We attended this year's Florida Historical Society Public History Forum in Tallahassee from May 16 to 18, 2024. Although the meeting is over, our virtual booth is open through July 31, 2024 and offers great deals on our Florida history titles. Use code FHS24 for discount prices and free shipping within the US for orders over $75. View All … Continue reading FHS 2024 Conference and Florida History Book Sale
Fall 2023 Paperback Releases
The following books are now available in paperback editions. Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern RockMichael Ray FitzGerald Florida Book Awards, Bronze Medal for Florida Nonfiction “Fun and informative. . . . Fans of southern rock will appreciate Fitzgerald’s entertaining survey.”—Publishers Weekly “[An] enjoyable book that’s part memoir and part music history. . . . … Continue reading Fall 2023 Paperback Releases
Highlights from the 2023 SHA Conference
We attended this year's meeting of the Southern Historical Association in Charlotte, North Carolina from November 9 to 12, 2023. Although the meeting is over, our virtual booth is open through December 15, 2023 and offers great deals on our Southern history titles. Use code SHA23 for discount prices and free shipping within the US for orders over $75. … Continue reading Highlights from the 2023 SHA Conference
Our 2022 Virtual Booth for the Florida Historical Society Forum
This year's FHS Public History Forum was held last weekend in Gainesville, together with the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society conference. Our virtual booth is open through June 30, 2022 and offers great deals on our Florida history books, as well as our Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings books. Use code FHS22 for discount prices and free shipping … Continue reading Our 2022 Virtual Booth for the Florida Historical Society Forum
Awards for Our Florida Books and Authors
Congratulations to our many authors who are recognized in this year's Florida Book Awards and Florida Historical Society Awards. All of the winning books can be purchased with a discount in our spring sale using code SPR21, valid through June 30. Florida Book Awards Coordinated by the Florida State University Libraries, the Florida Book Awards … Continue reading Awards for Our Florida Books and Authors
Three Audiobook Giveaways
Three of our books are newly available as audiobooks and we are giving away promo codes to listen to them for free! HOW TO ENTER: Click the link below the book of your choice and sign up to receive email updates from University Press of Florida. You will be entered for a chance to listen … Continue reading Three Audiobook Giveaways
UPF Authors at the 2020 Miami Book Fair
Many University Press of Florida authors are participating in this year's virtual Miami Book Fair. We've created a list so that you don't miss any of their interviews! In Conversation: Seeking the American Tropics: South Florida’s Early Naturalists James A. Kushlan's Seeking the American Tropics unearths stories of the explorers and adventurers who – for better … Continue reading UPF Authors at the 2020 Miami Book Fair
Music in Florida: A Reading List
This selection of books offers readers the chance to delve into Florida's music scene. Read about Gainesville's place in the story of American rock and roll, the Jacksonville bands that reset the course of seventies rock, and the state's rich soul music history. Use code UPF75 for discounts and free shipping through December 16. Jacksonville and the … Continue reading Music in Florida: A Reading List
Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock
The enduring achievement and legacy of a rock movement “Fun and informative. . . . Fans of Southern rock will appreciate Fitzgerald’s entertaining survey.”—Publishers Weekly “Finally Jacksonville is recognized for its role as the source for some of the greatest recorded American rock and roll. FitzGerald’s book launches a hundred guitar-crunching ear worms. Maybe … Continue reading Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock
The Florida Bookshelf 