In Person

We’re hosting hundreds of authors – for kids, teens, and adults – downtown and at Miami Book Fair’s satellite locations. If you’re planning on joining us in person, here’s what you can expect.

Past Events

November 2023

Saturday, November 18, 2023 @ 10:00 am
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

DANI SHAPIRO’S FAMILY SECRETS: LIVE WITH GUEST MAGGIE SMITH

For her podcast Family Secrets, author DANI SHAPIRO interviews poet MAGGIE SMITH about her bittersweet new book, You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir, an exploration of the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself. The book begins with Smith’s heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, and the historical power dynamics that persist even in many progressive homes. Buy Signal Fires: A Novel. – Shapiro Buy You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir.…

Sunday, November 12, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
Miami Book Fair * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

FLASHBACK: OPENING NIGHT BLOCK PARTY WITH DJ/PRODUCER LOUIE VEGA!

Join us in celebrating the grand kickoff of the 40th Annual Miami Book Fair! The festivities begin with the electrifying “Flashback” Block Party, featuring Bronx native and Grammy Award-winning DJ/producer Louie Vega. Louie will work his magic, seamlessly blending classics, house, salsa, afro-beat, jazz, hip-hop, gospel, and soul into entirely new beats and rhythms that are uniquely his own. As you groove to the music, indulge your taste buds at the pop-up food and drinks market, Smorgasburg Miami, renowned for its lovingly crafted culinary delights.…

Friday, November 3, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
EVENT CANCELLED

AN EVENING WITH YUNG PUEBLO

CANCELLED We are disappointed to share with you that Yung Pueblo’s book event has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. You will receive a full refund for your ticket purchase. Many of you may still want a signed copy of the book and Books & Books will have these available after November 13th. Yung Pueblo has been able to sign bookplates that will be included in every book purchased. Please call Books & Books at 305.442.4408 with any questions. Thank you for your understanding,…

October 2023

Monday, October 2, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
Beth Torah Temple, Benny Rok Campus
20350 NE 26th Ave., Miami, 33180 United States

Mauricio Macri presenta su libro, “Para qué”

Mauricio Macri presenta, “Para qué. Aprendizajes sobre liderazgo y poder para ganar el segundo tiempo” “Uno nunca sabe en qué momento va a encontrar su verdadera vocación. Pero si hay algo que aprendí es a no aceptar lo dado y estar siempre abierto. Es como el amor, se trata de una vibración que sólo se siente en el corazón. No hay que resignarse a vivir sin amor o a no encontrar la vocación. Están allí, esperándonos en algún lugar.…

June 2023

Saturday, June 3, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, United States

AN EVENING WITH GEOFFREY PHILP

Books & Books and Miami Book Fair present: AN EVENING WITH GEOFFREY PHILP discussing his new book ARCHIPELAGOS About the Book: “Archipelagos is a book that gets under the diseased skin of history’s oppressors, and the disconcerting quiet fallout of disaster. It doesn’t sound like fun but the effect on the reader is incredibly liberating, putting them in an omniscient point of view that brings within them an understanding of the world’s ebb and flow, history, damage and healing.…

May 2023

Saturday, May 27, 2023 @ 6:00 pm
Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, United States

Jaime Bayly presenta “Los genios”

Books & Books y la Feria del Libro de Miami presentan  UNA NOCHE CON JAIME BAYLY, sobre su libro Los genios. Sobre el libro: García Márquez y Vargas Llosa se conocieron en el aeropuerto de Caracas, en agosto de 1967. Con apenas treinta y un años, Vargas Llosa era ya un escritor aclamado por la crítica. García Márquez, cuarenta años cumplidos, encontraba por fin el éxito editorial con Cien años de soledad,…

Saturday, May 20, 2023 @ 8:00 pm
Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, United States

Books & Books and Miami Book Fair presents… AN EVENING WITH CAMPBELL MCGRATH

Books & Books and Miami Book Fair present… AN EVENING WITH CAMPBELL MCGRATH, discussing Fever of Unknown Origin: Poems Don’t miss the chance to hear from acclaimed poet, Campbell McGrath as he discusses his latest book at Books & Books. Join us for an insightful and profound event where McGrath will share Fever of Unknown Origin Poems (Knopf, $20) This event is FREE and open to the public and books will be available for purchase the night of the event so make sure to stay after the talk for a book signing!…

Friday, May 12, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, United States

AN EVENING WITH BONNIE GARMUS

Books & Books is thrilled to present an evening with Bonnie Garmus discussing her critically acclaimed book: Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel. ***Please note: This event will take place at the Books & Books in Coral Gables at 265 Aragon Ave. Tickets include a copy of Lessons in Chemistry, which will be handed out upon entry to the event. About the Book: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • Meet Elizabeth Zott: “a gifted research chemist,…

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, United States

An Evening with REBECCA MAKKAI

Books & Books and Miami Book Fair present… An Evening with REBECCA MAKKAI discussing I Have Some Questions For You: A Novel Timely, hypnotic, and populated with a cast of unforgettable characters, I Have Some Questions for You is at once a compulsive page-turner and a literary triumph. REGISTER NOW! About the Book: Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by TIME, NPR, USA Today, Elle, Newsweek, Salon, Bustle, AARP, The Millions, Good Housekeeping, and more. The riveting new novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers.…

April 2023

Thursday, April 20, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, United States

An Evening with David Grann

Books & Books and The Prologue Society present AN EVENING WITH DAVID GRANN discussing his new book The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Doubleday, $30) Please join us and The Prologue Society in welcoming #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann at Books & Books in Coral Gables! He will discuss The Wager (Doubleday, $30), a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth.…

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, United States

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 join us.…

November 2022

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 6:30 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

An Evening With Siddhartha Mukherjee

In The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human, Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., an academic, cancer physician, and researcher, tells the story of how scientists discovered cells, began to understand them, and are now using that knowledge to create new humans. Mukherjee seduces the reader with  vivid, lucid, and suspenseful writing that makes complex science thrilling. Moderating is author and oncologist Mikkael Sekeres, M.D. This in-person program will also be livestreamed at MiamiBookFairOnline.com. Tickets on sale Monday,

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 5:30 pm
Room 8503 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

No es un boom. Ellas siempre escribieron.

Marta Barrio, editora y novelista española, presenta Leña menuda, en la que narra la historia de una mujer joven que ve frustrados sus deseos de ser madre. Poeta y narradora argentina, Valeria Correa Fiz ofrece Hubo un jardín, siete cuentos que exploran las relaciones de los protagonistas con la naturaleza exterior y su mundo interior. La narradora y ensayista colombiana Margarita García Robayo presenta La encomienda, que aborda la fuerza de las relaciones familiares en la vida de una joven. …

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 5:30 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Stacy Schiff With David S. Brown: A Conversation

In The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff returns Adams to his seat of glory, introducing us to the shrewd, eloquent, and intensely disciplined man who supplied the moral backbone of the American Revolution. Moderating is David S. Brown, author of The First Populist: The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson. This in-person program will also be livestreamed at MiamiBookFairOnline.com. Tickets on sale Monday, October 17, 2022 FREE TICKETS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
Room 8201 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Bruce Holsinger & Lan Samantha Chang: A Conversation

When Luna – the world’s first Category 6 hurricane – hits Miami, it upends everything the Larsen-Hall family has taken for granted. Their deluxe home is destroyed, two members are missing, and their finances are abruptly cut off. Bruce Holsinger‘s The Displacements: A Novel explores what happens when privilege is lost and resilience is tested in a swiftly changing world. Lan Samantha Chang‘s The Family Chao: A Novel, Big Leo Chao, his wife, Winnie, and their sons own Fine Chao,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

Ada Calhoun & Maud Newton: A Conversation

In Also a Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me, Ada Calhoun explores her relationship with her father, celebrated art critic Peter Schjeldahl, as she provides new insights into the life of O’Hara, one of our most important poets. The result is a meditation on parents and children, artistic ambition, and the complexities of what we leave behind. Author Maud Newton‘s ancestors include an accused witch in Puritan-era Massachusetts, a killer, a grandfather who married 13 times,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Room 8202 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi, Jenny Tinghui Zhang & Mecca Jamilah Sullivan: A Conversation

A linked short story collection that moves between Nigeria and America, Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi‘s Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories offers a window into the world of four accomplished Nigerian women. As it explores loss, belonging, family, friendship, alienation, and silence, the book draws a portrait of women dealing with the notion that moving forward in time isn’t necessarily progress. Jenny Tinghui Zhang‘s debut Four Treasures of the Sky: A Novel tells the story of Daiyu.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Reza Aslan on An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville: Nonfiction

In An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville, Reza Aslan explores the story of Howard Baskerville, a student of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton. Baskerville is a believer in the gospel of Jesus – and Wilson’s, by which constitutional democracy is the birthright of all nations. While in his missionary service in Iran in 1907, he joined his students fighting for a democratic revolution, and it cost him his life. This is a ReadingEast program.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Sebene Selassie & Pamela Paul With Jessi Hempel: A Conversation

In Sebene Selassie‘s first book, You Belong: A Call for Connection, the meditation expert calls for an exploration of our tangled relationship with belonging, connection, and each other. We are not separate from each other but we don’t always believe it – and we certainly don’t always practice it. In Pamela Paul‘s 100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet, her musings turn to modern life and its absolute entrenchment in the digital space. The internet has put an entire world at our fingertips,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Room 6100 (Building 6, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Meditations on Motherhood”: Allison Blevins & Raina J. León

In Slowly/Suddenly, Allison Blevins writes the plights of mothers, daughters, lovers, and spouses in a voice that endures scars and calluses but refuses to accept them as necessary. Raina J. León‘s black god mother this body is a soft and sharp meditation on Black motherhood, colorism, identity, ancestry, and what it means to heal and nurture our inner child. Moderating is author Caridad Moro-Gronlier, editor for Supporting Women Writers in Miami (SWWiM).

