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March 2023
The Big Read 2023: Miami-Dade Public Library Branch Book Discussions
Join us for a discussion of this year’s title, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, an award-winning poetry collection by poet, educator, and community gardener Ross Gay. A program of the National Endowment for the Arts, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. Program made possible by Miami Book Fair. Space is limited. Click here or contact your local branch for more information. March 18, 3:00 p.m. EST (in-person) Westchester Regional Branch Library March 18,…
John Green on The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
We are so thrilled to announce that John Green will join us for an in-person discussion in celebration of the paperback release of The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Dutton, $18), a deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays adapted from his critically acclaimed podcast The Anthropocene Re-viewed. TICKETS REQUIRED: All tickets are GENERAL ADMISSION and are purchased through Eventbrite. Each ticket admits one (1) person into the venue and in-cludes one (1) PRE-SIGNED copy of The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet ($18 + tax).…
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 to all teens (ages 13-19) and is as free of charge as it is free of homework.…
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 that gives way to rich soil,…
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 república con Las 120 jornadas de Sodoma,…
April 2023
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 patterns of nature as well as the potential for a new relationship to these materials.…
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 to all teens (ages 13-19) and is as free of charge as it is free of homework.…
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 to all teens (ages 13-19) and is as free of charge as it is free of homework.…
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 to all teens (ages 13-19) and is as free of charge as it is free of homework.…
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 Read Miami…
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 insidious power, set against one of the most tumultuous episodes in Boston’s history. Author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl,…
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 Afro-Cuban practices of the curanderas (traditional folk herbalists in Spanish-speaking countries) by her grandmother and aunt,…
¡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, cuando nos comparamos con los animales salvajes?…
June 2023
Forforescencias: narrativa queer contemporánea
Un taller gratuito ofrecido por el nuevo Fellow del programa Emerging Writers Fellowship de la Feria del Libro de Miami, Óscar Molina V. Taller presencial de 4 semanas. Miércoles de junio (7, 14, 21 y 28), de 7:00 p.m. a 9:00 pm. En este taller se analizarán las escrituras de autores como Camila Sosa Villada, Pedro Lemebel, Rita Indiana, Giuseppe Caputo y Roy Siguenza, entre otros. Se desmenuzará sobre qué temas escriben y cómo representan estos autores a sus personajes.…
July 2023
Speak Up! 2023 Virtual Creative Writing Summer Camp for Teens
6 days: Mon – Sat, July 24-29, 2023 FREE TUITION! Live Author Q&A: 1:00-1:30 p.m. ET Workshops: 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET (5 simultaneous virtual “cabins”) Mentorships (30 minutes/1 on 1 for each kid) 2:30-3:30/4 p.m. ET Free and open to all, priority given to Miami-Dade County students Speak Up! Summer Camp is a six-day virtual creative writing camp for students in grades 6-12 to brainstorm activities, craft exercises, and engage in workshops established by poets and fiction writers. Campers will participate daily in master classes with best-selling authors,…
