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.
Bases para el concurso Cuentomanía 2019
Participantes. Podrán concursar todos los escritores que vivan en Miami y sus alrededores, con relatos originales e inéditos. Se podrá presentar sólo una obra por autor o autora. Temática y extensión. La temática es libre. La extensión máxima será de 1300 palabras. Modo de envío. Los participantes podrán enviar su relato por correo electrónico a la dirección cuentomaniamiami@gmail.com, siguiendo estos pasos: Hacer el pago correspondiente por envío de relato ($20) en...
Read to Learn Books for Free Book Drive – Puss in Boots
Actor’s Playhouse will be running a book drive for Read to Learn Books for Free during their special performances of Puss in Boots (a musical retelling of the classic tale by Charles Perrault)! Saturdays, July 6 – 27, 2019 @ 2 p.m. Everyone’s favorite swashbuckling “Feline in Footwear” shines in this musical retelling of the classic tale by Charles Perrault. Discover how Puss gets his Bodacious Boots and Flashy Fedora, and then join him as he helps the Miller’s youngest son...
El escritor Armando Caicedo presenta su nueva novela Abril nace en enero
En conversación con el escritor y periodista Enrique Córdoba. Abril nace en enero es una novela de intriga, protagonizada por Gabriela Hoffman –heredera de un imperio financiero– y su compañera de clase, Abril Santamaría, una adolescente pobre que vive en un barrio obrero, perdió a su papá en un accidente y su mamá es alcohólica. Abril asiste a ese colegio de élite gracias a una beca caritativa, que le impone como condición no develar jamás ni su clase social ni su...
FIRST DRAFT: A Literary Social (July 2019)
A guided writing prompt with a twist. Because writing is thirsty work. Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story. Instructor: Roxanna Elden Theme: Microscope vs. Telescope Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Swing by a First Draft event for a drink (the first one’s on the house) and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never...
An Evening with Colson Whitehead
Co-presented by Books & Books and Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County Tickets available now! Colson Whitehead, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Oprah’s Book Club selection The Underground Railroad, will be in Miami for an exclusive appearance to celebrate the highly-anticipated follow-up, THE NICKEL BOYS: A Novel (Penguin Random House)—a devastating, driven narrative that showcases a great...
FIRST DRAFT: A Literary Social (August 2019)
A guided writing prompt with a twist. Because writing is thirsty work. Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story. Instructor: Dana De Greff Theme: Infinity Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Swing by a First Draft event for a drink (the first one’s on the house) and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you...
¡Tómate una copa y escribe mejor!, con Ainara Mantellini
Una tertulia literaria guiada. Embriaga a tu editor interno y exprésate con libertad. Así es como funciona: te damos un tema, escribes durante diez minutos. Si quieres, compartes el texto con el resto de los participantes. Hacemos una pausa para socializar y para que tomes una copa (¡la primera la invita la casa!). Repetimos la dinámica. Tema: De la servilleta a la página Ainara Mantellini es licenciada en Letras, egresada de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello en Caracas. Cursó...
De la imaginación a la palabra: taller de motivación a la escritura con Gabriel Goldberg y Hernán Vera Álvarez
Taller de 6 semanas, los sábados de 10:00 a.m. a 12:00 m. Del 7 de septiembre al 12 de octubre Un taller de creación literaria que responde a los principios del método levreriano de escritura, con la perspectiva innovadora de su creador, el escritor uruguayo Mario Levrero, y de su posterior ampliación y adecuación para talleres presenciales y virtuales por cuenta de la mexicana Carmen Simón, formada como escritora y tallerista por el propio Levrero, y que actualmente trabaja en un libro...
FIRST DRAFT: A Literary Social (September 2019)
Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story. Instructor: TBA Theme: TBA Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Swing by a First Draft event for a drink (the first one’s on the house) and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back!
FIRST DRAFT: A Literary Social (October 2019)
A guided writing prompt with a twist. Because writing is thirsty work. Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story. Instructor: Lynne Barrett Theme: Making Good Time Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Swing by a First Draft event for a drink (the first one’s on the house) and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what...
