books

Faculty asks colleagues to support two Bookies

As the academic year opens at WSU, two new options for faculty, staff and students who need to buy books are making their debuts, too. The student-owned Bookie has spun off a satellite store — Bookie, Too! — in the Stadium Way Retail Center at the northwest edge of campus. It offers the same merchandise […]

Two WSU Press books selected as best of the best

Washington State University Press books Captured Honor: POW Survival in the Philippines and Japan and The Oil Prince have been selected as two of only 29 Best of the Best of the University Presses: Books You Should Know About. The awards were presented by the Public Library Association and American Association of School Libraries members on June […]

Barnes & Noble Booksellers to operate the Bookie

PULLMAN, Wash. — Following an extensive review process, the board of directors of Washington State University’s Students Book Corporation (“the Bookie”) has agreed to contract with Barnes & Noble College Booksellers to manage all Bookie locations around the state, including Pullman, Spokane, Tri-Cities and Vancouver, beginning July 1. Barnes & Noble, the nation’s oldest and […]

WHATCHA READIN’?

Hearing about what other people are reading can be interesting, especially if they think their current book is a good read. Over the past few weeks, WSU Today has asked several WSU faculty and staff: 1) What is the best or most influential book you have read recently, and 2) What book do you have […]

Tri-Cities students write, illustrate multicultural books

 TRI-CITIES, Wash. — Students in Professor Deanna Gilmore’s “Developing Literacy in a Multicultural Setting” class will read from children’s books they have both written and illustrated during special public presentations Dec. 10 and 11 at Washington State University Tri-Cities.“I wanted students in this graduate course to both learn how to write a children’s book, so […]