How do Caribbean writers see the British countryside? Do they feel included, ignored, marginalized? In Topographies of Caribbean Writing, Race, and the British Countryside, Joanna Johnson shows how writers like Derek Walcott, V.S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys, … +
The highly-anticipated memoir from hip-hop icon Rick Ross chronicles his coming of age amid Miami’s crack epidemic, his star-studded controversies, and his unstoppable rise to fame. Making an exclusive appearance in the city that shaped … +
Everyone loves the idea of writing a novel…until they start it and realize they don’t know what they’re doing! “The Shape of a Novel” breaks down what you need to write a novel and how … +
The 32nd Annual Conference on Children’s Literature: Nurturing Our Sense of Community is happening. This free, daylong professional development opportunity is open to anyone interested in literacy for youth. The training and exposure offered is of particular interest to local … +
The Butler Waugh Lecture is excited to host C. Riley Snorton, a professor of English and affiliate of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Chicago. He is the author of “Nobody Is … +
Books & Books is thrilled to announce that Booker Prize-winning, internationally-bestselling author Salman Rushdie launches his new novel, QUICHOTTE presented in collaboration with Miami Book Fair at Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus Auditorium World-renowned storyteller Salman Rushdie is at … +
Jul 26, 2019, 8 PM Colson Whitehead, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Oprah’s Book Club selection The Underground Railroad, will be in Miami for an … +
Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. An opportunity to get inspired and get writing or improve your writing, in the mood of happy … +
Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. An opportunity to get inspired and get writing or improve your writing, in the mood of happy … +
The acclaimed author of A Venetian Affair now gives us the remarkable story of Hemingway’s love affair with both the city of Venice and the muse he found there–a vivacious eighteen-year-old who inspired the man thirty years … +
Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story. Writers Institute Edition (join us for A Night With the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 following our First Draft event) Miami Book … +
In this class, we will talk about poems from around the world and also discuss your own work. Everyone will receive a line-by-line reading of their poetry. The details, images and sounds, the aspects of … +
In order to create a new universe — i.e., a novel — a writer needs a sense of recklessness, boldness, imagination, and wildness. But in order to tame this universe, to sharpen its logics, and … +
Porochista Khakpour is the author of three critically acclaimed books, most recently Sick (HarperCollins, 2018), which Kirkus Review praised as “lucid, eloquent, and unflinchingly honest, Khakpour’s book is not just about a woman’s relationship to illness, … +
Rupi Kaur is a poet, artist, and performer. At the age of five, her mother handed her a paintbrush and said, “Draw your heart out.” At seventeen, she happened upon a local open mic night where she … +
The middle-grade novel is perhaps the most exciting genre in young people’s literature today. There has been a boom in writing about characters between the ages of nine and twelve, which has led to innovative … +
Mitchell Kaplan and Books & Books celebrate the Netflix release of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society featuring special guest Annie Barrows. There will be a party at our Coral Gables Books & Books. Annie is the co-author, with her … +
Multi-Awarded Venezuelan illustrator /Designer Menena Cottin studied graphic design in Caracas, at the Neumann Foundation Design Institute. After taking courses in writing and illustrating children’s books at Parsons School of Design and traditional animation at the Pratt Institute, … +
Miami Book Fair presents Art Garfunkel What Is It All But Luminous (Notes from an underground man). In this book Garfunkel writes about his life before, during, and after Simon & Garfunkel, their folk-rock music … +
Exile Books, Miami’s book store is spending the summer in exile at The Standard Spa in Miami Beach. Exile Books is a pop-up artist’s bookstores that migrates throughout Miami, spending 4-6 months in selected locations. … +
After an amazing summer collaborating with the Miami Book Fair, O Cinema & a slew of our other community partners bring a summer filled with exciting independent films, writing workshops and a unique book fair … +
EXILE Books is thrilled to announce its new Little Haiti storefront location, 5900 NW 2nd Ave between NW 59th Street and NW 59th Terrace. After three years in our cozy Wynwood studio, we can’t wait … +
Exile Books has opened a storefront in the heart of Little Haiti. After three years in our cozy Wynwood studio, we can’t wait to share EXILE Books with the community of Little Haiti. Neighboring Emerson … +
In May 2017, Sofia Coppola became the second woman to win the Best Director prize in the 70-year history of the Cannes Film Festival. Over the past two decades, Coppola has proven to be a … +
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