event (and also some great books). 🦫📚

Happy Publication Day to Andrea Carlisle! The 40th anniversary edition of "The Riverhouse Stories" is now available from your favorite booksellers and directly from OSU Press! Don't miss the event tonight, May 12, at Broadway Books in #Portland, 6 pm! beav.es/fYf#Portland#ReadLocal #OregonClassicFiction

🚨New Episode Alert🚨 We talk the housing crisis blues in Bend, Oregon and beyond with @oregonian.com reporter Jonathan Bach and his book "High Desert, Higher Costs: Bend and the Housing Crisis in the American West" (@osupress.bsky.social 2025). writingwestwardpodcast.podbean.com/e/086-jonath...

Until this week, much of the roughly 1,000-square-mile reservation has lacked reliable public transportation for decades. With the help of a state grant, there's a new bus route connecting remote communities, some for the first time.

Now streaming! The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West (@huscicw.bsky.social) Spring Webinar Series: Wood, Water, Land featuring "Landkeeping." beav.es/fNv

Umpqua Valley Audubon Society and Roseburg Public Library welcome Stewart Janes to the library on May 14th, at 6:30 pm, to talk about his new book, "Birds of Crater Lake National Park: A Natural History and Guide." 🐦 beav.es/fGC #ReadLocal #RoseburgEvents #Birds

My book is available for pre-order! It's still four months away from being released in September, but this is still an exciting milestone. It's called IN SEARCH OF PORTLAND: EXPLORING A TRANSFORMING CITY, and is published by Oregon State University Press. osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/in-sear...

Tina Ontiveros shares her award-winning memoir, "rough house," with Consuelo on KBOO Community Radio's "Once Upon a Time." beav.es/fcb #Memoir #OregonBookAwardFinalist #PNBABookAwardWinner #ReadLocal

It's Dam Proud Day!!! 🧡🦫 🧡🦫 OSU Press friends, staff, and authors are dam proud that the press has been publishing exceptional books about the Pacific Northwest for 65 years! Visit our giving page at: beav.es/press-proud. [Photo: 2026 Oregon Book Awards in Portland, OR] #DamProudDay #GoBeavs

States across the West are dealing with outdated funding systems in the face of skyrocketing wildfire costs. Some are responding in creative ways: www.hcn.org/articles/wil...

Tuesday, April 28th, at 7 p.m. @mcmenamins.bsky.social and Deschutes Historical Museum welcome William F. Willingham, to History Pub at Old St. Francis School in Bend, Oregon, where he will present "Oregon Gold" Tickets: $5; Doors: 6 p.m.; Program: 7 p.m. Visit the website to register: beav.es/fiz.

Take the first step to become an author with our program: Submitting Your Manuscript for First Time Authors. Learn about acquisitions, submitting to agents, self-publishing, and more! Our third and final session is happening at 6:00–7:30 p.m. on Apr 29 at the Hillsdale Library!

Ironically, I almost never type "acquisitions" correctly on the first try.

Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest have long used intentional fire for ceremony, and to steward the land, managing everything from food and wildlife to medicines and basket-making materials, according to Indigenous experts and researchers with the U.S. Forest Service.

My local indie is Book Bin in Salem, where you can always find a fine selection of OSU Press books old and new

It's Arbor Day! Plant a tree, buy a book. 🌳 OSU Press has amazing tree and forest-focused titles. Visit www.osupress.oregonstate.edu to find these and other titles in recognition of Arbor Day! #ArborDay #Trees #ReadLocal

Join us for a conversation with @jdaldern.bsky.social and Theresa Gregor celebrating the release of their new book, Landkeeping: Restoring Indigenous Fire Stewardship and Ecological Partnerships, published by @osupress.bsky.social. Thursday, April 30, 2026, 12-1 pm PST RSVP: bit.ly/landkeeping

Congratulations to Judith Barrington for winning the Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction with her book "Virginia's Apple: Collected Memoirs"!!! 🎉🎉🎉 What an amazing night at @literary-arts.org Oregon Book Awards! Check out all of this year's winners with @orartswatch.org: beav.es/fJF.

PROTEST CITY Image and activism in Portland's fight against ICE RIAN DUNDON ​INTERVIEW AND PHOTOGRAPHS www.truthinphotography.org/protest-city...

So excited to be releasing this out into the world! Spectacular line up of contributors sharing their experiences and perspectives on cultural burning in a variety of places in the US and Canada.

A popular path along Mulkey Creek in Corvallis recently became flooded after beavers built a dam in the area. That prompted several groups to look for a solution that would allow the beavers to remain busy in the area but keep the path open for public use.

Wow. There is an amazing schedule of speakers this year for Holocaust Memorial Week! OSU Press is honored to have published "Listening to Survivors: Four Decades of Holocaust Memorial Week at Oregon State University" which recognizes the stories and legacy of this program at OSU. 🧡 beav.es/GFc

Save the date! April 30, 2026 12:00 pm PT. Landkeeping: In Conversation Online Event with Jared Aldern and Theresa Gregor. Registration is now open!

New from OSU Press this May is the fortieth anniversary edition of "The Riverhouse Stories: How Pubah S. Queen and Lazy La Rue Save the World" by Andrea Carlisle. Order today. Publication date: May 12, 2026 beav.es/xFA #LesbianLoveStory #LesbianFairytale #ReadLocal #OregonClassicFiction

books: the rectangle that can’t send you push notifications. Try: books.

Bill McKibben reports on what Trump’s reorganization of the Forest Service means for rural America: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/G5KAKJ

Call for chapter abstracts for an edited Two-Spirit and Trans Indigenous Studies Reader. Abstracts due June 30, 2026. See full call at tinyurl.com/2STransIndig...

What will happen to the 82 USFS experimental forests around the country? Many sites have decades-long experiments that are tracking how forests are changed by timber harvesting practices and climate change. As I say here, “you can't just pick up an experimental forest site and move it to SLC.”

We're looking to hire a labor reporter! Please help spread the word! nwlaborpress.org/now-hiring

We're hiring! Currently seeking an Acquisitions Editor. https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Staff/job/Penn-State-University-Park/Acquisitions-Editor--Penn-State-University-Press_REQ_0000076402-1

"It was the stories of those who escaped brutality in their homelands that compelled Mehren to write 'I Lived To Tell The World.' As she says, the book found her: 'I was so impressed with the clear-eyed nature of their experiences, the way they described their experiences.'” beav.es/xND

New OSU Press blog post features Jared D. Aldern (@jdaldern.bsky.social) and Theresa Lynn Gregor, the editors of "Landkeeping: Restoring Indigenous Fire Stewardship and Ecological Partnerships." beav.es/xkx #IndigenousFireStewardship #CulturalBurning #TEK #CulturalRevitalization

And of course I’d be remiss if I didn’t shout out the role of beavers, who are laying the groundwork for salmon recovery in Spencer Creek & other Klamath basin streams by creating rearing ponds for the next generations of coho & steelhead. Tired: dams made of concrete Inspired: dams made of willow

OSU Press is excited to be attending the 2026 American Society for Environmental History (@aseh.bsky.social) meeting in Kansas City. Visit us at the meeting and tell us bout your latest book project, browse our new titles, and pick up cool stickers! 📚🦫🐐 beav.es/NtT #ASEH2026 #OSUPress #ReadUP