Holiday book fair today for WSU Press

Washington State University Press will host its 28th annual holiday book fair Thursday, Dec. 5, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Terrell Library Atrium on the Pullman campus. The fair highlights books published throughout the year. Festivities include discounts of 20 to 50 percent on all titles, drawings for free books and complimentary refreshments.

The fair will feature new titles on a variety of subjects including WSU presidents, environmental issues in the American West, Joni Earl and Sound Transit’s amazing survival story, Seattle columnist Jean Godden’s perspective on the city’s history and politics, Washington’s lost literary legacy, historical contributions of mid-1800s intermarried women who lived near Bellingham Bay, a chief trader’s letters from Fort Nisqually and Northwest Coast wet site archaeology.

Two publishers distributed by WSU Press are introducing new titles on the Burlington Northern Railroad company and former congressman Doc Hastings.

Sale prices on titles that are new or back in print since last year will be valid for phone and online orders throughout Holiday Book Fair week, Dec. 2 - 6. To receive the discount online, purchasers should use coupon code HBF2019.

Founded in 1928 and revitalized in the 1980s, WSU Press concentrates on telling unique, focused stories about the Northwest.