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.

Thursday, September 11 @ 7:00 pm EDT
Imago x Las Artes, 4028 SW 57th Ave., Miami, FL, 33155,

¡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...

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Saturday, September 13 @ 3:00 pm EDT
On Demand (Virtual),

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...

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Thursday, September 18 @ 7:00 pm EDT
On Demand (Virtual),

Manuel Mujica-Lainez

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...

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Saturday, September 20 @ 3:00 pm EDT
On Demand (Virtual),

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...

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Sunday, September 21 @ 2:00 pm EDT
Miami Dade College's Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135,

Big Read Kickoff: International Children’s Day @ Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami

Join us as we officially launch this year’s Big Read Miami during International Children’s Day at the 39th International Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami, featuring face-painting, stilt-walkers, and carnival games; painting, puppetry, dance, and percussion workshops; and Comicópicos, an interactive and family-friendly variety show that’s fun for all ages! Plus, free copies of our Big Read title, La casa en Mango Street and Hairs / Pelitos by Sandra Cisneros, while supplies last. The...

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Saturday, September 27 @ 3:00 pm EDT
On Demand (Virtual),

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...

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Saturday, October 4 @ 3:00 pm EDT
On Demand (Virtual),

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...

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Wednesday, October 8 @ 7:00 pm EDT
MDC Koubek Memorial Center, 2705 SW 3rd St., Miami, FL, 33135,

Fortun_Denis

Presentación de Alma vieja, de Denis Fortún

DESCRIPTION:Denis Fortún presenta su nueva obra Alma vieja, en conversación con Yovana Martínez Milián, escritora y editora. Alma vieja (CAAW Ediciones, 2025) es un manuscrito de sonetos y romances, del reconocido escritor y poeta Denis Fortún Bouzo. El libro es el segundo de una colección de versos rimados del autor, iniciada con el manuscrito de décimas Coordenadas ilícitas (CAAW Ediciones, 2023). Denis Fortún Bouzo (La Habana, Cuba, 1963). Poeta, narrador y bloguero. Ha publicado...

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Saturday, October 11 @ 2:00 pm EDT
Green Space Miami, 7200 Biscayne Boulevard, Unit B, Miami, FL, 33138,

Image and Text, Text as Image, and Image as Text: A Poetry Masterclass with Diana Khoi Nguyen

Saturday, October 11, 2025 , 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. What is an image, and what can text entail? As an exploratory and interactive group, we will pay close attention to the nuances of these two words before excavating how they have been employed and evolved on the page over time. We will expand our original notions of these two crucial media, and how they can engage with each other. What happens at the intersection of image and text in creative work? Diana Khoi Nguyen is the author of Ghost Of...

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Saturday, October 11 @ 3:00 pm EDT
On Demand (Virtual),

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...

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Tuesday, October 14 @ 6:30 pm EDT
On Demand (Virtual),

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...

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Thursday, October 16 @ 6:30 pm EDT
On Demand (Virtual),

The Big Read 2025: LatinoLand: An American History With Marie Arana

MBF will celebrate America as the land of freedom and opportunity with author Marie Arana. LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing yet personal overview of the Latino population of the United States from 1492 through today. As the book shows, Latinos are not a monolith, but share a main commonality – their overwhelming and historically factual desire to be Americans and champion the values set out in the Declaration of Independence. Marie Arana was born in Lima, Peru. She is the author...

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Saturday, October 18 @ 3:00 pm EDT
On Demand (Virtual),

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...

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Sunday, November 16 @ 3:30 pm EST
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL, 33132,

Author, Lapid_Lihi

An Evening With Lihi Lapid on I Wanted to Be Wonderful: A Novel

Lihi Lapid’s latest novel follows the lives of two women in their first years of marriage and motherhood. One is a fictional character trying to live the happily-ever-after many imagine for themselves; the other is inspired by the author herself, relating the most intimate moments of her life. Both women start their marriages full of idyllic happiness, but as the stressors of everyday existence seep into their daily lives that spark of young love begins to dim. I Wanted to Be Wonderful is a...

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Sunday, November 16 @ 4:30 pm EST
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL, 33132,

Author, Bill McKibben

An Evening With Bill McKibben on Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization

Our climate, and our democracy, are melting down. But Bill McKibben, one of the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis, insists the moment is also full of possibility. Energy from the sun and wind is suddenly the cheapest power on the planet and growing faster than any energy source in history – and if we can keep accelerating the pace, we have a chance. Here Comes the Sun tells the story of the sudden spike in power from the sun and wind, and of the desperate fight of the fossil...

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