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  • UNG Press Author James Barnes Wins International Award for Cherokee History and the Spirit Family

    UNG Press Author James Barnes Wins International Award for Cherokee History and the Spirit Family

    The UNG Press title Cherokee History and the Spirit Family, by James Barnes, has earned the Second Place Grand Prize in Nonfiction at the 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the largest international awards program for independent authors and publishers.

  • Exploring Cherokee History: An Interview with James Barnes

    Exploring Cherokee History: An Interview with James Barnes

    The new nonfiction title Cherokee History and the Spirit Family is set for release on January 23, 2024, and we couldn’t be more eager to share the compelling stories inside it with our readers. A personal examination of the Cherokee Nation’s history from 1826–1910, the book follows author James Barnes’…

  • Reflecting on My Time with the UNG Press

    Reflecting on My Time with the UNG Press

    Written by UNG Press Intern, Asa Conroy I first learned about the internship at UNG Press while discussing career plans with Dr. Tanya Bennett when I took the Aging and Death in Literature course last fall. Honestly, I had only thought of publishing as a possibility, but I was not…