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Today is National #ASLDay! April 15 marks the opening of the American School for the Deaf in 1817. Celebrate with us by visiting The Gallaudet Children’s Dictionary of ASL online video dictionary, which features more than 1,000 videos of ASL signs & sentences! Scan the QR code or visit: gcdasl.com

Hello, #LSA2026! Stop by our booth in the exhibit hall today through Sunday to browse our discounted books and journal issues and pick up some swag! Have a book project idea? Our acquisitions editor is available all weekend to meet with you. 🤓 See you soon! @lingsocam.bsky.social #ReadUP

Our spring 2026 catalog is now available for you to peruse and share! Scan the QR code or visit the link below to check out our forthcoming and recent releases. #ReadUP #NewBooks gu.live/OMnGE

Now available! THE CRIP LINGUISTICS READER is a wide-ranging and groundbreaking collection that challenges normative ideas about what is considered “good language.” Visit our website for more information on this latest release from GU Press! gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/T/The-...

SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETING FOR THEATRE is now available! This new book is a groundbreaking and comprehensive guide on the art and collaborative practice of sign language interpreting for the theatre written by three veteran performing arts interpreters. gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/S/Sign...

Happy University Press Week! This year's #UPWeek theme recognizes how university presses and authors #TeamUP with a global network of reviewers, librarians, freelancers, community members, teachers, students, and many others to amplify and elevate knowledge. @aupresses.bsky.social

For University Press Week, we're highlighting the important, collaborative work that Senior Acquisitions Editor @rcolesworthy.bsky.social does to build bridges across the scholarly publishing ecosystem: tinyurl.com/3t7mdnef/ #TeamUP #ReadUP

Thanks for the #UPWeek love, @literaryhub.bsky.social! Many university presses are dedicated to Teaming UP with translators to advance knowledge & understanding. Discover 17 outstanding examples to #ReadUP in “ Reading Around the World” https://bit.ly/43S4pf8#UPWeek#ReadUP..

Happy University Press Week! Join us in celebrating how authors, university press publishing professionals & so many others #TeamUP to advance knowledge. Explore this @bookshop.org collection of university press books to find your next thought-provoking read: https://bit.ly/4nhTQcc#TeamUP #ReadUP

Banned Books Week starts TODAY! Show your support for sharing banned books with a This Library Shares Banned Books Sign from our online store: lflib.org/banned-boo...

Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights. https://www.ala.org/bbooks.

**SALE EXTENDED!** Deaf Awareness Month is over but we’re going to keep the sale running through Oct 10. Use promo code AWARE45 at checkout to get 45% off all books and ebooks. This is the biggest sale we’ll have for a while so stock up while you can! gupress.gallaudet.edu/Publishers/G... #ReadUP

Anne Pfister will be celebrating the release of her book The Evidence Is Life this Thursday, October 2 at 5:30pm at the University of North Florida Gallery of Art. Be sure to stop by if you’re local to the Jacksonville area! 🙌📚

Today is the last day of the International Week of Deaf People, and the theme is Set the Basis for the Future. Read the SLS special issue on technology and the deaf community, which is #OpenAccess on @projectmuse.bsky.social for a limited time: muse.jhu.edu/pub/18/issue... #IWDP2025 #ReadUP

Today’s #IWDP theme is Recognition of National Sign Languages. Use the link below to read the American Annals of the Deaf article “Sign Language Legislation as a Tool for Sustainability,” which is open access on @projectmuse.bsky.social for the rest of the week! muse.jhu.edu/article/676622

The #DeafAwarenessMonth book sale is almost over! Use promo code AWARE45 to save 45% off all books through September 30! Shop now: gupress.gallaudet.edu/Publishers/G...

Today is the International Day of Sign Languages, and we’re celebrating by featuring a classic issue of Sign Language Studies on language planning and sign language rights, which will be #OpenAccess on @projectmuse.bsky.social through September 28! Read it here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/18/issue...

Today marks the start of the International Week of Deaf People! The #IWDP2025 theme is “No Human Rights Without Sign Language Rights.” Visit the link below to learn more! wfdeaf.org/internationa...

Peer review is essential to our mission of sharing knowledge by and about deaf people and signing communities. For #PRW2025, read the @aupresses.bsky.social peer review handbook, an invaluable guide for anyone working in scholarly publishing. peerreview.up.hcommons.org @peerreviewweek.bsky.social

In celebration of #DeafAwarenessMonth, we’re giving away a one year print subscription to Sign Language Studies! Use the QR code or the link below to enter by Sept 30 for a chance to win! The winner will be chosen randomly on Oct 1 and contacted via email. Good luck! forms.gle/EroQLmSKbqwQ...

Did you know that our #DeafAwarenessMonth sale applies to print edition preorders, too? Use the QR codes or visit the link below to preorder your copies using code AWARE45 at checkout. The #BookSale includes our picture book collab with the Clerc Center! gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/Forthc... #ReadUP

During the month of September, enjoy 45% off ALL @gallaudetpress.bsky.social titles, including my own books published by GUP. Why 45%? This year marks the Press’s 45th anniversary! Come browse gupress.gallaudet.edu and use the promo code AWARE45 at checkout. (Thanks.)

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Join us in celebrating #DeafAwarenessMonth! In honor of DAM and our 45th anniversary, all books and ebooks are 45% off in September using promo code AWARE45 at checkout. Visit our website to browse our current and forthcoming titles: gupress.gallaudet.edu #ReadUP #BookSale

Gallaudet University Press will be closed on Monday, September 1 in observance of Labor Day. Have a safe and restful holiday weekend!

