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  • How to Skip Textbook Costs Without Falling Behind

    How to Skip Textbook Costs Without Falling Behind

    The fall semester is upon us, and college students are making their annual pilgrimage back to the classroom. There’s a certain jittery excitement that accompanies the beginning of a new semester–a chance to start over, begin again with a clean slate. Possibilities are endless for students looking out over the…

  • Examining Aliens: An Interview with Stephen Hundley

    Examining Aliens: An Interview with Stephen Hundley

    As we near launch day for Stephen Hundley’s debut Southern fiction short story collection, The Aliens Will Come To Georgia First, our assistant managing editor, Ariana Adams, is excited to sit down with Stephen and discuss what the writing process looked like for this unique title. Before we do that,…

  • Scott Gould’s The Hammerhead Chronicles Keeps Flipping Southern Stereotypes, and Awards Season, on Their Heads

    Scott Gould’s The Hammerhead Chronicles Keeps Flipping Southern Stereotypes, and Awards Season, on Their Heads

    The University of North Georgia Press is thrilled to announce Scott Gould, author of The Hammerhead Chronicles, has received the 2023 Eric Hoffer Award for Fiction.

  • What Authors Don’t Know About Book Marketing

    What Authors Don’t Know About Book Marketing

    As interns who have gotten the opportunity to work with the UNG Press staff for the past year, we learned a lot of surprising, little known facts about publishing. Many of these facts regard book marketing, and we were shocked at how multi-faceted the promotional process is and how little…

  • 2022 Holiday Gift Guide for Every Book-lover on Your List | UNG Press

    2022 Holiday Gift Guide for Every Book-lover on Your List | UNG Press

    We’re here to help you check off your gift list early so you can relax, cozy up with a good book, and enjoy the holiday season. Here are twelve UNG Press favorites that make perfect presents for the readers in your life.

  • Veterans Day Reflections from a Military Family

    Veterans Day Reflections from a Military Family

    Every Veterans Day, we celebrate those who have sacrificed so much to ensure freedom both at home in the United States and abroad. Today, we at the University of North Georgia Press celebrate both veterans and their families. Corey Parson, the Managing Editor of the UNG Press, spent half her…

  • Author Scott Gould Breaks Down a Scene in ‘The Hammerhead Chronicles’

    Author Scott Gould Breaks Down a Scene in ‘The Hammerhead Chronicles’

    We’re the first stop on the blog tour for The Hammerhead Chronicles! Award-winning author Scott Gould shares commentary on an excerpt.

  • Blog Tour for Scott Gould’s ‘The Hammerhead Chronicles’

    Blog Tour for Scott Gould’s ‘The Hammerhead Chronicles’

    Join us this week for a blog tour of Southern storyteller Scott Gould’s latest humorous novel, The Hammerhead Chronicles, out November 15! Follow these participants’ blogs and social media for great book recommendations and author features. Blog tour stops: Tuesday, November 8UNG Press BlogExcerpt with author commentary Wednesday, November 9The…