or call toll-free 800-253-2187.
(June 17, 2011) June 23-28: McFarland will be exhibiting at American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA.
(June 17, 2011) June 23-25: McFarland will be exhibiting at Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM) in Charlotte, NC.
(June 15, 2011) Sat June 18: Author John Domagalski (Lost at Guadalcanal) will discuss his book at the
Downtown Glen Ellyn Bookfest (Glen Ellyn, IL) from 10am to 1pm.
(June 9, 2011) June 9-12: McFarland will be exhibiting at Association for the Study of Food & Society
in Missoula, MT.
(June 9, 2011) June 9-12: McFarland will be exhibiting at The Society for Military History
in Chicago, IL.
(June 2, 2011) Books about science fiction
can be browsed here.
(June 2, 2011) Browse our Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
series here.
(June 2, 2011) Congratulations to authors Mike Resnick and Barry N. Malzberg (The Business of Science Fiction:
Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing) for their 2011 Hugo Award nomination.
(June 1, 2011) Sept 2-5: McFarland will be exhibiting at Dragon*Con in Atlanta.
(June 1, 2011) Aug 17-21: McFarland will be exhibiting at Worldcon in Reno.
(June 1, 2011) Aug 4-7: McFarland will be exhibiting at Gen Con in Indianapolis.
(June 1, 2011) July 21-24: McFarland will be exhibiting at Comic-Con International in San Diego.
(May 25, 2011) June 24-26: McFarland will be exhibiting at Monster Bash in Pittsburgh.
(May 25, 2011) June 3-5: McFarland will be exhibiting at the Heroes Convention in Charlotte.
(May 25, 2011) Sun, June 5, Author Cyndee Schaffer (Mollie’s War)
will discuss her book at the Printers' Row Lit Fest
from noon to 2 pm.
(May 25, 2011) June 1-3, McFarland will be attending the
Cooperstown Symposium conference in Cooperstown, NY. Hope to see you there.
(May 25, 2011) Sun, May 29, Author Tim Harding (Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824–1987)
will be interviewed on Newstalk 106-108.
(May 25, 2011) May 27-30, McFarland will be exhibiting at the
North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) conference in Austin, Texas.
Drop by and visit with us.
(May 20, 2011) May 24-26, McFarland will be exhibiting at the
BookExpoAmerica (BEA) conference in New York. Drop by and visit us at booth 4179.
(May 20, 2011) Fri, May 20, Author Harlan Abrahams (Raúl Castro and the New Cuba) will be
speaking at the Denver Press Club in Denver, CO.
(May 19, 2011) Congratulations to Heather Augustyn Ska: An Oral History
and Sheree Homer Catch That Rockabilly Fever! Their books were recently named as
Finalists for ARSC Award for Excellence.
(May 10, 2011) May 12-15, In Kalamazoo: McFarland will be exhibiting at the
International Congress on Medieval Studies conference. Please join us.
(May 10, 2011) Mon, May 16, Author Kyle Bishop (American Zombie Gothic) will be interviewed
on "All Sides with Ann Fisher" on WOSU public radio, a local NPR station in Columbus, Ohio at 10:20 am.
(May 10, 2011) Thurs, May 19, Authors Cyndee and Mollie Schaffer (Mollie’s War)
will discuss their book with the Jewish War Veterans at 10:30 AM, Vernon Area Library in Lincolnshire IL.
(May 10, 2011) Sat, May 21, Author Frank Cox (Lullabies for Lieutenants) will be
signing books at the Atlanta History Center from 2:30 to 3:30 pm and again on May 29 at 5 pm.
(May 9, 2011) Author Paul Green (Pete Duel: A Biography) is appearing on the internet radio show
TV Confidential. The show is broadcast throughout this week.
(May 2, 2011) Thurs May 5: Author John Domagalski (Lost at Guadalcanal) will discuss his book at Next Chapter Bookshop in Mequon, WI at 7 p.m.
(May 2, 2011) Congratulations to Terry King! His book Gregor Piatigorsky
was recently named as a Finalist for ARSC Award for Excellence.
(April 29, 2011) Sat, April 30, Author Cyndee Schaffer (Mollie’s War)
will appear at Barnes and Noble (Lincolnshire, IL, 2:30 PM); an Honor Flight Chicago Fund Raiser,
sponsored by Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Partners for Success and Students Helping Soldiers. Sun, May 1, she
will discuss the book at Family Stories: Daughters, Mothers and Bubbes!, sponsored by the Washington DCJCC and
the National Museum of American Jewish Military History (Washington, DC).
(April 28, 2011) L.M.Sutter's New Mexico Baseball
and Chris Jaffe’s Evaluating Baseball’s Managers recently won
Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Awards for 2011. Congratulations!
(April 28, 2011) Courtney Joyner, author of
The Westerners will be doing a booksigning at the
Cowboy Festival
held April 27-May 1 in Santa Clarita, CA.
(April 28, 2011) April 28-30, Author Richard Cummings ( Cold War Radio) will speak at the international conference:
Voices of Freedom - Western Interference? 60 Years of Radio Free Europe in Munich and Prague in Munich, Germany at the Ludwig Maximilians
Universität, GeschwisterSchollPlatz 1, 80539 München, Senatssaal.
(April 28, 2011) On April 29, Kathleen Lockwood, author of
Major League Bride will be the featured speaker at the
Stowe Weekend of Hope in Stowe, VT. May 2, in conjunction with Regis night at Fenway Park,
she will also be joining her husband Skip Lockwood, at Fenway Autograph Alley.
(April 18, 2011) The Corvette in Literature and Culture
is now published.
(April 18, 2011) Booklist called Mustang Genesis,
"wonderful...lots of great photos...[a] trip down memory lane...welcome."
(April 17, 2011) Books about
automotive history
can be browsed here.
(April 17, 2011) Wed, April 21: Kathleen Lockwood, author of
Major League Bride will be speaking at the
University of Maine, Orono.
(April 17, 2011) Authors
Todd Peterson (Early Black Baseball in Minnesota),
Bill Nowlin (The Great Red Sox Spring Training Tour of 1911), and
Mitchell Stinson (Edd Roush),
have been recognized as finalists for the 2011
Larry Ritter Award.
Congratulations!
(April 16, 2011) Doug Brode and Joe Orsak (Yellow Rose of Texas)
are participating in events around San Antonio during the 175th anniversary of the
winning of Texas Independence: Bulverde Library (2 pm, Apr 16), Retama Auditorium of
the University of Texas (2 pm, Apr 18), San Antonio Main Library Downtown (7 pm,
Apr 18), at Yarborough Branch Library in North Austin (6:30 pm, Apr 19); Popular
Culture Association annual conference at the McFarland booth (3 pm, Apr 20) and a
lecture at the conference (11:30 am, Apr 21).
(April 16, 2011) Sat, April 16: Fred Wagner, author of
Participants in the Battle of the Little Big Horn will be the keynote speaker
at the Crestwood Historical Society in Westchester, NY.
(April 8, 2011) Sat, April 9 at 3pm: William B. Jones Jr., author of
Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History
will speak at the Memphis Public Library.
(April 8, 2011) Sat, April 9: Kathleen Lockwood, author of
Major League Bride will be joining her husband,
Skip Lockwood, at Fenway Park's Autograph Alley.
(April 1, 2011) Sun, April 3 at 2 pm: Kathleen Lockwood, author of
Major League Bride will have a
book discussion & book signing at Water Street Books, Exeter, NH.
(Mar 29, 2011) Wed, Mar 30 at 6 pm: The National Archives at Kansas City will host
Phil S. Dixon for a reception and discussion of his book
Wilber “Bullet” Rogan and the Kansas City Monarchs.
(Mar 29, 2011) Tues, Mar 29 at noon: Cyndee Schaffer Mollie’s War
will speak at the Rotary Club of Glencoe at noon (Glencoe, IL). On Thurs, March 31, at 2 pm, she will speak at the Sedgebrook
facility (Lincolnshire, IL). A book signing will follow each program.
(Mar 29, 2011) March 2010: Congratulations to author Rocky Wood whose Horrors
has been nominated as a finalist for the 2010 Aurealis Award in the category of "Best Illustrated Book/ Graphic Novel." aurealisawards.com.
