Publisher of fine books and journals on Asia, Hawai‘i, and the Pacific since 1947.
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
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Join Professor David Krolikoski Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. at UH Mānoa to explore the origins of modern Korean poetry through Lyrical Translation.
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Tomorrow: Join Dr. Deden Rukmana to discuss Growth of a Megacity: Planning Jakarta in the Post-Suburban Era.
Nov. 5 | 1–2 p.m. | RGL 101
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U of Hawai‘i Press retweeted
Two MNG UP books shortlisted this year for the Diagram prize, The Excremental Imagination published by @UHPRESSNEWS and Play Naked published by @McGillQueensUP
Voting open until 13th November 2026
"Friends, it is with great pleasure that I present the shortlist for this year’s The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year, a sextet that includes an academic study on poo in medieval Japanese literature, an attempt to sex up economics and a tome offering “conclusive” proof of an afterlife." Read the latest from Horace Bent 👇 ebx.sh/jPmG3B
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Join poet Tiare Picard for a reading and book launch of Aunty Uncle Dog Chicken Bee, her debut poetry collection from UH Press!
Nov. 10 | 1–2 p.m. | UH West Oʻahu or Zoom
Reading, Q&A, snacks, and prize drawings. Open to the public!
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Join Heather Blair at Harvard on Nov. 6 for a talk inspired by The Gods Make You Giggle, new from UH Press.
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Celebrate Filipino American Month with the peer-reviewed @fanhs_national Journal!
Submit to Volume 14 on “Mixed Race” by Jan. 15, 2027: buff.ly/e5HoC8W
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How does romance shape women’s lives? Alicia Izharuddin explores love, faith, and gender in The Work of Romance, new from UH Press.
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#AsiaPop #GenderStudies
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Join acquisitions editor Emma Ching at the American Studies Association annual meeting in Chicago, October 22–25. Touch base about your book project, browse our exhibit, and order online with code AMST26 for 30% off.
#AmericanStudies #ASA2026
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Join Todd A. Henry for a book talk on Profits of Queerness, exploring media, medicine, sexuality, and citizenship in authoritarian South Korea, 1950–1980.
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Tiare Picard’s Aunty Uncle Dog Chicken Bee explores community, inequality, and island life in ʻAiea through poetry that moves between English and Pidgin English.
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#HawaiiPoetry #PidginEnglish #PacificLiterature
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Nearly 7,000 housewives in postwar Japan fought industrial pollution and helped redefine modernity around sustainability, cooperation, and clean air. Discover their story in Anna Schrade’s Give Us Our Blue Skies Back.
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Use code FALL2026 by Nov. 15.
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How did Japan transform its economy without minting a single coin?
In The Disease of Money, Mikael S. Adolphson explores Japan’s “minting-less” monetization and the role of Chinese coins, merchants, and East Asian trade.
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Can romance offer a space to explore gender, faith, and modernity?
Alicia Izharuddin discusses The Work of Romance: Creating Moral Worth in Malay Women’s Writing on Oct. 7, 1–2 p.m. Brunei time.
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30% off with code ROMANCE30 through Dec. 15.
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Explore the overlooked history of Japanese internment in the French Pacific. Join Benjamin Hiramatsu Ireland for a discussion of Voices Beyond the Grave on Oct. 6. Get the book with code VOICES30 for 30% off through Nov. 15. buff.ly/TYGieMx
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Join Rory Walsh, editor of Korea Around the Table, for a Korea Week talk on 9/30/2026 in Ann Arbor.
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Korea Around the Table is coming this October! Join the waitlist and get 30% off with code KOREATABLE30.
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How did #Buddhism spread across Japan between 650 and 850 CE? Join @bryandaniellowe for a book talk exploring new archaeological and manuscript evidence.
Sept. 24 | 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET
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Each Other’s Destiny by Erik W. Davis explores past-life memories in Cambodia and their connections to arma, family, identity, and moral progress.
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#Buddhism #CambodianBuddhism
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In Thailand, divination is a key instrument of power.
Political Divinations by Edoardo Siani examines divination, statecraft, and popular sovereignty in contemporary Thailand.
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#ThaiStudies
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Join us Sept. 18 at 4:30 pm at Alfred Ceramic Art Museum at Alfred University for the launch of Path of the Teabowl, edited by Meghen Jones and published by Alfred Ceramic Art Museum.
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From Our Publishing Partner: Island Research and Education Initiative
Explore Pohnpei’s rich botanical and cultural heritage in Plants and People of Pohnpei, a celebration of plants, traditional knowledge, and island ecology.
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#Pohnpei #Micronesia
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