Jerry Wilson, author of Waiting for Coyote’s Call: An Eco-Memoir from the Missouri River Bluff is featured in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader today.
The article focuses on the work he and his wife and family have done on their property in their attempts to live in harmony with the land. Of course, his book goes into far more detail, but this article is an excellent primer, and the multimedia links are worth checking out as well.
The Press exhibited its books at the Mountain and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Trade Show in Colorado Springs this past week.
Congratulations to MPIBA for an enjoyable and successful show. The Press found its books well received and many of those in attendance learned about SDSHS Press for the first time.
This week we’ll be at the Midwest Booksellers Association Trade Show in Saint Paul, MN. We’re looking forward to a similar experience. We’ll also be at the South Dakota Festival of Books, in Sioux Falls, SD, so if you are attending either show, please stop by our booth to say hello.
Pamela Smith Hill, author of Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer’s Life is a finalist in the nonfiction category of the prestigious Oregon Book Awards.
Hill’s book has already received two awards and a third would certainly cement her book’s place at the top of massive pile of books about the famous author.
The winners will be announced at a gala awards ceremony at the Portland Arts Museum, November 9.
The 2008 WILLA Literary Awards
have been announced by Women Writing the West.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer’s Life by Pamela Smith Hill has received the winner’s award and we are extremely grateful and proud. The WILLA awards are presented to the best of 2007 published literature for women’s stories and books set in the American West.
Chosen by professional librarians, historians, and university affiliated educators, the winning authors and their books will be honored at the 14th Annual Conference, to be held at the Omni Hotel at the Colonnade, in San Antonio, TX, October 24-26, 2008.
Busy couple of weeks coming up here for the Press. We’re off to Colorado Springs, CO and Saint Paul, MN for two regional trade shows. This is a great chance to show independent booksellers what we’ve been doing and to let them know what they can expect in the future. We’ll be picking out our best titles for them, displaying everything we have in our booths, and giving away plenty of freebies as well.
In other news, our remaining three books are in transit to us and we should be receiving them any day now. So if you have been waiting for The Prairie-Dog Prince, The South Dakota State Capitol or The Jumping-Off Place, the wait is almost over.