(Mar 25, 2011) Sat, Mar 26 at 2 pm:, John J. Domagalski will discuss his book,
Lost at Guadalcanal, at
The Book Stall.
(Mar 21, 2011) Tues, Mar 22 at 7 pm: Cyndee Schaffer
(Mollie’s War) will speak at the
Northbrook Library.
A booksigning will follow the program.
(Mar 21, 2011) Sat, Mar 26 at 2 pm: Ted Reed will discuss his book
Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodgers All-Star
at the Brooklyn Historical Society.
(Mar 21, 2011) The Beauty of Short Hops:
How Chance and Circumstance Confound the Moneyball Approach to Baseball by Sheldon Hirsch and Alan Hirsch is now published.
(Mar 14, 2011) Sat March 19: Author Lawrence M. Denton William Henry Seward and the Secession Crisis
will be the keynote speaker at the Maryland and the Civil War Symposium at Carroll Community College in Westminster, MD at 9:30 a.m. http://www.carrollcc.edu/events/civilwar_event.asp.
(Mar 14, 2011) Books about
baseball
can be browsed here.
(Mar 08, 2011) Today, Christopher P. Lehman, author of Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787–1865)
will speak at the Minnesota History Center at 7 pm.
(Mar 01, 2011) John Thorn (Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game)
has been named the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball. Congratulations, John!
Press Release.
(Mar 01, 2011) CNN.com has published a story about Dorothy Seymour Mills, whose contributions to—and decades-long wait on proper
credit for—three pioneering books of sport history was first described in her memoir, A Woman’s Work
(2004). Her most recent book, Chasing Baseball (2010), received a starred review in Library Journal.
The story can be read here.
(Mar 01, 2011) Congratulations to author Brian Duggan (Saluki) whose story
"Farid's Gift has won the Maxwell Award for Best Short Fiction in this year's DWAA competition.
(Feb 23, 2011) On Feb 27 at 4 pm: Henry Miller (Theorizing Black Theatre
will read, discuss and sign copies of his book at Indian Cafe in New York.
(Feb 23, 2011) On Feb 25 at 7 pm: Brad Lyau (The Anticipation Novelists of 1950s French Science Fiction)
will sign copies of his book at Page One Bookstore in Albuquerque.
(Feb 17, 2011) Books about baseball
can be browsed here.
(Feb 17, 2011) New York Baseball in 1951:
The Dodgers, the Giants, the Yankees and the Telescope by Rudy Marzano is now published.
(Feb 16, 2011) “Engagingly written…highly recommended” writes Library Journal
in a starred review of Sheldon Hirsch and Alan Hirsch’s
The Beauty of Short Hops: How Chance and
Circumstance Confound the Moneyball Approach to Baseball.
(Feb 15, 2011) The newly expanded and revised McFarland Baseball Quotations Dictionary
by David H. Nathan is now published.
(Feb 14, 2011) Sat, Feb 19: Author Debbie Painter and forewordist Joe Moe (Forry: The Life of Forrest J Ackerman) will sign books
at the historic Larry Edmunds Bookshop
in L.A. from 6 to 7 pm.
(Feb 14, 2011) Sun, Feb 20: Author Heather Augustyn will present her
Ska: An Oral History at the
Westchester Township History Museum.
(Feb 11, 2011) Thurs, Feb 17: Author Carol Mull
(The Underground Railroad in Michigan)
will appear at the Farmington Community Library
in Farmington, Michigan.
(Feb 11, 2011) Wed, Feb 16: Author Carol Mull
(The Underground Railroad in Michigan)
will have a presentation and booksigning at the
Detroit Historical Museum.
(Feb 9, 2011) Feb 10-12 in Philadelphia: McFarland will be exhibiting at the
Antique Automobile Collectors
America (AACA conference.
(Feb 9, 2011) Congratulations to authors Michelle Vogel
(Olive Borden) and Brent Walker
(Mack Sennett’s Fun Factory). Their
books were chosen as top-ten silent film books for 2010 by the San
Francisco Examiner.
(Feb 8, 2011) Sat, Feb 12: Author Carol Mull
(The Underground Railroad in Michigan)
will have a presentation and booksigning at the
Ypsilanti Library Downtown.
(Feb 8, 2011) Thurs, Feb 10: Author Carol Mull
(The Underground Railroad in Michigan)
will have a presentation and booksigning at the
Chelsea Public Library.
(Feb 8, 2011) Wed, Feb 9: Author Carol Mull
(The Underground Railroad in Michigan)
will have a presentation and booksigning at the
Ypsilanti Public Library.
(Jan 28, 2011) Wed, Feb: Author Carol Mull
(The Underground Railroad in Michigan)
will have a presentation and booksigning at the
Flint Public Library.
(Jan 28, 2011) Congratulations to authors Neils Clark and P. Shavaun Scott (Game Addiction),
Leo J. Daugherty III (The Marine Corps and the State Department),
K. Martial Frindéthié (Francophone African Cinema), and
Thomas S. Hischak (Broadway Plays and Musicals).
Their titles have been chosen as Choice Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010.
(Jan 28, 2011) Sun, Jan 30: Author Henry D. Miller
(Theorizing Black Theatre)
will discuss his book at the Hatch-Billops Collection
in NYC at 3:30 pm.
(Jan 21, 2011) Author Ron Shafer
(When the Dodgers Were Bridegrooms)
spoke about his book at the Brockton Rox Baseball Banquet in Brockton, Massachusetts,
the home of Gunner McGunnigle.
(Jan 4, 2011) Jan 6-9 in Boston: McFarland will be exhibiting at the
American History Association (AHA)
conference.
(Jan 4, 2011) Jan 6-9 in Los Angeles: McFarland will be exhibiting at the
Modern Language Association (MLA)
conference.
(Jan 4, 2011) Jan 7-11 in San Diego: McFarland will be exhibiting at the
American Library Association - Midwinter) conference
(Dec 27, 2010) Congratulations to author Brian Duggan (Saluki)
whose story "Farid’s Gift" was a prizewinner in the 2010 AKC Publications Fiction Contest and has recently been
nominated for Best Short Fiction of 2010 by the Dog Writers Association of America.
(Dec 19, 2010) Comments about North of the DMZ:
"Lankov is one of the most illuminating North Korea watchers around...uniquely perceptive...especially
good on the details of everyday life"--The New York Review of Books.
(Dec 17, 2010) Books about North Korea
and the Korean Peninsula
can be viewed here.
(Dec 15, 2010) Sat, Dec 18: Michael Hardy, author of
The Fifty-Eighth North Carolina Troops,
will appear at the Watauga County Public Library,
Boone, NC, at 1pm for a book talk and signing.
(Dec 8, 2010) Congratulations to authors Malcolm Macfarlane and Ken Crossland.
Perry Como: A Biography and Complete Career Record
has been awarded a Certificate of Merit for best research in rock and popular music by the
Association of Recorded Sound Collection (ARSC).
(Dec 8, 2010) Wed, Dec 8: Kathleen Lockwood, author of
Major League Bride
will be the featured speaker at the Regis College Holly Tea, Woods Hole Country Club,
Falmouth, MA.
(Dec 3, 2010) Sat, Dec 4: Michael Hardy, author of
The Fifty-Eighth North Carolina Troops,
will have a book signing at the
Museum Of Ashe County History, in Jefferson, NC, from 1-4pm.
(Dec 3, 2010) Sun, Dec 5: Heather Augustyn, author of
Ska: An Oral History,
will have a book signing at the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival
at Lincoln Hall.
(Dec 1, 2010) Thurs, Dec 2: Frank Cox, author of
Lullabies for Lieutenants,
will participate in the Union League Book Fair in New York from 5:30-7:30pm.
(Dec 1, 2010) Wed, Dec 1: Kathleen Lockwood, author of
Major League Bride
will deliver a book talk at the Seacoast NH Holiday Gathering of Amazing Women.
(Nov 24, 2010) Sun, Nov 28: Lynnette Porter, author of
Tarnished Heroes, Charming Villains and Modern Monsters, will be moderating a
Torchwood panel at Chicago TARDIS.
(Nov 24, 2010) Fri, Nov 26: Heather Augustyn, author of
Ska: An Oral History,
will have an author reading and book signing at
Buffalo Books
in New Buffalo, Michigan.
