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We're excited to announce a selection of our latest book signings! We look forward to working with these authors on their upcoming projects.

The Palestine Taboo: The Racial Limits of Free Speech / Aziz

Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University and author of THE RACIAL MUSLIM: WHEN RACISM QUASHES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Sahar Aziz’s THE PALESTINE TABOO: THE RACIAL LIMITS OF FREE SPEECH, chronicling how the Palestine taboo invisibly structures public, political, and academic discourse, to Maura Roessner at the University of California Press (world).

At Least You Didn’t Go to Prison / Brooks and Brooks

Founding director of the California Innocence Project and author of YOU MIGHT TO PRISON, EVEN THOUGH YOU’RE INNOCENT Justin Brooks and civil rights attorney Zach Brooks collaborate on the sequel AT LEAST YOU DIDN’T GO TO PRISON, a devastating catalog of the collateral consequence of contact with the criminal legal system regardless of sentence or even conviction, to Maura Roessner at the University of California Press (world). 

Getting the Healthcare You Deserve in the Body You Have / Erlanger

Founding president of the Association for Weight and Size Inclusive Medicine and physician, educator, author, and speaker Lisa Erlanger MD’s GETTING THE HEALTHCARE YOU DESERVE IN THE BODY YOU HAVE, challenges the facile–and false–equation between larger body size and poor health outcomes; a resource for patients and their providers debunks common myths and misconceptions to empower readers to access the primary and specialized care they need, no matter their size, to Chloe Layman at the University of California Press (World).

Herodotus’s The Histories: A New Translation and Complete Commentaries / Green

Celebrated classicist and historian the late Peter Green’s two volume  HERODOTUS’ “THE HISTORIES” A NEW TRANSLATION AND COMPLETE COMMENTARIES, a new translation of the classic work of world literature by Herodotus, known as the “Father of History”, with expansive commentaries that position this unique masterwork at the intersection of written and performed history in partnership with Associate Professor of Anthropology Glenn Storey to Raina Polivka for publication at University of California Press (World). 

Good Trouble in Mind: The Life of Alice Childress / Hartigan

Author of AUGUST WILSON Patti Hartigan’s GOOD TROUBLE IN MIND: THE LIFE OF ALICE CHILDRESS, a chronicle of African American playwrite and novelist’s pioneering career, from the Harlem literary renaissance and American Negro Theatre of the 1930s to her groundbreaking play Trouble in Mind, and her political activism of the era, engaged with such figures as Sidney Poitier, Paul Robeson, Harry Belafonte, Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee, to Raina Polivka at University of California Press, by Alice Martell at the Martell Agency (World). 

Autonomous Defense: How Tech Companies are Crafting and Cashing in on the Future of Warfare / Iliadis

Temple University professor Andrew Iliadis’s AUTONOMOUS DEFENSE: HOW TECH COMPANIES ARE CRAFTING AND CASHING IN ON THE FUTURE OF WARFARE, a behind-the-scenes expose of the emergence of a new breed of Silicon Valley tech companies who employ aggressive and entrepreneurial tactics to bolster America’s defense industry, to Michelle Lipinski, for publication at University of California Press (World). 

Sustainable Fashion / Kozlowski

 In Toronto Metropolitan University School of Fashion Assistant Professor Anika Kozlowski’s SUSTAINABLE FASHION, a designer with an environmental science PhD busts myths about life cycle assessments, fiber recycling, zero waste supply chains, and other fashion industry backed silver bullets, to Chloe Layman at the University of California Press (World).

Third World Ensemble: Black Americans in Cold War Cairo / Lubin

Professor of African American Studies at Penn State University, incoming President of the American Studies Association, and author of GEOGRAPHIES OF LIBERATION, Alex Lubin’s THIRD WORLD ENSEMBLE: BLACK AMERICANS IN COLD WAR CAIRO, tells the story of Cairo as the political, musical, and artistic hub of the global Third World movement at its peak, and how it influenced the famous African-Americans that flocked there, to Niels Hooper at the University of California Press (world).

Invisible Illnesses / Mendenhall

Medical anthropologist and Professor of Global Health at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Emily Mendenhall’s INVISIBLE ILLNESSES, the history of unexplained or contested symptoms, from hysteria to Long Covid, offering a call to action in defense of those who suffer within a medical system that fails them, to Kate Marshall at University of California Press (World).

Dream Road to a Land of Fire: The Unfinished History of the Pan-American Highway / Miller

Brigham Young University historian and author of AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA Shawn Miller's DREAM ROAD TO A LAND OF FIRE: THE UNFINISHED HISTORY OF THE PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY, about the economic boosterism, Indigenous struggles, and environmental destruction of the internationally acclaimed but ill-fated highway that was never finished due to native resistance at the Darien Gap, to Niels Hooper at University of California Press, at auction, by Christopher Rogers at Dunow, Carlson & Lerner (world).

Not Born a Democracy: What’s Jeopardizing Our Nation and How to Deal with It / Minow

Professor of Law and former Dean of Harvard Law School, will write NOT BORN A DEMOCRACY: WHAT'S JEOPARDIZING OUR NATION AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT, an original take on growing perceptions of constitutional crisis and democratic fragility in the United States. Minow plans to focus on three areas of our democracy that face jeopardy: education, reliable news, and security against lethal violence, to Naomi Schneider, for publication at the University of California Press, Spring 2026 (world).

Sugar Coated / Nestle and Sutherland

Recipient of the James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award Marion Nestle and former vice president of nutrition for Kellogg's Lisa Sutherland's SUGAR COATED, an exploration of how the food industry, publicly and behind the scenes, sells its products, as illustrated by breakfast cereals, uncovering the hidden stories behind popular cereal brands, tracing the history of food fads and dietary advice, and using these colorful boxes to convey why it is so difficult to get the food industry to produce healthier foods, to Kate Marshall at University of California Press, by Max Sinsheimer at Sinsheimer Literary (world English). Rights: max@sinsheimerliterary.com.

From the Lab to the Streets: The Scientist Rebellion in the Struggle for Climate Justice / Racimo

 University of Copenhagen Professor and key leader in Scientist Rebellion Fernando Racimo’s FROM THE LAB TO THE STREETS: THE SCIENTIST REBELLION IN THE STRUGGLE FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE, advances a bold new vision for what scientists can accomplish as researchers and citizens when they step outside their traditional roles as apolitical collectors of facts and embrace activism, to Chloe Layman at the University of California Press (World except Danish).

After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do About It / Suk

Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law and author of AFTER MISOGYNY: HOW THE LAW FAILS WOMEN AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Julie C. Suk’s THE SHADOW COURT: HOW TO DEFLATE THE SUPREME COURT, a fresh approach to overcoming the legitimacy crisis of the Supreme Court by creating a Constitutionally compatible but competitive “shadow court,” to Maura Roessner at the University of California Press (world). 

The Economics of Stigma: Financial Costs of Stigma in America and Interventions that Work / van der Meulen Rodgers

Rutgers University professor Yana van der Meulen Rodgers’s THE ECONOMICS OF STIGMA: FINANCIAL COSTS OF STIGMA IN AMERICA AND INTERVENTIONS THAT WORK, the first comprehensive economic investigation of the costs of social stigma and an exciting new vision for economic prosperity through interventions to promote inclusion, to Michelle Lipinski at University of California Press (World).