Upcoming Events

In Exit Wounds: A Story of Love, Loss, and Occasional Wars, Peter Godwin longs for his childhood in Zimbabwe, where he was born and where his mother, now dying, was a doctor. He reflects on his time as a war journalist and life in New York with his English wife and transatlantic children, and comes to terms with everything his family was – and wasn’t. In The Emergency: A Novel, George Packer writes a tale about an empire that has collapsed from boredom and loss of faith in itself.…

Everyone Leaves: A Novel de Wendy Guerra sigue a Nieve en la Cuba de 1978 mientras recurre a su diario, su única constante en una vida de pérdida, abuso y agitación. Arrancada de su madre, obligada a vivir en el hogar de su padre abusivo y consagrada como “pionera revolucionaria”, Nieve registra las duras verdades de crecer en la Cuba de Fidel Castro, revelando la traición de la revolución a las mujeres. Acompaña a Guerra en la conversación la periodista y autora Mirta Ojito,…

En El informe sobre Clara. Nochebosque, Juan Carlos Chirinos ofrece un inquietante relato sobre cómo nos movemos y avanzamos en los planos de lo irreal y lo imaginado. Giovanna Rivero presenta Tukzon, donde la migración y la metamorfosis en sus diversas modalidades se entrecruzan para delinear personajes tan raros como humanos. En conversación con la periodista Sarah Moreno. Compra El informe sobre Clara. Nochebosque – Chirinos Compra Tukzon – Rivero…

Each fall, Miami Book Fair invites the authors and translators of 50 National Book Award longlisted titles to gather in Miami following the National Book Awards Ceremony in New York. Join the honorees in nonfiction – Caleb Gayle, Julia Ioffe, Lana Lin, Ben Ratliff, Claudia Rowe, Nilo Tabrizy, Jordan Thomas, and Helen Whybrow – as they read from and discuss their books and answer your questions about writing,…

This is a free event that requires a ticket for entry. In Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025, Jelani Cobb presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of America’s last turbulent decade. Tracing movements around guns, gender violence, sexual harassment, race, policing, and more, he blends narrative journalism, criticism, and profiles to capture the crises, characters, and culture of our era – and help us understand what awaits. In A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America,…

Join us for a conversation about revolutionary figures and marginalized voices. In The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe, Marlene Daut explores a riveting life of a man who was born enslaved and eventually crowned himself King Henry I. This essential biography unravels the enigma of the man who was Haiti’s only sovereign, in a story of geopolitical clashes but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, and heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval.…

Ellen Huet’s Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult traces how OneTaste’s promise to change the world through orgasmic meditation spiraled into what former members describe as a cult of abuse and coercion. Drawing on years of reporting, Huet delivers an account of wellness gone wrong, recounting the sexual, emotional, and financial turmoil OneTaste caused for so many. A deeply researched exploration of the multibillion-dollar wellness industry, Amy Larocca’s How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic,…

In The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains, neurologist Pria Anand reveals all that the medical establishment has dismissed, as often seen in the stories of women and Black, brown, displaced, and disempowered people. This collection of medical stories reflects the compelling paradox that even the most peculiar symptoms can show us something universal about ourselves. In Nightmare Obscura: A Dream Engineer’s Guide Through the Sleeping Mind, sleep expert Michelle Carr explores the science of dreaming,…

Angela Flournoy’s The Wilderness: A Novel is the story of five Black women navigating two decades of friendship, from young adulthood into midlife. Desiree, Danielle, January, Monique, and Nakia move through love, family, ambition, and upheaval amid the increasing volatility of modern American life in an exploration of the profound connections of friendship over a lifetime. Set in the 1960s before Roe, Laney Katz Becker’s In the Family Way: A Novel follows a group of suburban housewives as they navigate marriages,…