(Nov 18, 10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the American Studies Association conference November 18-21 in San Antonio.
(Nov 18, 10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Congress on Research in Dance conference November 18-21 in Seattle.
(Nov 17, 10) Attending as a finalist, Frank Cox will read from his Lullabies for Lieutenants at the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society Words and Music Literary Feast November 21 in New Orleans.
(Nov 17, 10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Southeastern Medieval Association (SEMA) conference November 18-20 in Roanoke, Virginia.
(Nov 16, 10) Louis J. Salome, author of Violence, Veils and Bloodlines
will speak about his book on November 20 at the Miami Book Fair.
(Nov 11, 10) Michael Hardy (
The Battle of Hanover Court House,
The Fifty-Eighth North Carolina Troops and
The Thirty-seventh North Carolina Troops) has been named Historian of the Year by the North Carolina Society of Historians. The Avery County Museum will host a talk and celebration November 14 in Newland, North Carolina.
(Nov 11, 10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Film and History conference November 11-14 in Milwaukee.
(Nov 11, 10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the National Women's Studies Association (
NWSA) conference November 11-14 in Denver.
(Nov 5, 10) Mary Ellen Snodgrass, award-winning author of English
and Latin textbooks and reference works, has accepted an appointment to
the North Carolina Library Commission. She teachers English and Latin at Lenoir
Rhyne University and lectures for the North Carolina Humanities Commission.
(Nov 5, 10) On Saturday, Nov 6, from 2 to 3 p.m., sportswriters Fred Eisenhammer and Eric B. Sondheimer will be discussing their book College Football’s Most Memorable Games, 2d ed. at the Agoura Hills, CA Library in the Conejo Valley. A book signing will follow.
(Nov 5, 10) A book celebration is planned for the newly published A Century of Detection: Twenty Great Mystery Stories, 1841–1940 by John Cullen Gruesser. It will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Sat., Nov. 6th at Words, 179 Maplewood Ave., Maplewood, NJ.
(Nov 5) On Sat., Nov 6th at 2 p.m., at the Bangor Public Library, Ned Smith, author of The 22nd Maine Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War will present his recently published book. Professor Smith's book will be available for purchase and signing.
(Nov 1, 10) Trippin’ with Terry Southern, by Gail Gerber was recently named a finalist for the National Best Book Awards in the Performing Arts category.
(Nov 1, 10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Southern Historical Association conference Nov. 4-7 in Charlotte, NC. Stop in and visit with us.
(Nov 1, 10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers conference Nov. 5-7 in Princeton, NJ. Come by and visit with us.
(Nov 1, 10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association conference Nov. 5-7 in Atlanta, GA. Pay us a visit.
(Nov 1, 10) On Nov 3rd, at 7:00 p.m, Carol E. Mull, author of The Underground Railroad in Michigan, will be appearing at Nicola's Books, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Drop by and visit with her.
(Nov 1, 10) Harriet Frazier, author of Runaway and Freed Missouri Slaves and Those who Helped Them, 1763-1865,
recently appeared on the The Walt Bodine Show
(http://archive.kcur.org/kcurViewDirect.asp?PlayListID=7736) to discuss
her book.
(Nov 1, 10) Congratulations to James Forr and David Proctor! Their book Pie Traynor has been named as a Finalist for the 2010 CASEY Award.
(Nov 1, 10)
On November 2, at 7:30 PM, James Worthen will appear as a guest
lecturer at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda. He will discuss and sign
copies of his book The Young Nixon and His Rivals.
(Oct 29,10) On Monday, Nov 1, from 2-4 p.m., Louis J. Salome, author of Violence, Veils and Bloodlines will speak on the John Dionne Show on radio station WNRI in Woonsocket, RI.
(Oct 26, 10) On October 27, at 11:00 PM PST, James Worthen will discuss his book The Young Nixon and His Rivals: Four California Republicans Eye the White House, 1946–1958 on ABC-affiliate KGO AM in San Francisco.
The program will later be available as a podcast on the KGO website.
(Oct 26,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the World Fantasy Convention Oct. 28-31 in Columbus, OH. Please drop in and visit with us.
(Oct 22, 10) On October 26, at 7:30, Kathleen Lockwood, author of Major League Bride will
be discussing her memoir at the Harvey Wheeler Community Center as part
of the Concord Festival of Authors in Concord, Massachusetts. At the
recent Boston Book Festival, Lockwood was the third runner up in the
One City, One Story alternate ending contest (http://1c1stumblr.com).
(Oct 18, 10) Author and faculty member Phil Lowry will discuss his new book Baseball's Longest Games at Normandale College Bookstore on Tues., Oct 19 from 9am-Noon.
(Oct 15, 10) Larry Denton, author and lecturer, will present
a talk, Could the Civil War Have Been Prevented?, to the life long
learning program at the College of Notre Dame in Baltimore on October
19, 2010 at 9:30 am. The lecture is based on his recently released book
William Henry Seward and the Secession Crisis.
(Oct 15, 10) We're pleased to announce that Lullabies for Lieutenants by Franklin Cox,was named Book-of-the Month by the Military Writers Society of America.
(Oct 13,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the American Folklore Society convention Oct. 13-16 in Nashville, TN. Please drop in and visit.
(Oct 13,10) McFarland will also be exhibiting at the Western History Association convention Oct. 13-16 in Lake Tahoe, NV. Hope to see you there.
(Oct 6, 10) We're pleased to announce that Perry Como
by Malcolm Macfarlane and Ken Crossland, has won the 2010 Association
for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical
Recorded Sound Research.
(Oct 5,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Latin American Studies Association conference Oct. 6-9 in Toronto, Canada. Stop in and visit with us.
(Oct 2,10) Floyd Sullivan author of Waiting for the Cubs
will be signing copies of his book at Goldyburgers on Circle in Forest
Park, today, beginning at 6:00. If you can't make it, there are signed
copies for sale at these locations: Centuries & Sleuths
Bookstore, The Book Table in Oak Park; Bookworks Bookstore and The Mustard Seed Bookstore on Sheridan.
(Oct 1,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Airline Collectibles Show convention Oct. 2 in Atlanta, GA. Please drop by and visit with us.
(Oct 1,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Midwest Popular Culture Association convention Oct. 1-3 in Minneapolis, MN. Please drop by and visit with us.
(Oct 1,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Popular Culture Association convention Oct. 7-10 in Savannah, GA. Please drop by and visit with us.
(Oct 01, 10) Larry Denton, author and lecturer, will present
a talk, Could the Civil War Have Been Prevented?, to the Wilmington
(Del) Civil War Round Table
on October 6, 2010 at 7:00 pm. The lecture is based on his recently
released book William Henry Seward and the Secession Crisis. He is also presenting a lecture to the Cumberland (MD) Civil War Round Table on October 7, 2010 at 7:00 pm.
(Sept 27,10) Cyndee Schaffer, co-author of the recently published Mollie’s War: The Letters of a World War II WAC in Europe,
will be doing a book signing at the Joseph Beth Booksellers in
Pittsburgh, PA, on September 29, 2010 from 3 to 5pm, as part of the
Military Writers Society of America's annual convention.
(Sept 24, 10) Kerrie Ferrell, author of Rick Ferrell, Knuckleball Catcher
will be attending the annual author fair at the Baldwin Public Library
(www.baldwinlib.org) in Birmingham on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 1 p.m. Her
book will be available for purchase and signing.
(Sept 20, 10) Carol E. Mull, author of The Underground Railroad in Michigan
will
be the guest speaker at the Lenawee Co. Historical Museum, Adrian,
Michigan, on September 23 at 7 pm. Refreshments and a book-signing will
follow.
(Sept 17, 10) On September 18, Kathleen Lockwood, author of Major League Bride
will
be participating in the Salem Literary Festival in Salem, MA. On
Sunday, September 19th, at 12:00 pm, she will be joining her husband,
Skip Lockwood, at Fenway Park's Autograph Alley.
(Sept 14,10) Today, Dorothy Seymour Mills, author of the recently published Chasing Baseball will be interviewed on NPR about her own life and work as well as for her contributions to the making of the 10th Inning.
