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November 2025
A career-spanning monograph, Pepe Mar: Myth & Magic is a portal into Pepe Mar’s universe of myth-making, queer alchemy, and visual storytelling that draws from underground culture, fashion, and folklore. Featuring penetrating essays by leading curators and scholars that include Lawrence Rinder, Evan Garza, Yuval Etgar, Amy Galpin, and Joanna Robotham. The book accompanies an exhibition at the Tampa Museum of Art. Joining Mar in conversation is Robotham, the museum’s curator of modern and contemporary art.…
A GLIMPSE INTO OTHER WORLDS: NEW & DARING SPECULATIVE FICTION
In Allison King’s The Phoenix Pencil Company: A Novel, a hidden magic – the ability to reforge pencils and revive the memories they contain – binds college recluse Monica to her fading grandmother, Yun, and a long-kept family secret. Blending Yun’s wartime past in Shanghai with Monica’s present-day search for connection, King presents a moving saga of memory, family, and the power of stories. In Stuart Nadler’s Rooms for Vanishing: A Novel, war has blown apart the universe of the Altermans,…
Author Storytime! David Unger Reads José Feeds the World
José Feeds the World: How a Famous Chef Feeds Millions of People in Need around the World, illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns, tells the story of José Andrés, an award-winning chef, food activist, and founder of World Central Kitchen, a disaster relief organization that has fed more than 200 million people affected by natural disasters, the COVID pandemic, and war. Grades K-3. SPONSORED BY Buy José Feeds the World –Unger…
CONTEMPORARY YIDDISH LIT: DISCUSSING CHAIM GRADE’S SONS AND DAUGHTERS – FICTION
Join Altie Karper, editorial director of Schocken Books/Penguin Random House for more than 20 years; Todd Portnowitz, senior editor at Alfred A. Knopf; and Rose Waldman, translator of Chaim Grade’s Sons and Daughters: A Novel, for a discussion centered around the book, held by many as one of the foremost collections of contemporary Yiddish literature. Originally serialized in the 1960s and ’70s in New York–based Yiddish newspapers, the epic Sons and Daughters is a precious glimpse of the rich Yiddish culture of Poland and Lithuania that the Holocaust would eradicate.…
INNOVATE! WORKSHOP: Create an Interactive Story of Kindness
What does kindness mean to you? What does it look like? Is it feeding a hungry animal? Maybe it’s making a new friend feel welcome. Let’s imagine what kindness means to us by making our own interactive storybook- on iPads! We’ll draw, record sounds, add fun 3D shapes, and more as we dive into the world of creative digital storytelling. Devices will be provided; recommended for ages 6-10. This event is an INNOVATE! featured workshop. All featured workshops require a FREE ticket to attend due to limited seating.…
LEARN! Animal Ambassador Visit With Zoo Miami!
Which wild animal guest from Zoo Miami will visit the Fair? You’ll have to be here to find out! Get up close and personal with one of the zoo’s amazing Animal Ambassadors and learn fun facts, conservation tips, and how we can all help protect wildlife. It’s a fun and educational experience for animal lovers of all ages! SPONSORED BY…
OF PLACE & PERSONS: CONTEMPLATIVE NONFICTION
In An Ignorance of Trees: A Memoir in Essays, Jim Daniels writes about trees, backyard swing sets, above-ground swimming pools, pets, and hoarding, carrying his beloved Detroit with him wherever he goes. Doubling as a rich, textured biography of place, An Ignorance of Trees enriches the terrain of the Midwest with heart, as bruised and beautiful as ever. In Of Slash Pines and Manatees: A Highly Selective Field Guide to My Suburban Wilderness, Andrew Furman contemplates his place in a subtropical landscape by exploring touchpoints between his everyday suburban life and the environment in South Florida.…
ON THE ECOLOGICAL BRINK: REMODELING FOOD & LAND SCARCITY – NONFICTION
In We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate, bestselling author Michael Grunwald argues that the greatest challenge facing our species is slowing our relentless expansion of farmland into nature. Even if we quit fossil fuels, we’ll keep hurtling toward climate chaos if we don’t solve our food and land problems – now. In Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie, Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty spotlight an ecological marvel under siege.…
RUSSIAN FORCE & FOLLY – NONFICTION
This is a free event that requires a ticket for entry. In The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself About Russia and Betrayed Ukraine, Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army (retired) Alexander Vindman notes how, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, six U.S. presidential administrations of both parties pursued policies for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia that emboldened Russia. And Western indecision and apathy made possible the return of brutal Russian expansionism with catastrophic consequences. In The Dark Side of the Earth: Russia’s Short-lived Victory over Totalitarianism,…
SAVING OURSELVES: A FIGHT FOR HUMAN HEALTH – NONFICTION
