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UNC Press Centennial Celebrations

UNC Press in Asheville

Hosts Shelley and Kirk Brown, also a member of the Press Advancement Council, eagerly await guests for a Press centennial celebration, featuring author Karen Cox.

UNC Press in New Orleans

Press friends John and G Powell hosted a reception at their home in the French Quarter featuring Press authors Emily Clark, Jason Berry, and Gwen Thompkins. Clark stated, “UNC Press is not just important to the future of scholarship; it has been and continues to be important to the place of New Orleans in our national conversation. For that I am grateful beyond words.”


UNC Press in Manteo

Current Council member Betsy Brown and former Council and current Steering Committee member Bill Massey (both seated) host a centennial celebration at Island Farm in Manteo with Press Director of Development Joanna Ruth Marsland, Spangler Family Director John Sherer, Press author Bland Simpson, Downtown Books owner Jamie Anderson, Press author Ann Simpson, and Out Banks Conservationists Director Ladd Bayliss
Bill Massey at Downtown Books with display of UNC Press titles

UNC Press in Charlotte

Featured author Jim Leloudis at the home of Council member Jim Buchan

UNC Press in Wilmington

Steve and Jan Capps, who serves on the Centennial Steering Committee, with new Centennial Press Club members Louise and Steve Coggins at event featuring author Barbara Sullivan

UNC Press in Raleigh

Table sponsors Anne Faircloth and Julian & Beth Williamson join Lee Roberts at a luncheon featuring Liza Roberts and her Press title, Art of the State

UNC Press in Hillsborough

The Press centennial dinner featured authors Laura Edwards, Blair Kelly, and Fitz Brundage of the new edited volume A New History of the American South
A lovely evening to celebrate the Press’s 100th Anniversary. Photo: Kate Pope Photography

UNC Press in New York City

Wyndham Robertson and Caroline Williamson hosted a dinner for the Press in New York featuring Press author Will Blythe who spoke of his family’s connection and support of UNC Press for three generations.


UNC Press in Atlanta

Longtime friend of the Press, Tad Brown of the Watson-Brown Foundation, hosted a reception at the lovingly restored May Patterson Goodrum House featuring Press author Jim Cobb speaking on C. Vann Woodward.