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Literary Arts

A Brief History of the Oregon Book Awards

By Megan Haverman

January 14, 2022 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

A Brief History of the Oregon Book Awards

Since its founding, the program has honored over six hundred local writers and publishers and distributed more than one million dollars in fellowships and awards.

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: Book awards, Brian Booth, fellowships, Literary Arts, Oregon

What-stock? Ooligan Press and the Portland Book Festival

By Bayley McComb

November 4, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

What-stock? Ooligan Press and the Portland Book Festival

November 9, 2019: authors, publishers, and content creators across the broad spectrum of publishing will be gathering for the Portland Book Festival (PBF), a one-day extravaganza featuring celebrity authors, raffle giveaways, panels, and writing workshops.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Elephant Speak, Literary Arts, Odsburg, Ooligan, PBF, portland book festival, Wordstock

Behind the Scenes with Ooligan Press at the Portland Book Festival

By Kristen Ludwigsen @kludlitup

March 25, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Behind the Scenes with Ooligan Press at the Portland Book Festival

The Portland Book Festival, formerly known as Wordstock, is Oregon’s biggest literary event of the year, featuring panels, vendors, speakers, and lots and lots of books. Every November, the day-long event attracts authors and publishers from near and far, and last fall, Ooligan Press was proud to be included yet again. The festival drew its […]

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: Abbi Jacobson, book launch, Elizabeth Acevedo, Emily Suvada, event planning, event promotion, grand ballroom, launches, Lauren Groff, Literary Arts, Manager Monday, mark building, Ooligan at large, operations, Oregon, oregon historical society, Overcup, PBF, Pomegranate, Portland, Portland Art Museum, portland book festival, Powells, publisher's assistants, the old church, Tom Hanks, Winningstad theatre, Wordstock

Submit to Read at the Oregon Writers of Color Spring Showcase

By Ooligan Press

February 13, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Literary Arts and the graduate program in Book Publishing at Portland State University seek submissions from writers of color for the Oregon Writers of Color Spring Showcase.

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: Authors, book publishing, Literary Arts, Networking, Oregon Writers of Color Spring Showcase, publishers, publishing, writers, writing submission

Submit to Read at the Oregon Writers of Color Spring Showcase

By Ooligan Press

April 11, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Literary Arts and the graduate program in Book Publishing at Portland State University seek submissions from writers of color for the Oregon Writers of Color Spring Showcase.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Authors, Literary Arts, Networking, Oregon Writers of Color Spring Showcase, publishers, writers, writing submission

The Social Media Footprint of Wordstock 2017

By Terence Brierly

December 1, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Social Media Footprint of Wordstock 2017

Social media monitoring and outreach is an important part of the marketing machine here at Ooligan Press, and since we and a number of our authors were involved in Wordstock 2017, we did a quick analysis of Wordstock’s social media “footprint” via two platforms: Twitter and Instagram. This isn’t an exhaustive analysis, but having a cursory understanding of the conversation surrounding events like Wordstock can provide information for where the festival is at and how Ooligan Press fits into its narrative as a premier literary event.

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: author, Colson Whitehead, hashtag, instagram, Literary Arts, PDXbookfest, Portland, publisher, Social Media, Te-Nehisi Coates, twitter, Wordstock

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