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 4:15 pm
Room 8525 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Mirar el mundo desde la no ficción

Alberto Muller, escritor y periodista, presenta ¡Pobre Cuba! Mis memorias, un recuento de su vida, consagrada desde muy joven a lograr la libertad de su país. La periodista y narradora colombiana Diana Pardo ofrece Más allá del abismo. Relatos de líderes sociales que abren camino, testimonios de dirigentes de comunidades que realizan un importante trabajo social en Colombia. El arquitecto y ensayista dominicano Rodolfo Pou presenta Diáspora y desarrollo, Volumen II, un libro con iniciativas para las comunidades que viven fuera de sus naciones de origen.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
MAGIC Screening Room (Building 8, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Andrew T. Huse & Jeff Houck on The Cuban Sandwich: A History in Layers: Nonfiction

The table is now set; come hungry. The Cuban Sandwich: A History in Layers, written by Andrew Huse, Jeff Houck, and Bárbara C. Cruz, explores the story behind the ubiquitous “sandwich Cubano” with vintage recipes and gossip as it takes readers through a fascinating bite of culinary history. Sponsored by…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
Room 8203 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Erika T. Wurth & Morowa Yejide: A Conversation

White Horse: A Novel, a gritty debut from Erika T. Wurth, tells the story of Kari James, an Indigenous woman who must face her past when she discovers a bracelet haunted by her mother’s spirit. The journey to a truth long denied forces Kari to confront her dysfunctional relationships, thoughts about a friend she lost in childhood, and her desire for the one thing she’s always wanted but could never have. In Morowa Yejide‘s Creatures of Passage,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
Room 8301 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Jason Rekulak & Dwyer Murphy With Gio Gutierrez: A Conversation

In Jason Rekulak‘s Hidden Pictures: A Novel, Mallory Quinn takes a job as a babysitter looking after 5-year-old Teddy. He is a sweet, shy boy, always drawing. Then one day, he draws a man dragging a woman’s lifeless body in a forest. As his artwork becomes increasingly sinister, Mallory wonders if what she’s seeing are glimpses of an unsolved murder, relayed by a supernatural force. In Dwyer Murphy‘s An Honest Living: A Novel, an attorney who makes ends meet by picking up odd jobs takes what seems like a quick and easy assignment: find the husband of new client Anna Reddick.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa, Kerri K. Greenidge & Ellis Cose: A Conversation

Long before his name became synonymous with civil rights, George Floyd, murdered outside of a Minneapolis convenience store by a white police officer, was a father, partner, athlete, and friend striving for a better life. Deeply researched, His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice, co-written by Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert Samuels, places Floyd’s narrative within the context of the country’s legacy of institutional racism. In The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 3:30 pm
Room 8201 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Fatimah Asghar, Rasheed Newson & Moriel Rothman-Zecher: A Conversation

In When We Were Sisters: A Novel, Fatimah Asghar traces the intense bond of three orphaned siblings who, after their parents die, are left to raise one another. As Kausar, the youngest, grows up, she must contend with the collision of her private and public worlds, and choose whether to remain in the life of love, sorrow, and codependency she knows, or carve out a new path for herself. Rasheed Newson‘s debut novel, My Government Means to Kill Me: A Novel,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 3:30 pm
Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Sarah Manguso & Lydia Millet: A Conversation

For Ruthie, the frozen town of Waitsfield, Massachusetts, is all she has ever known. Once home to the country’s oldest and most illustrious families – the Cabots, the Lowells – by the end of the 20th century, it’s an unforgiving place awash with secrets. The Waitsfield of Sarah Manguso‘s Very Cold People: A Novel is a place to be survived, one from which a girl like Ruthie would be lucky to get out of alive. Lydia Millet‘s Dinosaurs is the story of Gil,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 3:30 pm
Room 6100 (Building 6, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

“The Limit Does Not Exist”: Betsy Aoki, Zeina Hashem Beck, Sun Yung Shin & Yanyi

Breakpoint by Betsy Aoki exquisitely blends technology and the Asian American experience in an evocative mixture of sensual experiences, and mathematically infused linguistic patterns. Formally electrifying – from lyrics and triptychs to ghazals and Zeina Hashem Beck‘s own duets, in which English and Arabic echo and contradict each other – O explores the limits of language, notions of home and exile, and stirring visions of motherhood, memory, and faith. Smashing the hierarchies of god and humanity,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

April Ryan on Black Women Will Save the World: An Anthem: Nonfiction

In Black Women Will Save the World: An Anthem, White House correspondent April Ryan argues that, since the birth of our nation, Black women have transformed their pain into progress and have been at the frontlines of the country’s political, social, and economic struggles. Ryan’s book celebrates the tenacity, power, and impact of Black women across America. This in-person program will also be livestreamed at MiamiBookFairOnline.com. Tickets on sale Monday, October 17, 2022 FREE TICKETS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY With thanks to major sponsor…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Room 8503 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Cultura en formato de ensayos

El narrador, poeta, ensayista, editor y crítico argentino Pablo Brescia presenta Planeta Diego. 16 miradas a un icono, un retrato de múltiples aristas sobre Diego Armando Maradona. Abilio Estévez, narrador, poeta, dramaturgo y ensayista cubano, llega con Una imagen en el espejo, una colección de reflexiones y memorias sobre temas literarios, culturales y humanísticos. El ensayista y antropólogo colombiano Carlos Granés trae a la Feria Delirio americano. Una historia cultural y política de América Latina,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

Hernan Diaz, Jill Bialosky & Karen Joy Fowler: A Conversation

Hernan Diaz‘s Trust: A Novel follows the wealthy Benjamin and Helen Rask in 1920s New York. Even in a decade of excess and speculation, at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? The life of the unnamed narrator of Jill Bialosky‘s The Deceptions: A Novel is unraveling – and she seeks answers to the paradoxes of love, desire, and parenthood among the Greek and Roman gods at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Soon, she must choose between reality and myth.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Room 8203 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Isaac Fitzgerald & Jerry Stahl With Jonathan Ames: A Conversation

Isaac Fitzgerald has lived many lives: altar boy, bartender, fat kid, smuggler, biker, and prince of New England. In Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional, he recounts his ongoing search for forgiveness, a more far-reaching vision of masculinity, and a more expansive definition of family and self – while embracing the idea that one can be generous to oneself by being generous to others. In Nein, Nein, Nein!: One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
MAGIC Screening Room (Building 8, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Megan Giddings & Sandra Newman: A Conversation

Megan Giddings‘ The Women Could Fly: A Novel is a piercing dystopian novel about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her mysterious mother, set in a world in which witches are real and single women are closely monitored. Here, Giddings explores the limits women face – and the powers they have to transgress and transcend them. In Sandra Newman‘s The Men: A Novel, everyone with a Y chromosome suddenly disappears from the face of the Earth – doctors mid-surgery,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
MDC Live Arts Lab
300 N.E. Second Avenue (Bldg. 1, 1st floor), Miami, FL 33132 United States

Mortals & Monsters: Choose Your Own Comic Adventure: Nathan Hale, George O’Connor & Jason Shiga

From Nathan Hale, creator of the Hazardous Tales series, comes Let’s Make History! (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales): Create Your Own Comics, an exciting activity book that puts kids’ writing, drawing, and researching to the test. Do you have what it takes to be a Hazardous Cartoonist? George O’Connor draws his Olympians series to a close with the tale of Olympians #12: Dionysos: The New God, from his birth to a mortal mother, to his discovery of wine,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Namwali Serpell & Jacinda Townsend: A Conversation

Namwali Serpell‘s The Furrows: A Novel tells the story of Cassandra Williams, who was 12 when her 7-year-old brother, Wayne, is lost forever. Years later, Cassandra meets a man mysterious and familiar, who is also searching for someone and his own place in the world. His name is Wayne. And in Jacinda Townsend‘s Mother Country: A Novel, a toddler in Morocco is adopted by a visiting African American woman. But the girl already has a mother – an undocumented Mauritanian who was trafficked as a teen – and the two women face an inevitable reckoning.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Room 8301 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Tajja Isen & Phoebe Robinson: A Conversation

In Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service, Tajja Isen explores the absurdities of life in a world fluent in the language of social justice but not always committed to following through with the necessary changes to address systemic problems. It is a fearless and darkly comic collection about race, justice, and the limits of good intentions. In her collection Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays, the inaugural title from her imprint,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Room 8202 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Zain Khalid & Elizabeth Nunez: A Conversation

In Zain Khalid’s Brother Alive: A Novel, three boys intertwined by circumstance – Dayo, Iseul, and Youssef – are adopted as infants and share a bedroom atop a mosque in Staten Island, New York. Their adoptive father, Imam Salim, carries secrets, and when as adults they follow him on his return to Saudi Arabia, they must decide if they should change who they are to survive or defend their deeply held beliefs. And in Elizabeth Nunez’s Now Lila Knows,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Room 8202 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Zain Khalid & Leila Mottley: A Conversation

In Zain Khalid‘s Brother Alive: A Novel, three boys intertwined by circumstance – Dayo, Iseul, and Youssef – are adopted as infants and share a bedroom atop a mosque in Staten Island, New York. Their adoptive father, Imam Salim, carries secrets, and when as adults they follow him on his return to Saudi Arabia, they must decide if they should change who they are to survive or defend their deeply held beliefs. In Nightcrawling: A Novel, Leila Mottley welcomes readers into Kiara Johnson’s world in Oakland,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Room 8302 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

“Changing Haiti Through Higher Education”: Jacky Lumarque, Hérold Toussaint, Philippe Mathieu & Jean-Baptiste L. Charlot

Scholars from Haiti address the responsibilities that befall college students in the reconfiguration of the present of a country whose past has been marked by violence and corruption. With Chancellor of the Université Quisqueya Jacky Lumarque, academic Hérold Toussaint, agronomist Philippe Mathieu, and obstetrician and gynecologist Jean-Baptiste L. Charlot, M.D. In Haitian Creole with English interpretation. Media Partners…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 2:30 pm
Room 8525 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

La palabra, creadora de territorios poéticos

Cuatro poetas cubanos con sus nuevas obras: Félix Anesio, poeta y narrador, presenta País sin moscas, un cuaderno de versos que busca la luz donde parece no existir. El poeta, ensayista y periodista Joaquín Gálvez llega con su poemario Desde mi propia isla, en el que crea con sus versos un territorio insular propio. Santiago “Chago” Rodríguez, poeta, narrador, ensayista y pintor, viene con Crónica de una despedida festiva, un libro que le rinde homenaje a su hermana y a su gran pasión: el cine.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 2:30 pm
Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Mark Kurlansky on The Importance of Not Being Ernest: My Life with the Uninvited Hemingway: Memoir

In The Importance of Not Being Ernest: My Life with the Uninvited Hemingway, New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky focuses on the sprawling life and work of Ernest Hemingway while drawing parallels to his own. In this memoir-cum-biography, he offers an in-depth analysis of the places and people in Hemingway’s life.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 2:30 pm
Room 6100 (Building 6, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Documentary Poetics: On Sexuality, Space & Survival”: Erika Meitner, Tom Sleigh, Diane Thiel & Seema Yasmin

In Useful Junk, Erika Meitner considers what it means to be a sexual being in a world that sees women as invisible, reminding us that our selves are made real and beautiful by our embodied experiences and that our desire is what keeps us alive. Justice is a prevailing force in The King’s Touch by Tom Sleigh, charged with a powerful sense of premonition, as if the future is unfolding before us, demanding something greater than the self,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 2:00 pm
Room 8201 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Angie Cruz, Cleyvis Natera & Ru Freeman: A Conversation

When Cara Romero loses her job, she is in her mid-50s and forced back into the job market for the first time in decades. In Angie Cruz‘s How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water: A Novel, we follow Cara in her sessions with a job counselor, where she narrates her life story and we come to know a woman buffeted by life but still full of fight. The Guerreros have lived in Nothar Park, a predominantly Dominican enclave of New York City,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 2:00 pm
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Blitz Bazawule & Michael Imperioli: A Conversation

Blitz Bazawule‘s debut, The Scent of Burnt Flowers: A Novel, follows Melvin and his fiancé, Bernadette, from a parking lot in Alabama to Ghana. With a persistent FBI agent on their trail and an unexpected encounter with a highlife musician adding lust, magic, and danger, what was meant to be a fresh start quickly spirals into chaos, threatening their relationship and lives. The Perfume Burned His Eyes is Michael Imperioli‘s debut novel, an edgy coming-of-age story that follows Matthew from 1976,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 2:00 pm
Room 8203 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Emily Tamkin With Brian Siegal: A Conversation

In Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities, Emily Tamkin examines the last 100 years of American Jewish politics, culture, and identities. As she tracks many of the evolving and conflicting Jewish positions on assimilation, Zionism and Israel, and philanthropy and social justice, what emerges is that American Jewish identity is always changing. Moderating is Brian Siegal, regional director of AJC Miami and Broward County.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 2:00 pm
Room 8301 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Laird Hunt, Sabina Murray & Sloane Crosley: A Conversation

Laird Hunt‘s Zorrie: A Novel is set against a harsh, gorgeous, quintessentially American landscape, and spans Zorrie Underwood’s entire lifetime. It’s a life convulsed and transformed by the events of the 20th century and then, after finding love and community, a discovery that her trials have only begun. In Sabina Murray‘s The Human Zoo, Filipino American Christina “Ting” Klein travels from New York to Manila to escape her imminent divorce and start researching a book.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 2:00 pm
MDC Live Arts Lab
300 N.E. Second Avenue (Bldg. 1, 1st floor), Miami, FL 33132 United States

“I Will Survive: Deadly Curses, Deadly Games”: Melissa Albert, Alex Aster, S. Isabelle, Aurora Dominguez

Melissa Albert‘s Our Crooked Hearts reveals a string of increasingly eerie events surrounding a girl and her enigmatic mother, forcing her to question if she’s going to escape the supernatural forces that have come back to haunt them both. In Lightlark by Alex Aster, an island appears every 100 years to host a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play, offering one final chance to break centurieslong curses…even as love complicates everything.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
Room 8503 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Amor y pasión en la narrativa de hoy

El narrador peruano-español Jorge Eduardo Benavides presenta Volver a Shangri-La, novela sobre la nostalgia y el dolor que causan el amor y el exilio. Brenda Navarro, narradora, periodista y socióloga mexicana, ofrece Ceniza en la boca, una historia de separaciones y abandonos, de pérdidas e iniciación a la vida. El narrador, guionista y productor de cine José Ignacio Valenzuela, nacido en Chile, presenta Naufragios, que reúne tres novelas, cada una protagonizada por un personaje en medio de una crisis sentimental.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

Billy Porter With Ana Navarro: A Conversation: Memoir

Acclaimed actor, recording artist, playwright, and director Billy Porter can now add published author to his long list of accomplishments. Unprotected: A Memoir – a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healing – is the story of a boy whose talent and courage opened doors for him, but only a crack; a teenager discovering himself while learning his voice and his craft amid deep trauma; and a young man whose unbreakable determination led him through countless hard times to where he is now: a proud icon who refuses to back down or hide.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
Room 8202 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Joe Meno, Jean Chen Ho, Sanae Lemoine & Soon Wiley: A Conversation

In Book of Extraordinary Tragedies: A Novel, Aleksandar and Isobel – siblings and former classical music prodigies once destined for greatness – have been doomed by fate and a family history of failure. They’ve all but given up. But when illness forces Isobel and her young daughter to move back into the family home and she begins playing cello again, Aleks sees a world of possibility and wonder. In stories told in alternating voices, Jean Chen Ho‘s debut collection Fiona and Jane traces the lives of two young Taiwanese American women as they navigate friendship,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
MAGIC Screening Room (Building 8, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Lynda Cohen Loigman, Melodie Winawer & Rochelle Weinstein: A Conversation

In The Matchmaker’s Gift: A Novel, Lynda Cohen Loigman tells the stories of two women, two generations apart, and the rare gift of matchmaking and seeking soulmates. When Abby, a successful Manhattan divorce attorney, inherits a collection of handwritten journals written by her beloved grandmother, Sara Glikman, she finds more questions than answers in the stories of long-ago matches. What did Sara hope Abby would discover within its pages? Melodie Winawer‘s Anticipation: A Novel is set in the crumbling city of Mystras,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
Room 8525 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Letras made in the 305

Poeta, narradora, guionista, dramaturga, traductora y compositora de música popular puertorriqueña, María Juliana Villafañe comparte la edición bilingüe de su poemario Aires de Tormenta / Storm Winds en el que indaga en su propio ser para intentar dar respuestas a sus preocupaciones esenciales. Jaime Cabrera González, narrador y periodista colombiano, presenta En un bosque de la China, donde convergen cuentos, microrrelatos, anécdotas y recuerdos, sazonados con humor e imaginación. Eduardo Herrera Baullosa es poeta,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
Room 8203 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Scott Carney & Jason Miklian With Jack E. Davis: A Conversation

In November 1970, a storm barreled up the Bay of Bengal in Pakistan, the most densely populated coastline on Earth. In The Vortex: A True Story of History’s Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation, Scott Carney and Jason Miklian tell the dramatic story of how the storm and its aftermath sparked a liberation war in what is now Bangladesh. It’s a tale of political intrigue, corruption, violence, idealism, and bravery. Moderating is author Jack E.

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Sebastian Mallaby on The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future: Nonfiction

Sebastian Mallaby‘s The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future tells the story of Silicon Valley’s dominant venture capital firms – and how their strategies and fates have shaped the path of innovation and the global economy. It’s a story of iconic triumphs and infamous disasters, from the birth of Apple to the hubris at WeWork and Uber. Tickets on sale Monday, October 17, 2022 FREE TICKETS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY This in-person program will also be livestreamed at MiamiBookFairOnline.com.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due, Alma Katsu & Silvia Moreno-Garcia: A Conversation

In the horror graphic novel The Keeper, Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due tell the story of Aisha, a young Black girl devastated after losing her parents and trapped between her grandmother’s wish to protect her and their family’s dark history. Inspired by the Japanese “yokai” and the “jorogumo” spider demon, Alma Katsu‘s The Fervor: A Novel explores the horrors of the supernatural beyond the threat of the occult. It’s 1944, and as World War II rages on,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Susan Rogers With Nelson George: A Conversation

In This is What it Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You, Susan Rogers, Ph.D., and her co-author, Ogi Ogas, Ph.D., explain why we fall in love with music. Readers are guided to recognize their “listener profile” based on responses to seven key dimensions of any song, deepening the connection to favorite artists, and changing how we listen to music. Joining her is Nelson George, author of the D Hunter mystery series and the nonfiction The Death of Rhythm &…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
Room 6100 (Building 6, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Everyday Apocalypses”: Franny Choi, Safia Elhillo, Saeed Jones & Paul Tran

Franny Choi‘s third book, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On, reminds us that apocalypse has already come in myriad ways for marginalized peoples, alongside musings on our responsibilities to each other and visions for our collective survival. In Girls That Never Die: Poems, Safia Elhillo reinvents the epic to explore Muslim girlhood and shame, the dangers of being a woman, the violences enacted and imagined against women’s bodies, and ponders what liberation from these threats might look like.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
Room 8302 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

“For a New Haiti”: Eric Jean-Baptiste, Frantz Duval, Marie Lucie Bonhomme & Roberson Alphonse

  It was with utter shock and sadness that Miami Book Fair learned of the horrendous and separate attacks against two of our panelists for this program: journalist Roberson Alphonse and entrepreneur and philanthropist Eric Jean-Baptiste. We are profoundly shaken by these incomprehensible acts, condemn the continued instability in Haiti, and call for immediate action to stop the senseless violence. On behalf of our staff, sponsors, and partners, we extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the late Eric Jean-Baptiste,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
MDC Live Arts Lab
300 N.E. Second Avenue (Bldg. 1, 1st floor), Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Race Against Time: Let’s Save the World”: Pablo Cartaya, Alan Gratz, Laura Krantz & S.A. Rodriguez

Facing a world dually altered by climate change and those who profit from it, Yolanda Cicerón will have to fight to save the last known beehive from extinction in The Last Beekeeper by Pablo Cartaya. Alan Gratz returns with Two Degrees, an action-packed novel in which four kids in California, Canada, and Florida fight for their lives against three climate disasters. Inspired by her popular Wild Thing podcast, journalist Laura Krantz incorporates the scientific method,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 12:30 pm
Room 8201 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Ann Leary, Sarai Walker & Phong Nguyen: A Conversation

Ann Leary‘s The Foundling: A Novel tells the story of two friends raised in the same orphanage who meet years later, in 1927, at a public asylum for women – one as an employee, the other an inmate. When Lillian begs Mary to help her escape, alleging the place is not what it seems, Mary’s decision triggers a hair-raising sequence of events with life-altering consequences. In Sarai Walker‘s The Cherry Robbers: A Novel, Iris Chapel and her five sisters,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 12:30 pm
Room 8301 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Jeff Lindsay, Ben Mezrich & Megan Abbott: A Conversation

Jeff Lindsay‘s Three-Edged Sword: A Novel follows superthief Riley Wolfe. A rogue government agent has abducted the only two people Riley loves, and now he must do the man’s dirty work to set them free. Espionage, thievery, love, and betrayal – it looks like the only way out this time is through. In Ben Mezrich‘s The Midnight Ride: A Thriller, an MIT grad student unwittingly uncovers the hidden connection between the Gardner Museum heist and a fascinating secret in American history.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 12:30 pm
Room 8202 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

LaToya Watkins, Kai Harris & Janelle Williams With Phoebe Robinson: A Conversation

In LaToya Watkins‘ Perish: A Novel, a Black Texan family explores the effects of inherited trauma and intergenerational violence as it comes together to say goodbye to their matriarch on her deathbed. Perish follows four members of the Turner family as their reunion brings out long-kept secrets and forces each member to ask questions about who is deserving of forgiveness – and blame. Kai Harris‘ What the Fireflies Knew: A Novel is a coming-of-age novel told by almost-11-year-old Kenyatta “KB” Bernice.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
MAGIC Screening Room (Building 8, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Bobby Finger, Steven Rowley & Shelby Van Pelt: A Conversation

Mary Alice Roth, the central character in Bobby Finger‘s The Old Place, retired from Billington High after nearly four decades just a few months ago, and she’s already bored. Billington, Texas, is a place where nothing changes. But then Mary Alice’s sister arrives with a piece of news that threatens friendships, questions the very fabric of Billington, and might force the unflappable Mary Alice to change after all. In Steven Rowley‘s The Guncle, Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick – aka “Guncle” – loves spending time with his niece and nephew.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, Jean Hanff Korelitz & Dani Shapiro: A Conversation

In Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney‘s Good Company: A Novel, Flora Mancini has been happily married for more than 20 years. But everything she thought she knew about herself, her marriage, and her best friend, Margot, is upended when she finds an envelope containing her husband’s wedding ring – the one he claimed he lost one summer. In Jean Hanff Korelitz‘s The Latecomer: A Novel, we follow a wealthy, New York City-based family, from the first meeting of the parents to their triplets born during the early days of IVF.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Room 8503 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

