Paper or Plastic
Books – so innocuous and lovely, such a comforting heft in your hands as you turn the pages. They are not SUVs. Who would suspect them of contributing to the […]
Launch Date Set!
Over the past few weeks, I have been posting quite a bit about the Ninth Day team’s efforts to secure a launch venue and date. Happily, our efforts have paid […]
Coming Soon: Write to Publish
The second annual 10-day Portland State of Mind celebration has come and gone. This year, Portland State University hosted more than fifty events, kicking off with a downtown Portland scavenger […]
To the Printer!
Greetings, readers: Happy Veterans Day! I hope those of you who had the day off yesterday enjoyed your extended weekend. I’m delighted to inform you that the We Belong in […]
Standards for Eco-Friendly Publishing
More and more publishers are beginning to concern themselves with the footprint publishing activities leave on our environment globally. In January 2013 a one-day conference on green publishing took place […]
iCook: The Digital Age of Cookbooks
On a chilly Thursday night in October, a group of fabulous people met at the Historic Old Church in Southwest Portland to discuss food writing in the publishing world. Transmit […]
The New Cookbook: This Is Not Fannie Farmer!
This past week in Portland, Ooligan brought the city another installment of its ongoing conversation series, Transmit Culture. The topic: Food Writing and Publishing. A food-focused panel of professionals from […]
Do You Want Books with That?
From November 1–14, McDonald’s will give away 20 million children’s books with their Happy Meals instead of a toy in an effort to promote literacy. Last year, McDonald’s gave away […]
It’s All Coming Together
Greetings, readers: This has been a very exciting week here at Ooligan Press. We have finished reviewing our galley proofs and are ready to submit the book package to our […]
Tracking Down an Ooligan Alum
Last week, I got a chance to have a conversation with the author of a brand-new YA novel that hit shelves in October. This book comes courtesy of a familiar […]