Category: Press News

  • More Praise for Splintered Shadows

    More Praise for Splintered Shadows

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    About the Book Splintered Shadows traces Marilyn F. Moriarty’s search for her mother’s hidden past. Beginning with a name on a 1945 photograph, she follows scattered clues across Europe, uncovering a life shaped by resistance, secrecy, and survival in Nazi-occupied France. What Book Reviewers Have to Say: This memoir recounts…

  • Book Proposal Submissions: New Areas of Interest

    Book Proposal Submissions: New Areas of Interest

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    UNG Press now accepts book proposals in a wider range of subject areas, including but not limited to: Research Nonfiction Fiction Please note that the window for New Southern literary fiction is open from June through August every year. We hope to see your book submission in the stacks. While…

  • Introducing Splintered Shadows

    Introducing Splintered Shadows

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    Uncovering the Story Behind Splintered Shadows Splintered Shadows: Recovering a French Résistante is an unconventional adoptee-search narrative told against the backdrop of World War II. After the War, Andrée married an American serviceman, left France, and carried the story of her earlier life to her grave. Her adoptive daughter, Marilyn Moriarty, was left…

  • A Year in Review: University of North Georgia Press 2025

    A Year in Review: University of North Georgia Press 2025

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    As 2025 draws to a close, the University of North Georgia Press (UNGP) is delighted to mark another year of meaningful innovation, strengthening our role as a resource for authors, educators, students, and aspiring publishing professionals. This year, we had the privilege of working alongside authors whose work earned distinguished…

  • Presenting at OpenEd25: Reflections from a UNG Press Student Assistant

    Presenting at OpenEd25: Reflections from a UNG Press Student Assistant

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    Authored by Joshua Lann, former UNG Press Intern (Fall 2024) and Student Assistant (Spring 2025) Presenting at this year’s Open Education Conference (OpenEd25) with my colleague Nicole Clifton was an enormous honor and an opportunity I will forever cherish. Our presentation—Innovating for All: AI-Powered Audiobook Creation in Open Textbook Publishing—discussed…

  • “Innovating for All: AI-Powered Audiobook Creation in Open Textbook Publishing” OpenEd25 Presentation

    “Innovating for All: AI-Powered Audiobook Creation in Open Textbook Publishing” OpenEd25 Presentation

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    On October 29, 2025, UNG Press Marketing and Content Manager Nicole Clifton and UNG student Joshua Lann presented at the Open Education Conference (OpenEd25) in Denver, Colorado. Informed by their work as UNG Press interns (Fall 2024) and student assistants (Spring 2025) converting Open Textbooks into audiobooks with AI assistance,…

  • Pedagogy Opened Wins 2025 Open Education Award for Excellence

    Pedagogy Opened Wins 2025 Open Education Award for Excellence

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    Open Practices Award for Open Pedagogy | 2025 Open Education Awards for Excellence DAHLONEGA, GA — October 23, 2025 — The University of North Georgia Press title Pedagogy Opened: Innovative Theory and Practice, edited by Tiffani Tijerina, has been named a 2025 Open Practices Award Winner for Open Pedagogy by…

  • The Reviews Are In: Early Praise for NCO School

    The Reviews Are In: Early Praise for NCO School

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    Early praise for Daniel K. Elder’s NCO School affirms the book’s contributions to uncovering the NCOCC’s legacy, honoring those who served, and providing insights for military and leadership studies.