De crímenes y oscuridades

Andrés Acosta presenta Su fantasmática presencia, novela histórica que recrea la vida y la época en que vivió el escritor Gustav Meyrink, autor de El Golem. Pablo De Santis llega con Academia Belladonna donde, en el Londres de los años 1930, un joven asiste a una escuela de asesinos con el objetivo de vengar la muerte de sus padres. Martha Riva Palacio Obón presenta El mono infinito, que aborda temas como el tiempo, la ciencia y la inteligencia artificial en un futuro postapocalíptico.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Moshe Safdie on If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture: Nonfiction

In If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture, Moshe Safdie takes readers behind the veil of an essential yet mysterious profession, explaining, through his own experiences, how an architect thinks and works. Committed to architecture as a social force for good, Safdie believes that any challenge can be addressed with solutions that enhance community and uplift the human spirit. Moderated by Victor Deupi, senior lecturer at the University of Miami School of Architecture. This in-person program will also be livestreamed at MiamiBookFairOnline.com.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Room 8203 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Robert K. Sutton & Jonathan M. Katz: A Conversation

Robert K. Sutton‘s Nazis on the Potomac: The Top-Secret Intelligence Operation that Helped Win World War II chronicles the work executed during World War II at Fort Hunt, Virginia, in a secret facility about 15 miles south of Washington, D.C.  Known by its code name, P.O. Box 1142, the operation interrogated and eavesdropped on the highest-level Nazi prisoners and translated and analyzed captured German war documents. Smedley Butler went wherever the flag went. He helped annex the Philippines,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Stacey Vanek Smith With Rebecca Fishman Lipsey: A Conversation

In Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace, longtime public radio reporter and host Stacey Vanek Smith applies Renaissance politics to the 21st century, and demonstrates how women can take and maintain power in careers where they have long been cast as second-best. Joining her is Rebecca Fishman Lipsey, president and CEO of The Miami Foundation.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Children’s Alley
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Vanessa Garcia Picture Book Story Time: Children’s Fiction

In What the Bread Says: Baking with Love, History, and Papan, Vanessa Garcia relays how, when she was a little girl, she and her grandfather, Papan, baked bread while he shared the amazing adventures of his life. That’s how, as a child, Garcia learned about her roots – and how stories can carry us through no matter what. Sponsored by…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Room 6100 (Building 6, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Heritage & History”: Anuradha Bhowmik, Jasminne Mendez & Alexandra Lytton Regalado

Brown Girl Chromatography interrogates issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality in a post-9/11 America while navigating Anuradha Bhowmik‘s millennial childhood, adolescence, and adulthood as a Bangladeshi-born American girl. City Without Altar by Jasminne Mendez is a play in verse that seeks to amplify the voices and experiences of victims, survivors and living ancestors of the 1937 Haitian Massacre that occurred along the northwest Dominican-Haitian border during the Trujillo era. Alexandra Lytton Regalado wrote Relinquenda entirely during lockdown as a meditation on cancer and the passing of her father,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
MDC Live Arts Lab
300 N.E. Second Avenue (Bldg. 1, 1st floor), Miami, FL 33132 United States

“What the Fact: How to Tell Truth from Lies”: Mark Kurlansky & Seema Yasmin, M.D.

Mark Kurlansky wrote Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media for the next stewards of our world. It is not only a history but a how-to manual for seeing through big lies and thinking critically. “I hope that you will keep asking yourself what is true as you read this book and live your life,” he entreats readers at the outset. “If the Age of Enlightenment is not to be followed by the Age of Chaos, we have to think for ourselves.” What is a fact?…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 11:30 am
Room 8201 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

David Yoon & Brendan Slocumb: A Conversation

David Yoon‘s City of Orange: A Novel is an end-of-the-world story about reassembling the things that make us who we are and finding our way back home. A man wakes up in an unknown landscape, injured and alone. He used to live in a place called California. How did he wind up here with a head wound and a bottle of pills in his pocket? Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian, the main character in Brendan Slocumb’s The Violin Conspiracy: A Novel,…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 11:00 am
Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

David E. Hoffman on Give Me Liberty: The True Story of Oswaldo Payá and His Daring Quest for a Free Cuba: Nonfiction

In Give Me Liberty: The True Story of Oswaldo Payá and His Daring Quest for a Free Cuba, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David E. Hoffman examines a lone individual with the courage, faith, and persistence to struggle for democracy against an unforgiving dictator. Founder of the Christian Liberation Movement, which called for nonviolent civil disobedience, Payá died in a suspicious car accident in 2012. Simultaneous translation into Spanish available. Sponsored by…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 11:00 am
Room 8202 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Felicia Berliner & Susan Coll: A Conversation

Like the other women in her Brooklyn Hasidic community, Raizl expects to find a husband through an arranged marriage. But unlike other women, Raizl has a secret: She’s addicted to porn. Felicia Berliner‘s debut Shmutz: A Novel explores how Raizl, caught between traditional and modern worlds, tries to balance her growing understanding of her sexuality with the more conventional expectations of the family she loves. In Susan Coll‘s Bookish People, indie bookstore owner Sophie Bernstein is burned out on books.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 11:00 am
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Jeff Deutsch, Tananarive Due, Hernan Diaz & Robert Martin With Pamela Paul: A Conversation

Do we need bookstores in the 21st century? And if so, what makes a good one? With In Praise of Good Bookstores, Jeff Deutsch – director of Chicago’s Seminary Co-op Bookstores, one of the finest bookstores in the world – offers an eloquent and charming reflection on such entities. It is both a loving homage and an urgent account of why they are essential community places of discovery, refuge, and fulfillment. Joining is Robert Martin, founder of TheIndependantBookseller.com;…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 11:00 am
Room 8301 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Meng Jin, Dionne Irving & Ingrid Rojas Contreras: A Conversation

Meng Jin‘s Self-Portrait with Ghost: Short Stories features 10 thematically linked stories. Written during the turbulent years of the Trump administration and the first year of the pandemic, they explore intimacy and isolation, coming of age, and coming to terms with the repercussions of past mistakes, fraying relationships, and surprising moments of connection. In The Islands: Stories, Dionne Irving looks at the history and condition of Jamaican women in locations and times ranging from 1950s London and 1960s Panama to modern-day New Jersey.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 11:00 am
Room 8203 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Neal Gabler & David S. Brown: A Conversation

With Against the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Rise of Conservatism, 1976 – 2009, Neal Gabler completes his magisterial biography of Ted Kennedy and also unfolds the epic, tragic story of the fall of liberalism and the destruction of political morality in America. Against the Wind sheds new light on a revered figure of American politics and on the country’s current existential crisis. David S. Brown‘s timely The First Populist: The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson positions the seventh president of the United States firmly in the forefront of the country’s populist tradition.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 11:00 am
MAGIC Screening Room (Building 8, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

William Dunlap on Brand Disloyalty: Fiction

William Dunlap‘s Brand Disloyalty presents 10 stories related to his previous short story collections in several ways. And, as with his earlier works, fiction often tells a greater truth than fact: “Language,” he asserts, “is something of a birthright for Southerners, and would be a shame to waste it on facts alone.”…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 11:00 am
Room 6100 (Building 6, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Poetry for the People”: Richard Blanco, Gianna Russo & Olive Senior

In How to Love a Country: Poems, Miami-Dade County Poet Laureate and U.S. Presidential Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco addresses the complexities and contradictions of our nationhood and the unresolved sociopolitical matters that affect us all. Gianna Russo, the Wordsmith of the City of Tampa, documented the last quarter of 2020, collected as a dialogue between poems and photographs in All I See Is Your Glinting: 90 Days in the Pandemic. With gripping narratives and brilliant descriptions,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

An Evening With Jose “Fat Joe” Cartagena with DJ Khaled

In The Book of Jose: A Memoir, written with journalist and entrepreneur Shaheem Reid, hip-hop legend Jose “Fat Joe” Cartagena tells the story of a kid who grew in New York’s South Bronx during its darkest years of drugs, violence, and abandonment, and how he navigated that traumatizing landscape until he found – through art, friendship, luck, and will – a path to a different life. Moderating is DJ Khaled.  This is a ticketed event ($31).…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
Room 8503 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Una tarde con María Dueñas y Mirta Ojito

María Dueñas, la exitosa escritora española, llega a la Feria con Sira, novela donde la protagonista de El tiempo entre costuras transitará por escenarios como Londres, Tánger, Jerusalén y Madrid después de la segunda guerra mundial. Dueñas conversa con la periodista y escritora Mirta Ojito.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 5:30 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

Sandra Cisneros & Manuel Muñoz: A Conversation

Woman Without Shame: Poems is Sandra Cisneros‘ first book of poetry in 28 years. The collection comprises dozens of never-before-seen poems and includes songs, elegies, and declarations that chronicle her pilgrimage toward rebirth and the recognition of her prerogative as a woman artist. These are bluntly honest and often humorous meditations on memory, desire, and the essential nature of love. The stories in Manuel Muñoz‘s The Consequences are mostly set in the 1980s in the small towns surrounding Fresno.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 5:30 pm
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Sy Montgomery, Jack E. Davis & Tony Hiss: A Conversation

In The Hawk’s Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty, Sy Montgomery reveals the wondrous world of these birds and what they can teach us about nature, life, and love. These are no pets but fierce predators, deeply emotional, quick to anger and frustration, and capable of holding a grudge for years – but they are also intensely loyal. In The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jack E. Davis takes readers from before the nation’s founding through inconceivable resurgences of an enduring all-American species.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Room 8525 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

9.º Seminario de Literatura infantil y Lectura: “El derecho a decir quiénes somos”

9.º Seminario de Literatura infantil y Lectura: “El derecho a decir quiénes somos”. Mundos imaginarios: Metáforas de libertad: Daína Chaviano con Alejandro Ríos.   En colaboración con…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Room 8203 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Diana Goetsch, Lars Horn & Putsata Reang: A Conversation

Diana Goetsch‘s This Body I Wore: A Memoir chronicles one woman’s long journey to coming out, a path that runs parallel to the emergence of the trans community over the past several decades. Offered here is not a transition memoir, but rather a full account of trans life, one at once unusually public and closeted. In Voice of the Fish: A Lyric Essay, Lars Horn explores the trans experience through themes of water, fish, and mythology,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Jonathan Escoffery & A.M. Homes With Yvonne Conza: A Conversation

In Jonathan Escoffery‘s If I Survive You: Stories, Topper, Sanya, and their two children flee to Miami in the 1970s to escape the political violence of their native Kingston, Jamaica. But America is hardly the promised land. The linked stories center on Trelawny, the couple’s youngest son, as he struggles to carve out a place for himself amid financial disaster, racism, and bad luck. In A.M. Homes‘ The Unfolding: A Novel, the Big Guy loves his family,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Room 8301 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Jose Garcia-Pedrosa on Pensándolo Bien: Una ensalada de ensayos con aliño picante/On Further Thought: A Salad of Essays with a Spicy Dressing: Nonfiction

In Pensándolo Bien: Una ensalada de ensayos con aliño picante/On Further Thought: A Salad of Essays with a Spicy Dressing, Jose Garcia-Pedrosa muses over a variety of eclectic topics, including the actual start of the 21st century, George Washington, and Mother Teresa, through writing inspired by the 19th-century Spanish author Mariano José de Larra and the late modern-day author and journalist Christopher Hitchens.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Room 8201 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Laura Warrell, Tia Williams & Tomi Obaro: A Conversation