(Sept 9,10) On Saturday, September 11, 1:00-3:00 pm, Katheryn Krotzer Laborde, author of the newly published Do Not Open: The Discarded Refrigerators of Post-Katrina New Orleans will discuss and sign her book at Garden District Book Shop (2727 Prytania St) in New Orleans.
(Sept 9, 10) Brian Patrick Duggan, author of Saluki
has been honored by being invited to judge the Saluki entry at the
prestigious Richmond Dog Show Society's championship show on September
10th at Loesely Park, England.
(Sept 2,10) Franklin Cox, author of Lullabies for Lieutenants
will be signing copies of his book at the Decatur Book Festival (the
largest independent book festival in America), Booth Number 409; Sept
4-5.
(Sept 2,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Graphic Engagement convention Sept 2-4 in West Lafayette, Indiana. Please drop by and visit with us.
(Sept 2,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the DragonCon convention Sept 3-6 in Atlanta, Georgia. Please come by and visit with us.
(Aug 23,10) Kerrie Ferrell, author of Rick Ferrell, Knuckleball Catcher
will be interviewed on Chris Villani's "Book Club Show". To catch the
show, tune in to Boston Radio 1510 AM on Sunday, August 29 at 8:00 a.m.
(Aug 23,10) On Aug 25, Doug Brode and Joe Orsak, Yellow Rose of Texas will be signing copies of their book at Comics for Collectors Store (3-8 p.m.) 207 N Aurora St, Ithaca, New York.
(Aug 23,10) Katheryn Krotzer Laborde, author of the newly published Do Not Open: The Discarded Refrigerators of Post-Katrina New Orleans will be reading from her book at the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society's
Katrina Remembrance on August 29 from 2-5 p.m., the 5th anniversary of the storm's landfall.
(Aug 6,10) On Aug 10, Louis J. Salome, author of Violence, Veils and Bloodlines will be appearing on WLRN public radio in Miami.
(Aug 6, 10) Todd Peterson, author of Early Black Baseball in Minnesota appeared at Bookcase in Wayzata, MN on Aug 5 for a book signing. He
will appear on the KARE11 TV News (The Twin Cities NBC affiliate) Saturday, Aug 7 at 9:45 a.m.
(Aug 6,10) On August 7, author Philip R. Cable Make Movies That Make Money! will discuss his book on the live television show Flying Home With Ronnie
Paul from 8pm to midnight PST. Broadcast out of Fresno on channel 33, the show will also simulcast on www.cocolatv.com.
(Aug 3,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Society for American Baseball Research convention Aug 5-8 in Atlanta, Georgia. Please come by and visit with us.
(Aug 3, 10) Author Douglas Brode (birthday boy) Yellow Rose of Texas will be appearing at the Westport (CT) Library on August 4 at 7:30 p.m.
(Aug 3,10) On August 4, at 12:00 noon, author Thomas P. Ostrom The United States Coast Guard in World War II is presenting his book along with a book signing at the United States Navy Memorial Naval Heritage Center in Washington, D.C.
(Aug 3, 10) Meet McFarland at Gen Con, in Indianapolis, August 5-8. We'll be having a book sale for a wide variety of our popular culture, film,
comics, gaming, and fantasy books.
(Aug 3, 10) Kathleen Lockwood, author of Major League Bride will be a guest on the Mommy Mentor Radio show today.
(Aug 2, 10) Author Edie Dickenson They Call the Horsesand
track announcer Tom Durkin will be signing copies of the book at the
National Museum of Racing in Saratoga Springs, New York on August 3,
from 10 a.m. until noon.
(July 30,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the 6th annual Fright Night Film Fest Conference July 30-Aug 1 at Louisville, Kentucky. Please come by and visit with us.
(July, 30) Author Douglas Brode and Illustrator Joe Orsak Yellow Rose of Texas will be signing books at Syracuse University Bookstore on July 30 from 11-3 and July 31 from 11-2.
(July 30, 10) Martha Crawford Cantarini, author of Fall Girl has a live TV interview with the Entertainment icon of San Francisco and all points north on July 31st at KRON TV.
(July 30, 10) Author Frank Cox Lullabies for Lieutenants was the Guest of Honor recently at the Brookhaven Rotary Club luncheon at Capital City Club (Brookhaven).
(July 30, 10) Sat. July 31, Author Michael A. Hoey Inside Fame on Television will sign copies of his book at Mathom House Books in San Clemente, California.
(July 27, 10) On July 28-31, Editor George H. Jones A Northern Confederate at Johnson’s Island Prison will sign copies of his book at the Sigma Chi Leadership Workshop at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill (Morrison Hall, from 9 am to 6 pm).
(July 23, 10) Sun. July 25, Author Philip R. Cable Make Movies That Make Money!
will sign books at Comic-Con International. (Visit the Sails Pavilion of San Diego’s Convention Center, Table AA19, from 10 am to 1:30 pm.)
(July 19, 10) McFarland has brought its 31 years of publishing experience to the graphic format. For more information, see our graphic novel
page. Both nonfiction and fiction manuscripts are being considered. If you are interested in submitting a book proposal, please contact
Natalie Foreman.
(July 19, 10) Meet McFarland at the Comic-Con in San Diego, July 22-25. Visit our booth in the exhibit hall to browse through our books or speak with an editor. To schedule an appointment, e-mail assistant editor Natalie Foreman.
(July 15,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Comic-Con Conference July 22-25 at the San Diego Convention Center. Please come by and visit with us.
(July 15,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Jerry Malloy Conference July 15-17 at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
(July 15, 10) Kathleen Lockwood, author of Major League Bride will be a guest on Mike Silva's
New York Baseball Digest. Also available is her interview with Mike Kara.
Ms. Lockwood will be signing copies of her book at the Community
America Ballpark in Kansas City, in conjunction with the Kansas City
Athletics Reunion on July 17.
(July 15, 10) Today Martin A. Gardner, author of The Marx Brothers as Social Critics will participate in the Library of Congress Books & Beyond program.
He will discuss and sign his book beginning at noon in the Mumford Room, Madison Building.
(July 15, 10) Recently Paul Green, author of Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns
was heard as British ghost hunter Mr. Baker (part 3-5) on the Weird
Western radio drama The Deadeye Kid. The complete five-part Haunting
Melody episode can be downloaded at
The Deadeye Kid site.
(July 14, 10) Tonight Frank Cox, author of Lullabies for Lieutenants will be interviewed on Red River Internet Radio at 10 p.m. (Central Time), BlogTalkRadio.com
(July 9, 10) Today at 6 p.m. (California time), Louis J. Salome, author of Violence, Veils and Bloodlines will be appearing on KPFA public radio. The show can be heard/read live online or later, in the KPFA archive KPFA.
(June 30, 10) Tonight William (Bill) Donati, author of Lucky Luciano
will be appearing on KDWN, AM 720, at 11:00 PM (Vegas time). The show
will be broadcast live on the radio and also on the Internet at KDWN.com (2:00 AM - East Coast time).
(June 29, 10) Author Douglas Brode
Yellow Rose of Texas will appear on The Rollye James Show today at 7 p.m. Pacific; 9 p.m. Central; 10 p.m. Eastern on MediaTrix Radio.
(June 24, 10) Author Edie Dickenson They Call the Horses
was interviewed on HRTV on June 23rd on Race Day America. Edie
discussed traveling to the racetracks where she met eleven top race
callers and watched them in action
(June 22, 10) Author Douglas Brode Yellow Rose of Texas
will have a book signing at The Twig located at the Old Pearl Brewery,
200 East Grayson St., in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday, June 23,
from 5-7 p.m.
(June 21,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Western Writers of America Conference June 22-26 at the Crowne Plaza, 401 W. Summit Hill Drive in Knoxville, Tennessee.
(June 21,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the American Library Association
conference June 24-29 in Washington, DC.
(June 21,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Monster Bash
Conference on June 25-27.
(June 18,10) McFarland will be exhibiting at the Professional Football Researchers Association conference in Canton, OH, on June 19.
(June 15, 10) Mitchell Conrad Stinson
Edd Roush: A Biography of the Cincinnati Reds Star
will be doing a series of book signings: June 17, 7 p.m., at Henderson
County Public Library in Henderson, Kentucky; June 18, 6-8 p.m., at
Barnes & Noble in Evansville, Indiana; June 19, 10 a.m., at
Columbia Township Public Library in Oakland City,
Indiana; and on June 20 (Father's Day), 1-3 p.m. at Borders in
Evansville, Indiana.