In The Formula for Better Health: How to Save Millions of Lives – Including Your Own, former CDC director Tom Frieden, M.D., MPH, reveals how to defeat today’s deadliest diseases and prevent future pandemics. Drawing on decades of global experience and lessons from both triumphs and failures, he offers a clear path to protecting your health, strengthening communities, and closing the gap between science and life-saving action. Joining Frieden in conversation is author Carl Zimmer, Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe.…
THE HOLOCAUST: HISTORY & HEROES – NONFICTION
Jack El-Hai’s The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII chronicles the improbable relationship between fallen Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring and ambitious U.S. Army physician Douglas Kelley, which becomes a hazardous quest into the nature of evil amid the devastation of Europe at the end of World War II. In The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising,…
THE LAWS OF MAGIC & ATTRACTION – FICTION
In Charlie Jane Anders’ Lessons in Magic and Disaster, a young witch teaches her grieving mother magic with unexpected results. Jamie, a grad student with a powerful secret, helps her mother Serena come out of her shell. But hidden truths from Serena’s past and a mysterious 1749 book threaten to unravel them both – unless Jamie can uncover the scandal it hides and the true nature of magic. Yael and Margot, childhood friends, reunite at a decision time in their lives.…
WHY POETRY STILL MATTERS – POETRY
During the historic dialogue between rabbis and the Dalai Lama, as told in his international bestseller The Jew in the Lotus, Rodger Kamenetz heard a penetrating question from His Holiness to the rabbis, “How does your spiritual practice purify afflictive emotions?” To Kamenetz, this seemed the most fundamental question to ask of any religion or philosophy of life. Embedded in a rich poetic narrative, Seeing into the Life of Things: Imagination and the Sacred Encounter offers down to earth practices from “count your blessings,” to savoring perception,…
CREATE! Framed in Color With Tori Scott
This creative workshop will allow participants to design and paint their own custom picture frames using fun abstract art techniques. Kids will explore colorful shapes, swirls, and textures to create a unique frame that perfectly expresses their style. At the end, they’ll have a beautiful keepsake ready to hold their favorite photo. 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;…
LEARN! Stories in Action: Improv Theater Workshop for Kids & Families
Join This Is Improv for interactive acting workshops where kids and families explore storytelling, imagination, and the joy of play!…
PARTICIPATE! MAGIC: The Dangerfun Show With The Incredible Ian
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!…
RAÚL GONZÁLEZ PRESENTA LA VERDAD MUERE DE PIE – NO FICCIÓN
El presentador de televisión, actor y locutor venezolano Raúl González ofrece La verdad muere de pie, una autobiografía valiente e inspiradora que revela por fin la historia jamás contada de una de las figuras más queridas de los medios hispanos. En conversación con Militza González. Compra La verdad muere de pie – González…
The Biscayne Poet
Oscar Fuentes, known as The Biscayne Poet, is a Miami-based multidisciplinary artist, curator, and author of 11 poetry and prose collections, who in 2023 received the inaugural Miami-Dade Mayoral Poetry Commendation. Born in New York City to Honduran immigrant parents, his work explores themes of family, memory, and legacy. His typewriter poetry was recently featured on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Miami, and he currently serves as poet-in-residence at 1 Hotel South Beach. He’s currently promoting Poetry City: Ciudad Poesía, a new collection inspired by Miami.…
AMERICAN ICONS: HOW BALDWIN & BUTLER CHANGED LITERATURE & THE WORLD – NONFICTION
In Baldwin: A Love Story, Nicholas Boggs reveals how profoundly James Baldwin’s personal relationships shaped his life and work. Drawing on newly uncovered archival material and original research and interviews, this spellbinding book tells the overlapping stories of Baldwin’s most sustaining intimate and artistic relationships, spanning the Black American painter Beauford Delaney to the iconoclastic French artist Yoran Cazac, Baldwin’s long-overlooked last great love. Octavia Butler was a trailblazer. She was the first Black woman to write and publish science fiction at a time,…
BADIUCAO & MELISSA CHAN ON YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION – FICTION
You Must Take Part in Revolution: A Graphic Novel by Badiucao and Melissa Chan is a near-future dystopian tale exploring technology, authoritarianism, and the fight for freedom. In 2035, amid U.S.-China conflict and rising fascism, three youths pursue divergent paths toward change, confronting the personal and societal costs of resistance in a world where freedom is never guaranteed. In conversation with Charles Kochman, editor-in-chief of Abrams ComicArts. SPONSORED BY Buy You Must Take Part in Revolution: A Graphic Novel – Badiucao Buy You Must Take Part in Revolution: A Graphic Novel – Chan…
Books for Free Storytime! All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold & Suzanne Kaufman
