Culture
The Culture Collection
Longer, more literary field guides to celebrations, supper clubs, weddings, family baggage and the seasons nobody is discussing in public.
About the Authority
The home of The Official Southern Guides.
Southern Culture Authority is the home of The Official Southern Guides, created by writer, journalist and agency founder Don Davis.
It produces books about Southern rituals, destinations and unwritten rules. I love these people. That’s why I know what they do.
Nobody appointed me. Somebody had to keep score.
Destinations
The Destination Collection
Shorter guides to the beaches, mountains and Southern towns where a change of scenery rarely improves the behavior.
Beyond the page
Media, objects and partnerships
Essays, video, useful products and selective collaborations that belong naturally in the world of the books. Nothing gets made just to fill a shelf.
Beyond the books
The books come first. The rest has to belong.
Media
Short video, essays, interviews and cultural commentary.
Products
Things you’d put in a gift basket next to the book.
Pair The Prayer List cocktail napkin with Southern Celebrations.
Pair Simmer Down, Sugar with Southern Celebrations.
Licensing
The right publisher, retailer or destination will know it when they see it. So will I.
The publishing imprint
Circa 1910 Press
Publisher of the Destination guides.
Named for a house in Mobile that has outlived every one of its owners and fully intends to outlive this one.
Circa 1910. The house, not the author.Start with the books