Formed in the summer of 2007, Electric Piquete is a three-time Miami New Times “Best of Miami” award-winning Latin funk outfit. The band has played virtually all major events in South Florida, including the Miami Music Festival, Calle Ocho, Carnaval on the Mile, the Ball & Chain Music Festival, and Arts in the Park – indeed, few major venues have not seen them grace their stage. The group’s influences, as diverse as the Miami region that birthed it, range from rock to jazz and are spiced with everything in between: funk,…

In The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II, David Nasaw writes about its veterans and their loved ones as they confronted the aftershocks of the war. Suffering from recurring nightmares, uncontrollable rages, and social isolation, soldiers were treated by doctors who had little understanding of PTSD. Divorce rates doubled. Alcoholism was rampant. Racial tensions heightened. It’s a hidden chapter of American history. In The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century, Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner tells the high-stakes story of the CIA through the first quarter of this century.…

Poet-translators read from their latest collections and discuss how they navigate bilingualism and balance their own creative work with the art of translation. Today’s Morning Vocabulary is renowned South Korean poet and Wit N Cynical poetry bookstore owner Yoo Heekyung’s debut collection, translated into English for the first time by Stine An. At once image-rich, lyrical, and searingly sociopolitical, Homeland of Swarms is award-winning Venezuelan poet Oriette D’Angelo’s English debut, translated from Spanish by Lupita Eyde-Tucker.…

Unlock your creativity and connect with nature! This workshop invites you and your family to use your green thumb with a unique twist – instead of planting seeds, design one! In this workshop, you’ll discover the beauty and variety of seeds through art and hands-on discoveries. This event is a CREATE! featured workshop. All featured workshops require a FREE ticket to attend due to limited seating. Tickets may be picked up at the Info Booth in Children’s Alley; a standby line will be available for each workshop in the event a ticketed attendee does not show up.…

In Ivonne Lamazares’ The Tilting House: A Novel, identity, family loyalty, and the scars of political upheaval wreak havoc when teenager Yuri, living in a Havana suburb with her strict and religious aunt, meets Mariela, a glamorous artist from the United States who claims to be her sister – and reveals shocking truths that upend life as she knows it. Set in a near-future Kolkata, India, ravaged by climate change and food scarcity, Megha Majumdar’s A Guardian and a Thief: A Novel tells two intertwined stories: Ma’s desperate search for the thief who has stolen long-awaited visas for America for her and her family;…

Celebrate the Sunshine State and step into the world of LEGO engineering! In this interactive session, kids will explore basic engineering concepts while building a LEGO alligator – Florida’s iconic reptile! Through guided instruction, children will discover how gears, axles, and moving parts work together, all while having fun and boosting their creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork skills. Recommended for ages 5-12.   This is a free workshop that requires a ticket for entry; pick one up at the LEARN! tent all day while supplies last. …

Inspired by Yuyi Morales’s book Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book, we meet the hard-working Grandma Beetle, who tricks Señor Calavera into staying for her birthday party. When he shows up at her door, demanding she leave with him right away, she responds with “Just a minute.” She still has one house to sweep, two pots of tea to boil, and three pounds of corn to make into tortillas — and that’s just the start. This theatrical counting farce is accompanied by physical comedy,…

Harmonia Rosales‘ Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic, her debut book, leads a panel of authors presenting new books rooted in mythic worlds and powers. Chronicles of Ori is an epic that spans the birth of the universe to the modern world of colonialism and resistance. Vividly brought to life by her artwork, Rosales writes of the Orishas, the founding of Yorubaland, and the bond – sometimes fraying – between the Orishas and the humans who worship them.…

Perla Suez conversa con Betty Quintero acerca de cómo la literatura infantil se nutre de la historia y de la imaginación para enriquecer la identidad cultural y el gusto por la lectura.   EN COLABORACIÓN CON   Compra La Entrega – Suez…

