UP Week 2026 celebrates the collective vigor of our global scholarly publishing community. Mission-driven, creative, and collaborative practices enable university presses worldwide to PowerUP every day to amplify authors’ voices.
The Power UP Reading List, curated by AUPresses members, illustrates the many ways that university presses fuel publications and projects that inform our current moment and shape our future.
Coming soon! The Power UP Gallery, an illustrated online presentation of the PowerUP Reading List, explores: Arts, Performing Arts & Media Studies / Black Studies / Education / Environment / Fiction & Poetry / Gender & LGBTQIA Studies / History / Indigenous Studies / Latine Studies / Memoirs, Biographies & Essays / Politics & Current Events / Religious Studies / Science & Medicine / Collaborative Projects / Journals
Coming soon! Our Power UP shop at Bookshop.org offers one-stop shopping for featured publications!
Also of interest
Essential Reading from university press authors on these topics of current interest: