We are happy to announce an upcoming book tour with Dr. Isern’s Pacing Dakota. Below you will find the NDSU Press write up with event details:

NDSU University Distinguished Professor Tom Isern, author of the acclaimed new book, Pacing Dakota, is coming to your locality! His Holiday Book Tour, December 6 through 9, includes appearances in Watford City, Minot, Williston, Bowman, and Bismarck. Each stop offers the opportunity to purchase books for holiday gifts or just good winter reading, with profits going to local businesses and organizations.

Watford City | Thur., Dec. 6 | 3 to 7:00 p.m.
Pioneer Museum of McKenzie County, in the Long X Visitor Center, 100 Second Av SW, Watford City
Booktalk (at 4:00 and 6:00 p.m.), reading, performance, and autograph party
Contact: Jan Dodge, jandodge74@gmail.com

Minot | Fri., Dec. 7 | 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Main Street Books, 8 Main St. S., Minot
Conversation with readers, signing for purchasers
Contact: Val Stadick, mainstreetbooks@srt.com

Williston | Fri., Dec. 7 | 5 to 8:00 p.m.
Books on Broadway, 12 W Broadway, Williston
Holiday open house, conversations with readers, signing for purchasers
Contact: Chuck Wilder, bksbdwy@nemontel.net

Bowman | Sat., Dec. 8 | 3 to 5:00 p.m.
Pioneer Trails Regional Museum, 12 1st Av N, Bowman
Booktalk, song, reading, signing for purchasers
Contact: Jean Nudell, ptrm@ptrm.org

Bismarck | Sun., Dec. 9 | 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Ferguson Books Bismarck, 413 E Broadway, Bismarck
Booktalk, song, reading, signing for purchasers
Contact: Dane Ferguson, dane@fergusonbooks.com

Visit the NDSU Press Facebook | View the video trailer for Pacing Dakota

Pacing Dakota, published by North Dakota State University Press, is a collection of stories from across North Dakota–stories that are packed with human interest, but also have much to say about community and life on the northern plains in our times. People of the region know Prof. Isern’s voice from Plains Folk, his weekly feature on Prairie Public Radio. He brings the same evocative narrative voice to the printed page in Pacing Dakota. The hardback work was published in July and is now in its second printing.

The author is keen to meet friends and grads of NDSU–and to sign books for them to read or to gift to friends, family, and fellow fans.

With Prof. Isern on the Holiday Book Tour will be Dr. Suzzanne Kelley, Editor-in-Chief, North Dakota State University Press. Dr. Kelley is happy to visit with prospective authors and others interested in the work of the press.

EFFECTIVE SUMMER 2018 THROUGH JULY:

NDSU PRESS OFFICE HOURS ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

We are sorry not to be able to accommodate drop-in customers, authors, and potential authors. I am happy to meet with you by appointment to talk about publishing or to assist you in a purchase. I check my voicemail and emails daily, and I will return your call or an answer to your query as soon as possible. I apologize for any inconvenience.

Queries may be sent and orders may be placed anytime by phone, email, and at our online store. You’ll find all of that information at our Shop Now page.

Thank you,

Suzzanne Kelley, Editor in Chief

Foreword Magazine says, “Whether you’re a librarian, a bookseller, or a general lover of books, you know that independent presses and authors are publishing some of the most innovative, creative, and beautiful books. To honor the very best of indie publishing each year, Foreword Magazine created the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. Thousands of books are entered each year, and their panel of more than 120 librarians and booksellers take part in the judging, narrowing it down to a group of finalists and winners that represent the best books, all independently published, in over 60 categories.”

And guess who is a finalist in TWO categories? Derby Girl: A Memoir, by Sammi Jones, is listed as a finalist in the categories of Autobiography and Memoir and LGBT. We wish Sammi all the best of luck! The first-place winners will be announced in June, but we  know that Sammi is the jammer who has already scored!

For more details, check out Foreword’s write-up of this fantastic news here.

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We are elated to announce that four of our 2017 publications have achieved finalist status in the Midwest Independent Publishing Association’s 28th Annual MIDWEST BOOK AWARDS. The awards recognize quality in independent publishing in the Midwest. This year’s awards attracted 206 titles, entered in 31 categories. Books were entered by publishers from MIPA’s 12-state Midwestern region (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin). Winners will be announced on Saturday, May 12, 2019, at the Midwest Book Awards Gala in Saint Paul, MN.

Ladies and Gentlemen, in no particular order, our finalists are:

In the category of Arts/Photography/Coffee Table Books . . .

In the category of Fiction–Literary/Contemporary/Historical . . .

In the category of Social Science/Political Science/Culture . . .

In the category of Social Science/Political Science/Culture (Yes, we have TWO finalists in this category) . . .

And (by long-time NDSU Press book designer Deb Tanner) in the category of Total Book Design . . .

This feature story about the NDSU Press Party is written by Chelsey Engelhard Ewen, and can be found on The Arts Partnership blog page.

It’s time to celebrate the literary arts in our community!

This Thursday from 7-9pm at the Harry D. McGovern Alumni Center, Partner NDSU Press invites the public to celebrate six authors and their brand new books.

Come shop, snack and mingle with the authors, who will each do a more formal presentation about their books and the research that went into writing them.

“At our book launch, we hear the books and we eat them, too,” says Dr. Kelley (from the party in 2017)

“Our party is a blend of literary, visual, and even musical arts as we feature our authors, book designers, and the music of singer-songwriter Amanda Standalone,” says NDSU Press Editor in Chief, Dr. Suzzanne Kelley. “After the formal reading portion, the authors will be happy to visit individually with guests and to autograph books.”