November 1, 2024
Ready or not, the holiday shopping season is here! Luckily, it’s also time for our annual holiday sale. Starting today, all books are 40% off, right here on our website—just… READ MORE
September 30, 2024
The Black New England Series is coming to the University of Massachusetts Press this fall, along with two new publications, Captain Paul Cuffe and The Precious Birthright. This interdisciplinary series… READ MORE
September 5, 2024
For the fifth year, a generous anonymous donor has once again pledged a 2-to-1 match for our Regional Books Fund, which supports books about New England as well as our… READ MORE
August 5, 2024
This Fall, our Bright Leaf imprint will be publishing The Innermost House: A Memoir by Cynthia Blakeley. We are thrilled to bring you an inside look at the early pages…. READ MORE
July 1, 2024
Summer reading—what is it? Where did it come from? Who started it? If these are things you’ve wondered about, we have just the book for you! Books for Idle Hours:… READ MORE
June 3, 2024
This Fall and Winter we’re thrilled to bring you a knockout biography of Malcolm X, Malcolm Before X by Patrick Parr. In this first biography of Malcolm X dedicated to… READ MORE
April 1, 2024
This April, we’re celebrating the 2023 Juniper Prize for Poetry Winners, which publish April 1, 2024. One of our marketing interns, Hailey Furilla, crafted the questions for the poets. Saara… READ MORE
The University of Massachusetts Press and MFA for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are thrilled to announce the 2024 winners of the Juniper Literary Prizes in… READ MORE
January 4, 2024
This season, we’re headlining Testing Education: A Teacher’s Memoir by Kathy Greeley. This book is publishing at a time when Thrive Act legislation to end the high-stakes components of MCAS… READ MORE
November 20, 2023
This holiday season, give the gift of UMass Press books! Now through 1/2/24 all titles at umasspress.com are 40% off when you use code HOLIDAY at checkout! See some of… READ MORE
