We're loving the buzz for The Gap Years by Tom French. Coming out April 14, it's an inspiring story of adventure and endurance in a quest to rediscover the passions of youth. Preorder your copy today! (Thanks, @ala-booklist.bsky.social !)

In honor of Black History Month, we want to draw your attention to a new edition you maybe missed: Black Women's Intellectual Traditions, edited by Kristin Waters and Carol B. Conaway—a landmark collection reclaiming the powerful intellectual and activist legacies of nineteenth-century Black women.

The Academy and the Award by Bruce Davis is out now in paperback! Read the first behind-the-scenes history of the organization behind the Oscars—just in time for the awards show itself.

Who were the photographers and publicity men behind “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper”? And who were the construction workers whose great personal risk helped build the myth of New York City? LUNCH ON A BEAM might just have the answers…

Win a physical copy of BOOKSTORE ROMANCE by Judith Rosen! Six lucky winners will be chosen on Valentine's Day. Just fill out the form in our bio to enter!

For an author, there is nothing like the thrill when the first copy of the actual book arrives! @brandeispress.bsky.social #hydrangeas #gardenwriter

Anyone else snowed in and reading some great nonfiction today? Let us know if you need a recommendation! ❄️ #BookSky

Now available! The story of a life shaped by revelation, devotion, and radical belief.

Excited about the Oscar nominations this morning? Or maybe frustrated with the Academy’s picks? However you’re feeling, we have the book for taking your Oscars interest to the next level: The Academy and the Award by Bruce Davis.

Just watched The Testament of Ann Lee? This biography is the essential follow-up: an accessible, thoroughly researched portrait of a radical religious leader, early feminist, and visionary. brandeisuniversitypress.com/title/mother...

After this week of ice and snow, we're certainly ready for spring. Take a look at our spring list! From tales of adventure to nature know-how to movie tie-ins, we have something for every reader this season. Preview the spring catalog: brandeisuniversitypress.com/catalogs/

We’re thrilled that The Green Ages by Annette Kehnel has been shortlisted for a translation prize with @societyofauthors.bsky.social! societyofauthors.org/2025/12/01/a...

Don’t miss Kareem Khubchandani at the Ford Hall Forum this Monday! ✨ In conversation with Kris Manjapra + performances by Candace Persuasion and Chanel The Angel. Register to attend in-person or online through  brandeisuniversitypress.com/event/kareem.... #AuthorTalk #DragPerformance #JoinUs

Amanda Seyfried is nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in “The Testament of Ann Lee,” inspired by BUP’s book by Nardi Reeder Campion! ⭐ A new edition of MOTHER ANN LEE arrives Jan 2026—preorder now: brandeisuniversitypress.com/title/mother...! #GoldenGlobe #BookSky #ComingSoon #NewEdition

Less than one week until you can catch John Gennari discuss “The Jazz Barn” at The Boston Athenaeum! 🎷 For more information and to purchase tickets, visit our website at brandeisuniversitypress.com. #BookTalk #AuthorEvent #JohnGennari #BookSky #SlyBooks #WritingCommunity #ReaderCommunity

We’re so excited to see THE JAZZ BARN in @thewallstreet.bsky.social. Get your copy now! Read review here: www.wsj.com/arts-culture... Purchase your copy here: brandeisuniversitypress.com/title/the-ja... #BookReview #FeaturedIn #AsSeenIn #TheJazzBarn #JohnGennari #CheckItOut #WallStreetJournal

Happening tomorrow!💫 Join Kareem Khubchandani at Harvard Book Store to discuss his new book, LESSONS IN DRAG, in conversation with Durba Mitra. This event is free. #AuthorEvent #BookTalk #Harvard #Brandeis #LessonsInDrag #GetYourCopyNow #BookishEvent

Happening tonight! 🥛 Join Kirk Kardashian at the Mini Ilsley Library at 6:00pm to discuss his book, MILK MONEY. Books will be available for purchase and signing! #BrandeisPress #MilkMoney #cashcow #dairyfarms #authorevent #vermont #middlebury #library

