Category: Press News
Navigating the Future: AI in Publishing Course Launches This June at UNG
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Join the University of North Georgia Press’s AI in Publishing course starting June 2. Learn ethical, hands-on AI tools for writers in this 4-week virtual class.
UNG Press Author James Barnes Wins International Award for Cherokee History and the Spirit Family
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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.
UNG Press Helps Launch Major Southeast Publishing Symposium
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Publishing professionals and authors gather in Spartanburg for inaugural regional event.
Exploring Cherokee History: An Interview with James Barnes
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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
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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…
Examining Aliens: An Interview with Stephen Hundley
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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,…
What Authors Don’t Know About Book Marketing
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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…
Scott Gould’s The Hammerhead Chronicles Keeps Flipping Southern Stereotypes, and Awards Season, on Their Heads
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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.