University of Hawai‘i Press is a member of the UH-Mānoa campus Green Days initiative, established to promote sustainability and energy conservation. Most Press offices will be closed December 19, 2009-January 3, 2010, with the exception of our business office and warehouse, which will be open for customer orders and shipping December 21-23 and December 28-30. All offices will reopen on January 4, 2010.
Category: Press Events
Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule
University of Hawai‘i Press will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday from November 26–29 and reopen on Monday, November 30. Please plan your book orders accordingly.
Sale Update #2
All UH Press titles are now available for ordering online. Thank you again for your patience. We will be extending the 62% off sale until 4:00 pm Hawai`i standard time. Mahalo!
Anniversary Sale Update
During the sale newer titles are showing up as out of print. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working on this problem. We will be extending the sale accordingly. Thank you for your patience.
The University of Hawaii Press 62nd Anniversary Sale!
Join us in celebrating 62 years of publishing with our 62/62 special sale. We want to thank all of our loyal customers, sponsors, colleagues, and friends by offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to purchase UH Press books online at a special discount of 62% off the retail price, including forthcoming and just-published titles.***
Here’s the deal: On Friday, September 4, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. Hawai`i standard time (HST) (click here for a handy time zone converter)–for just six hours and twenty minutes–all UH Press books will be available at a 62% discount. If you splurge and purchase at least $62.00 worth of books, we’ll throw in free Surface Mail shipping in the U.S. from our warehouses in Pennsylvania and Hawai`i. (Free shipping will be calculated when your order is processed–not in the shopping cart.)
So go to our web site, www.uhpress.hawaii.edu, and put together your wish list of UH Press titles. Then be sure to log in and place your order during the six-hour-and-twenty-minute sale. Only prepaid online orders will receive the 62% discount.
***Please note that books distributed for other publishers are not eligible for the special discount although they may appear discounted in the shopping cart.
All sales are final; no returns except for defective stock. Quantities are limited to stock on hand. No other discounts or sale offers apply. Bookstores, wholesalers, libraries, and other institutions may participate in this sale. If you have any questions, please contact our order department at 888-847-7377 or at uhpbooks@hawaii.edu.
UH Press 62nd Anniversary Special Offer
University of Hawai‘i Press will celebrate its 62nd anniversary next month with a special offer for our online customers. Please check back next week for more details! (Hint: The savings will be BIG so start making a list and clearing your bookshelves!)
UH Press 40% Off Sale in July
Order UH Press books online at www.uhpress.hawaii.edu. You may also order by email at uhpbooks@hawaii.edu; by phone: 1-888-UHPRESS (847-7377); or fax: 1-800-650-7811. Outside of North America: phone 1-808-956-8255; fax 1-808-988-6052.
Warehouses Closed for Inventory
Our Hawai‘i and Pennsylvania warehouses will be closed for inventory June 22–30, 2009. Shipments will resume July 1, 2009.
UH Press 30% Off and Free Shipping Sale
For one week only, from June 1st to June 8th, save 30% on all titles and receive free surface mail shipping in the U.S. Visit www.uhpress.hawaii.edu to view our entire list and start celebrating on June 1st! (And be sure to stop by again next month when we will be offering 40% off, no free shipping.)
Order UH Press books online at www.uhpress.hawaii.edu. You may also order by email at uhpbooks@hawaii.edu; by phone: 1-888-UHPRESS (847-7377); or fax: 1-800-650-7811. Outside of North America: phone 1-808-956-8255; fax 1-808-988-6052.
UH Press Authors at the 2009 Ka Palapala Award Ceremony
Jon Van Dyke (right) receiving one of three awards for Who Owns the Crown Lands of Hawai‘i?
Carlos Andrade with Maenette Benham, dean of the Hawai‘inuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, UHM
Jon Van Dyke (second from left) and his wife, Sherry Broder, with Divorce with Decency author Brad Coates and his wife, Sachi Braden
For more on the 2009 Ka Palapala Awards, view our 13 May 2009 post below.
Asian Settler Colonialism Forum
Editors Candace Fujikane and Jonathan Okamura will lead a public forum on their groundbreaking book Asian Settler Colonialism: From Local Governance to the Habits of Everyday Life in Hawai‘i at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i, Saturday, May 23, 2009, 1:00-2:30 p.m. In a series of essays, contributors from various fields and disciplines investigate aspects of Asian settler colonialism to illustrate its diverse operations and impact on Native Hawaiians. Contributor Haunani-Kay Trask, author of From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai‘i, is among the guest speakers scheduled to participate in the forum. For more information on this and other upcoming JCCH events, click here.
Candace Fujikane and Jonathan Okamura will participate in the panel “Island Settler Colonialism” at the Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival, May 17, 2009, at Honolulu Hale. Click here for more details.
Hawaii Book and Music Festival 2009
University of Hawai‘i Press will be among the local publishers participating in the Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival this weekend, May 16-17, 10 am-5 pm, at Honolulu Hale. Admission and parking are free to the general public.
UH Press authors Jon Van Dyke (Who Owns the Crown Lands of Hawai‘i), Heather Diamond (American Aloha: Cultural Tourism and the Negotiation of Tradition), Davianna McGregor (Na Kua‘aina: Living Hawaiian Culture), Carlos Andrade (Ha‘ena: Through the Eyes of the Ancestors), Richard Hamasaki (Westlake: Poems by Wayne Kaumualii Westlake; From the Spider Bone Diaries: Poems and Songs), Witi Ihimaera (The Uncle’s Story; Woman Far Walking, distributed for Huia Publishers, NZ), Gary Pak (Children of a Fireland; A Ricepaper Airplane), Robert Barclay (Melal: A Novel of the Pacific), Jon Thares Davidann (Hawai‘i at the Crossroads of the U.S. and Japan before the Pacific War), and Candace Fujikane and Jon Okamura (Asian Settler Colonialism: From Local Governance to the Habits of Everyday Life in Hawai‘i) will be leading or participating in numerous panels and discussions at the festival. Click here for a detailed schedule of events.