Excited to share Thomas Blubacher's feature in the @laist.com ! Check it out here: laist.com/news/la-hist.... #ThomasBlubacher #LAist #PacificPalisades #Weimar #GermanExiles #Feature #BrandeisUniversityPress

Proud to join the #UPWeek Gallery and #TeamUP on Gender & LGBTQIA Studies! "Lessons in Drag" showcases university presses’ commitment to the latest scholarship. Get your copy: brandeisuniversitypress.com/title/lesson... #UniversityPressWeek #ReadUP #LessonsInDrag  #BrandeisUniversityPress

Interested in reading more? Get your copy of “Lessons in Drag” now from brandeisuniversitypress.com/title/lesson...!

We celebrate university presses every day, but especially during University Press Week! ⭐️ This #UniversityPressWeek, #TeamUP with us to celebrate the incredible global community of publishing professionals that makes knowledge possible. #BrandeisUniversityPress

Available now: ENACTing Change 📖 This book offers instructors recommendations for developing and teaching courses that engage in state-level policy advocacy. #ENACTingChange #NewBook #BrandeisPress #CivicEngagement #Leadership #SocialChange #Democracy

💫 Available now: LESSONS IN DRAG: A QUEER MANUAL FOR ACADEMICS, ARTISTS, AND AUNTIES by Kareem Khubchandani with LaWhore Vagistan 💫

Don't miss las week's newsletter! Princeton UP Sale and On BS | Alternative Angles: Memory | Peter Rutland on George Orwell | Meet the Press: Brandeis University Press @brandeispress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.substack.com/p/1023?r=4nl...

🎊 Exciting news! Brandeis University Press is featured in the latest New Books Network newsletter: "Meet Us at the On BS Book Talk.” A huge thank you to New Books Network for the spotlight! 🌟

🌴 Available now: WEIMAR UNDER THE PALMS: PACIFIC PALISADES, GERMAN EXILES, AND THE INVENTION OF HOLLYWOOD by Thomas Blubacher, translated by Elizabeth Lauffer 🌴

Join John Gennari, Neil Leonard, and Rachel Ambaye for an evening of conversation and jazz at the Ford Hall Forum THIS Thursday, October 23, in the Modern Theater (Boston) at 6:00pm. 🎷

We're so excited to see WEIMAR UNDER THE PALMS featured in Jewish Journal today. Preorder your copy now, out October 22!

Join John Gennari at The Lenox Library THIS Saturday, October 18th, for the launch of THE JAZZ BARN 🎷 Books will be available for purchase at the launch and, as always, are available at our website! #BookEvent #JazzMusic #MeetTheAuthor #BuyNow #LenoxLibrary #TheJazzBarn #Calendar #BookLaunch

We’re delighted to see THE JAZZ BARN by John Gennari featured in All About Jazz today.

We are thrilled to share that THE JAZZ BARN by John Gennari was reviewed by @berkshireeagle.com last week.

Please join us on 10/27 at 6 PM for a reading by Thomas Blubacher from his book "Weimar Under the Palms: Pacific Palisades, German Exiles, and the Invention of Hollywood" (@brandeisuniversity.bsky.social 2025) and a conversation with Sabine von Mering. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/weimar-und...

🎺 Now available: THE JAZZ BARN: MUSIC INN, THE BERKSHIRES, AND THE PLACE OF JAZZ IN AMERICAN LIFE by John Gennari 🎺

Check out @wamcradio.bsky.social's Book Picks — featuring a special shoutout for John Gennari's THE JAZZ BARN: www.wamc.org/podcast/the-... #BrandeisPress #booksky #newbook #universitypress #bookrecommendation #newengland #jazzhistory #jazz #musicbook #history #jazzstudies #massachusetts

A special exhibition has opened at the New Bedford Whaling Museum featuring carvings from David Badger's collection of coquilla nut snuff boxes and bottles—as seen in PORTRAITS IN A NUTSHELL. brandeisuniversitypress.com/title/portra... #blackart #Brazil #indigenous #Carving #ArtBooks #MuseumExpo