En ocasión de la publicación de La costurera de Chanel, de Wendy Guerra, la dramaturga Mayra Marrero y la curadora y crítica de arte Janet Batet, dialogan con la autora sobre la obra, en un debate femenino en el que distintas voces analizarán cómo la novela ilumina la vida de tres mujeres que transformaron radicalmente la cultura de su tiempo, abriendo así una conversación sobre creatividad, resiliencia y el papel de la moda como lenguaje social e histórico.…

Capturing their own stories, participants will design art journals, exploring self-expression and narrative through mixed media. This activity emphasizes storytelling, encouraging everyone to record personal thoughts, sketches, or memories.   PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH  …

This is a free event that requires a ticket for entry. Both a memoir and spiritual guide for everyday living, Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi’s Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging chronicles Angela Buchdahl’s journey to become the first Asian American rabbi. Despite the naysayers and periods of self-doubt, Buchdahl stayed the course, finally landing at the pulpit of one of the largest, most influential congregations in the world. Buchdahl will be in conversation with journalist and author Abigail Pogrebin,…

The Books for Free crew is taking over the tent, reading and chilling throughout the day. So grab a beanbag and settle in for a storytime session with your new B4F BFFs! Grades K-3. SPONSORED BY…

It takes a village to raise a critter! Newbery Medal award winner Donna Barba Higuera brings a double feature: Xolo is the exciting tale of the mighty feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl’s twin brother – the dog-headed Xolotl, god of lightning, death, and misfortune; and The Unlikely Adventuras of Ramón and El Cucuy features the friendship of a young boy and the monster assigned to scare him. Join Kon Tan, in We’re All Gonna Die-Nosaur!: Escape of the Apes,…

Attention families: your mission is to protect something you love on planet Earth! Together, you’ll imagine a story with your own characters on a fun adventure, take photos, draw, and add stickers to make a one-of-a-kind comic strip on iPad with Apple Pencil. Devices will be provided; recommended for kids and their parents or guardians, who must be present during the session. This event is an INNOVATE! featured workshop. All featured workshops require a FREE ticket to attend due to limited seating.…

THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART STATION  What’s a special moment you remember? Use it to become the main character in your mini story! Inspired by The Kaleidoscopic: Writing Histories Through the Collection, currently on view at The Bass Museum of Art, this fun activity invites you and your family to draw and write. Use pictures, words, and colorful collage to tell a memory – or dream up a new one. Fold it into a mini book and share. Every story is different,…

Ann Alejandro died in 2019 at the age of 64, unpublished. Her chosen form was the letter, and her audience was her family and close friends, among them Naomi Shihab Nye and Marion Winik. In I Know About a Thousand Things: The Writings of Ann Alejandro of Uvalde, Texas, they organized thousands of Alejandro’s letters into chapters addressing faith, motherhood, land, snakes, pain, and love. Buy I Know About a Thousand Things: The Writings of Ann Alejandro of Uvalde,…

In Toxic Grit: How to Have it All and (Actually) Love What You Have, executive and single mom Amanda Goetz offers a bold roadmap for redefining ambition in a culture of burnout. Through storytelling, science-backed frameworks, and practical tools, she helps women unlearn hustle culture, reclaim joy, and build systems that redefine how we approach ambition. Moderated by Amber Berger, founder of the Well Drop, a wellness platform and podcast.   Buy Toxic Grit: How to Have it All and (Actually) Love What You Have – Goetz…

In The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay, Christopher Clarey illuminates the skill and determination it took to accomplish Rafael Nadal’s most mind-blowing achievement: 14 French Open titles. Clarey draws on interviews conducted over many years with Nadal and his team and with rivals like Roger Federer, sharing much wider lessons from Nadal’s approach to competition. S. L. Price’s The American Game: History and Hope in the Country of Lacrosse tells how nearly a millennium ago,…

Susan Choi’s Flashlight: A Novel traces the disappearance of Louisa’s father across time, nations, and memory, after a tragic summer night on the breakwater. Spanning decades and through shifting perspectives, Louisa and her mother navigate grief, estrangement, and family secrets – and the invisible currents that shape our lives. In Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: A Novel, two young people first glimpse each other on an overnight train, bound by their grandparents’ failed matchmaking.…

