Upcoming Events
During eight days each November hundreds of authors and thousands of readers converge on Downtown Miami for the nation's premier literary festival. And when that's over, we keep it going, month in, month out.
Taller de lectura: revisitar el Boom de la literatura hispanoamericana: entre rupturas, consagraciones y nuevas voces.
Si ya no hay cupo para el taller, por favor registre sus datos en esta lista de espera: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-z2WK9vHHJVmd9LmPt9-8cswb52aeZuovwOlGH3kGW4HOlQ/viewform. Le informaremos si surge una oportunidad de que participe. Gracias por su interés. Actividad presencial DESCRIPTION:Dictado por el Prof. Emilio Sánchez, este ciclo propone una relectura crítica y apasionada del fenómeno literario que cambió para siempre la narrativa en lengua española: el Boom...
Creative Writing Workshop: Memoir Begins with ME: Main Character Energy in Creative Nonfiction with Flint
If this workshop is sold out and you would like to be added to the waitlist, please contact Rachel Gil de Gibaja: rgildegi@mdc.edu. 4 Saturdays: September 6, 13, 20, 27, 2025 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (2 hours) / In-Person, MDC Wolfson Campus Pay-What-You-Can Pricing: To ensure that these special workshops facilitated by our Emerging Writer Fellows are as accessible as possible to the widest audience possible, we’re putting it into your hands to pay what you can for this workshop. Choose a...
The Big Read 2025: Miami-Dade Public Library Branch Book Discussions
Join us for a discussion of this year’s title, SANDRA CISNEROS’ novel THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, a novella told in vignettes capturing a year in the life of a 12-year-old girl in a small Chicago community marked by poverty and limitation, but alive with beauty and resilience. A program of the National Endowment for the Arts, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. Program made possible by Miami Book...
Speak Up: Creative Writing + Performance (Fall 2025)
Saturdays, September 6-October 18, 2025 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EST Join us online for Speak Up, a teen creative writing program supporting the artistic and professional growth of teens. In this FREE virtual creative writing workshop mini-series, teens will partner with experienced teaching artists to empower the creative writing process, from drafting to performance to publishing, to boost literacy and empower youth in Miami through community-based writing activities. The program is open to all teens...
First Draft: A Creative Writing Social with Von Wise
September 9, 2025 / 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM / via Zoom Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of free and informal writing events where community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet for monthly themed virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Theme: Sound in Poetry This workshop will focus on sound and the act of reading, writing, and thinking with our ears. Sound is a fundamental and often less-considered element in creative...
¡Tómate una copa y escribe mejor!, con Claudia Noguera Penso
Tema: Cinco palabras para escribir un poema Una tertulia literaria guiada. Embriaga a tu editor interno y exprésate con libertad. Así es como funciona: Te damos un tema, escribes diez minutos, si quieres compartes con el resto de los participantes. Hacemos una pausa para socializar y que pidas una copa (la primera la invita la casa). La dinámica consiste en entregarle a los asistentes cinco palabras variadas que poco tienen que ver una con otra y con eso deben o tratan de escribir un poema...
Speak Up: Creative Writing + Performance (Fall 2025)
Saturdays, September 6-October 18, 2025 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EST Join us online for Speak Up, a teen creative writing program supporting the artistic and professional growth of teens. In this FREE virtual creative writing workshop mini-series, teens will partner with experienced teaching artists to empower the creative writing process, from drafting to performance to publishing, to boost literacy and empower youth in Miami through community-based writing activities. The program is open to all teens...
Ciclo Homenajes: Manuel Mujica Lainez. La actriz y periodista Adriana Bianco comparte sus recuerdos sobre su amistad con el escritor argentino, creador de Bomarzo.
Saludo del Consul General de Argentina en Miami Marcel F. Gilardoni. La Feria del Libro de Miami del Miami Dade College, el Consulado de la República Argentina en Miami y la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española invitan al homenaje al escritor argentino Manuel Mujica Lainez. ______________ Adriana Bianco: profesora de Filosofía y Letras de Universidad Buenos Aires, Argentina, con post-grado en la Universidad de La Sorbonne. Miembro Correspondiente de la Academia Norteamericana de la...
Speak Up: Creative Writing + Performance (Fall 2025)
Saturdays, September 6-October 18, 2025 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EST Join us online for Speak Up, a teen creative writing program supporting the artistic and professional growth of teens. In this FREE virtual creative writing workshop mini-series, teens will partner with experienced teaching artists to empower the creative writing process, from drafting to performance to publishing, to boost literacy and empower youth in Miami through community-based writing activities. The program is open to all teens...
Speak Up: Creative Writing + Performance (Fall 2025)
Saturdays, September 6-October 18, 2025 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EST Join us online for Speak Up, a teen creative writing program supporting the artistic and professional growth of teens. In this FREE virtual creative writing workshop mini-series, teens will partner with experienced teaching artists to empower the creative writing process, from drafting to performance to publishing, to boost literacy and empower youth in Miami through community-based writing activities. The program is open to all teens...
Speak Up: Creative Writing + Performance (Fall 2025)
Saturdays, September 6-October 18, 2025 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EST Join us online for Speak Up, a teen creative writing program supporting the artistic and professional growth of teens. In this FREE virtual creative writing workshop mini-series, teens will partner with experienced teaching artists to empower the creative writing process, from drafting to performance to publishing, to boost literacy and empower youth in Miami through community-based writing activities. The program is open to all teens...
Speak Up: Creative Writing + Performance (Fall 2025)
Saturdays, September 6-October 18, 2025 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EST Join us online for Speak Up, a teen creative writing program supporting the artistic and professional growth of teens. In this FREE virtual creative writing workshop mini-series, teens will partner with experienced teaching artists to empower the creative writing process, from drafting to performance to publishing, to boost literacy and empower youth in Miami through community-based writing activities. The program is open to all teens...
First Draft: A Creative Writing Social with Nadine Pinede
October 14, 2025 / 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM / via Zoom In English and Haitian Creole. Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of free and informal writing events where community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet for monthly themed virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Theme: Writing History in the Present Tense Step into the time machine of your imagination. History speaks—and in this workshop, it sings. Join poet and author Nadine...
Speak Up: Creative Writing + Performance (Fall 2025)
Saturdays, September 6-October 18, 2025 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EST Join us online for Speak Up, a teen creative writing program supporting the artistic and professional growth of teens. In this FREE virtual creative writing workshop mini-series, teens will partner with experienced teaching artists to empower the creative writing process, from drafting to performance to publishing, to boost literacy and empower youth in Miami through community-based writing activities. The program is open to all teens...
Meet the Next Big Names in Literature...Before Everyone Else Does (Miami Book Fair Presents the 2024-2025 Emerging Writer Fellows)
Join us for an inspiring evening celebrating the 2025 Emerging Writer Fellows as they conclude a transformative year in Miami. These three rising literary stars arrived as unpublished authors and leave with completed manuscripts, the guidance of acclaimed mentors, and a year’s worth of unforgettable experiences. Experience fresh fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from Felipe Bomeny, Simone Zapata, and Flint. Enjoy an inside look at their creative journeys, mingle with the Fellows and Miami’s...
