In an incredible turn out for Give4Garnet 2026, we raised $16,343 for our internship stipend! It is a privilege to share our mission and work with our students. They are diligent, creative, and ambitious students that we are proud to have on the team. Thank you!

Starting at noon, #Give4Garnet moves to a Closing Time Power Hour: 12PM - 2PM. If @uscpress.bsky.social receives the most donors during this time, another $2,500 will be donated to support our undergrad interns! Give here at any time but especially from 12 to 2: give4garnet.sc.edu/giving-day/1...

#Give4Garnet continues today for @uscpress.bsky.social Please make a donation, of any size, to support our fantastic interns, like Stephanie, and ensure they receive equitable stipends. tinyurl.com/27xkmv74 Small gifts are welcome! We want to hear from all who support paid interships!!

At 5:59 a.m. today #Give4Garnet begins! @uscpress.bsky.social asks that you make a donation, of any size, to support our interns. give4garnet.sc.edu/giving-day/1... Your gift ensures equitable stipends to our outstanding students who are essential to our publication program.

#Give4Garnet is tomorrow and I encourage you to go to our giving page (give4garnet.sc.edu/giving-day/1...) and make a gift to support our amazing interns! @uscpress.bsky.social thrives because of the contributions of interns. Help us ensure they receive fair stipends!!

Happy Pub Day to Carl Borick for his new book, Backcountry Resistance! The extraordinary story of a war fought by the ordinary people of the South Carolina Backcountry uscpress.com/Backcountry-... #booksky #history #america250

Meet Natalia, the incredibly creative intern behind the digital campaign for, A Dream Deferred by Akua McDaniel. If you would like to support students like Natalia, please consider sharing this post and/or donating to our USC Press Internship Stipend Fund at give4garnet.sc.edu/givin.../104...

Here's a special shout out to USC Press authors for taking the time out of their busy schedules to work with our interns. For Taste the State Georgia, Stephanie presented her campaign ideas to Chef Mitchell, a highlight of the summer! Donate to USC Interns here: give4garnet.sc.edu/givin.../104...

Working on something similar here in South Carolina! FYI @aupresses.bsky.social

At @uscpress.bsky.social we are gearing up for the 2026 #Give4Garnet. Our focus is our undergraduate interns & increasing their stipends. Interns make a tremendous contribution to our operation & their time with us contributes significantly to their careers. Please consider making a donation!

People my age (middle aged) are (unreflective) blue-sky optimists about digital tech. Those younger, not so much: tinyurl.com/ypc8dtma The middle-aged are also oddly comfortable outsourcing our thinking to GenAI. Thank goodness that younger cohorts value more than so-called efficiency.

For those who missed it, here is the book talk between Shannon Ivey and Dr. Sidney Morrison, moderated by Debbie Billings at All Good Books: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uQP... #colorectalcancersurvivor #debutmemoir #booksky

The partnership that @uscpress.bsky.social has with Francis Marion University to publish CAROLINA CURRENTS is a great example of inter-institutional work for the greater good in South Carolina. CAROLINA CURRENTS is highlighted in the fall/winter edition of the FMU alumni magazine: lnkd.in/eDeYdVbw

Inspiring first day at the nonprofit summit organized by Together SC!

Palmetto and Spartina: morning details from Charleston

Hot off the press! Shannon Ivey's article with the @todayshow.com about her journey surviving colorectal cancer: www.today.com/health/women...

Give4Garnet 2026 is already in the works with Early Giving starting today! To make our internship accessible to even more students, we want to increase the stipend to $1,250 per intern, and we need your support! You can make your early donation here: give4garnet.sc.edu/giving-day/1...

Shannon Ivey sat down with Maureen Umeh at FOX 5 DC for the start of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month to talk about early signs and self-advocacy: www.fox5dc.com/video/fmc-46... #cancersurvivor #colorectalcancer

For a limited time only, the Ebook version of Shannon Ivey's debut memoir, Welcome to the Sh*t Show, is .99 cents! You can catch this sale wherever you buy Ebooks, so spread the word and don't miss out! bookshop.org/p/books/welc... #booksky #memoir #booksale #cancermemoir #cancersurvivor

Registration is open for the 2026 Piedmont Publishing Symposium: lnkd.in/ekTnh6wS Join 100+ publishing professionals, authors, allies, & students for conversations about the business of independent publishing. HT @cupress.bsky.social @hubcitypress.bsky.social UNG Press. FYI @aupresses.bsky.social

The #250th is upon us & @uscpress.bsky.social has essential reading on the Southern Campaign. Carl Borick tells the story of the soliders in the South Caroina Militia and details the civil war in what was about to become the Palmetto State. FYI @amrevmuseum.bsky.social @revolution250.bsky.social

Celebrating 20 years of Cocky's Reading Express here at @sc.edu! See the full article here: tinyurl.com/mzdfckxz #literacy #allthingsSC

For 10 years, our Center for Civil Rights History & Research has been telling the story of South Carolina’s major role in the American Civil Rights movement. More on that history & the important work that the center has done to bring it to life for generations to come. https://youtu.be/sSswXFW3Bt4

There’s life left in the world of book reviewing!

Please join us in welcoming 2 new members of the Association: National Taiwan University Press as a Regular Member and the newly formed American University of Sharjah Press as an Introductory Member. https://bit.ly/4k4uKxA

250th celebrations are getting underway and @uscpress.bsky.social is sharing our collection of titles on the American Revolution. Go to uscpress.com and use the discount code JSC250 for 30% of all titles.

RIP

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!