Thanks to Stephanie Hunt and everyone at Charleston Magazine for this attention! A New Biography Reveals the Life and Legacy of Edwin Augustus Harleston, Charleston’s Forgotten Portrait Artist charlestonmag.com/features/a_n...

At @uscpress.bsky.social we are eager to receive applications from experienced and enthusiastic book marketing professionals. Drop me a note to talk about the position!

Congratulations to Carolyn Click ick for winning the 2026 South Carolina African American Heritage Commission Book Prize for The Cost of the Vote! Get your copy at uscpress.com/The-Cost-of-... @aupresses.bsky.social #blackhistorymonth #bookaward #booksky #awardwinner

@uscpress.bsky.social will be there!

Save the dates & make plans to join us as we gather in person once again for our flagship community event! #AUPresses26 will take place June 13-15 in Seattle, WA. Find the latest information here: https://bit.ly/3LZAyeW

Congratulations to Claudia Smith Brinson and Cecil Williams for receiving an honorable mention for the 2026 South Carolina African American Heritage Commission Book Prize for Injustice in Focus! Get your copy at uscpress.com/Injustice-in... @aupresses.bsky.social #blackhistorymonth #booksky

Happy to talk about this position!

Not a peep on the @washingtonpost.com home page about the bloodbath that Bezos & Co just wreaked on the entire paper. Absolutely NO MORE books coverage. So here's your reminder that @wirobooks.bsky.social is still here, all day, every day, with no paywall. It's good to be *independent*. Bookmark us!

Claudia Smith Brinson to Be Inducted into the South Carolina Academy of Authors; two time USC Press author, Brinson will be inducted to the South Carolina Academy of Authors, the state's literary hall of fame, during the biennial induction weekend March 20-22, 2026. uscpress.com/Claudia-Smit...

Hot off the press! A book review for M. Akua McDaniel's new book, A Dream Deferred, is now available from Charleston Magazine: charlestonmag.com/features/a_n... #booksky #HarlemRenaissance

"The War of Southern Aggression" by James M. McPherson ... “South Carolina,” wrote one of the state’s few opponents of secession in 1860, “is too small for a republic, but too large for an insane asylum.” @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/articles/198...

Save the dates & make plans to join us as we gather in person once again for our flagship community event! #AUPresses26 will take place June 13-15 in Seattle, WA. Find the latest information here: https://bit.ly/3LZAyeW

Happy Pub Day to Edward J. Hagerty for his new book, Soldier of the South! This book is the first comprehensive examination of Anderson's life, providing a view of an officer's experiences on the frontier, in Mexico, and during the American Civil War. uscpress.com/Soldier-of-t... #history #booksky

Last night Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP hosted the launch of Vincent Sheheen's CONCISE GUIDE TO SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GOVERNMENT. @uscpress.bsky.social is the proud publisher, and we are eager to do more to promote civic education and engagement in South Carolina.

Keith Rushing and Descended featured in The Island Packet Article for Martin Luther King, Jr. day makes ties to a search for community and healing for African Americans. Rushing will also speak about his book at an event in Hilton Head on February 10. www.islandpacket.com/opinion/opn-...

Happy Pub Day to M. Akua McDaniel for, A Dream Deferred: The Art and Activism of Edwin Augustus Harleston! McDaniel offers a full portrait of Harleston's life and career, one that had an outsized impact on the American art world, and beyond. Get your copy at uscpress.com/A-Dream-Defe... #arthistory

Happy to share that @molliebarnes.bsky.social's new book is headed to the @uscpress.bsky.social warehouse! Congrats on this accomplishment and happy reading to everyone engaged with the history of the Lowcountry and the Sea Islands! FYI @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

Recently found out that I’ll be a featured author at the 2026 Savannah Book Festival alongside folks like Stacy Abrams, John Jennings, Damian Duffy, Jeneva Rose, & more! 🎉#octaviabutler www.savannahbookfestival.org/festival-sat... General info: www.savannahbookfestival.org/festival-sat...

Thanks to Marquise Francis and @nbcnews.com for traveling to Orangeburg, SC, to talk to Cecil Williams about his photography and the SC Civil Rights Museum. Great segment here: www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... Great book from @uscpress.bsky.social here: uscpress.com/Injustice-in...

Re the conversation below, start at 35:22 for a great, respectful debate about keeping books in print and the mission of university presses.

Thx to @uminnpress.bsky.social for this talk about @aupresses.bsky.social publishing: share.transistor.fm/s/5c6c6e92 HT @lisambayer.bsky.social, Dean Smith @dukepress.bsky.social, Jennifer Crew @columbiaup.bsky.social, @williamgermano.bsky.social, @gmbritton.bsky.social, @noctambulate.bsky.social

Happy holidays!

As 2025 concludes, I highlight our great spring 2026 season. (See the covers below.) My colleagues at @uscpress.bsky.social have done fantastic work these past 12 months, & each impressive cover is just an anticipation of the quality inside each book (print and digital). Happy (Reading) Holidays!

