The Florida Reader

Meet top authors and sample their work in our annual Florida Book Awards issue. (They include winners of 2013 Pulitzer and Edgar awards!) Here’s a sneak peek. Get FORUM here.

Meet author Gilbert King—and learn how he researched his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America.

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Bring a speaker to your community

Search our Speakers Bureau roster to find presenters on a variety of Florida topics—from the secrets of a 7,000-year-old cemetery to the history of cattle-ranching, from our Spanish heritage to orchid smuggling. Bring a fascinating speaker to your next community event.  Search here.

Florida Stories

The Art of Hope

Florida's colorful WPA artists celebrated the state's past and provided harbingers of hope during the Great Depression.  Full Story.

Race and the South

Don’t miss this fascinating speaker series at Flagler College in St. Augustine, starting in September with a talk by former U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young. Details here.

 

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TeachingFlorida.org


Is the go-to source on Florida history and culture was designed for teachers—and for anyone interested in learning more about Florida.

Deadlines:

Major Grant Letters of Intent:
August 19, 2013, 4 pm (EST)

Mini Grants:
Sept 3, Oct 1, 2013

Museum on Main Street:
July 1, 2013

Partnership Grants:
July 15, 2013

PrimeTime:
October 1, 2013