Welcome back to Rivers of the Pacific Northwest! Before we head any farther downstream, I’d like to introduce myself and the rest of my crew. We’ve added some top-notch talent this term, and they deserve a spotlight. First up, Tyler Mathieson, our fearless leader through the stormy seas of Rhythm in the Rain, will graduate […]
Ricochet River
From Rain to Rivers
By Jacoba Lawson
Now that the rain here in Portland has finally given way to a beautiful, sunshiny spring, our team at Ooligan is turning its attention from Rhythm in the Rain to a pair of shiny new projects. I say new, but our first project might look a little familiar. Ricochet River, Robin Cody’s coming-of-age classic about […]
If The Breakfast Club and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn had a Baby
By Nicholas SheaPicture the popular jock, the beautiful girl who wants more out of life, and the outcast traversing high school life. Now, cue the backdrop of a small town surrounded by the woods and dammed lake with nothing to do but hang out at the local cinema and café-barbershop. This is the foundation for Robin Cody’s […]
The Release of Rhythm in the Rain
By Tyler MathiesonRhythm in the Rain: Jazz in the Pacific Northwest is officially available online and in bookstores all throughout the Pacific Northwest. We at Ooligan Press would like to take a moment to thank Classic Pianos and wonderful pianist Tom Grant for helping us launch this beautiful book into the world. It has been a crazy […]
The Release of Rhythm in the Rain
By Tyler Mathieson
As of February 8, Rhythm in the Rain: Jazz in the Pacific Northwest will be released to all the reading world. We at Ooligan and especially the whole Rhythm in the Rain team are extremely excited to share this beautifully crafted book with readers, jazz lovers, history buffs, and all Pacific Northwesterners. It has been […]
Mr. Wolverine, meet Citizen Kane: On the Origins of Corporate Book-to-Film Adaptations
By Geoff Wallace
As Ooligan Press gears up to launch its first academic journal, C47: A Film Journal, with the help of the PSU English department, some of us here at the press are thinking more thoroughly about the connection between publishing and cinema—and one of the first things that comes to mind is that elusive cash cow, […]