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.
JIM DEFEDE, BILLY CORBEN & ALFRED SPELLMAN ON THE CHRONICLES OF WILLY & SAL – PANEL
FREE special opening day program: The real story of Miami’s “Cocaine Cowboys” Join veteran Miami journalist JIM DEFEDE and filmmakers BILLY CORBEN and ALFRED SPELLMAN as they share memories of Miami in the wild 1990s through the strange-but-true exploits, excesses, and ultimate downfall of two local drug kingpins. DeFede’s decadelong coverage of the federal government’s pursuit of Augusta “Willy” Falcon and Salvador Magluta, the Magic City’s infamous “Cocaine Cowboys,”...
ENCUENTRO CON GINA MONTANER, EN CONVERSACIÓN CON GLORIA ORDAZ
La periodista y escritora GINA MONTANER presenta la crónica íntima y conmovedora de la trayectoria sin retorno de su padre Carlos Alberto Montaner, con el trasfondo de la eutanasia. La autora conversará con la periodista y conductora GLORIA ORDAZ. Sponsored by Compra Deséenme buen viaje – Montaner
An Evening With Don Lemon on I Once Was Lost: My Search for God in America
Renowned journalist Don Lemon always had a complicated relationship with God. He cherished the Southern Black church he was raised in but struggled with the fundamentalist rejection of his right to exist as a gay man – one who wanted to marry his longtime love in a church wedding with all the traditional trimmings. In his work as a reporter, moreover, he saw his fellow Americans losing faith in a higher power, in institutions, and in each other. Setting out to understand the place that...
OPENING DAY BLOCK PARTY
Last year’s opening day block party saw thousands of happy people dancing in the streets, and this year’s joint is going to be even bigger! Legendary NYC DJs TEDD PATTERSON, HECTOR ROMERO, and TONY TOUCH are flying in and bringing it with house, dance, and hip-hop jams that’ll bring er’body together – young, old, and in between – as they hit the decks with their own unique signature styles. Get ready for some seriously old school-style street party vibes – plus a special LIVE...
UNA TARDE CON MAYRA SANTOS FEBRES
La escritora, catedrática y poeta afro-puertorriqueña MAYRA SANTOS FEBRES presenta su nueva obra La otra Julia donde se narra la corta e intensa vida de la poeta puertorriqueña Julia de Burgos García en la voz de una autora que lidia con sus propios conflictos y dificultades. Santos Febres dialogará con la escritora ANJANETTE DELGADO. Compra La otra Julia – Febres
An Evening With Amir Tibon on The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel’s Borderlands
On the morning of October 7, 2023, Amir Tibon and his wife were awakened by mortar rounds exploding near their home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, a progressive Israeli community less than a mile from Gaza City. Soon, they were holding their two young daughters in the family’s reinforced safe room, urging them not to cry as gunfire echoed just outside the door. With his cell phone battery running low, Tibon texted his father: “The girls are behaving really well, but I’m worried they’ll lose...
An Evening With Alice McDermott on Absolution
American women have been mostly minor characters in the literature of the Vietnam War, but in Alice McDermott’s Absolution they take center stage. Tricia is a shy newlywed, married to a rising attorney on loan to navy intelligence; Charlene is a practiced corporate spouse and mother of three, a beauty and a bully. In 1963 Saigon, the two form a wary alliance as they balance the era’s mandate to be “helpmeets” to their ambitious husbands with their own inchoate impulse to “do good”...
LOST CHAPTER
Under Miami’s starry skies, LOST CHAPTER is once again bringing chill vibes to the Fair! Lose yourself on musical journeys as Miami DJs spin different grooves each night. Sip cocktails and mocktails and sample yummy bites from pop-ups by Smorgasburg Miami. Show off your brand-new books and let your nerd flag fly among the smart set as you gaze upon downtown. You never know, under the twinkling city lights you might just meet your next fave book club pal. SPECIAL LC PARTNER TAKEOVER...
An Evening With Erik Larson on The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Abraham Lincoln’s November 6, 1860, election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter – a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were “so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them.” At the heart of this...
LOST CHAPTER
Under Miami’s starry skies, LOST CHAPTER is once again bringing chill vibes to the Fair! Lose yourself on musical journeys as Miami DJs spin different grooves each night. Sip cocktails and mocktails and sample yummy bites from pop-ups by Smorgasburg Miami. Show off your brand-new books and let your nerd flag fly among the smart set as you gaze upon downtown. You never know, under the twinkling city lights you might just meet your next fave book club pal. SPECIAL LC PARTNER TAKEOVER...
PAVEL GIROUD PRESENTA HABANA NOSTRA
El director y guionista cubano PAVEL GIROUD llega con Habana nostra, una novela documental con personajes reales que resume un episodio apasionante de la historia del crimen organizado. Una obra que huele a pólvora, a salitre, a ron y a salsa amatriciana. Un viaje a lo largo de cuarenta años a Sicilia, a la Cuba republicana y a la Nueva York de la ley seca. En conversación con el periodista cultural y crítico de cine ALEJANDRO RÍOS.
An Evening With Sarah Smarsh on Bone of the Bone: Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class
In Bone of the Bone, journalist Sarah Smarsh brings her graceful storytelling and incisive critique to the challenges that define our times – class division, political fissures, gender inequality, environmental crisis, media bias, and the rural-urban gulf – a longtime focus on the cultural dissonance that many in her industry have neglected until recently. Now, this thought-provoking collection of more than 30 of her highly relevant, previously published essays from the past decade,...
LOST CHAPTER
Under Miami’s starry skies, LOST CHAPTER is once again bringing chill vibes to the Fair! Lose yourself on musical journeys as Miami DJs spin different grooves each night. Sip cocktails and mocktails and sample yummy bites from pop-ups by Smorgasburg Miami. Show off your brand-new books and let your nerd flag fly among the smart set as you gaze upon downtown. You never know, under the twinkling city lights you might just meet your next fave book club pal. SPECIAL LC PARTNER TAKEOVER...
“CULTURAL LEGACIES: WISDOM, WELLNESS & EDUCATION IN LATINX & CARIBBEAN NARRATIVES” – PANEL
Four dynamic voices whose works reflect the rich cultural legacies of the Latinx and Caribbean experience. Haitian author BERWICK AUGUSTIN’s The Education Formula: Maximizing the Village tackles the crucial role of education in social development. EDWARD PAULINO’s Refranes de mi Abuelita revisits timeless Dominican sayings that convey ancestral wisdom, with illustrator SCHEREZADE GARCÍA enhancing the journey through vibrant artwork that captures the spirit of migration and memory. RAQUEL...
MESSI, 10 MIRADAS SOBRE EL 10
La Feria presenta una obra que es una celebración, un homenaje, un tributo a uno de los mejores futbolistas de todos los tiempos. Esta compilación de ensayos plantea un recorrido en el que destacadas figuras internacionales transitan aventuras, personajes y momentos que van perfilando la figura de Lionel Messi. Participan: PABLO BRESCIA, RUBÉN COSTA, ANA MARÍA OSPINA, y FERNANDO SEGURA TREJO. Modera: RAMSÉS SANDOVAL. CON EL APOYO DE Compra Messi, 10 miradas sobre el 10 – Trejo
