This past Friday, October 4, NPR’s All Things Considered reported on research findings from a Science journal study, which concluded that reading “highbrow” literary fiction (as opposed to popular fiction or nonfiction) gave individuals greater powers of social perception. Put simply, people who read Louise Erdrich instead of Danielle Steel have a better chance of […]
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Lessons from Wordstock 2013
By M.F. Corwin
For more than a decade Wordstock has supported the local literary community by hosting workshops, author readings, and the ever-dazzling book fair, where publishers large and small (such as yours truly) can interact with readers and aspiring authors alike. As vendors at this year’s festival, we particularly enjoyed speaking with everyone who came by our […]
This October, We’re All Business
By Michael BerlinerGreetings, readers: For all of you students and educators out there, allow me to be the first to welcome you to a new school year! We are in the process of finalizing the interior design of We Belong in History, after which we will submit the project to our Editing team for a final proofread. […]
Studying the Forms: The Physical and Digital Evolution of The Ninth Day.
By Annie WhitcombHello, everyone! I hope you all have been enjoying the delightful weather summer has afforded us Portlanders. The Ninth Day has been progressing wonderfully this term, and we hope to make even more headway on this project over the next few weeks in preparation for our autumn launch. The first bit of news is that […]
New Designs for a New Season
By Annie WhitcombHappy July, everyone! The beginning of summer term marked Kate’s first week as the incoming project manager for The Ninth Day. I look forward to showing her more about the process of overseeing this book’s production and gaining a more integrated partnership with her as my fellow manager. She has been very enthusiastic in her […]
In the Works
By Kelsey YocumAt the moment, The Ninth Day project manager team is waiting for work to come back from the departments. Bits of the project are being worked on in almost every group: Editing finished typecoding the manuscript and will be receiving back cover copy to edit any day now; Design is working on the back cover […]