Books

September 9, 2026

The rest of the story

In her newest novel, Donna Miscolta, ’80, ’90, turns her creative gaze back to an earlier work of her own making.


September 8, 2026

Around the sound

Kara Patajo, ’19, is a travel blogger and author of “52 Weekends in the Pacific Northwest,” a collection of year-round travel destinations.


September 3, 2026

Poetry in public

Mateo Quispe, who was the Seattle Youth Poet Laureate from 2023–2024, is spreading their love of poetry with book nooks created by Muckleshoot Tribe carvers.


August 28, 2026

The magic of science

Christina Soontornvat provides background on her winding road to becoming a New York Times bestselling author.


July 14, 2026

Summer reads (and more)

Check out a few of our favorite new releases from the UW community (and fill out your summer book bingo while you're at it!).


June 16, 2026

A screaming life

In his new memoir, Kim Thayil, '85, reflects on Soundgarden, Seattle's music scene and his journey from UW student to '90s rock icon.


June 5, 2026

Sex edified

Nicole McNichols' new book, "You Could Be Having Better Sex," explains that sexual well-being is essential to overall health.


May 1, 2026

Returning to Tule Lake

Author Tamiko Nimura traveled into the past to recover her family’s history and her father’s childhood.


April 7, 2026

From feud to fervor

Sujin Witherspoon ties her love for "Survivor" and the Pacific Northwest into her second novel, "Seyoon and Dean, Unscripted."


March 17, 2026

Spring media roundup

Until the cherry trees reach peak bloom, hide from the last leg of the Pacific Northwest's winter and cozy up with a new book from the UW community.


March 3, 2026

Evelyn Iritani wearing a colorful scarf in a library

Telling an untold story

Pulitzer-winning reporter Evelyn Iritani uncovers the diplomatic exchange of American and Japanese civilians while the two countries were at war.


February 17, 2026

David Horsey sits in a leather chair wearing a leather vest holding his novel

Fiction foray

Pulitzer-Prize winning editorial cartoonist David Horsey tells stories in long hand with his novel “Beach of Stars.”


December 12, 2025

Winter decorations and lighting

Winter media round-up

These new releases from UW alumni and faculty can help you end your year—or start the new one—with Husky spirit.


December 6, 2025

Whiskey and wiretaps

Privacy lawyer Albert Gidari turns detective to flesh out the story of Seattle’s most famous bootlegging couple, Roy and Elise Olmstead.


December 5, 2025

Backwoods dreamer

Patrick Hutchison went from the UW to Argentina to the Cascades, where he bought and restored a primitive cabin, inspiring a best-selling book.


December 4, 2025

Secrets of the deep

Coll Thrush brings a fresh lens to shipwrecks, connecting colonial ambition and Indigenous presence.


November 5, 2025

Seattle's champ returns

"Jeopardy!” host and former UW student Ken Jennings entertains a big crowd while promoting his newest book of puzzles.


October 21, 2025

A passionate endeavor

Ashley Adair found passion in her career (literally) selling romance books. Now, her bookmobile is going from wheels to walls with a permanent location.


October 16, 2025

A history of rupture, a future of repair

In her third poetry collection, teacher and poet Laura Da’ explores Indigenous endurance in the face of erasure.


October 14, 2025

Hidden history of Broadway

A UW course becomes a book about Broadway's roots in immigrant, Jewish, Black and Queer communities.


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