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.
2023 Big Read Keynote: Ross Gay, author of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
The 2023 Big Read Miami keynote address features award-winning poet, educator, and community gardener Ross Gay on this year’s featured title, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. In his award-winning poetry collection, Gay demonstrates the practice of gratitude while never losing sight of the loss that animates it. Animated by what he has called the “discipline of gratitude,” the collection considers sorrow’s potential, grounded in the rhythms and abundance of the natural world: the compost...
Dainerys Machado Vento presenta "El estruendo de Ciclón"
Dainerys Machado Vento presenta “El estruendo de Ciclón” en conversación con Kelly Martínez-Grandal y la Dra. Lillian Manzor. El signo de autor de Virgilio Piñera es la impertinencia. No importa el año, el modo, el lugar en que se manifieste. El malestar y el escándalo están garantizados. Sea porque redujo la idea de literatura cubana a una falacia para comodines, o atestiguara las furias de Lezama Lima en una Habana soporífera; sea porque aleccionó a la provinciana...
Art Workshop: Painting with Plants, with Artist Nicole Salcedo
The creativity of nature is vast and unending. I want to show attendees of this workshop how they can harness materials that are readily available, and create fun and experimental images. I will do this by showing them how to print/paint with leaves, branches, and rocks. Using these natural materials instead of traditional brushes yields fun and exciting imagery, and opens them up to a playful process where mistakes and messes are welcome. Painting with plant matter brings a focus onto the...
Speak Up: Creative Writing + Performance (Spring 2023)
Saturdays, February 18 — April 15, 2023, from 3:00 p.m.—4:00 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...
Speak Up: Creative Writing + Performance (Spring 2023)
Saturdays, February 18 — April 15, 2023, from 3:00 p.m.—4:00 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...
AN EVENING WITH CHANEL CLEETON discussing The Cuban Heiress: A Novel
Books & Books is thrilled to present an in-person evening with Chanel Cleeton to discuss her latest novel: The Cuban Heiress (Berkley, $17.00). New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton’s page-turning new novel inspired by the true story of the tragedy of the SS Morro Castle. **Please note: This event will take place at the Books & Books in Coral Gables at 265 Aragon Ave. Tickets are FREE and books will be available for purchase at the event. Please RSVP only if you intend to...
First Draft: A Literary Social with Siham "Sam" Inshassi
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. 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. Bring your own drink and log in for a First Draft event and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back! Instructor: Siham “Sam”...
Malena y Lena Burke presentan "Elena Burke. La Señora Sentimiento” con su autor Zenovio Hernández Pavón
La Feria del Libro del Miami Dade College y la editorial Unos y Otros Ediciones invitan a la presentación del libro Elena Burke. La Señora Sentimiento. La misma contará con la presencia de su hija y nieta Malena y Lena Burke, así como de Zenovio Hernández Pavón, autor de esta biografía de la considerada por muchos la mejor intérprete de la canción cubana, calificada también por otros como la Sarah Vaughan de Cuba. Malena Burke. Notable intérprete de la canción y los ritmos cubanos....
Speak Up: Creative Writing + Performance (Spring 2023)
Saturdays, February 18 — April 15, 2023, from 3:00 p.m.—4:00 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...
Inditoriales Hispanoamericanas: Criatura Editora, Pez en el Hielo y Casa Editorial HUM conversan con José Miguel Onaindia desde Uruguay
Inditoriales Hispanoamericanas: Criatura Editora, Pez en el Hielo y Casa Editorial HUM conversan con José Miguel Onaindia desde Uruguay La Feria del Libro de Miami continúa su serie Inditoriales Hispanoamericanas, esta vez con el panorama de la edición independiente en la República Oriental del Uruguay. Julia Ortiz, de Criatura Editora; Gonzalo Baz, de Pez en el Hielo y Martín Fernández Buffoni, de Casa Editorial HUM dialogan con el abogado, docente, ensayista y profesor José...
The Big Read Storybook Picnic
Join Miami Book Fair and the Shenandoah branch of the Miami-Dade Public Library System for an afternoon of storytelling, musical performances, arts and crafts with GOGO MOAD, and more! This afternoon of kid-focused activities will explore nature, gardening, gratitude practices, and the importance of caring for the environment while connecting to nature. Children will receive appropriately themed books and a small potted plant. This program is in partnership with the 2023 NEA Big...
A Virtual Evening With Dennis Lehane & Gillian Flynn
Books & Books is thrilled to be partnering with Miami Book Fair, The Odyssey Bookshop, University Bookstore, RJ Julia Booksellers, Anderson’s Bookshop, Gibson’s Bookstore, Northshire Bookstore, The King’s English Bookshop, Village Books, Left Bank Books, Book Passage, & Titcomb’s Bookshop to welcome bestselling author Dennis Lehane for his latest book: Small Mercies: A Novel (Harper,$30.00)! An all-consuming tale of revenge, family love, festering hate, and...
Folk Herbalism for Wellness
Folk herbalist Kristina Napoles will share her approach to herbal support for whole health. Using a holistic approach, Kristina will explain how herbs support health and vitality, connecting the practical use of plants with the more spiritual aspects of accessing their life force and energy to enhance our connection to the natural world and achieve a more balanced emotional state. Kristina practices herbalism based on traditional and empirical methods. As a child, she began training in the...
¡Tómate una copa (en casa) y escribe mejor! con Óscar Molina
Una tertulia literaria guiada. Embriaga a tu editor interno y ¡exprésate con libertad desde tu casa! 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 leer los textos e intercambiar opiniones mientras te tomas una copa en casa. Después repetimos la misma dinámica. Tema: “Yo, animal” Comer como animal. Dormir como animal. Leer como animal. ¿Qué queremos decir, realmente,...
Almudena Alonso Herrero presenta "Descubriendo galaxias"
La Feria del Libro de Miami presenta una obra original y distinta, editada por Next Door Publishers, la primera casa editorial independiente especializada en divulgación científica. En 1878, el astrónomo Wilhem Tempel lanzó un reto a su colega John Dreyer por medio de una carta al editor de la revista científica The Observatory. Tempel insistía en que la forma observada en algunas nebulosas –hoy sabemos que son galaxias– no era espiral como defendía la mayoría de los astrónomos de...
