University Press of Kansas hosts traveling AUPresses 2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show

LAWRENCE — The University Press of Kansas (UPK) is hosting the traveling Association of University Presses 2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, a prestigious exhibition celebrating excellence in university press design and production.

The display will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through March 13 at the University Press of Kansas, located on the University of Kansas West Campus at 2502 Westbrooke Circle.

Now in its 60th year, the AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show honors the design and production professionals who bring scholarly publishing to life. By recognizing achievement in the design, production and manufacture of print publications, the show not only celebrates the best work of the past year but also sparks thoughtful, creative and resourceful publishing design for the future.

Open to AUPresses member publishers worldwide for works published in 2024, this year’s competition attracted 575 submissions across the following categories:

• Scholarly books (typographic and illustrated)
• Trade books (typographic and illustrated)
• Poetry and literature books

• Reference books 
• Journals

• Jackets and covers (books and journals).

The selected works represent outstanding examples of innovation, craftsmanship and visual storytelling in academic publishing, according to AUPresses. In addition to the in-person display, the 2025 show is available to view online.

About the Association of University Presses 

Founded in 1937, the Association of University Presses is an organization of more than 160 international nonprofit scholarly publishers. AUPresses advances the essential role of a global community of publishers whose mission is to ensure academic excellence and cultivate knowledge. The association upholds intellectual freedom, integrity, stewardship, and equity and inclusion as core values. Its members publish across the humanities, arts and sciences, produce significant regional and literary works, and continue to innovate in digital publishing.

About the University Press of Kansas 

Founded in 1946, the University Press of Kansas is a consortium representing six Kansas state universities: Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, KU, Pittsburg State University and Wichita State University. The press publishes award-winning scholarly works and regional titles that deepen understanding of Kansas, the Great Plains and the Midwest. With nationally recognized strengths in American politics, military history, law, Native American studies and American history, UPK’s books contribute meaningfully to both academic scholarship and public conversation. Learn more at the University Press of Kansas website.