(June 15, 10) Trippin’ with Terry Southern, Gail Gerber's memoir of her life with “the
hippest guy on the planet,” earned a silver medal in the
autobiography/memoir category of the 2010 Independent Publisher Book
Awards.
(June 15, 10) On June 16, author Doug Brode Yellow Rose of Texas will be returning to the Dennis Miller Show Live to discuss the book and the popularity of graphic novels.
(June 10, 10) To
order direct from McFarland, call toll-free 800-253-2187. Adding items
to your shopping cart will be temporarily unavailable while site
upgrades are being made.
(June 10, 10) Author Floyd Sullivan will appear on ABC 7 Chicago's News today at 11:00 a.m. to discuss Waiting for the Cubs and this weekend's Cubs/Sox series.
(June 10, 10) On June 15, author Larry Denton William Henry Seward and the Secession Crisis
will present a lecture, “Could the Civil War Have Been
Prevented?” in Morgantown, West Virginia. The lecture to the
Mason-Dixon Civil War Roundtable will be at 7:00 pm in The Great Room
at The Village at Heritage Point in Morgantown.
(June 10, 10) On June 13, authors David Proctor and James Forr will discuss their book Pie Traynor on the Pennsylvania Cable Network's PA Books at 9:00 pm EDT.
David Proctor will be signing copies of the book on June 12, at Pam's
Paperbacks in Wilbraham, MA, from 10am to noon and then at the
Springfield, MA, Public Library from 1 to 4 pm.
(June 10, 10) Author Douglas Brode Yellow Rose of Texas appeared on CRN Digital Talk Radio on Thursday, June 10th at 10:30
a.m., East Coast time. The show can be listened to via Time/Warner cable, or at CRNtalk.com.
(June 10, 10) Authors Elizabeth A. Whittingham The Evolution of Tolkien's Mythology; Lucas H. Harriman Lilith in a New Light; Marek Oziewicz
One Earth, One People; and Leslie A. Sconduto Metamorphoses of the Werewolf have been selected as finalists for the 2010 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Myth and Fantasy Studies. The winners
of this year's awards will be announced at the banquet during Mythcon 41, to be held at the Crowne Plaza Suites in Dallas, Texas from July 9-12, 2010.
(June 3, 10) Author Thomas Ostrom will give a talk on his book The United States Coast Guard in World War II
at Fong's Restaurant conference facilities in Bloomington, MN on
Saturday, June 5 at 7pm. The presentation will be given to USN
Submarine Veterans, Inc.
(June 3, 10) On Saturday, June 5, McFarland is
cosponsoring a booth at Ashe County's REAPFEST (Read Eat Arts Play
Families Enjoy Saturday Together); the booth will have a photographer
on hand to take free
photos of festival attendees with a minor league ball player. We will
draw names of a couple of lucky booth visitors who will win a McFarland
book. It's all about encouraging kids to be interested in reading and
healthy physical activity! Activities will be
held at West Jefferson Memorial Park from 10 am until 2 pm. Come join
the fun!
(June 3, 10) To order direct from McFarland, call toll-free
800-253-2187. Adding items to your shopping cart will be temporarily
unavailable while site upgrades are being made.
(May 26, 10) Today Karma Waltonen and Denise Du Vernay, authors of The Simpsons in the Classroom will be onsite for a launch party in support of their new book at Bistro 33, Davis, California, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
(May 20, 10) Today Denise Du Vernay, coauthor of The Simpsons in the Classroom will give a presentation on using The Simpsons in the classroom at the
Brown Deer Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 6:30 p.m.-8:00p.m. Books will be available for purchase.
(May 18, 10) To order direct from McFarland, call
toll-free 800-253-2187. Adding items to your shopping cart will be
temporarily unavailable while site upgrades are being made.
(May 18, 10) Today Kathleen Lockwood,
author of
Major League Bride: An
Inside Look at Life Outside the Ballpark
will be discussing her book during a television interview on MCAM in
Manchester, New Hampshire. On Saturday, May 22nd, she will be signing
her book at Alumni Hall, Regis College, Weston, Massachusetts.
(May
18, 10) McFarland will be
exhibiting at the Society for Military
History conference in Lexington,
Virginia May 20-23. Drop by and visit with us.
(May
12, 10) McFarland will be
exhibiting at the International
Congress on Medieval Studies
conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 13-16. Drop by and visit with
us.
(May
7, 10) James Forr and David
Proctor, authors of
Pie Traynor: A Baseball
Biography
will speak to the Forbes Field Chapter of the Society for American
Baseball Research on May 8 at the Senator John Heinz History Center in
Pittsburgh.
(April
21, 10) McFarland will be
attending the Blue
Ridge Parkway Conference April
22-24, 2010 in Boone, North Carolina.
(April
21, 10) At noon on Saturday,
April 24th, at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum (San Jose), Brian
Patrick Duggan, author of
Saluki
will talk about Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun's intact tomb
and its effect on the breed recognition of Saluki. Event is free with
paid admission to the Museum.
(April
21, 10)
Yellow Rose of Texas: The
Myth of Emily Morgan
by Douglas Brode and Joe Orsak, McFarland's first graphic novel, will
be featured on CRN Digital Talk Radio on Thursday, April 22, 7:20a.m.
Pacific, 9:20a.m. Central, 10:20a.m. Eastern time (approximate!). The
show can be listened to via Time/Warner cable, or at CRNtalk.com.
(April
21, 10)
The Federal League of
Base Ball Clubs
by Robert Peyton Wiggins has won the 2010 Larry Ritter Award, given for
the "best new book related to the Deadball Era published in the
previous year."
(April
21, 10) To order direct from
McFarland, call toll-free 800-253-2187. Adding items to your shopping
cart will be temporarily unavailable while site upgrades are being
made.
(April
16, 10) To order direct from
McFarland, call toll-free 800-253-2187. Adding items to your shopping
cart will be temporarily unavailable while site upgrades are being
made.
(April
15, 10) Author Larry Denton
William Henry Seward and
the Secession Crisis
will give a lecture to the Frederick County Civil War Roundtable on
Thursday, April 15 at 7:30 pm at the National Museum of Civil War
Medicine, Conference Room, located at 48 East Patrick Street,
Frederick, Maryland.
(April
13, 10) Author Michael A. Hoey
Inside Fame on Television
will be interviewed today (7:30 p.m.) on the Dave White Presents radio
program on KSAV
radio. The interview will be available for listening or download on
Wednesday, April 14th at Audio
Entertainment.
(April
13, 10) Brian Patrick Duggan,
author of
Saluki: The Desert Hound
and the English Travelers Who Brought It to the West
will give a book talk entitled "The Dog that Witnessed History" on
Tuesday, April 13th, for the Tuesday Reading Circle, in Turlock,
California.
(April
13, 10) On April 17th, Kathleen
Lockwood, author of
Major League Bride: An
Inside Look at Life Outside the Ballpark
will be attending the New Hampshire
Writers' Festival
at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, NH and signing her
book.
(April
9, 10) Joseph W. Stahl, author
of
Identification Discs of
Union Soldiers in the Civil War
will sign books during the 61st Annual Meeting of the Company of
Military Historians, April 17th, at the Sheraton Reston Hotel in
Reston, Virginia.
(April
13, 10)
Yellow Rose of Texas: The
Myth of Emily Morgan
by Douglas Brode and Joe Orsak, McFarland's first graphic novel, will
be featured on CRN Digital Talk Radio on Thursday, April 15, 7:20 West
Coast, 9:20 Central, 10:20 Eastern time (approximate!). The show can be
listened to via Time/Warner cable, or at CRN.
(April
13, 10) To order direct from
McFarland, call toll-free 800-253-2187. Adding items to your shopping
cart will be temporarily unavailable while site upgrades are being
made.
(April
9, 10) To order direct from
McFarland, call toll-free 800-253-2187. Adding items to your shopping
cart will be temporarily unavailable while site upgrades are being
made.
(April
9, 10) Deborah Lee Prescott,
author of
Imagery from Genesis in
Holocaust Memoirs
will present a paper at a Holocaust conference April 11-13, cosponsored
by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Shenandoah
University.