A timely reminder (see below). 'Tis the season! #amreading #booksale #ReadUP

Ed Hagerty's definitive biography of Richard Anderson just hit the warehouse and can be purchased from @uscpress.bsky.social Anderson's war spanned firing on Ft. Sumter to the surrender at Appomattox--the whole career of Confederate cause can be assessed through his life. #CivilWarHistory #AmHist

Over here at @uscpress.bsky.social I am listening to Walter Edgar and Alfred Turner talking about 25 years of Walter Edgar's Journal on SC Public Radio! Necessary listening for all South Carolinians and those passionate about American history. www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/podcast/walt...

Great to hear from Rebecca Battle-Bryant of South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce about encouraging younger people who are beginning careers and the role that internships play in that process. HT to the Columbia Chamber for hosting a full year of great speakers.

Holiday gift buying is picking up and, well, you would do well to fill out your list with some @uscpress.bsky.social titles, ... all at 50% off!

@uscpress.bsky.social is taking in the views on this third day of the Columbia Junior League's Holiday Market! #HappyHolidays #booksale

@uscpress.bsky.social is feeling festive at this year's Holiday Market, sponsored by the Columbia Junior League. #booksale #happyholidays

Tis the season, and I encourage readers everywhere to pick up @uscpress.bsky.social books as holiday gifts and treats for yourself. Online (at 50%off) or via your local indie bookseller. Making the holiday reading season bright!

Calling all book lovers, our holiday sale is live now until December 31st! All books are 50% with free shipping on all U.S. orders over $50! The sale is on our website only at uscpress.com and use code JHOL25 at checkout. Happy reading! #booksale #holidaysale #booksky

It's cover reveal time for our Spring 2026 season of books! Thank you to our wonderful designers for helping us look our best. Check out these titles and more at uscpress.com

Thank you to The George Washington University - College of Professional Studies for having USC Press at this year's Ethics in Publishing Conference! We were part of a wonderful panel and you can watch the full hour here: gwpress.manifoldapp.org/projects/15t...

We love to see universities highlighting the work of their professors! Thank you @clemsontigers.bsky.social for this article on Otis W. Pickett Sr. news.clemson.edu/pickett-publ... Read the article for updates on Pickett's upcoming author events!

Looking forward to the launch of Mary Whyte’s AN ARTIST’S LIFE this evening at the Charleston Library Society!

“It takes continuing on the path no matter what else is going on.” -- Henrie Monteith Treadwell in a recent interview with USC, sc.edu/uofsc/posts/...

All are invited to attend this webinar, Publishing with a University Press, on Thurs 11/13. This is the 2nd in a 4-part publishing series organized by our Faculty Outreach Committee with the Rutgers Ctr for Minority Serving Institutions. Register here: https://buff.ly/38DpVOR

@uscpress.bsky.social is loving being at the @scstatefair.bsky.social and talking food, culture, and history!

It was a great weekend in Atlanta and we at @uscpress.bsky.social were so honored to share Dr. Treadwell's memoir, COME ALONG WITH ME. Thanks to Bobby Donaldson at the @sc.edu Center for Civil Rights History and Research for making it happen at @asalh-bhm.bsky.social annual meeting! #asalh25 #asalh

Hey @asalh-bhm.bsky.social attendees, our author, Henrie Montieth Treadwell will be signing her new book, Come Along with Me: An African American Woman's Journey for Justice, tomorrow September 26th from 5pm-6pm! You can get a copy of her book in advance at the USC Press booth now! #ASALH

Official Book Trailer for Mary Whyte’s new book, An Artist’s Life! Available for sale October 14, 2025 at uscpress.com/An-Artists-L... or wherever you buy books. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r09t... #art #watercolor #newbook

New podcast with our author Kevin J. Hayes with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/understandin... #podcast #booksky #gonzojournalism

This is happening in Conway SC….

USC Press seeks a full-time Marketing, Sales, and Publicity Director! Are you a collaborative team leader? Do you enjoy developing creative sales strategies? Then we can't wait to hear from you! Apply here: uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/194... #publishingjob #hiring @uofscprovost.bsky.social

The family has decided against the controversial D-100 and decided that two D-10s work just fine.... Return to your D&Ding!

Get 40% off all books now through 8/31/25, plus FREE shipping on all orders over $50. Use promo code JBACK25 at checkout! Go here uscpress.com to get your books! #booksale #backtoschoolsale

Butler is a fave and it’s an honor for @uscpress.bsky.social to share @howard2home.bsky.social’s reading of this speculative fiction master with the world.

Happy Pub Day to Rebecca Capobianco Toy for her book, Landscapes of Freedom: Restoring the History of Emancipation and Citizenship in Yorktown, Virginia, 1861–1940! Get your copy at uscpress.com/Landscapes-o... This concludes our Spring 2025 season! #americanhistory #booksky #blackhistory

Happy Pub Day to Anthony S. Parent Jr. for his book, Flocks of Birds! This is an inclusive and interconnected history of the Virginia colony, one that demonstrates the centrality of Native history to America's colonial history. Get your copy now at uscpress.com/Flocks-of-Bi... #nativeamericanhistory