About

Greetings and welcome to the webpage of Panhandler Books. Founded in 2015, Panhandler Books is published by the Department of English at the University of West Florida and is distributed by University Press of Florida. Publications by Panhandler Books have received positive reviews from Kirkus Reviews, World Literature Today, and The Common, among other publications, and have been named as finalists for the Oregon Book Award and Foreword Reviews annual awards for independent presses, among others.

Panhandler Books grew as the literary book publication imprint of the online Panhandler Magazine, and the online archive of Panhandler Magazine is also included here on the Panhandler Books site.

The opinions and speech expressed in Panhandler Magazine and Panhandler Books are solely those of the published authors and artists. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or speech of the University of West Florida, its employees, students, or the editors of Panhandler Magazine and Panhandler Books.