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November 2025

Sunday, November 16 @ 3:00 pm
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Legna Rodriguez Iglesias

ENCUENTRO CON LEGNA RODRIGUEZ IGLESIAS – FICTION

La destacada poeta, narradora y dramaturga cubana Legna Rodríguez Iglesias presenta su nueva novela Paroled, una obra que desafía las categorías convencionales y busca abrir nuevos caminos literarios. El texto relata la vida de una inmigrante en Miami que se enfrenta a la burocracia, el trabajo precario, desarrolla su pasión por la escritura y vive la experiencia del embarazo. En conversación con el novelista venezolano Camilo Pino.   Compra Paroled – Rodríguez Iglesias  Compra Crema Paraíso – Pino…

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

Author, Lapid_Lihi

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

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

Sunday, November 16 @ 4:00 pm
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

OPENING DAY BLOCK PARTY

Jump N’ Funk – “America’s Original Afrobeat Party” – marks opening day of Miami Book Fair with an unforgettable night of music, visuals, and community. Launched as an after-work gathering at NYC’s fabled Shine Nightclub to raise awareness about the undisputed King of Afrobeat, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Jump N’ Funk has since traveled the globe, partnering with artists, venues, arts institutions, and museums worldwide. At the Fair, Jump N’ Funk founder Rich Medina teams up with the legendary Kenny Dope (Masters at Work • Kay-Dee Records) – a four-time Grammy nominee and one of the most influential producers/DJs in global dance music history – alongside immersive visuals by Mark Hines/The Marksmen  to deliver a dance experience like no other.…

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

Author, Bill McKibben

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

Our climate is melting down. But Bill McKibben, one of the first to sound the climate crisis alarm, insists that the moment is also full of possibility. Here Comes the Sun tells the story of the sudden spike in power from the sun and wind, and of the fossil fuel industry’s desperate fight to hold this power at bay. But you can’t hoard solar energy or keep it in reserve. It’s available to all and more than just a path out of the climate crisis: It’s a chance to reorder the world on saner and more humane grounds.…

Sunday, November 16 @ 6:00 pm
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Author Daniel Silva

An Evening With Daniel Silva in Conversation With Jamie Gangel on An Inside Job: A Novel

From New York Times bestseller Daniel Silva comes a tale of murder, greed, and corruption. Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon has been commissioned to restore one of the most important paintings in Venice, but when he discovers a body floating in the Venetian Lagoon, he finds himself in a desperate race to recover a lost Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece. The misattributed portrait of a young girl had been gathering dust in a Vatican storeroom for more than a century.…

Sunday, November 16 @ 7:00 pm
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

An Evening With Kenny Chesney & Holly Gleason on Heart • Life • Music

Kenny Chesney went from outside the Knoxville, Tennessee, city limits playing sports and loving music to defining the sound of coming-of-age in the 21st century. Rewriting and refocusing what a song could be, he fused rock, reggae, bluegrass, and scores of positive energy to become a stadium-sized superstar and the only country act in Billboard’s “Top 10 Touring Acts of the Last 25 Years” for the past 15 years. A songwriter, groundbreaker, visionary, and regular guy, he’ll speak with award-winning music critic and his HEART • LIFE • MUSIC co-author Holly Gleason about the journey to get here,…

Monday, November 17 @ 7:00 pm
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Theodore Schwartz

An Evening With Theodore H. Schwartz on Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery

Free special program!  Brain surgery is a relatively new and mysterious profession, but in Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery, Dr. Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D., pulls back the surgical drapes on this lifesaving specialty. Warm, rigorous, and deeply insightful, the book shares what it’s like to hold the scalpel, wield the drill, and extract a tumor – when every second can mean life or death. Through case studies that bring to life the complexity and fragility of the brain,…

Tuesday, November 18 @ 7:00 pm
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Author, Barry Diller

An Evening With Barry Diller on Who Knew

American business icon Barry Diller reveals his successes, failures, and struggles with surprising intimacy in an engaging memoir. Writing in his singular voice, he delivers an astute business memoir, an unvarnished look at Hollywood, a primer on media, and a frank coming-of-age story. His ascent was meteoric and his media savvy arguably changed the course of American culture. Never cowed by the talent – actors, directors, and producers – Diller worked with them all and championed “creative conflict.” He also recognized our digital future and grew a billion-dollar constellation of brands,…

Wednesday, November 19 @ 7:00 pm
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Sally Mann

An Evening With Sally Mann on Art Work: On the Creative Life

In Art Work: On the Creative Life, critically acclaimed photographer and author Sally Mann offers a spellbinding mix of wild and illuminating stories, advice both practical and not, and life lessons. Written in a direct, fearless, and occasionally outrageous tone, the book reaffirms Mann as a unique and resonant voice for our times. Illustrated throughout with photographs, journal entries, and letters that bring immediacy and poignancy to the narrative, Art Work is full of thought-provoking insights about the hazards of early promise;…

Thursday, November 20 @ 8:00 pm
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

AN EVENING WITH U.S. POET LAUREATE ARTHUR SZE ON INTO THE HUSH – POETRY

Like wind on a lake, newly appointed U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze’s 12th book of poetry, Into the Hush, extends a language that ripples and stills, conjuring a cast of fruit trees and gunshots, butterflies and chemistry, animals and man. Drawing on craft honed over decades of writing, these poems earn their profound simplicity, moving with imaginative power and emotional force. Sze harnesses a range of innovative forms to respond to the challenges of our nuclear age – endangered cultures and the exigencies of climate change – exploring what it means to write on a planet struggling against the Anthropocene,…

Friday, November 21 @ 6:00 pm
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States

Author, Mercedes Ron

An Evening With Mercedes Ron on Tell Me Softly

New York Times bestseller and global book world darling Mercedes Ron is making another big splash with the first iteration of her wildly popular Tell Me series, now translated into English. Kamila Hamilton is caught between the two Di Bianco brothers – her best friends and greatest downfall – after they burst back into her life. Thiago got her first kiss; Taylor always protected her. And the secrets they still carry threaten to bring down her fragile walls and expose what happened so many years ago.…

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