Beautiful photographs by Don Linter documenting Reading Workshops and the VBP Receptions at UW-Parkside and Carthage College.

    More coming soon on the current VBP exhibitions in Racine and Kenosha, curated by Patricia Briggs!

After months of hard work with veterans at UW-Parkside, the VBP opens at UW-Parkside!  Take a peak here.

While in Rome, Monica met with some Italian High School Students for a reading workshop & post-workshop discussion at the Nomas Foundation.  Check out the photos!

From December 6, 2011 – February 23rd, 2012, the Veteran’s Book Project full library set will be on display at the Nomas Foundation in Rome.  Check out the pictures of the amazing installation & exhibition opening!

Theatre Arts | Senior Seminar Project Original Performance On Monday, 12/19 at 7:30, the seniors will be presenting their capstone project in Rehearsal Hall A (right next to the new Black Box Theatre in the Rita Tallent Picken Center for the Arts and Humanities). They have written and developed a theatrical piece based on the…

Nick Turse, award winning journalist, historian and essayist, reviews Zainab Jawhar’s book in Current Intelligence. http://www.currentintelligence.net/reviews/2011/6/17/monica-hallers-zainab-jawhar.html

IFP Center for Media Arts presents UNSHARED SACRIFICE Monica Haller  |  Philip Studer  |  Teri Fullerton In 2002 war photographer and scholar Simon Norfolk said that we are entering a period of constant, low intensity war made possible by the fact that the vast majority are not asked to sacrifice. Coinciding with the beginning of…

Check it out! Casey Linstad, who (tirelessly) organized our workshop at the VA Hospital, Polytrauma Program in Minneapolis, was awarded employee of the month. Congratulations, Casey! Please read on… Employee of the month: May’s Employee of the Month award goes to Casey Linstad, CTRS! In April a Book Release Open House was held. Three of…

Monica will be part of a group of photographers giving a talk at the Walker Art Center Thursday, June 9 at 6:30pm to discuss the exhibition Exposed:Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera since 1870.

Check out Nick Turse’s review of Riley and his story. http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/the_abu_ghraib_photos_you_havent_seen_20110422/

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The Veterans Book Project is growing faster than our funds. Donations fund the Spring 2011 workshops: travel and lodging for project staff, food for participants, printing costs for published books, compensation for project staff, and computers for bookmaking.  Donations help us to reach more people and tell more stories. Please click bellow to help sustain…

On Veterans’ Day 2010, NPR’s “State of the Re:Union” airs a fifteen-minute feature on The Veterans Book Project. The story will replay throughout the month of November on select stations. Check it out here: State of the Re:Union, Veterans Day Special.

Visit ‘The Veterans Book Project’ page at Lulu.com to view all completed books: http://stores.lulu.com/veteransbookproject Softbound editions are available for purchase, and PDFs are available as free downloads.

As a participant at September’s 01SJ Biennial, The Veterans Book Project ran a bookmaking workshop with Bay Area veterans. To exhibit the completed books, the workshop space was transformed into a reading room. Family, friends, writers, and the general public were invited to meet the bookmakers, read the books and celebrate the publishing. About the…

VA Hospital, Polytrauma Department, Minneapolis, MN: January 30 – February 22 Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO: March 3 – 13 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA: March 16 – 25 New York, NY: April 15 – May 1