May 8, 2023

Author, bartender, amazing human Nat Harry joins Chris and Drew on this episode of The Good Bottle Podcast. Drew drills Nat with some of the most difficult questions of their life, and yet everyone gets along over stories of inebriation and travel.

March 1, 2023

Westwood Press author Nat Harry will once again serve as a judge at the prestigious San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

“The reputation of a spirits competition is often defined by the quality of its judges. At the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, our judging panels consist of the most respected, experienced experts in the spirits industry.” — San Francisco World Spirits Competition, April 13–15, 2023

January 2022, PEN America

We are pleased to announce our membership to PEN America and proud to be listed on their Translator's Database. PEN is a storied organization devoted to defending free speech and promoting literary culture around the world. Check out their page to find out about their advocacy, resources, upcoming events, and more.

November 19, 2021, Hillsdale News

Written by Valeurie Friedman

A new publishing house now calls Hillsdale home. Westwood Press founders Jessica Kaplan and Edward Zegarra are jumping into the Portland literary scene with both feet from their home base in Hillsdale.

Both PhD's in anthropology, Kaplan and Zegarra plan to focus their wide-ranging interests on nonfiction and literary fiction with a positive take on the future of culture and society. Now accepting original submissions to inaugurate their book publishing program, they are also on the lookout for translation projects (Spanish to English and vice versa) and offer services to independent authors looking for help to bring their manuscripts to publication.

October 2021, SW Community Connection

New to the Hillsdale business landscape is Westwood Press. Founders Jessica Kaplan and Edward Zegarra have launched an independent publishing house dedicated to publishing works from the humanities and social sciences, narrative and creative nonfiction, as well as select literary fiction for trade and academia. Drawing upon their backgrounds as university lecturers and researchers, Kaplan and Zegarra are excited to bring a multi-disciplinary focus to Westwood Press.

September 29, 2021

The Nonconformist magazine’s Big, Big List of Indie Publishers and Small Presses is proof that indie is beautiful.