Happy Pub Day to THE EVIDENCE IS LIFE by Anne E. Pfister! Visit our website for more information on the book, including how you can get your copy: gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/T/The-... Cover design by @michelvrana.com ✨📚👌 #NewBook #ReadUP

Last call for submissions! We’d love to feature your #DeafEd dissertation or thesis in the research section of the 2025 American Annals of the Deaf reference issue. Send the details to deirdre dot mullervy at gallaudet dot edu by August 29. Thanks!

Calling all recent #DeafEd master’s and doctorate grads! We’d love to feature your dissertation or thesis in the research section of the 2025 AAD reference issue. Send the deets to deirdre dot mullervy at gallaudet dot edu by August 29. Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by John Christiansen’s book signing event yesterday at Streetcar 82 Brewing Co.! It was such a treat to be out in the community celebrating John's book VIBRANT MOSAIC, and chatting with book (and beer) lovers, neighbors, colleagues, and friends old and new.

Book nerds and beer nerds, rejoice: Streetcar 82 Brewing Co. is hosting a book signing with author John Christiansen next Thursday, August 14 from 4-6pm! We’ll be onsite at their brewery in Hyattsville, MD with copies of VIBRANT MOSAIC for sale. See you there! 🤓📚🍻

It's that time of the year! We're pulling together the research section of the 2025 American Annals of the Deaf. If you've recently successfully defended a dissertation or a master's thesis on deaf education, please send along the details to be added to the list!

Are you attending the ASLTA conference at Gallaudet this week? Be sure to stop by our exhibit on Thursday to come say hello and browse our books! We’ll be at the SAC MPR from 7:30-5:30. See you there!

Our fall 2025 catalog is now available! Browse our forthcoming books in linguistics, disability studies, translation and interpreting studies, anthropology, plus a collab with the Clerc Center! Check it out: view.publitas.com/p222-9323/ga... #ReadUP #NewBooks

We enjoyed answering your questions about publishing for @aupresses.bsky.social #AskUP! Can I publish poetry with a university press? Can my new work include coauthored, previously published material? Why does my book for general readers need to be peer reviewed? ask.up.hcommons.org/category/wisc/

Happy Pride Month from Gallaudet University Press! #DeafQueer #DeafLGBTQPride

Happy Pub Day to Deaf Studies for Educators! This volume offers insights into the early intersections of deaf studies and deaf education. A foreword by Onudeah D. Nicolarakis contextualizes the work for modern audiences. Visit our website to learn more! gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/D/Deaf...

Author John Christiansen will be at the Barnes & Noble Asheville Mall this Saturday, May 31 from 12-2pm to promote his new GUP release, VIBRANT MOSAIC. Be sure to stop by if you’re in the AVL area! Event info: stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...

Happy Pub Day to The Language of Home by @raymondluczak.com! This short story collection is an exciting literary contribution that offers rare, nuanced representations of Deaf characters. Visit our website to learn more! gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/T/The-... #ReadUP #DeafLit

The documentary “Deaf President Now!” is now available for streaming on AppleTV+! In March 1988, students at #GallaudetU led a successful protest to demand the selection of the university’s first #Deaf president. Follow the links below to read excerpts from any of our excellent books on DPN!

Happy Pub Day to Vibrant Mosaic: A Deaf Sociologist Explores Issues Impacting Deaf and Hard of Hearing People by John B. Christiansen! 🎉 Visit our website for more info on the book, including how you can get your copy: gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/V/Vibr... Cover design by @michelvrana.com 📚✨👌

To close out #NationalPoetryMonth, be sure to watch @raymondluczak.com poem “9 months” from ONCE UPON A TWIN! Scan the QR code or visit the link below. Swipe for more info on the book, including how you can get your copy at 30% off (with free domestic shipping). The sale ends today! gu.live/tLvuf

Our National Deaf History Month sale is almost over! Only a couple more days to save 30% on ALL books (both print and ebooks) plus FREE domestic shipping using promo code NDHM2025 at checkout. Use the link below to stock up, including on forthcoming GU Press titles! #ReadUP gupress.gallaudet.edu

We apologize for including the wrong link! Here's the correct one: muse.jhu.edu/pub/18/artic...

We are so jazzed to be at the first New Directions in Black Disability Studies Conference! Stop by our booth in Minor Hall to browse our books at the conference discount, grab some swag, and get information on how to publish with us. We’ll be here till 7p so come thru! #ReadUP

Was pleased to attend the @deafaction soft launch of the Brennan library last night with my colleagues @rejadam.bsky.social & @staceysteinwebb to talk about our new co-edited volume “International perspectives on sign language translator & interpreter education” from @gallaudetpress.bsky.social

Here’s another #OpenAccess SLS article to read during National #DeafHistoryMonth! Check out “Segregation and Desegregation of the Southern Schools for the Deaf” by Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, Joseph C. Hill, and Carolyn McCaskill on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/18/artic... #ReadUP

Happy Friday! Let's celebrate National #DeafHistoryMonth with some #OpenAccess SLS. The article “Beyond Islay: A Brief Literary History of Deaf Utopia and Dystopia” by Kristen Harmon (our interim director!) is free to read for the rest of April. Enjoy! muse.jhu.edu/pub/18/artic... #ReadUP

We can’t let April pass us by without featuring some #DeafLit for #NationalPoetryMonth! Here's “Night Speak” and “Playing God with a Flashlight” by @sageravenwood.bsky.social from EVERYTHING THAT HURT US BECOMES A GHOST. Now 30% off w/ promo code NDHM2025: gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/E/Ever...

In spring's gentle breeze, Seventeen syllables dance, Haiku day whispers. 🌸