Un sol caído avanza, de la venezolana María Auxiliadora Álvarez, es un recuento de la memoria y los mundos perdidos a consecuencia de la inmigración, como la familia, los amigos y la lengua. En Aguas madres, la poeta española Leire Bilbao parte de la vivencia de la maternidad para reflexionar sobre la identidad propia, su construcción y su destrucción. La argentina Mercedes Moresco llega con Pétalos negros,  una colección de poemas que responde a un estado del alma en el que todo decir sobra,…

House Savage is a quintessential Miami band that mixes jazz, soul, and R&B with the sounds of Miami’s cultural crossroads. The group – brought together by trombonist Sam Savage so he could record and perform his originals and work on the covers he wanted to interpret – was formed in the ebb and flow of the Miami music scene, primarily at “The Late Nite Lab” hosted by Big Brooklyn Red for almost a decade at local watering hole Jada Cole’s prior to COVID.…

In Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War, Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black, Ph.D., recounts one of Tubman’s most extraordinary accomplishments. Combee details how she ventured into the heart of slave territory to gather intelligence and attack the major plantations of Rice Country – where many formerly enslaved people eventually returned to create the distinctly American Gullah Geechee dialect, culture, and identity. Joining her in conversation is her mother, historian Dr.…

Did you know that nature is so magical, it often holds hidden patterns – some that we can’t even see with our eyes! Discover the wonders of nature’s pattern- making by creating your own plant-based mandalas. In this workshop, you’ll learn all about these cool designs and what makes a pattern. Then, using colorful petals, leaves, and sticks, you’ll create your very own natural  mandala masterpiece. This event is a CREATE! featured workshop. All featured workshops require a FREE ticket to attend due to limited seating.…

A family-friendly flashback through Miami’s musical soul! Step into the groove with an interactive jam that blends Miami vibes, retro throwbacks, and Mr. J Jams’ original tunes. Inspired by the hooks of the 1980s, ’90s, and 2000s – with kid-centric remixes, this feel-good set blends freestyle, funk, salsa, and pop to get the whole family singing, moving, and playing together!…

In Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face, Scott Eyman delivers a definitive portrait of the Hollywood icon, drawing on interviews and never-before-seen documents and photos from her estate. From her rise out of poverty to stardom in musicals and films like Mildred Pierce and Johnny Guitar to four marriages and an Academy Award, Eyman reveals the story behind Crawford’s turbulent, dazzling life. Marisa Meltzer’s It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin is the first comprehensive biography of the actress,…

In Kristen Arnett’s  Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One: A Novel, Cherry is a down-on-her-luck professional clown who juggles gigs, side jobs, and family drama. Enter Margot the Magnificent, an alluring magician whose mentorship – and attraction – push Cherry to risk it all. Facing some big questions, she’ll have to decide what kind of clown she wants to be underneath her suit. Jade Chang’s What a Time to Be Alive: A Novel follows Lola,…

Come to The Dangerfun Show – featuring magic, comedy, juggling, and more – to learn the story of a young computer technician who quit his boring day job to pursue a full-time career in showbiz, because “if you truly believe in magic, anything is possible!” With big dreams and small means, this highly interactive, vaudeville-style performance explores the lost art of magic and variety entertainment. Fun for all ages, the show will leave you questioning your senses!…

Jaquira Díaz’s This Is the Only Kingdom: A Novel is the epic story of a mother and daughter, imagining a life beyond their working-class Puerto Rican community and wrestling with the aftermath of a murder. When tragedy shatters their family, Maricarmen and her daughter, Nena, land in the middle of a murder investigation and must navigate generational grief, betrayal, and survival. Quiara Alegría Hudes’ The White Hot: A Novel is the story of a runaway mother’s 10 days of freedom – and the pain,…