Lynn Greenky, author of WHEN FREEDOM SPEAKS, was invited by the @todayshow.com to comment on #JimmyKimmelLive's recent suspension. today.com/video/jimmy-... #FreeSpeech #JimmyKimmel #FirstAmendment #freedomofspeech

Thrilled to see LESSONS IN DRAG in this @hyperallergic.com list of art books not to be missed this fall! hyperallergic.com/1043154/12-a... #artbooks #dragqueen #drag #academicbooks #NewBook #lessonsindrag #BrandeisPress #universitypress #lawhorevagistan #kareemkhubchandani @aupresses.bsky.social

On #ConstitutionDay, we celebrate more than just a document—we celebrate the living, breathing principles that shape our democracy. Add WHEN FREEDOM SPEAKS to your reading list to learn about exercising and protecting your constitutional right to the #freedomofspeech. #FirstAmendment #booksky

Out today! Two new editions expose the economic and environmental forces reshaping our communities. 🐄Milk Money: tinyurl.com/bdz77rnc 🌊Village of the Dammed: tinyurl.com/27nn2pjz #agriculture #connecticut #vermont #dairyfarming #eminentdomain #conservation #environmentaljustice #booksky #newbooks

I am in awe of the scope and level of detail that the authors have included in this new edition. The site profiles make for very interesting reading all in themselves. @brandeispress.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social #birding #Booksky www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2025/09/bird...

Kareem Khubchandani is the author of the forthcoming LESSONS IN DRAG: A Queer Manual for Academics, Artists, and Aunties (out Oct. 29). brandeisuniversitypress.com/title/lesson... #Drag #queerauthors #queerbooks #booksky #academia #universitypress #interview

Looking for an #outdoorsy event in #NYC this September? Check out this @nytimes.com roundup, featuring Birdwatching in New York City and on Long Island at the NYPL on Sep. 9th : nytimes.com/2025/09/01/a... #birdwatching #birding #booktalk #NYPL #NewYork #event #fall #nature #booksky

Interested in Louis P. Masur's writing on #Americanculture and #history? Check out his #book, THE SOILING OF OLD GLORY — the story of an iconic #photograph that shocked the world and brought the #bostonbusingcrisis to national attention. More: tinyurl.com/bdfkma83 #booksky #ushistory #historian

August is #womenintranslation month! Check out some of our #translated titles, originally penned by #femaleauthors. 📚 Mazaltob: A Novel, by Blanche Bendahan 📚 Glikl: Memoirs, presented by Chava Turniansky 📚 Beginning to End the Climate Crisis, by @luisaneubauer.bsky.social #WITMonth

In MILK MONEY, Kirk Kardashian investigates the American dairy industry, telling the stories of family farmers toiling to break even and revealing the hidden forces manipulating the industry. Foreword by @sanders.senate.gov Preorder the new edition: tinyurl.com/bdz77rnc #dairyfarming #NewBook

Honored to be included in this issue of @hudsonreview.bsky.social —ON JAMES BALDWIN, by Colm Tóibín, is featured in Brooke Allen's essay about James Baldwin. #JamesBaldwin #ColmToibin #BookReview #HudsonReview #literarymagazine #booksky @aupresses.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social

📢Ebook sale! 75% off Brandeis University Press ebooks purchased through @uchicagopress.bsky.social: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/vi... Discount code: EBOOK75. Valid now through 08/17/2025 #ebook #sale #discount #booksale #booksky #academia #BrandeisPress @aupresses.bsky.social

📢 Audiobook sale! Take 50% off WHEN FREEDOM SPEAKS, by Lynn Greenky. Dive into this engaging, digestible book all about the rights granted to us by the #FirstAmendment. Redeem the #discount: www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p... #FreedomofSpeech #constitution #freedom #audiobooks #law #booksky

#Maine readers, don't miss this opportunity to hear #RoxanaRobinson discuss her biography of #GeorgiaOKeeffe with Lynn Boulger at Hidden Barn Books in #barharbor on Thurs. Aug 7 at 5pm. For more info: hiddenbarnbooks.com/events #authortalk #booktalk #artist #biography #okeeffe