In Laura Warrell‘s Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm: A Novel, a 41-year-old Boston-based trumpet player and old-school ladies’ man learns that the woman closest to his heart is pregnant by him. His response is to flee, which sets off a chain of interlocking revelations from the various women in his life. It’s a story about unrequited love and the perennial dangers of desire. Tia Williams‘ Seven Days in June: A Novel is a story of love found,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Mustafa Akyol on Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance: Nonfiction

In Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance, Mustafa Akyol diagnoses “the crisis of Islam” in the modern world and offers a way forward. He argues that values often associated with Western Enlightenment – freedom, reason, tolerance, and an appreciation of science – had Islamic counterparts, which sadly were cast aside in favor of more dogmatic views, often for political ends. This is a ReadingEast program.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Scott Turow, Craig Johnson & Brad Meltzer: A Conversation

In Scott Turow‘s Suspect: A Thriller, three male police officers accuse Lucia Gomez, the police chief in the city of Highland Isle, of soliciting sex for promotions. She insists the accusations are designed to destroy her career and empower her enemies, and as her attorney, Rik Dudek, and his investigator, Clarice “Pinky” Granum, search for answers, they get drawn into the deepest recesses of the city’s criminal networks. In Hell and Back: A Longmire Mystery, the 18th installment of Craig Johnson‘s Longmire series,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Room 8503 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Versos para días inciertos

El poeta y guionista cubano Ramón Fernández Larrea presenta Terneros que nunca mueran de rodillas, una colección de poemas que reflejan la convulsa realidad cubana de los años ochenta. Luis Pérez Oramas, ensayista, poeta y curador venezolano, ofrece La mano segadora, con poemas que dan testimonio de una voz singular que “hila los acontecimientos y hace de la vida poesía”. La poeta, narradora y ensayista nacida en Cuba Reina María Rodríguez presenta Dársenas, su más reciente poemario.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Room 6100 (Building 6, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Kindred Poets”: Gregg Shapiro, Nicole Tallman, Julie Marie Wade & Shelley Wong

Completing his trilogy of poetic pop-culture explorations of family, love, and memory, Gregg Shapiro‘s Fear of Muses: Poems explores the evolving depth of love and becoming through a delicate and fine-tuned reckoning with familial and relational history. Through the spare beauty of haiku and fineness of belles-lettres, Nicole Tallman‘s Something Kindred: Prose & Poetry is a testament to the living, not the dying, in an evocative and stirring account of grieving that echoes with ache in our hearts,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
MAGIC Screening Room (Building 8, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Anastasia Samoylova on Floridas: Nonfiction

Miami-based photographer Anastasia Samoylova has captured Florida on intensive road trips. Walker Evans (1903-75) photographed it over four decades. Twisting the visual cliches, these two remarkably discerning observers convey Florida’s dizzying combination of fantasy and reality. Evans witnessed modern Florida emerging in the 1930s, with its blend of cultures, waves of tourism, stark beauty, and blatant vulgarity. He photographed there until the 1970s, making Polaroids that still feel contemporary. Samoylova inherits what Evans saw coming. With intelligence and humor,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

Ignacio Julià, Thurston Moore, James Hamilton & Michael Imperioli: A Conversation

Ignacio Julià started writing about film and music in underground magazine Star in 1977. Linger On: The Velvet Underground is the definitive collection of his interviews with all members of the iconic, New York-born band, dating back to the 1970s. Joining him is his publisher, Thurston Moore, musician, writer, record label owner, and founder of Sonic Youth; rock ‘n’ roll photographer James Hamilton, whose work is featured in the book; and actor, musician,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
Room 8202 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Sascha Rothchild, Deb Rogers & Virginia Hartman: A Conversation

In Sascha Rothchild‘s Blood Sugar: A Novel, Ruby may be a murderer – a three-time murderer, to be exact – but she isn’t a sociopath. When her beloved husband, Jason, is murdered, the homicide detectives at Miami Beach P.D. have questions. Ironically, this is one murder that Ruby didn’t not commit, and she needs to clear her name. It’s a mystery that’s an addicting mixture of sour and sweet. In Deb Rogers‘ Florida Woman: A Novel,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
MDC Live Arts Lab
300 N.E. Second Avenue (Bldg. 1, 1st floor), Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Disturbia”: Sara Farizan, Lamar Giles & Ryan La Sala

In Sara Farizan‘s Dead Flip, it’s 1992, and two 17-year-old ex-best friends must solve the mystery of their third friend’s disappearance when he returns – and he’s still 12 years old. The Getaway by Lamar Giles follows Jay and his crew, employees trapped in a theme park that turns out to be an end-of-the-world oasis for the world’s richest and most powerful families – how far will they go to find out the truth and save themselves? …

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 3:30 pm
Room 8301 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Elizabeth Williamson & Erin Kimmerle: A Conversation

The murder of 20 first graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, has become a foundational story of how false conspiracy narratives and misinformation have gained traction in society. Elizabeth Williamson‘s landmark Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth shares the victims’ families’ battle to preserve their loved ones’ legacy despite threats to their own lives. In We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 3:30 pm
Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

John Freeman, Tess Gunty, Eileen Myles & Christopher Soto: A Conversation

In author and editor John Freeman‘s anthology Animals – featuring new work from Mieko Kawakami, Martín Espada, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Arthur Sze, Camonghne Felix, and more – he explores the irrevocably intertwined lives of animals and the humans that exist alongside them. In Pathetic Literature, Eileen Myles presents a global anthology of pieces selected from lesser-known classics by luminaries like Franz Kafka, Samuel R. Delany, and Gwendolyn Brooks, to up-and-coming writers that examine pathos and feeling, giving a well-timed rehab to the word “pathetic.” It’s a collection of pieces ranging from poetry to theater to prose to something in between.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 3:30 pm
Room 8203 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Samantha Cole With Ada Calhoun: A Conversation

Samantha Cole‘s How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex: A History is a serious yet entertaining look at the convergence of sex and the internet. Cole has been on this beat for years as a senior writer for Vice, and here she offers up a highly visual history filled with broad themes and backstories, pioneering personalities, and eureka moments. Moderating is journalist and author Ada Calhoun.   In partnership with…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 3:30 pm
Room 6100 (Building 6, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Four Way Books & Friends Present Coordinates: A Podcast for Writers and Readers”: Nathan McClain, Ryan Murphy & Matthew Olzmann

Four Way Books celebrates its upcoming 30th anniversary with the launch of Coordinates: A Podcast for Writers and Readers, featuring Nathan McClain, author of Previously Owned; his editor, Ryan Murphy; and Matthew Olzmann, author of Constellation Route. Together they discuss their new poetry collections, the editorial process, independent presses, and the business of being a writer. Moderating is Hannah Matheson, poet and publicist for Four Way Books. With thanks to associate sponsor…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Room 8525 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

9.º Seminario de Literatura infantil y Lectura: “El derecho a decir quiénes somos”.

9.º Seminario de Literatura infantil y Lectura: “El derecho a decir quiénes somos”. Retos de escribir para jóvenes: Andrés Acosta, Pablo De Santis y Martha Riva Palacio Obón con Antonio Orlando Rodríguez.   Con el apoyo de …

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
MAGIC Screening Room (Building 8, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Carlos Manuel Álvarez & Vanessa Garcia: A Conversation

In The Tribe: Portraits of Cuba, translated by Frank Wynne, Cuban writer Carlos Manuel Álvarez uses the “crónica” form – a  Latin American writing genre that blends reportage, narrative nonfiction, and novelistic techniques – to illuminate a particularly turbulent period in Cuban history, from the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with the United States and the death of Fidel Castro to the convulsions of the San Isidro Movement. In What the Bread Says: Baking with Love, History, and Papan, Vanessa Garcia relays how,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Room 8202 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Colin Barrett & Bojan Louis: A Conversation

In Homesickness, Colin Barrett brings together eight character-driven stories, following the lives of outcasts, misfits, and malcontents from County Mayo, Ireland, to Canada. There are ghosts who won’t lay in wake, a policewoman confronting the banality of her existence, and an aspiring writer grappling with his father’s cancer diagnosis. Each tale in this collection is a showcase for his observant eye and darkly humorous style. The stories in Bojan Louis‘ gritty debut Sinking Bell: Stories, depict violent collisions of love,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Room 8201 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Marshall Jon Fisher With Michelle Kaufman: A Conversation

In Seventeen and Oh: Miami, 1972, and the NFL’s Only Perfect Season, Marshall Jon Fisher traces the arc from a ragtag bunch of overlooked, underappreciated, or just plain old players – losers in the previous Super Bowl – to an unbeatable team. Led by Don Shula, a genius young coach with a reputation that he couldn’t win the big game, the Miami Dolphins headed into only their seventh season with a team marked by generational and cultural divides. It featured party animals such as the late Jim “Mad Dog” Mandich;…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Room 8503 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Países como protagonistas de novelas

El narrador y periodista colombiano Juan Carlos Botero presenta Los hechos causales, una novela que transcurre entre 1980 y 1990, una de las etapas más violentas de Colombia. Inés Martín Rodrigo, escritora y periodista, ofrece Las formas del querer (Premio Nadal 2022), libro en el que cuenta las historias de una familia española desde la guerra civil hasta la transición a la democracia. El narrador y profesor universitario mexicano Pedro Ángel Palou llega con México.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Philip Short, Michael Beckley & Meenakshi Ahamed With Sebastian Mallaby: A Conversation

Philip Short‘s timely Putin is a deeply researched biography that draws on almost 200 interviews conducted over eight years in Russia, the United States, and Europe. To the fullest extent anyone has yet been able, Short cracks open Vladimir Putin’s thick carapace to reveal the man underneath those bare-chested horseback rides. Michael Beckley‘s Dangerzone: The Coming Conflict with China is a provocative and urgent analysis of the United States-China rivalry. This is a contest of clashing geopolitical interests and an ideological dispute over whether authoritarianism or democracy will dominate the 21st century.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Rabia Chaudry & Rafael Agustin: A Conversation

Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family is Rabia Chaudry‘s love letter (with recipes) to fresh roti, chaat, chicken biryani, ghee, and pakoras – and an often hilarious dissection of life in a Muslim immigrant family. It is also a searingly honest portrait of a woman grappling with a body that works, but refuses to meet the expectations of others. In Illegally Yours: A Memoir, TV writer Rafael Agustin (Jane the Virgin) recalls how,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
MDC Live Arts Lab
300 N.E. Second Avenue (Bldg. 1, 1st floor), Miami, FL 33132 United States

“I Get by With a Little Help From My Friends”: Chantel Acevedo, Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Maulik Pancholy & Sherri Winston

The Curse on Spectacle Key by Chantel Acevedo is a sweetly spooky ghost story about a Cuban American boy who befriends a pair of spirits and tries to break the curse on his island home, only to discover a seemingly lost piece of his family’s history in the process. Christina Diaz Gonzalez‘s Invisible: A Graphic Novel follows five very different students who are forced together by their school to complete community service…and may just have more in common than they thought.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 2:30 pm
Room 6100 (Building 6, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Ariel Francisco & Lissette Lendeborg: A Conversation

