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The Center for Regional Studies (CRS) at The University of New Mexico provided more than $34,000 to purchase books published by UNM Press for underfunded public and tribal libraries across New Mexico. The CRS purchased copies of 30 titles for...

NBC News recently chose two UNM Press books as part of “Your Summer 2016 Reading List: 9 Great Books by Latino Authors.” The two books, The Girls in My Town by Angela Morales and The Tombstone Race by José Skinner, are among recently published titles...

Miziker’s Complete Event Planner’s Handbook by Ron Miziker, published by the University of New Mexico Press, has been recognized as the Gold winner for Reference in the 18th annual Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards. Narrowed down from...

Moonshots and Snapshots of Project Apollo: A Rare Photographic History, by John Bisney and J. L. Pickering, won the 2016 Independent Publisher Book (IPPY) Bronze Medal for Science. Award-winning books were presented with IPPY medals last month at the...

Several UNM Press titles were recently honored with awards at two design competitions. Four UNM Press titles won 2016 Southwest Book Design and Production Awards (SWBDA) from the New Mexico Book Association (NMBA), and four UNM Press titles won 2016...

Two books published by the University of New Mexico Press won 2016 Skipping Stones Honor Awards in the Multicultural and International Books category: Lo que mi abuela me dijo / What My Grandmother Told Me, by Maria Paz Eleizegui Weir, with illustrations...

Two books published by the University of New Mexico Press won awards at the 2016 Historical Society of New Mexico Awards Banquet last month. Winners were announced on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the Annual Awards Banquet held at the Courtyard Marriott...

Amada's Blessings from the Peyote Gardens of South Texas by Stacy B. Schaefer won the Jim Parish Award for Documentation and Publication of Local and Regional History from the Webb County Heritage Foundation in Laredo, Texas. The foundation will present...

Celebrate reading and enjoy great savings this spring on your favorite books from The University of New Mexico Press. The UNM Press Spring Campus Book Sale Thursday, April 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the SUB Mall (between SUB & Mesa Vista Hall...

Amada's Blessings from the Peyote Gardens of South Texas by Stacy B. Schaefer won the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA) 2016 Peter C. Rollins Book Award in the category of Popular Culture. The SWPACA will present the award at a...