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…
CONSUME OR BE CONSUMED: YOUNG ADULT HORROR – FICTION
Careful what you wish for in Vanessa Montalban’s These Vengeful Wishes, in which a teen girl’s rage is ignited by a vengeful female spirit with a thirst for justice. The Summer I Ate The Rich by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite is a biting modern-day fable inspired by Haitian zombie lore that explores what happens when a Haitian American girl uses her previously hidden abilities to exact revenge on the wealthy elites who have caused her family pain.…
CUBA DURANTE LA PERESTROIKA: LO NUEVO DE ENRIQUE DEL RISCO – NO FICCIÓN
Enrique del Risco presenta El túnel al final de la luz. Cuba durante la perestroika, una colección de ensayos y testimonios que abordan la revuelta cultural y social en Cuba durante la perestroika soviética y su posterior represión. Contribuyen artistas, curadores, escritores, directores de cine, religiosos y diversos activistas, ofreciendo múltiples perspectivas sobre este fenómeno. En conversación con Alejandro Ríos, Habey Hechevarría y Ricardo Quiza Moreno. Compra El túnel al final de la luz – Del Risco Compra Cubensis – Ríos…
ON BEING WITH EACH OTHER – POETRY
Join poet and editor Pádraig Ó Tuama for a reading and conversation centered around 44 Poems on Being with Each Other: A Poetry Unbound Collection, an anthology that explores the beauty, complexity, and necessity of human connection. Ó Tuama, also the author of Kitchen Hymns – a tender collection that meditates on ritual, intimacy, and the sacred within the ordinary – will be joined by two acclaimed contributors: Denise Duhamel, whose new book Pink Lady: Poems is a vibrant,…
ON ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM & HOPE: THE HUMAN URGE TO THRIVE – NONFICTION
Inspired by a lifetime of activism, Catherine Coleman Flowers’ Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope is a collection of personal and political essays highlighting trailblazers who have fought for environmental and social justice. Flowers draws on history to illuminate and contextualize the most pressing issues of the moment, from climate change and human rights to rural poverty and reproductive justice. Ten years in the making, Alan Weisman’s Hope Dies Last: Visionary People Across the World,…
ON IRAN, PAST & PRESENT – NONFICTION
In King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation, Scott Anderson traces the rise of religious nationalism, offering essential insights into today’s global unrest. With a spellbinding account of dictatorship, blind superpower, and world-shattering revolution, he delivers a bravura work of history and a warning for our time. Nilo Tabrizy and Fatemeh Jamalpour’s For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran’s Women-Led Uprising documents the Woman, Life, Freedom movement,…
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! TELEVISION ICONS – NONFICTION
This is a free event that requires a ticket for entry. David Margolick’s When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy is the first definitive biography of the founding father of television comedy. At his peak in the 1950s, 20 million Americans tuned in to Caesar’s show weekly to watch his groundbreaking humor. Despite burning out quickly – a victim of exhaustion, addiction, and his own impossible standards – he remains TV’s first comic giant. Susan Morrison’s Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live takes readers behind the curtain to tell the story of how Lorne Michaels created and maintained the program that changed comedy forever.…
VODOU IN THE DIASPORA: KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE – NONFICTION
Join Carole Demesmin, Dr. Jerry M. Gilles, M.D., and Roxane Ledan for a profound reflection on Vodou’s ongoing role in Haitian communities beyond the country’s borders. Demesmin, a mambo and performer, embodies Vodou’s living legacy through ritual, song, and spiritual counsel. Gilles’ Remembrance treats Vodou as a cultural and spiritual archive of African inheritance and ritual reverence. Ledan’s Vèvè Vodou Haïti preserves sacred vèvè symbols that signal connection, cosmology, and memory. Moderated by Carel Pedre,…
WITNESS TO EROSION: GABI MARTÍNEZ ON ONE YEAR ON THE EBRO DELTA – NONFICTION/NO FICCIÓN
The Last House Before the Sea: One Year on the Ebro Delta, del escritor español de naturaleza y viajes Gabi Martínez, contempla el paso de las estaciones, las marismas, las aves marinas y un horizonte implacable, pero no todo está bien. Azotada por el implacable cambio climático y la subida del nivel del mar, esta región se ve cada día más amenazada. Spanish nature and travel writer Gabi Martínez‘s The Last House Before the Sea: One Year on the Ebro Delta contemplates the passing of the seasons,…
SURVIVING THE SURVIVOR WITH JOEL Z. WALDMAN & KARMELA WALDMAN – NONFICTION
Karmela Waldman is an octogenarian psychotherapist and Holocaust survivor. Her son, Joel Z. Waldman, is a successful broadcast journalist. Mastering podcasting is one thing; figuring out the meaning of life is a challenge of an entirely different order. Surviving the Survivor: A Brutally Honest Conversation about Life (& Death) with My Mom: A Holocaust Survivor, Therapist & My Podcast Co-Host offers insights into their frank, real-time, and on-air discussions ranging from child-rearing, aging, illness, and death to the secrets of enjoying life no matter how complicated it gets.…