From the Bronx, New York, to the Dominican Republic to Guatemala, Under Capitalism If Your Head Aches They Just Yank Off Your Head by Ariel Francisco traces and retraces origins, lineages, and the missteps and fractures that complicate what it means to be a first generation Latinx-American in a country so dedicated to silencing, violence, and erasing the past. With deep connections to nature and God, both painterly and sorrowful, Lissette Lendeborg explores vivid hues of youth,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 2:30 pm
Room 8203 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Jacob Ward & Matthew Ball: A Conversation

In The Loop: How Technology is Creating a World Without Choices and How to Fight Back, Jacob Ward argues that the real danger isn’t some robot enslaving us: It’s our own brain. We are using our brains’ shortcuts, biases, and hidden processes, and building our worst instincts into our Artificial Intelligence platforms. He posits it will lead to fewer, predetermined, and even dangerous choices. In The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything, Matthew Ball offers a definitive account of the next internet: what the metaverse is,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 2:30 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

Jonathan Evison, Jess Walter, Jonathan Ames & Antoine Wilson: A Conversation

Jonathan Evison‘s Small World: A Novel is set against such iconic backdrops as the California gold rush, the development of the transcontinental railroad, and a speeding train of modern-day strangers forced together by fate. In exploring their lives and those of their ancestors, Small World chronicles 170 years of American nation-building from numerous points of view across place and time – and asks whether our nation has made good on its promises. In The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 2:00 pm
MAGIC Screening Room (Building 8, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Craig Pittman, Clay Henderson & Anne McCrary Sullivan: A Conversation

The quiet manatee has long been a flashpoint of environmental debates. It’s Florida’s most famous endangered species and its most controversial. In Manatee Insanity: Inside the War over Florida’s Most Famous Endangered Species, author and environmental reporter Craig Pittman provides the first in-depth history of the attempts to provide legal protection for these gentle giants. In Forces of Nature: A History of Florida Land Conservation, environmental lawyer Clay Henderson draws on historical sources, interviews, and his long law career to celebrate the organizations and individuals – from John Muir and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas to lesser-known figures such as Frank Chapman – who made the Sunshine State a leader in state-funded conservation and land preservation.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 2:00 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Javier Zamora & Ly Tran With Maria Hinojosa: A Conversation

In Solito: A Memoir, poet Javier Zamora offers an intimate account of his treacherous, near-impossible journey at age 9 from his small town in El Salvador through Guatemala and Mexico and across the U.S. border. Solito is Zamora’s story – but also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home. In House of Sticks: A Memoir, Vietnamese-born author Ly Tran recalls her and her family’s journey from a small town along the Mekong River to Queens,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 2:00 pm
Room 8301 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

M. Chris Fabricant, Derecka Purnell & Margaret Burnham: A Conversation

From CSI to Forensic Files to the celebrated reputation of the FBI crime lab, forensic scientists have long been mythologized in American popular culture as infallible crime solvers. In Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System, Innocence Project attorney M. Chris Fabricant chronicles the fights to overturn wrongful convictions and to end the use of the “science” that has destroyed lives. In Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom, human rights lawyer, writer, and organizer Derecka Purnell argues that the police cannot be reformed.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 2:00 pm
MDC Live Arts Lab
300 N.E. Second Avenue (Bldg. 1, 1st floor), Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Operation Share Joy”: Saadia Faruqi & Renée Watson

In Marya Khan and the Incredible Henna Party by Saadia Faruqi, Marya’s eighth birthday is coming up in a week, and all she wants is an over-the-top party just like the ones Alexa, her rich neighbor, always throws. When Alexa parades into school with fancy invitations, Marya can’t help herself – she claims that she’s having the most epic henna party ever. Now she has to convince her family to make it happen. Enter Operation Help the Khans!…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 2:00 pm
Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Palestinian Lives: Past & Present”: Etaf Rum, Susan Abulhawa & Suad Amiry

In Etaf Rum‘s A Woman Is No Man: A Novel, Deya, Isra, and Fareeda – three Palestinian American women spanning as many generations – deal with their roles and the expectations of their community. Isra and her eldest daughter, Deya, prefer books and college to arranged marriages. Fareeda, the traditionalist matriarch, believes a woman’s future depends on marrying the right man. Susan Abulhawa‘s Against the Loveless World: A Novel, tells the story of Nahr, a young Palestinian woman fighting for a better life for her family as she travels as a refugee throughout the Middle East.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
Room 8525 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

9.º Seminario de Literatura infantil y Lectura: “El derecho a decir quiénes somos”

9.º Seminario de Literatura infantil y Lectura: “El derecho a decir quiénes somos”. Literatura infantil de Bolivia: Liliana de la Quintana, Verónica Linares, Isabel Mesa Gisbert y Mariana Ruiz con María Cueto.  Con el apoyo de…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Ann Hood & Jessi Hempel: A Conversation

In Fly Girl: A Memoir, novelist Ann Hood reflects on her time as a flight attendant. She learned how to evacuate seven kinds of aircraft, deliver a baby, mix proper cocktails, administer oxygen, and fend off passengers’ advances – while walking a million miles in high heels. Despite its roots in sexist standards, the job empowered her. And in The Family Outing: A Memoir, Jessi Hempel writes about growing up in a seemingly picture-perfect, middle-class American family.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
Room 8202 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Ernesto Mestre-Reed, Andrea Yaryura Clark & David Unger: A Conversation

Set in Cuba in 1998, Ernesto Mestre-Reed‘s Sacrificio: A Novel is a triumphant work of violence, loss, and identity, following a group of young HIV-positive counterrevolutionaries who seek to overthrow the Castro government. Captured on its pages are the fury, passion, fatalism, and grim humor of young lives lived at the margins of a society they desperately wish to change. In Andrea Yaryura Clark‘s On a Night of a Thousand Stars: A Novel, the daughter of a wealthy Argentine diplomat living large in New York gets curious about her father’s life in the years leading up to the military dictatorship and Argentina’s “Dirty War” of the late 1970s.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
Room 8201 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

J.M. Miro, GennaRose Nethercott & Yaffa S. Santos: A Conversation

Set in Victorian London, J.M. Miro‘s Ordinary Monsters: A Novel follows two children with paranormal powers. Charlie Ovid’s body heals itself, erasing the scars of a brutal childhood. Foundling Marlowe glows with a strange bluish light and can melt or mend flesh. As they discover the truth about their abilities – and find other children with supernatural gifts – a new question arises: What truly defines a monster? In her debut novel, Thistlefoot, GennaRose Nethercott offers a modern reinterpretation of the myth of Baba Yaga.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

Lenny Kaye With Rachel Felder: A Conversation

In Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll, Lenny Kaye, a founding member of Patti Smith and Her Band, offers an insider’s take on the evolution and enduring legacy of the music that rocked the 20th century. His 10 crossroads of time and place – from Elvis Presley’s Memphis to Kurt Cobain’s Seattle – define the music and reveal the communal energy that creates a scene. Moderating is author and journalist Rachel Felder.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
Room 8203 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Marie Brenner With Daniela Lamas: A Conversation

In The Desperate Hours: One Hospital’s Fight to Save a City on the Pandemic’s Front Lines, Marie Brenner takes readers inside secure ICU units, sealed operating rooms, locked executive suites, unknown basement workshops, and the makeshift clinics of the New York-Presbyterian hospital system, providing extraordinary witness to the front line of the war against COVID-19 in America’s largest metropolis. Moderating is Daniela Lamas, M.D., a pulmonary and critical care doctor at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital and faculty at Harvard Medical School,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
Room 8503 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Premio Alfaguara 2022: Cristian Alarcón

El escritor y periodista chileno Cristian Alarcón presenta El tercer paraíso, ​​una novela donde la historia, la botánica y la historia familiar influyen en el protagonista y marcan su carácter. Un relato sobre la vida cotidiana de una persona, pero también acerca de las tragedias colectivas que nos acechan y el paraíso personal que construimos como refugio para salvarnos. En conversación con la periodista Gisela Salomón.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
Room 6100 (Building 6, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Poets Reclaim Radiant Power”: Taneum Bambrick, James Fujinami Moore & Roger Reeves

Taneum Bambrick‘s Intimacies, Received moves through households and years, following a survivor of sexual assault as she painstakingly reassembles a narrative of self, recalling embodiment and dissociation, illness and isolation, and queer female sexuality amidst acts of misogyny. From Vegas boxing rings and the restless sands of Manzanar to the scrolling horrors of a Facebook feed, James Fujinami Moore‘s indecent hours traces a history of diaspora and trauma that asks: what do we do in the aftermath of violence,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Katy Tur With Tony Dokoupil: A Conversation

In Rough Draft: A Memoir, MSNBC anchor Katy Tur writes about her eccentric and volatile California childhood, punctuated by forest fires, earthquakes, and police chases, all seen from a thousand feet in the air – her parents pioneered helicopter journalism and grew rich and famous for their aerial coverage of events. Tur’s book charts her survival from local reporter to globe-trotting foreign correspondent, explores the gift and curse of family legacy, and examines the roles and responsibilities of the news.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Lisa Genova & Daniel Bergner With Melodie Winawer: A Conversation

In Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting, neuroscientist and novelist Lisa Genova explores how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories. You might even be worried that your memory lapses could be an early sign of Alzheimer’s or dementia. But, as it turns out, forgetting is part of being human. In The Mind and the Moon: My Brother’s Story, the Science of Our Brains and the Search for Our Psyches,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
MAGIC Screening Room (Building 8, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Speakers: Brian Fies, Charles Kochman

In Brian Fies‘ The Last Mechanical Monster, an elderly scientist reenters society decades after being imprisoned for threatening his city with an army of giant robots. He’s bent on revenge, but as he experiences genuine kindness and friendship for the first time in his life, his single-minded devotion to vengeance is challenged. Moderating is Charles Kochman, editorial director of Abrams ComicArts, and editor of the #1 bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and Fies’…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
MDC Live Arts Lab
300 N.E. Second Avenue (Bldg. 1, 1st floor), Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Love Yourself: Trendsetters, K-Pop Stars & Old Flames”: Claire Ahn, Kat Cho & Natalia Sylvester

In I Guess I Live Here Now by Claire Ahn, Melody finds herself suddenly swept from New York City to Seoul with its trendsetting fashion, delectable food, her dad’s black card, and a cute boy to explore the city with – until cracks begin to form on its glittering surface. In Kat Cho‘s Once Upon a K-Prom, Elena would rather save her local community center than go to prom – until an international K-pop superstar (and her childhood best friend) shows up at her house to ask her to go and fulfill a promise made as kids.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
Room 8302 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

“Out of Many, One People”: Olive Senior, Dionne Irving & Jonathan Escoffery

Writers with ties to Jamaica will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the island nation’s independence. Reading from their own work, Olive Senior, Hurricane Watch: New & Collected Poems, Dionne Irving, The Islands: Stories, and Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You: Stories, will ponder the past and present to speculate about the obstacles and opportunities that lie ahead. Moderating is Tanya Batson-Savage, Jamaican writer, filmmaker, and publisher. Media Partners…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 12:30 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

