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What’s Behind an Ooligan Cover?

By Alex Fus

July 29, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

What’s Behind an Ooligan Cover?

Last winter, Ooligan students were far too busy to notice Portland’s infamous rain—-we were hard at work on one of publishing’s most demanding creative challenges: designing the cover that will grace one of Ooligan’s forthcoming titles when we send it out to greet the world. Having worked on the editorial team for Ooligan’s upcoming young […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: A Series of Small Maneuvers, cover, Design, Eliot Treichel, publishing process, young adult

Small Maneuvers Is Making Big Strides

By Alyssa Gnall

July 27, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Small Maneuvers Is Making Big Strides

So much has happened since our last post about this book! In the intervening months, Eliot Treichel’s manuscript—A Series of Small Maneuvers—has become a real book. Winter 2015 was devoted to developing and copyediting, and we got to watch the manuscript blossom into a full-fledged powerhouse of a young adult novel. In spring, we moved […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: A Series of Small Maneuvers, Eliot Treichel, Marketing, proofreading, young adult

Judging YA Books by Their Covers

By Alex Fus

July 8, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Judging YA Books by Their Covers

The mission statements of young adult fiction publishers are crammed with commitments—to promoting diversity, to fostering imagination, to supporting young readers’ developing identities—but when you scan the shelves of your local library or bookstore, what do you see? Odds are, you’re more likely to come across a book featuring a sexy vampire than a story […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: books, cover design, diversity, Whitewashing, YA, young adult

We Have a Title!

By Stephanie Podmore

February 19, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

After much deliberation, we finally have a set title for Eliot’s new young adult novel. I’m thrilled to announce that A Series of Small Maneuvers will be released November 1, 2015. We all agreed that this title–pulled from a crucial scene in the book—-picks up on one of the main themes, and can be applied […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: A Series of Small Maneuvers, books, Editing, Eliot Treichel, Ooligan, title, young adult

Ooligan’s New Young Adult Novel

By Stephanie Podmore

January 14, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

I couldn’t be more excited to announce Ooligan’s newest acquired manuscript by Close is Fine author Eliot Treichel, returning to the press for his debut novel. This time around, the short story author spent four years working on a young adult novel that incorporates his love of the outdoors. We’re calling it Wild for YA […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: A Series of Small Maneuvers, books, Eliot Treichel, novel, Ooligan, young adult

Backlist to the Future: Up Nights

By William A. York

July 11, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Backlist to the Future: Up Nights

Most of us make the transition from high school to college and career without much fuss. While we may have a passing thought or two of a different life than the one laid out before us, we manage, with a kind of stumbling grace and no small amount of luck, to make the transition into […]

Filed Under: Backlist to the Future Tagged With: Catharsis, Dharma, Dharma Bums, Friendship, Journeys, Road Novel, Self Actualization, Up nights, young adult

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