A WOMAN’S FIRE NEEDS KINDLING – FICTION
Ada Calhoun’s Crush: A Novel is a sharp, funny, and seductive story of what happens when one-half of a couple urges the other to address the labels of “husband” and “wife” – kicking off a surprising journey of sex, heartbreak, and heart rekindling. In Hannah Pittard’s If You Love It, Let It Kill You: A Novel, a novelist learns that an unflattering version of herself will appear prominently in her ex-husband’s debut novel. For a week,…
ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD: A HISTORY IN IMAGES – NONFICTION
Florida-based photographer Anastasia Samoylova’s Atlantic Coast retraces Berenice Abbott’s 1954 photographic journey on historic U.S. Route 1 along the Eastern Seaboard, documenting dislocation, loss, and a shifting American dream. Working in color and black and white, Samoylova ventures on her own journey to revisit those communities transformed by the interstate and the expansion of industry, commerce, and development. Moderated by Ricardo Mor, arts journalist and curator. SPONSORED BY Buy Atlantic Coast – Samoylova…
Button Making: Wear Your Message With GOGO MOAD
With a button maker and a wide selection of art supplies, anyone can design wearable art that reflects their creativity. Participants will create their own unique buttons featuring positive messages and playful designs, from bold doodles to uplifting affirmations – each a personal statement piece to share with the world! …
CREATE! The Art of “Pocket” Book-making With Jose Luis Garcia
Explore the art of book-making with artist and educator Jose Luis Garcia as he leads a workshop in creating handmade pocket books, handy for remembering all the adventures you’ll have in Children’s Alley! Garcia will guide young artists through a series of bookmaking activities that range from simple to complex folds. The premise of the workshop is to create “Pocket Books” that fit in your pocket to keep handy for your Miami Book Fair adventures. Artists will learn about the art of bookmaking to create handmade Leporello,…
DARK, SINISTER & MACABRE – FICTION
Dan Chaon’s One of Us: A Novel is a macabre and thrilling tale of orphaned twins on the run from their murderous uncle. In 1915, Bolt and Eleanor find refuge in a bizarre traveling carnival of misfits and wonders. But as their bond frays and danger closes in, they must confront terrifying truths that will change their lives forever. Ron Currie’s The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne follows the title character, a grandmother and crime boss in Maine whose empire begins to unravel when her daughter,…
Design & Build an AI Friend
THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART STATION Step into the world of AI! Inspired by Lawrence Lek: NOX Pavilion on view at The Bass Museum of Art, this hands-on activity invites kids and families to design their very own AI companion using recycled materials, shiny surfaces, and even working LED lights! What is your AI’s name? What kind of personality does it have? What does your AI do? What feelings does it have? What story does it tell? Come imagine, build, and take home your one-of-a-kind tech robot inspired by a creation that blends science and creativity!…
EXPLORING MORAL RESPONSIBILITY IN SCI-FI & DYSTOPIA – FICTION
Alex Foster’s Circular Motion is a story of love, despair, and two people’s search for belonging in a world literally spinning out of control. Tanner escapes his tiny Alaskan hometown for a job at CWC, which is revolutionizing global travel, while outcast Winnie joins teen activists blaming CWC for Earth’s acceleration. As days shorten and storms rage, their lives spiral toward each other in a rapidly changing world. Bruce Holsinger’s Culpability: A Novel is a suspenseful family drama about moral responsibility in the age of AI.…
LEARN! Bang on the Drums! Percussion Workshop With SFPCA
SFCPA brings its famous Drum Jam to Miami Book Fair! Everyone can participate – fun for all ages and abilities. Drum along during a guided bucket jam. Learn the basics of bucket drumming, how to play within a group, and groove together!…
PARTICIPATE! THEATER: Just A Minute With Miami Children’s Museum
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,…
STRUGGLES ON THE PERIPHERY: PROFUNDITY IN THE EVERYDAY – FICTION
Carlos Manuel Álvarez’s False War: A Novel, translated by Natasha Wimmer, portrays ambivalent castaways living lives of deep estrangement from their home country. Álvarez links extraordinary stories of ordinary people from Havana to Berlin – barbers and dissidents, thieves and chess players – each immersed in a fake war waged with little real passion. In Robert Busby’s Bodock: Stories, an ice storm hits the fictional titular Mississippi town, leaving lives and landscapes fractured. From two siblings surveying their family’s damaged orchard and a cop mourning his son to a divorced slacker aiding in his former father-in-law’s lung transplant surgery,…