Robert Pinsky With Campbell McGrath: A Conversation

In Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet, Robert Pinsky, a U.S. poet laureate (1997-2000) and Pulitzer Prize finalist, traces the roots of his poetry to the voices of his boyhood neighborhood, Long Branch – a historic but run-down New Jersey shore resort town – amid Italian, Black, and Jewish families. It’s those voices, he says, and a distinctly American tradition of improvisation. Moderating is Campbell McGrath, the award-winning author of 11 books of poetry, including XX: Poems for the Twentieth Century,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 12:30 pm
Room 8301 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

“More Than What Happened: The Aftermath of Gun Violence in Miami”: Nadege Green

Nadege Green, founder of Black Miami-Dade, a digital storytelling and history platform that resists the erasure of Miami’s Black past, leads “More Than What Happened: The Aftermath of Gun Violence in Miami,” a panel on the anthology of the same name for which she served as editor. Joining her are Webber J. Charles, senior site director of Breakthrough Miami; LeeBetsy Charon, accountant and entrepreneur; Darius Daughtry, founder of the Art Prevails Project and author of the poetry collection And the Walls Came Tumbling;…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
MAGIC Screening Room (Building 8, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

James A. Kushlan, Kirsten Hines & James C. Clark: A Conversation

In Everglades National Park (Images of America), co-authors James A. Kushlan – writer, ornithologist, educator, and conservationist – and Kirsten Hines, wildlife photographer, celebrate the park’s 75th anniversary. Every year, a million visitors experience its alligators, crocodiles, Florida panthers, anhingas, roseate spoonbills, and egrets. While there they also hear stories of the indigenous Tequesta, Spanish and British colonialists, pioneer settlers, and Mikasuki-speaking Native Americans – and the soldiers who sought to expel them. In A History Lover’s Guide to Florida (History &…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Room 8203 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

James Kirchick & Gary Ginsberg: A Conversation

Beginning with the tragic story of Sumner Welles, FDR’s brilliant diplomatic advisor, James Kirchick‘s Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington is a chronicle of American politics like no other. Cultural and political anxiety over gay people impacted everything from the ascent of Joseph McCarthy and the struggle for civil rights to the rise of the conservative movement. In First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (and Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents, Gary Ginsberg explores presidential friendships and their profound impact.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Keith Corbin, Will Jawando & D. Watkins: A Conversation

In California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival, Keith Corbin, born on the home turf of the notorious Grape Street Crips in 1980s Watts, Los Angeles, tells his story – from cooking crack at age 13 and a stint at a maximum security prison to executive chef and co-owner of Alta Adams in Los Angeles, one of the best restaurants in the country. In My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist’s Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Room 8202 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Kimberly Garza & Xochitl Gonzalez: A Conversation

In Kimberly Garza‘s The Last Karankawas, Carly Castillo has only ever known Fish Village, the neighborhood that’s home to the people who, for generations, have powered Galveston, Texas. But she begins to imagine a life lived elsewhere, and as a storm gathers strength offshore it’s time to decide whether to hunker down or leave for good. And in Xochitl Gonzalez‘s Olga Dies Dreaming: A Novel, political corruption, familial strife, and the American dream converge. Set in New York City in the months around the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico’s history,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Room 8201 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Marie Rutkoski, Alex Segura & Steve Almond: A Conversation

In Marie Rutkoski‘s Real Easy: A Novel, there’s a murder and a missing person involving two Lovely Lady strip club dancers. Holly, the detective, and Georgia, a dancer that wants to help, round up their suspects as the story’s point of view shifts between dancers, detectives, children, club patrons – and the killer. In Secret Identity: A Novel, Alex Segura uses his expertise as a comics creator and his unabashed love of noir fiction to create a one-of-a-kind novel – a writer and her female superhero,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Paulina Porizkova With Dani Shapiro: A Conversation

In No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful, writer and former supermodel Paulina Porizkova offers a compelling exploration of heartbreak, grief, beauty, aging, relationships, reinvention, and finding your purpose. In these essays, she bares her soul and shares the lessons she’s learned – often the hard way. After a lifetime of being looked at, she is ready to be heard. Moderating is Dani Shapiro, author of Signal Fires: A Novel. This in-person program will also be livestreamed at MiamiBookFairOnline.com.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Paulina Porizkova With Dani Shapiro: A Conversation

In No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful, writer and former supermodel Paulina Porizkova offers a compelling exploration of heartbreak, grief, beauty, aging, relationships, reinvention, and finding your purpose. In these essays, she bares her soul and shares the lessons she’s learned – often the hard way. After a lifetime of being looked at, she is ready to be heard. Moderating is Dani Shapiro, author of Signal Fires: A Novel. This in-person program will also be livestreamed at MiamiBookFairOnline.com.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Room 8503 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Realismo y fantasía en la literatura

José Fernández Pequeño presenta el volumen de cuentos Se cortan chazo, donde la cultura cubana y la dominicana se entrelazan y constituyen una forma de entender la vida. Janisset Rivero llega con Cartas a Pedro, novela que narra dos historias de amor que transcurren paralelamente en una sociedad distópica, y Kirmen Uribe ofrece La vida anterior de los delfines, un relato donde confluyen historias familiares, sucesos históricos y el folclor. Los tres autores conversan con la narradora,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
MDC Live Arts Lab
300 N.E. Second Avenue (Bldg. 1, 1st floor), Miami, FL 33132 United States

Soman Chainani: “Daring Deeds & Helpful Heroes”

Soman Chainani reveals the origins of his fairytale retellings in The Rise of the School for Good and Evil, a prequel filled with magic, surprises, and daring deeds that test courage, loyalty, and who you really are. Moderated by Lael Ponder, a middle school student and member of MBF’s Speak Up! creative writing program for teens.  Grades 3-8 Sponsored by…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Children’s Alley
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Susie Jaramillo Picture Book Story Time: Children’s Fiction

In Susie Jaramillo‘s Skeletina and the In-Between World, we meet the title character, a fun-loving and fearless little girl who lives in the in-between world, a place where the living go when they’re asleep and where the dead hang out when they have unfinished business. Children visit to confront their fears or to see a recently lost loved one, and Skeletina is their guide.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

“India: Women’s Lives, Historical & Contemporary”: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni With Meenakshi Ahamed

Based on true-life events, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‘s The Last Queen: A Novel of Courage and Resistance tells the story of Jindan, who transformed herself from a daughter of the keeper of the royal kennel to a powerful monarch. As the last reigning queen of India’s Sikh Empire, the once pampered wife became a warrior ruler to protect her people from the encroaching British Empire. Moderating is Meenakshi Narula Ahamed, author of A Matter of Trust: India U.S.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Room 6100 (Building 6, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Redemption, Refuge & Release”: Peter Balakian, Victoria Chang, John Freeman & Victoria Redel

Whether meditating on the sensuality of fruits and vegetables, the COVID-19 pandemic, the trauma and memory of the Armenian genocide, James Baldwin in France, or Arshile Gorky in New York City, Peter Balakian‘s layered, elliptical language, wired phrases, and shifting tempos in No Sign engage both life’s harshness and beauty and define his inventive and distinctive style. In The Trees Witness Everything, Victoria Chang turns to compact Japanese syllabic forms called “wakas,” powerfully innovating on tradition while continuing her pursuit of one of life’s hardest questions: how to let go.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 11:30 am
Room 8525 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

9.º Seminario de Literatura infantil y Lectura: “El derecho a decir quiénes somos”

9.º Seminario de Literatura infantil y Lectura: “El derecho a decir quiénes somos”. Creación de un álbum ilustrado: Ramón París. Con el apoyo de …

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 11:30 am
Room 8301 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Kathie Klarreich on Don’t Shake the Spoon: A Journal of Prison Writing: Nonfiction

Kathie Klarreich founded the Miami-based prison writing nonprofit Exchange for Change in 2014, after a 24-year career as a journalist. Don’t Shake the Spoon: A Journal of Prison Writing Vol. 2, is a collection of Exchange for Change students’ stories, poems, and essays. Klarreich’s panelists include Eyone Williams, an author and violence prevention specialist who was incarcerated as a teenager and served 17 years in prison; Julia Mascioli, author and deputy director of the Free Minds Book Club &…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 11:00 am
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Erich Schwartzel on Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy: Fiction

In Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy, Erich Schwartzel offers an eye-opening and deeply reported narrative that explores the surprising role of the movie business in the high-stakes contest between the U.S. and China. The result of the clash will determine whether democratic or authoritarian values will be broadcast more powerfully around the world. This in-person program will also be livestreamed at MiamiBookFairOnline.com.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 11:00 am
Room 8202 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche With Suzanne Jewell: A Conversation

In The Power of Mind: A Tibetan Monk’s Guide to Finding Freedom in Every Challenge, Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche, abbot of a Tibetan monastery, guides the reader through transformative practices of mind training for changing our experience from the inside out, from recognizing the value of our human life to overcoming the sources of suffering. This wisdom is accessible to everyone, whether Buddhist or not. Moderating is Suzanne Jewell, chief experience officer for Patch of Heaven Sanctuary.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 11:00 am
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Larry Csonka With Dave Barry: A Conversation

In Head On: A Memoir, NFL Hall of Famer Larry Csonka pulls back the curtain to share how the 1972 Miami Dolphins achieved their perfect season. But moments outside the spotlight reveal the most about this larger-than-life figure, as Csonka speaks of a life lived with the same audacity and authority with which he ran the football. Joining him is Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist, longtime syndicated columnist, and prolific author Dave Barry. This in-person program will also be livestreamed at MiamiBookFairOnline.com.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 11:00 am
Room 8203 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Leah Sottile & Kim Daly With Bridgette Matter: A Conversation

Leah Sottile‘s When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times examines the culture of end times paranoia and the trail of mysterious deaths surrounding former beauty queen Lori Vallow and her husband, gravedigger-turned-doomsday novelist Chad Daybell. In The True Crime File: Serial Killers, Famous Kidnappings, Great Cons, Survivors & Their Stories, Forensics, Oddities & Absurdities, Quotes & Quizzes, Kim Daly presents a mini encyclopedia of true crime,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 11:00 am
MDC Live Arts Lab
300 N.E. Second Avenue (Bldg. 1, 1st floor), Miami, FL 33132 United States

Maria Hinojosa on Once I Was You: Adapted for Young Readers: Finding My Voice and Passing the Mic: Middle Grade Nonfiction

Maria ​Hinojosa is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, a bestselling author, and the first Latina to found a national independent nonprofit newsroom in the United States. But before all that, she was a girl with big hair and even bigger dreams. Born in Mexico and raised in Chicago’s vibrant Hyde Park neighborhood, ​Hinojosa was always looking for ways to better understand the world around her – and where she fit into it. In Once I Was You: Adapted for Young Readers: Finding My Voice and Passing the Mic,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 11:00 am
Room 8201 (Building 8, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Mario Cartaya on Journey Back into the Vault: In Search of My Faded Cuban Childhood Footprints: Nonfiction