(April
9, 10) On April 11th, Eugene
Bergman will talk about his book,
Survival Artist: A Memoir
of the Holocaust,
to Towson University students at Chizuk Amuno Congregation, 8100
Stevenson Road, Baltimore, Maryland and on April 13th, he will be at
Temple Beth Ami, 14330 Travilah Road, Rockville, Maryland.
(April
8, 10) McFarland will be
exhibiting at the Northeast Modern
Language Association (NEMLA)
conference in Montreal, Quebec, April 8-11. Drop by and visit with us.
(April
2, 10) To order direct from
McFarland, call toll-free 800-253-2187. Adding items to your shopping
cart will be temporarily unavailable while site upgrades are being
made.
(April
2, 10) Today Kathleen Lockwood,
author of
Major League Bride: An
Inside Look at Life Outside the Ballpark
will be discussing her book at the Celebrate Pink Women's Expo in
Eliot, Maine.
(Mar
31, 10) Author James Forr
appeared as a guest on KFRU Radio in Columbia, Missouri on Wednesday,
March 31 to discuss his book Pie
Traynor: A Baseball Biography.
(Mar
29, 10) McFarland will be
exhibiting at the Popular
Culture Association (PCA)
conference in St. Louis, Missouri, March 31-April 3. Drop by and visit
with us.
(Mar
27, 10) Author Philip Cable
announced the screening of his new feature movie, Vampiress:
Lady of the Night. Made on
budget of only $500, the film exemplifies the low-budget filmmaking
methods discussed in Mr. Cable’s book (Make
Movies That Make Money!)
(Mar
18, 10) To order direct from
McFarland, call toll-free 800-253-2187. Adding items to your shopping
cart will be temporarily unavailable while site upgrades are being
made.
(Mar
18, 10) McFarland will be
exhibiting at the Public
Library Association (PLA)
conference in Portland, Oregon, March 23-27. Drop by and visit with us.
(Mar
16, 10) McFarland will be
exhibiting at the Appalachian
Studies Association (ASA)
conference at North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega,
GA, March 19-21. Come and visit with us.
(Mar
10, 10) McFarland will be
exhibiting at the Nine: Baseball
History & Culture
conference in Phoenix, March 10-13. Drop by and visit with us.
(Mar
8, 10) Author Tim Pegram (The
Blue Ridge Parkway by Foot)
will be speaking about the book at the Watauga County Library in Boone,
NC on Thurs., March 11 at 10 a.m. The event is sponsored by the High
Country Writers Association.
(Mar
1, 10) To order direct from
McFarland, call toll-free 800-253-2187. Adding items to your shopping
cart will be temporarily unavailable while site upgrades are being
made.
(Mar
1, 10) Author Bill Reed will be
reading and signing copies of Hot
from Harlem
at Book Soup: 8818 Sunset BL W. in West Hollywood on March 10 at 7 pm.
(Mar
1, 10) Saluki:
The Desert Hound and the English Travelers Who Brought it to the West
won the Maxwell Award for Best Breed Book in the Dog Writers
Association of America 2009 writing contest. The prestigious Maxwell
was presented to author Brian Duggan at the awards banquet in New York
City on the eve of the Westminster Kennel Club Show. Saluki was also a
finalist for Best Non-Fiction Book in the Alliance of Pure Bred Dog
Writers competition.
(Feb
15, 10) Bruce Nichols, author of
Guerrilla
Warfare in Civil War Missouri, Volume I, 1862
and Guerrilla
Warfare in Civil War Missouri, Volume II, 1863
will be speaking to the St. Louis Civil War Round Table at the Two
Hearts Banquet Center in Sunset Hills on Wednesday, Feb. 24th.
(Feb
10, 10) Kathleen Lockwood,
author of
Major League Bride: An
Inside Look at Life Outside the Ballpark
will be joining her husband Skip at the Danbury Westerner's Hot Stove
event, "Talking Baseball at Hatters Park" on Saturday, Feb. 13.
(Feb
10, 10) McFarland will be
exhibiting in the Trade Show at the Annual Convention of Antique
Automobile Club of America (AACA)
at the Sheraton in Philadelphia, Feb. 11-13. Please drop by and see us.
(Feb
10, 10) McFarland will be
exhibiting at the Southwest Popular Culture
Association (SWPCA) conference
in Albuquerque, Feb. 10-13. Drop by and visit with us.
(Feb
08, 10) Kathleen Lockwood,
author of
Major League Bride: An
Inside Look at Life Outside the Ballpark
will be discussing her recently published book tonight at the February
meeting of the Greater Boston Sports Collectors Club in Woburn, MA. Her
husband, former major league baseball player with the Seattle Pilots,
Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels, NY Mets and Boston Red Sox, Skip
Lockwood, will be speaking along with her at the event.
(Feb
04, 10) We're pleased to
announce that
The Automobile and
American Life
(John Heitmann) has been selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice.
Congratulations!
(Feb
04, 10) Gregory Lamberson,
author of
Cheap Scares! Low Budget
Horror Filmmakers Share Their Secrets
will premiere his new film Slime
City Massacre at the Beloit
International Film Festival in Wisconsin, Feb. 18th-21st.
(Feb
04, 10) We're pleased to
announce that
Saluki: The Desert Hound
and the English Travelers Who Brought It to the West
(Brian Patrick Duggan) has been selected as a finalist for the Arthur
Frederick Jones Award for excellence in purebred dog writing in the
Alliance of Purebred Dog Writers (ADPW) annual writing competition.
Congratulations!
(Jan
29, 10) On Feb. 17, Author Marie
Bartlett will discuss her book
The Frontier Nursing
Service
on WMMT FM, Mountain Community Radio’s Mountain Talk Program
live at 6 pm on 88.7; the show will also stream on www.wmmtfm.org.
(Feb
04, 10) Author Kevin Sullivan
will discuss his book
The Bundy Murders
on the True Crimes radio program with Burl Barer and Don Woldman this
Sat., Feb 6th. Click here for more details: burlbarer.vox.com.
(Jan
29, 10) We're pleased to
announce that Thomas Hischak’s
Broadway Plays and
Musicals
has been named an ALA Outstanding Reference Book Award Winner.
Congratulations!
(Jan
22, 10) We're pleased to
announce that
Perry Como,
Roy Rogers
and
The Silent Cinema in
Song, 1896–1929
have all been nominated for the 2010 Association for Recorded Sound
Collections Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound
Research.
(Jan
22, 10) Paul Green, author of
Pete Duel: A Biography,
will be appearing on the internet radio show TV
Confidential, on January 25th
talking about Pete Duel and the TV series Alias Smith and Jones.
(Jan
21, 10) Gail Gerber will be
reading from her memoir,
Trippin' with Terry
Southern,
co-written by Tom Lisanti, on Monday Feb. 1, 7pm, at the Von Bar on
Bleecker Street just off of Bowery in New York City.
(Dec
21, 09) Author Philip Goduti
discusses his book,
Kennedy’s
Kitchen Cabinet and the Pursuit of Peace: The Shaping of American
Foreign Policy, 1961–1963,
on the Faith Middleton Show (broadcast throughout CT, NY and RI); the
interview will air on Dec 21 at 3:20pm and 10:20pm.
(Dec
21, 09)
Saluki: The Desert Hound
and the English Travelers Who Brought It to the West
(Brian Patrick Duggan) is a 2009 award nominee for the Dog Writers
Association of America’s Writing Competition for the category
of “Single breed book.”
(Dec
20, 09) Author Sean Kirst
(The Ashes of Lou Gehrig and
Other Baseball Essays)
is a 2009 National Journalism Award winner, receiving the Ernie Pyle
Award in the “Human Interest Writing” category.
(Dec
16, 09) Author Wilbur D. Jones,
Jr.
(“Football! Navy!
War!": How Military "Lend-Lease" Players Saved the College Game and
Helped Win World War II)
will sign copies of his seven World War II books and Civil War book on
Thurs., Dec. 17, at the Hannah Block Historic USO in Wilmington, NC
from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m.
(Dec
3, 09) Author Gary Sarnoff will
be signing his book,
The Wrecking Crew of
’33: The Washington Senators’ Last Pennant,
at Friends Village in Woodstown, NJ on Dec. 13 at 1:30.
