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Westwood Press Independent book publisher in Portland, Oregon.

We publish narrative nonfiction, literary fiction and translated works that draw from the humanities and social sciences.

11/14/2024

Portland folks! This Sunday San Francisco World Spirits judge and author Nat Harry will be signing copies of their debut book at the outpost at the Kimpton Hotel ().

So why not get out of the rain, taste some stellar spirits, pick an expert’s brain, and pick up a copy of Spirits Distilled that Portland’s own Jeffrey Morgenthaler (), author and award-winning bartender behind , has called, “a must-have for any spirits enthusiast’s library.”

10/29/2024

We are honored to have our first published book featured at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest trade fair for literary translation rights.

09/17/2024

Catalyze the change.

Out now wherever books are sold. Link in bio.

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Kennedy Odede is a Young Global Leader (YGL) at the World Economic Forum, an Obama Foundation Africa Leader, and a member of the Clinton Global Initiative.

Odede was awarded the 2010 Echoing Green Fellowship and was named on Forbes under 30 list of top social entrepreneurs in 2014. He is the co-author of the New York Times best-selling book Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, CNN, The Guardian, and Project Syndicate.

09/12/2024

We’re thrilled to have been selected as a book of the week by .awareness.

08/29/2024

Coming together in a dual memoir, authors and provide texture to the call for environmental justice, illustrating the power of revolutionary ideas as they’re carried out in the world.

Thank you from for the kind words.

Out tomorrow wherever books are sold!

08/27/2024

⚡️ Official Book Tour announcement⚡️

The sibling issues of climate change and renewable energy have been estranged for too long. With the future of the planet at stake, we invite you to hear and to participate in a dialogue that bridges this divide with details, nuance, and hope.

In the words of author Eve Driver, “This book is about many things but one of them is conversation-and the joy, relief, and challenge of finding thought-companions who are consumed by the same questions as we are”.

What We Can’t Burn is out on August 30.

More events to come in upstate New York, New Orleans, and various college and high school classrooms.

08/20/2024

We couldn’t agree more with . This is a book for anyone interested in climate change and the future of our planet.

In bookstores August 30. Preorder today!

Learn more at our linkinbio.

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Canyon Woodward is the author of the acclaimed book Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why Our Future Depends on It. A political strategist, Woodward served as campaign manager to fellow Harvard grad Chloe Maxmin’s House of Representatives and Senate runs in Maine. Winning her rural, traditionally conservative districts by staggering numbers, Woodward and Maxmin redefined rural political campaigns, inspiring future generations to reimagine political/environmental activism. Woodward was also one of the organizers of Harvard’s fossil fuel divestment campaign.

08/01/2024

What We Can’t Burn, the debut nonfiction work by and , hits bookstores August 30. Set amid the fossil fuel divestment campaign at Harvard, this is a story about the power of dialogue in bridging divides within the global climate action movement.

We’re so proud to say it’s receiving praise from climate heroes like Bill McKibben.

Be among the first to get your copy by preordering today.

Learn more at our linkinbio.

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Author, educator, environmentalist, and scholar Bill McKibben is a preeminent figure in the fight against . He is the co-founder of — a global grassroots climate campaign — and , which organizes people over the age of 60 for action on climate and justice. He is a frequent contributor to publications like The New York Times, The Atlantic, Harper’s, Mother Jones, Granta, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Adbusters, and Grist.

11/29/2023

🌿 Cover Spotlight 🌿

We can’t wait to publish this debut book by and !

Forming an unlikely friendship amid the Harvard fossil fuel divestment campaign, Kenyan clean energy entrepreneur Tom Osborn and American climate writer and strategist Eve Driver reckon with coming of age in a generation confused and divided about how to save itself, the meaning of ‘climate justice’, and what it will take to build a global climate movement.

This fantastic cover designed by

Coming Spring 2024

10/27/2023

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05/17/2023

We’re pleased to announce the signing of authors Eve Driver and Tom Osborn.

Eve was a fossil fuel divestment activist from Massachusetts who believed capitalism was at the root of the climate crisis. Tom was a clean energy entrepreneur from a rural village in Kenya who believed an activist approach was idealistic and suspended from the real-world experiences of those facing the worst of the crisis’ effects. Their forthcoming book dives into what it means to fight for friendship and future amid the intense debate around climate change, the Harvard divestment movement, and our collective energy transition that hangs in the balance. Find out more in our link in bio.

02/22/2023

A glimpse behind the curtain of your next favorite book. ¡Happy Mother Tongue Day!

12/13/2022

⚡️Cover Reveal ⚡️

Have you ever asked yourself where the corn in your bourbon comes from? Whether your rum is made from sugar cane or molasses? Or if the tequila you are sipping on contains additives?

Agriculture is a part of spirits production that rarely makes it to the consumer’s eyes. Spirits Distilled is the first graphic guidebook that approaches spirits from this angle: from the ground up. Cocktail and spirits professional Nat Harry guides readers through the raw materials that make up our favorite bottles and the producers who responsibly make them, providing recommendations for first-time drinkers and connoisseurs alike along the way.

Subscribe to Nat Harry’s newsletter for great tips and recipes at the link at 🍾
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