In Journey Back into the Vault: In Search of My Faded Cuban Childhood Footprints, Cuban American architect Mario Cartaya travels to his birthplace for the first time to reclaim his Cuban childhood memories. It’s a search for “the now faded footprints I once left behind in the homes, school, and playgrounds of the first nine years of my life.”…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 11:00 am
MAGIC Screening Room (Building 8, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Mark Potter on Sunrise: A Photographic Journey of Comfort, Healing, and Inspiration: Nonfiction

In Sunrise: A Photographic Journey of Comfort, Healing, and Inspiration, TV news veteran Mark Potter captures, as he puts it, “one of the best light shows on all of the planet earth: The tropical sunrise.” He started photographing sunrises in memory of his wife, who died from cancer. The results are upbeat and exciting but also comforting and calming.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 11:00 am
Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Mikkael Sekeres With Gerald Posner: A Conversation

Before the Food and Drug Administration existed, drugmakers could hawk any potion, claim treatment for any ailment, and make any promise on a label with impunity. In Drugs and the FDA: Safety, Efficacy, and the Public’s Trust, Mikkael Sekeres, M.D., a leading oncologist and former chair of the FDA’s cancer drug advisory committee, tells the story of how the FDA became the most trusted regulatory agency in the world and how its system of checks and balances works – or doesn’t.…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 11:00 am
Room 6100 (Building 6, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

“Poets Disrupting the Status Quo”: Kemi Alabi, Paul Hlava Ceballos, Anni Liu & Christopher Soto

Against Heaven: Poems by Kemi Alabi reimagines the poetic and cultural traditions from which it is born, troubling the waters of some of our country’s central and ordained fictions – those mythic politics of respectability, resilience, and redemption. Utilizing collage, Ecuadorian décimas, and declassified CIA documents, the poems in Paul Hlava Ceballos‘ debut collection banana [ ] reveal the extractive relationship the United States has with the Americas and its people through poetic portraits of migrants,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 10:30 am
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

National Book Foundation Presents: The 2022 National Book Awards

The National Book Foundation presents the 2022 National Book Award longlisters, finalists, and winners, in an annual super-sized showcase of readings and conversation, moderated by Ruth Dickey, executive director of the National Book Foundation. Featuring Fatimah Asghar, Derrick Barnes, Isaac Blum, Sarah Booker, Traci Chee, Johnnie Christmas, Jennifer Croft, Ramona Emerson, Jonathan Escoffery,…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 10:15 am
Room 8525 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

9.º Seminario de Literatura infantil y Lectura: “El derecho a decir quiénes somos”

9.º Seminario de Literatura infantil y Lectura: “El derecho a decir quiénes somos“. Un hogar al que siempre volver: María Fernanda Heredia con Betty Quintero. Patrocinado por Con el apoyo de…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 10:00 am
Room 8525 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

9.º Seminario de Literatura infantil y Lectura: Apertura

9.º Seminario de Literatura infantil y Lectura: “El derecho a decir quiénes somos”   En colaboración con…

Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 10:00 am
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Michael Fanone With Tom Hudson: A Conversation

In Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop’s Battle for America’s Soul, former Metropolitan Police Department officer and current CNN analyst Michael Fanone tells the story of the day insurrectionists stormed the Capitol – a day he nearly lost his life. Moderating is journalist Tom Hudson, WAMU chief content officer. This in-person program will also be livestreamed at MiamiBookFairOnline.com. Tickets on sale Monday, October 17, 2022 FREE TICKETS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY…

Friday, November 18, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Cultura abierta vs. cancelación. Panel de la Cátedra Vargas Llosa.

¿Entramos en una nueva era puritana? ¿Existe un nuevo activismo liberticida? Hay temor a expresarse, en la universidad y en la empresa, y a cómo será interpretada una canción, una obra literaria o un artículo de opinión. Las libertades de expresión y creación parecen en recesión y cuestionadas, como en tiempos totalitarios. La Cátedra Vargas Llosa abandera un foro de debate para medios y agentes culturales en torno a la deriva de la libertad de palabra hoy. Panel con la participación de la periodista y escritora española Inés Martín Rodrigo,…

Friday, November 18, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Patti Smith With Lenny Kaye: Songs & Stories From A Book of Days

With more than 365 photographs taking you through a single year, A Book of Days offers a new way to experience the expansive mind of Patti Smith – visionary poet, writer, and performer. Including photos from her Instagram account, vintage images, and archives, the book charts her passions, devotions, obsessions, and whims, and opens with an introduction by Smith herself that explores her documentary process. Joining her is special guest Lenny Kaye, Smith’s bandmate and the author of Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll.…

Friday, November 18, 2022 @ 11:30 am
Children’s Alley
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

George O’Connor on Olympians #12: Dionysos: The New God: Middle Grade Fiction

George O’Connor‘s Olympians #12: Dionysos: A New God is the final installment of his Olympians graphic novel series featuring the tragic, dramatic, and epic lives of the Greek gods. The story of Dionysos, the last Olympian, is told by Hestia, the goddess of the hearth and home. She speaks of Dionysos’ rise, from his birth to a mortal mother to his conquering death and ascending to Olympus.…

Friday, November 18, 2022 @ 10:00 am
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

National Book Foundation Presents: Teen Press Conference

High school students from Miami-Dade County Public Schools act as journalists, posing questions to the honorees for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Since 1998, Teen Press Conference has taken place at various literary landmarks in New York, including the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Scholastic Auditorium, Brooklyn Borough Hall, and now – for the eighth year – at the Miami Book Fair! Hosted by author Pablo Cartaya,…

Thursday, November 17, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

An Evening With Jimmy Johnson & Dave Hyde

In Swagger: Super Bowls, Brass Balls, and Footballs: A Memoir, Hall of Fame coach and TV analyst Jimmy Johnson offers a candid account of his life experiences. More than a highlight reel, Swagger reveals Johnson’s lessons learned both as a man and as a coach – from the revelations following his mother’s death to coaching young and aging gridiron stars. With him is Swagger co-author and South Florida Sun-Sentinel sports columnist Dave Hyde. This is a ticketed event that includes the book ($35);…

Thursday, November 17, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
Room 7128 (Building 7, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

La dolarización de Ecuador

El expresidente de Ecuador Jamil Mahuad se presenta en conversación con la periodista argentina Adriana Bianco sobre su libro Así dolarizamos el Ecuador. Memorias de un acierto histórico en América Latina, un recuento histórico y político de los hechos que llevaron a dolarizar la economía ecuatoriana.…

Thursday, November 17, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
Lyric Theater
819 NW Second Ave, Miami, 33136 United States

“Becoming the Family Historian”

Nick Douglas, author of Finding Octave: The Untold Story of Two Creole Families and Slavery in Louisiana, will be joined by Patricia J. Braynon, genealogist and Black Archives board chair, and Marvin Ellis, MBF African diaspora genealogy/family history program chair.                   Media Partners…

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

An Evening With Harvey Fierstein With Peter Gethers

In I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir, Tony Award-winning author Harvey Fierstein‘s candid recollections of his life provide a rich window into downtown New York City life, the gay rights movements of the 1970s, the tumultuous AIDS crisis of the ’80s, the evolution of theater, and his family’s journey of acceptance. It turns out that his distinct voice is as engaging, funny, and vulnerable on the page as it is on stage and screen. Joining Fierstein is his editor,…

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Hablemos Escritoras: autoras hispanas desde los Estados Unidos

Una conversación sobre la forma en que la estética, la temática y la profundidad de los textos de las autoras de origen hispano que escriben en los Estados Unidos está redefiniendo la literatura contemporánea. Keila Vall de la Ville, Los días animales, Kelly Martínez-Grandal, Muerte con campanas, y Grethel Delgado Álvarez, Sancho, dialogan con los editores Pedro Medina León y Gastón Virkel, moderados por Adriana Pacheco.…

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

An Evening With Charlayne Hunter-Gault With Toni Gilliam-Harrison

Spanning from the civil rights movement through the election and inauguration of America’s first Black president, Charlayne Hunter-Gault‘s My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives is a collection of her groundbreaking reportage vividly chronicling Black life’s experience in America. Moderating is attorney Toni Gilliam-Harrison, president of the Dade County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta. This is a ticketed event ($15). Tickets on sale Monday, October 17, 2022 PURCHASE TICKETS Each Evenings With ticket includes a FREE pass to the weekend Street Fair,…

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Wendy Guerra: literatura en clave femenina y autoficción

En una charla profunda y amena la reconocida la escritora y guionista cubana Wendy Guerra conversa con el periodista José Manuel Rodríguez acerca de cómo un diario íntimo puede convertirse en novela, y de qué forma esas novelas narran y asientan el tiempo de la autora y sus contemporáneos. Esta presentación en persona también será transmitida en MiamiBookFairOnline.com. Con el apoyo de …

Monday, November 14, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

Michael Pollan With Karen Koffler: A Conversation

In This Is Your Mind on Plants (Penguin Books), Michael Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs – opium, caffeine, and mescaline – and our thinking about them. Treating them as drugs, whether licit or illicit, is one of the least interesting things you can say about them, he argues, for when we take them into our bodies and let them change our minds, we are engaging with nature in one of the most profound ways we can. Joining him to moderate is Karen Koffler,

Sunday, November 13, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

John Waters With Paul W. Morris: A Conversation

John Waters‘ debut novel Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance is a hilariously filthy tale of sex, crime, family dysfunction, and yes, a perfectly perverted “feel-bad romance.” Marsha Sprinkle – suitcase thief, scammer, and master of disguise – is hated by dogs, children, and her family. She’s called Liarmouth, until one insane man makes her tell the truth. Waters is joined by Paul W. Morris, executive director of House of Speakeasy and the former director of literary programs at PEN America and vice president of The Authors Guild.…

Sunday, November 13, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 United States

Kevin Nealon With Alan Zweibel: Live From Miami Book Fair, It’s Opening Night!

In I Exaggerate: My Brushes with Fame, actor, comedian, and Saturday Night Live alum Kevin Nealon shares his original full-color caricatures and funny, endearing personal essays about his famous friends. Alongside his portraits and doodles from script margins and cocktail napkins, Nealon takes readers through his memories on the SNL set to the eulogy he gave at his dear friend Garry Shandling’s funeral. He’s joined by five-time Emmy winner Alan Zweibel,…

Sunday, November 13, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Mi vida entre canciones

Juanes, músico y compositor colombiano aplaudido por masas en todos los continentes, conversa con el periodista y escritor Diego Londoño en la presentación de Juanes, un libro que refleja la carrera del cantautor, pero también su manera de entender la vida, de amar la música y de percibir la familia, justo cuando está a punto de llegar al medio siglo. Esta presentación en persona también será transmitida en MiamiBookFairOnline.com. PURCHASE TICKETS…

Sunday, November 13, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States

Poesía y música en diálogo

El poeta cubano residente en Miami Carlos Pintado, ganador entre otros del Premio Paz de Poesía 2014, inaugura el Programa de Autores Iberoamericanos con El árbol rojo, una colección de haikus en los que la mirada del poeta penetra el acontecer cotidiano en busca de lo trascendente. Pintado se presenta con el cantautor cubano Francisco Céspedes en un diálogo poético-musical. Esta presentación en persona también será transmitida en MiamiBookFairOnline.com.…

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