(Dec
2, 09) McFarland is experiencing
delays with order-related e-mails. Order confirmation e-mails may be
delayed approximately one business day.
(Dec
1, 09) John Skipper, author of
The Iowa Caucuses: First
Tests of Presidential Aspiration, 1972-2008,
will hold a book signing from 2-4 p.m. on Sat., Dec. 5, at Borealis
Coffee & Gifts, 316 N. Federal Ave., Mason City, IA.
(Nov
23, 09) Thomson Reuters has
announced the selection of
North Korean Review
for inclusion in the prestigious Social Sciences Citation Index. NKR
is the only English-language journal in the world that focuses on North
Korea. McFarland and the Institute for North Korean Studies at the
University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan, founded this journal
in April 2004 and the inaugural issue was published in fall 2005.
(Nov
02, 09) On Nov. 5-8, McFarland
will be exhibiting at
American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
in Charlotte, NC; at
The Southern Historical Association (SHA),
in Louisville, KY; and at
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA)
on Nov 6-8. Please drop by and see us.
(Oct.
30, 09) The Ludiciné
Research Team from Université de Montréal (www.ludicine.ca)
will host a book launch for
Horror Video Games:
Essays on the Fusion of Fear and Play,
edited by Bernard Perron on Nov. 2 from 5 to 7 pm on the 3rd floor of
L’Amère à boire--2049, rue St-Denis
(Métro Berri-UQÀM or Sherbrooke), Montreal.
(Oct.
29, 09) John Gosling, author of
Waging The War of the
Worlds,
will be taking part in a special Halloween episode of the Paranormal
Podcast. John will be discussing the 1938 broadcast with host Jim
Harold. The episode will be available for download on October 30th at Paranormal
Podcast.
(Oct.
29, 09) On November 1 and 8,
Eugene Bergman, author of
Survival Artist: A Memoir
of the Holocaust,
will present author talks at two libraries, one in Rockville, Maryland,
and the other in Washington, D.C.
(Oct.
26, 09) Bruce Scivally, author
of
Superman on Film,
Television, Radio and Broadway ,
will be speaking about Superman on KSAV.org Tues., Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Pacific Time.
(Oct.
20, 09) Gail Gerber and Tom
Lisanti, authors of
Trippin’ with
Terry Southern
will appear on the Internet radio program TV Confidential
on Monday, Nov. 2 at 10 pm EST.
(Oct.
19, 09)
Talk Radio Wants You: An Intimate Guide to 700 Shows and How to Get
Invited
by Francine Silverman has been named the winner in the Business:
Reference category of the National Best Books 2009 Awards—USA
Book News.
(Oct.
19, 09)
Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography
by Jeffrey Marks has been named winner of the Bouchercon Anthony Award
for Best Critical Non-Fiction Work.
(Oct.
16, 09) The English Chess
Federation has nominated Blindfold
Chess: History, Psychology, Techniques, Champions, World Records, and
Important Games
by Eliot Hearst and
John Knott as a Book of the Year Finalist.
(Oct.
15, 09) On Oct. 24-25 Author
Chris Kullstroem will be signing Monster
Parties and Games
and Making
a Monstrous Halloween
at Mystic Seaport Maritime Bookstore from 3-5 p.m. in Mystic, CT. Books
will also be signed on Halloween at Bank Square Books from 1-3 in
Mystic, CT.
(Oct.
14, 09) The 2009 Willie Parker
Peace History Book Award from the NC Society of Historians has been
awarded to authors Tom and Lucy Warlick for The
WBT Briarhoppers: Eight Decades of a Bluegrass Band Made For Radio
and E.B. Munson, editor of Confederate
Correspondent: The Civil War Reports of Jacob Nathaniel Raymer, Fourth
North Carolina.
(Oct.
13, 09) Author Brian Duggan will
give a presentation about his book, Saluki:
The Desert Hound and the English Travelers Who Brought It to the West,
at California State University, Stanislaus’ University
Library on Wed., Oct. 21 at 3p.m. in the Library West Reading Room,
L210.
(Oct.
07, 09) Oct. 7-10 McFarland
makes its annual journey to the AACA Eastern Division National Fall
Meet in Hershey, PA. Come join us!
AACA
(Oct.
06, 09) Author Quentin R.
Skrabec, Jr.’s discussion of H.J.
Heinz:A Biography
is scheduled to air on the Pennsylvania Cable Network’s PA
Books program Sun., Oct. 25 at 9PM.
(Oct.
02, 09) On Oct. 30 McFarland
author Myron J. Smith, Jr., will present an illustrated lecture on the
brass bell that originally served on the Civil War gunboat Wyalusing.
The 400 pound bell now hangs in the main administration building at
Tusculum College in Greeneville, TN; the event will be held in the
Thomas J. Garland Library at 2 p.m.
(Oct.
02, 09) Author Linda Byrd Cook
will present "'Fairy Religion' in Lee Smith's On
Agate Hill" at the South Central
Modern Language Association Conference in Baton Rouge, LA, Oct. 29-31.
Copies of Cook's new book on Smith's fiction, Dancing
in the Flames: Spiritual Journey in the Novels of Lee Smith,
will be available for purchase.
(Sept.
14, 09) Named for the "mystery
cat" of T.S. Eliot’s Old
Possum's Book of Practical Cats,
Mystery Readers International gives the annual Macavity Award for their
favorite mysteries in four categories. In the Best Nonfiction/Critical
category, these McFarland titles have been nominated for 2009:
Scene of the Crime
by David Geherin and African
American Mystery Writers
by Frankie Y. Bailey. Awards will be presented in Oct. at Bouchercon in
Indianapolis.
(Sept.
9, 09) Author Larry Denton will
speak about
William Henry Seward and the Secession Crisis: The Effort to Prevent
Civil War
on Sept. 19 at the Seward House in Auburn, NY at 2:00 pm. The lecture
will be followed by a book signing and guided tours of the Seward
House. On Sept. 20, Mr. Denton will give a short talk on the book with
a signing to follow at Creekside Books & Coffee in Skaneateles,
NY at 3:00 pm.
(Sept.
1, 09) Author Linda Byrd Cook
will present "The Preservation of Vanishing Appalachia in Lee Smith's
Fiction" at the Eighth Biennial Southern Women Writers Conference at
Berry College in Rome, GA, Sept. 24-26. Copies of her new book on
Smith's fiction
Dancing in the Flames: Spiritual Journey in the Novels of Lee Smith
will be available for purchase.
(Sept.
1, 09) Author John Carver
Edwards will have his new book,
Orville’s Aviators.
introduced at the University of Georgia's annual authors' reception,
held at the North Campus Bookstore on Sept. 23. This event is jointly
sponsored by the University Alumni Association and the UGA Bookstore.
(Aug.
21, 09) Author Brian Cooper's
Iowa Public Radio interview about
Ray Schalk: A Baseball Biography
airs statewide on "The Exchange" program: 10-11 a.m. CDT, Aug. 24.
(Aug.
19, 09) Author Victoria Rumble
will appear on WGN Chicago's, Lunchbreak segment on Aug. 21 at noon, to
prepare a recipe from her book,
Soup Through the Ages: A Culinary History with Period Recipes .
(Aug.
18, 09)
Blindfold Chess has
been named the winner of the Fred Cramer Award for the Best Chess Book
of 2009, sponsored by the U.S. Chess Federation, the Chess Journalists
of America, and the U.S. Chess Trust.
(July
31, 09) McFarland will be
exhibiting at
GenCon, August 13-16 in
Indianapolis. Please drop by and see us.
(July
6, 09) Colleen Aycock, author of
Joe
Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion
will be lecturing on Joe Gans at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of
Maryland African American History in Baltimore on August 1. She and
coauthor Mark Scott will be speaking at the Nevada Boomtown History
Days, Tonopah, Nevada on August 7th.
(June
19, 09) McFarland celebrated its
30th birthday with an open house on June 19th. Photos of the event are
now available on www.mcfarland30.com
under the Open House tab.
(May
08, 09) McFarland celebrates its
30th birthday with an open house on June 19th. To learn more, and to
meet the entire McFarland cast and crew, check out our 30th
anniversary site.
