News
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Congratulations to our 2021 Eric Hoffer Book Award winner and finalist!
Congratulations to Gail Griffin for GRIEF'S COUNTRY (2021 Eric Hoffer Award winner from an academic press) and Kelly Fordon for I HAVE THE ANSWER (2021 Eric Hoffer Award finalist)!
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
CONGRATULATIONS 2020 MIDWEST BOOK AWARD FINALISTS!
Congratulations to the WSUP finalists of the 31st Annual Midwest Book Awards!
Monday, April 19, 2021
Storytelling, Self, Society - Special Issue Launch - Digital Storytelling
Special Issue: Digital Storytelling
Friday, April 23, 2021 - 9 am MDT • 10 am CDT • 11 am EDT • 4 pm BST
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Wayne State University Press Publishing Symposium
Join Wayne State University Press on Friday, April 9, from 10am to 2pm EST to learn about book and journal publishing!
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
2020 Foreword Reviews Indies Finalists
Congratulations to our 2020 Foreword Reviews Indies Finalists!
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT wins 2020 National Jewish Book Award!
Wayne State University Press is thrilled to announce that the Jewish Book Council has named Nancy Sinkoff's From Left to Right: Lucy S.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
2021 Michigan Notable Award Winners!
CONGRATULATIONS to this year's winners of the Library of Michigan's Michigan Notable Book Award!
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT named the Natan Notable Book Fall 2020 Winner!
Wayne State University Press is thrilled to announce that Natan and the Jewish Book Council have named Nancy Sinkoff's From Left to Right: Lucy S.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Stephanie Williams appointed director of WSU Press
Stephanie Williams has been appointed director of Wayne State University Press, effective early August 2020.
Friday, May 15, 2020
Booze + Book Pairings: Sense Memory Sodas + THE FAYGO BOOK
Each week, WSU Press has paired our books with the insanely beautiful drink creations of Gates Otsuji, founder of Controlled Substances, a bar and beverage consultancy based in Brooklyn.
Friday, May 8, 2020
Booze + Book Pairings: The Interpreter and NORTHERN HARVEST
Each week, WSU Press will be pairing our books with the insanely beautiful drink creations of Gates Otsuji, founder of Controlled Substances, a bar and beverage consultancy based in Brooklyn.
Friday, May 1, 2020
Booze + Book Pairings: St. Olaf Spritz and THE GOLDEN GIRLS
Each week, WSU Press will be pairing our books with the insanely beautiful drink creations of Gates Otsuji, founder of Controlled Substances, a bar and beverage consultancy based in Brooklyn.
Friday, April 24, 2020
Booze + Book Pairings: Blindsight Cocktail and I HAVE THE ANSWER
Each week, WSU Press will be pairing our books with the insanely beautiful drink creations of Gates Otsuji, founder of Controlled Substances, a bar and beverage consultancy based in Brooklyn.
Friday, April 17, 2020
Booze + Book Pairings: The Can-Do Cocktail and ROSIE, A DETROIT HERSTORY
Each week, WSU Press will be pairing our books with the insanely beautiful drink creations of Gates Otsuji, founder of Controlled Substances, a bar and beverage consultancy based in Brooklyn.
Friday, February 28, 2020
Detroit Public TV Remembers Aretha Franklin
DPTV airs documentary of her greatest television performances, along with a guest appearance by local photographer whose book captures an intimate portrait of the Queen of Soul
Watch Friday, March 6, at 9 p.m. on DPTV (56.1)
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
2020 Michigan Notable Award Winners!
CONGRATULATIONS to this year's winners of the Library of Michigan's Michigan Notable Book Award!
Monday, October 7, 2019
Tara Reeser appointed interim director of WSU Press
Tara Reeser has been appointed interim director of Wayne State University Press, effective immediately.
Monday, January 7, 2019
2019 Michigan Notable Award Winners!
CONGRATULATIONS to this year's winners of the Library of Michigan's Michigan Notable Book Award!
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Announcing the WHITECHAPEL NOISE North America Book Tour!
VIvi Lachs, author of Whitechapel Noise: Jewish immigrant life in Yiddish song and verse, London 1884-1914, will be touring North America this fall! All talks are in English unless stated that they are in Yiddish.
Friday, September 21, 2018
Michael G. Smith at ROWLAND AND KAHN, THE DETROIT ARCHITECTS TOUR
Dozens of imposing factories, glorious houses of worship, handsome schools, and majestic skyscrapers stand as fixed monuments of the lives, loves, and obsessions of two of Detroit’s greatest architects: Wirt Rowland and Albert Kahn.
Monday, July 2, 2018
Patrick Livingston on Summer Discovery Cruises
Summer Discovery Cruises offer anyone interested in exploring Lake Erie, the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair the opportunity to get out on the water for an educational experience.
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Introducing the 2018 Michigan Notable Books!
This week, the Library of Michigan announced the list of the 2018 Michigan Notable Books. The list highlights twenty exceptional "Michigan books" published in 2017 that bring attention to Michigan authors and topics.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
WSU Press launches its first Open Access Titles on WayneOpen.Org!
Through a generous grant from a joint project between the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), WSU Press has digitized a selection of backlist titles for Open Access distribution.