Upcoming Events
May 2025
First Draft: A Creative Writing Social with Felipe Bomeny
May 13th, 2025 / 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM / via Zoom Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of free and informal writing events where community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet for monthly themed virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Theme:Writing With A Sense Of Place. What does it mean to write with a sense of place? And how can we think of place beyond the conventions of setting?…
June 2025
First Draft: A Creative Writing Social with Simone Zapata
June 10, 2025 / 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM / via Zoom Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of free and informal writing events where community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet for monthly themed virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Simone Zapata, our Poetry Fellow for the Emerging Writer Fellowships, is a writer, editor, and educator from San José, California. Her recent work appears in Dilettante Army,…
July 2025
Leemos a Han Kang, ganadora del Nobel de Literatura 2024
Evento gratuito Imparte: Vivian Dragna, escritora y docente. DESCRIPTION: Nuevo taller de lectura de la mano de Vivian Dragna para leer juntos uno de los libros de la reciente premio Nobel surcoreana Han Kang. La clase de griego entrelaza a una mujer que no puede hablar con un hombre que se está quedando ciego. Construye una fábula sobre los abismos del lenguaje y la disociación entre éste y el mundo. Las voces íntimas de estos dos protagonistas se intercalan y se cruzan en una época de desesperación.…
Speak Up! 2025 Virtual Creative Writing Summer Camp for Teens
6 days: Monday-Saturday, July 28-August 2, 2025 FREE TUITION! This fully online program includes: Masterclasses and live Q&A sessions with critically acclaimed authors Live interactive workshops on creative writing and performance with established teaching artists One-on-one mentorship sessions to provide in-depth feedback Virtual activities Free and open to all, priority given to Miami-Dade County students Applications Open: March 21-May 11 Miami Book Fair’s Speak Up creative writing and performance workshops help teens hone creative writing and public speaking to build confidence,…
October 2025
First Draft: A Creative Writing Social with Nadine Pinede
October 7th, 2025 / 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM / via Zoom Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of free and informal writing events where community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet for monthly themed virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Theme: “Writing History in the Present Tense” Step into the time machine of your imagination. History speaks—and in this workshop, it sings. Join poet and author Nadine Pinede to explore historical verse novels—a powerful form that blends poetry and storytelling to bring the past to life,…