Latest Past Events
Michael Patrick Hearn on Arthur Rackham and Children’s Illustration
Baldwin Library Speaker Series Monday November 18, 6:00 pm – 7:00pm Smathers Library, Room 1A The Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, The Howe Society, and the Center for Children’s Literature and Culture are pleased to present guest speaker Michael Patrick Hearn. Hearn is a leading American scholar on children’s illustration and the Wizard of
Elizabeth Wheeler talks about her new Young Adult novel, Asher’s Fault
University of Florida alum Elizabeth Wheeler will speak about her new young adult novel, Asher's Fault, 7pm on Tuesday, November 12 at Headquarters Library (Meeting Room A) in downtown Gainesville. Wheeler’s novel tells the story of 14-year-old Asher Price, a Floridian teen who finds refuge behind the lens of a vintage Minolta camera as he
Dr. Carol Singley: “Why Genealogy Matters?: Childhood, Kinship, and American National Identity”
Dr. Carol Singley will give a guest lecture, “Why Genealogy Matters?: Childhood, Kinship, and American National Identity,” from 5–7 p.m. at Smathers Library (East), Room 1A. Singley will discuss how genealogy has been essential to the construction of U.S. national identity since the nation’s inception. Famous “self-made” men like Benjamin Franklin, for example, considered the