Florida Book Award Winners

Coordinated by the Florida State University Libraries, the Florida Book Awards is the nation's most comprehensive state book awards program. It was established in 2006 to celebrate the best Florida literature. The more than 200 submissions for the 2014 awards were selected by juries of three members. We are pleased to announce our six award-winning titles. . … Continue reading Florida Book Award Winners

La Florida

Now available!  La Florida: Five Hundred Years of Hispanic Presence Edited by Viviana Díaz Balsera and Rachel A. May Commemorating Juan Ponce de León's landfall on the Atlantic coast of Florida, this ambitious volume explores five centuries of Hispanic presence in the New World peninsula, reflecting on the breadth and depth of encounters between the … Continue reading La Florida

UPF on YouTube

UPF is on YouTube! Here's our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/UnivPressofFlorida Visit now to watch videos from the La Florida Symposium, a Quincentennial event featuring distinguished speakers such as Dr. Michael Gannon, on Florida culture and history.   You also won't want to miss the lovely video of author Carolyn Merritt's launch party for Tango Nuevo  (hint: there's dancing)!