(May
08, 09) Ron Selter has won a
Sporting News-SABR Research Award for his Ballparks
of the Deadball Era. The book,
which last month was named the Larry Ritter Award winner, shows the
extent to which major league parks of the period 1901-1919 affected the
style of play.
(May
08, 09) The Fort Lauderdale, FL,
Main Library is sponsoring an exhibit on the life of Roberto Clemente.
Dan Zachofsky, author of the new Collecting
Baseball Memorabilia: A Handbook, 2d ed.,
will conduct a book talk on collecting all types of memorabilia and
will display Roberto Clemente baseball cards on Saturday, July 11,
2009, from noon to 2pm.
(May
04, 09) McFarland author Gail
Gerber will be reading passages from her forthcoming book Trippin’
with Terry Southern at the
Darinka Prose & Poetry Reunion on Tuesday, May 5th in New York
City’s East Village. Click
here for more details.
(May
04, 09) McFarland is on
Facebook! Become
a fan.
(April
24, 09) The Society for American
Baseball Research recently released two lists of award-winning and
–nominated books, and McFarland was well represented. Ron
Selter’s Ballparks
of the Deadball Era won the 2009
Larry Ritter Award, given annually for the best book on a deadball-era
(1900-1920) topic. Rick Huhn’s Eddie
Collins (second) and Michael
Lynch’s Harry
Frazee, Ban Johnson and the Feud That Nearly Destroyed the American
League, (fourth) were also among
the top vote-getters. A day earlier, Andrew Schiff’s Henry
Chadwick was named one of three
finalists for the 2009 Seymour Medal, awarded for the best book of
baseball biography or history from the previous calendar year.
(April
01, 09) Bram
Stoker’s Notes for Dracula,
annotated and transcribed by Robert Eighteen-Bisang and Elizabeth
Miller, won the Lord Ruthven Award for nonfiction at the 2009
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts.
(April
01, 09) Mystery Writers of
America has announced African
American Mystery Writers by
Frankie Y. Bailey as an Edgar finalist. Congratulations!
(March
24, 09) The Horror Writers
Association announced the Bram Stoker Awards finalists: among them for
“superior achievement in nonfiction” are A
Hallowe'en Anthology by Lisa
Morton and Cheap
Scares! by Gregory Lamberson.
Congratulations!
(March
16, 09) McFarland is bringing
its 30 years of publishing experience to the graphic format. Both
nonfiction and fiction manuscripts are being considered. If you are
interested in submitting a book proposal, please contact Natalie
Foreman.
(March
5, 09) Colleen Aycock, co-author
with Mark Scott, of the new, and first book-length, biography of Joe
Gans, the first African-American
world boxing champion, will be speaking about Joe Gans-his life and
times; showing historic photographs and rare film footage of the "Old
Master" at Page One bookstore in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 2-3 p.m.
Sunday, March 29. Afterward she will sign books.
(February
24, 09) The Malice Domestic
organization, which is dedicated to the soft-boiled or cozy mysteries,
announced the nominees for the 2008 Agatha
awards. The awards are named after Agatha Christie, the best-selling
author of all time. Among the nominees for Best Non-Fictional Work are Anthony
Boucher: A Biobibliography by
Jeffrey Marks and
African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study
by Frankie Y. Bailey.
(February
20, 09) Gregory
Lamberson, the author of the
recently published Cheap
Scares! is a novelist and
filmmaker specializing in horror entertainment. He wrote and directed
the cult classic Slime City
and worked as the production manager on I
Was a Teenage Zombie and as
Frank Henenlotter’s assistant director on Brain
Damage.
(February
11, 09) Acquisitions editor Gary Mitchem
hits the road for two baseball-themed conferences this spring. First up
is the 16th annual Nine
Spring Training Conference, held
in Tucson, Arizona, March 12-15. A month later, on April 18, he will
take part in a publishing panel at the inaugural SABR
19th Century Baseball Conference,
to be held in Cooperstown, New York. McFarland authors will be in
attendance at both conferences.
(Feb
15, 08) In the spring of 2008,
McFarland will publish the inaugural issue of Black Ball: A Journal of the
Negro Leagues, a semiannual
peer-reviewed journal. Under the guidance of Leslie Heaphy and an
editorial board of leading historians, the journal will offer new,
authoritative research on all subjects related to black baseball,
including the Negro major and minor leagues, teams, and players;
pre–Negro League organization and play; barnstorming;
segregation and integration; class, gender, and ethnicity; the business
of black baseball; and the arts. More information about the journal may
be found at www.blackballjournal.com.
(Feb
14, 08) McFarland will be
exhibiting at WonderCon,
a comics and pop culture sister convention to ComicCon. The convention
runs Feb 22-24 in San Francisco. We'll be having a book sale for a wide
variety of our popular
culture, film,
comics,
science
fiction and fantasy
books.
(Feb
14, 08) McFarland will be
exhibiting at the conference of the
Music Library
Association
annual meeting in Newport, Rhode island, Feb 20-23.
(Sept
6, 07) McFarland will be
exhibiting at the conference of the
American
Association of School Libraries
in Reno, Oct 25-28.
(June
6, 07) Concerning international
shipping charges via U.S. post: As of May 2007, the U.S. Postal Service
is implementing new rates and procedures. Inquire with McFarland for
current rates for your area. Customers in UK, all of Europe, North
Africa and the Middle East should instead order from Eurospan.
Customers in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea should
instead order from DA Books.
Customers in India should instead order from Viva Books.
(May
22, 07)The shopping cart will be
temporarily down for a brief period on May 22. The online catalog can
still be used for searching and browsing (only the e-commerce side of
it will be affected).
(Apr
24, 07) McFarland will be
exhibiting at the 41st International Congress on Medieval
Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan,
May 10-13. Drop by our exhibit to browse
through our books or speak with
an editor. To schedule an appointment, e-mail editorial development
chief Virginia
Tobiassen.
(Apr
23, 07) Congratulations are in
order for J. Blaine Hudson, author of the Encyclopedia
of the Underground Railroad. The
New York Public Library has selected it for their distinguished "Best
of Reference" awards.
(Mar 19, 07) McFarland will be exhibiting at the annual conference of the Appalachian Studies Association to be held in Maryville, Tennessee, March 23-25.
(Mar 19, 07) McFarland will be exhibiting at the annual conference of the Association Asian Studies to be held in Boston March 22-25.
(Mar 16, 07) March 22-24, McFarland will be exhibiting at the GLBTQ Studies Conference hosted by the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
(Mar 16, 07) Congratulations are in order for Lawrence C. Rubin, who edited the collection Psychotropic Drugs and Popular Culture. The Popular Culture Association has named the book a winner of the Ray and Pat Browne Award.
(Feb 20, 07) McFarland will be exhibiting at WonderCon, a comics and pop culture sister convention to ComicCon. The convention runs March 2-4 in San Francisco. We'll be having a book sale for a wide variety of our popular culture, film, comics, science fiction and fantasy books.
(Feb 19, 07) Meet McFarland at the annual conference of the Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA), in Baltmore, March 1-4. We'll be having a book sale for a wide variety of books on topics such as popular culture, film, and literature. To schedule an appointment, e-mail acquisitions editor Gary Mitchem.
(Feb 19, 07) Launching in spring 2007, Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game is a peer-reviewed journal to be published twice each year. Offering the best in original research and analysis, the journal will promote study of baseball's early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture. More information about the journal may be found at www.base-ball-journal.com.
(Feb 12, 07) Congratulations are in order for author James H. Lackey. The The Jordan Automobile: A History has been awarded the Thomas McKean Memorial Cup by the Antique Automobile Club of America.
(Feb 09, 07) In 2007 McFarland will launch the Minerva Journal of Women and War. The journal will be published in both print and online, and will emphasize the study of contemporary issues from a range of disciplinary approaches, including political and international relations, sociology, anthropology, women's studies, war studies, peace studies and cultural studies.
(Jan 11, 07) McFarland will be exhibiting at the midwinter conference of the American Library Association in Seattle, January 19-22.
(Jan 11, 07) Congratulations to Kathryn Kerwan, the winner of McFarland's "performing arts" contest. Ms. Kerwyn will receive a silent film reference set signed by the editors of McFarland.
(Jan 1, 07) Test entry.
