We are thrilled to announce that Floris Books is Scottish Publisher of the Year! The Saltire Scottish Publisher of the Year Award, which is initiated and administered by the Saltire Society and funded by Creative Scotland, was presented at last night’s Saltire Society Literary Awards where members of the Floris team anxiously awaited the...
Read more →Look up and cast your mind back to the solar eclipse of 2015. If you, like us, were transfixed by this spectacular event then you might be interested to know that the Great American Eclipse of 2017 is just over the horizon. Looking for another eclipse? Then look no futher! A stubble field in...
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If you’ve been following our blog for the last few months, you may know that 2016 marks forty years since Floris Books was founded. To celebrate, we invited our authors, illustrators, printers, agents, booksellers, distributors, members of the Christian Community, fellow publishers and more to our brand new office in Edinburgh to help us...
Read more →The summer holidays have arrived so we’ve put together some suggestions for activities to keep your family entertained over the coming weeks! Make a balloon boat from Earth, Water, Fire and Air Water and air can play together in this little boat that is driven by a balloon. Tie a straw or tube to...
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Do you have an anthroposophical background, love books, and would like to gain experience in publishing? Come and join the friendly Floris team in our Edinburgh office for an on-the-job overview of the publishing process in a small company. “Floris is forty this year and as part of our ongoing commitment to the anthroposophical...
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Midsummer Eve is a national holiday in Sweden, second only to Christmas in importance. It’s traditionally celebrated between June 19 and 25, to mark the summer solstice. In Sweden, where the summers are so short and the long winters are so very dark, it’s particularly important to celebrate the longest and lightest day of...
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Lou Harvey-Zahra’s book, Creative Discipline, Connected Family, is full of practical and inspiring ideas to change challenging family moments with a smile rather than a growl. Have a go at some of her top tips… Struggles with cleaning teeth: Whilst cleaning your child’s teeth, tell a story of what each tooth did that day,...
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Spring has arrived, and the weather is (we hope) beginning to improve — time to dig out your wellies and dust off your trowels! April is Garden Month so why not share the joy and rewards of gardening with your children and students by encouraging them the head outdoors and get their hands dirty!...
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2 April 2017 would have been Hans Christian Andersen’s 212th birthday! He is one of Floris Books’ most popular authors (see below for the books we publish), so in celebration, here’s everything you need to know about the great man. Fun facts Disney’s popular film Frozen was originally based on Andersen’s short story “The...
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Today, 27th March, marks fifty years since the death of physician, author and lecturer Karl König. Throughout his career, he has written on a wide range of subjects from anthroposophy and Christology, through social questions and curative education, to science and history. Floris Books publish many of his writings in the Karl König archive....
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