Edited by Jorge Duany, director of the Cuban Research Institute and Professor of Anthropology at Florida International University, and featuring an impressive list of contributors, Picturing Cuba: Art, Culture, and Identity on the Island and in the Diaspora explores defining moments in Cuban art across three centuries, encompassing works by Cubans on the island, in […]
In Larry Baker’s novel Wyman and the Florida Knights, Peter Wyman, the most famous portrait painter in America, just wants to go into hiding and disappear. Then a cashier in St. Augustine tells him about Knightville. “Ex-boyfriend of mine came from there and told me it was full of crazies,” she said. Which sounds just […]
Investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling author Craig Pittman has covered Florida for 30 years. In The State You're in: Florida Men, Florida Women, and Other Wildlife, which features a selection of his columns for the Tampa Bay Times, he writes about the state's oddest wildlife and its quirkiest people – and vice versa. […]
In Dream Girl: A Novel, Laura Lippman shares the story of writer Gerry Andersen, injured in a freak fall and confined to a hospital bed in his high-rise apartment. Then late one night, the phone rings – and the caller claims to be the “real” Aubrey, the title character from Andersen's most successful novel, Dream […]
In Our Last Blue Moon: A Memoir, her first book, psychotherapist and former dancer and choreographer Kris O’Shee tells the story of the loss of her husband, Alan Cheuse, the novelist, teacher, and literary commentator known as the “voice of books” on NPR’s All Things Considered. Panelists include poet Robert Pinsky, fiction writer Ana Menéndez, […]
This event is being livestreamed from MDC's Wolfson Campus. For tickets to this in-person event, please visit: MiamiBookFair.com. Speakers: Pilar Quintana, Beatriz Mendoza Es un gusto para la Feria recibir este año a la narradora y guionista de cine colombiana Pilar Quintana, ganadora del Premio Alfaguara de Novela 2021, quien presenta Los abismos, un relato protagonizado por una niña que […]
This event is being livestreamed from MDC's Wolfson Campus. For tickets to this in-person event, please visit: MiamiBookFair.com. Volvemos a encontrarnos en persona y los invitamos a una cita con la poesía contemporánea. Alejandro Pérez Cortés, poeta, narrador y profesor mexicano que reside en Estados Unidos, ganó el Premio Paz 2020 organizado por la Feria del Libro de Miami y […]
Live Q&A! Starts @ 2:00 p.m. EST. Join Sterling Watson, The Committee; Nelson George, The Darkest Hearts; Les Standiford, Miami Noir: The Classics; and Achy Obejas, author of Ruins and the editor of the well-received anthology Havana Noir; as they talk crime writing and more with Akashic Books publisher Johnny Temple.
Novedades de la narrativa latinoamericana actual Narraciones de tiempos extraños Perla Suez y Carolina de Robertis presentan sus últimas publicaciones, acompañadas por Mónica Prandi. La Feria del Libro de Miami presenta una selección de nuevas obras publicadas este año, comentadas por sus autores. Perla Suez, narradora y autora de literatura infantil y juvenil argentina, presenta […]
Based on actual historical events and set against the backdrop of political, cultural, and class turmoil, Sterling Watson's The Committee is, finally, about the need to stand firm against the encroachments upon our freedom by men who believe they are doing God's work. Watson is speaking with author and screenwriter Dennis Lehane, whose work includes […]
Grifters, cheats, and killers. Welcome to Florida! Tampa Bay Times editor and writer Colette Bancroft has collected 15 new tales of murder, fraud, and debauchery in Tampa Bay Noir, a welcome installment in the beloved locale-specific Noir series. Discussing the Gulf Coast’s seamier side with her are contributing best-selling author Michael Connelly, host of the […]
In Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock, journalist and media historian Michael Ray FitzGerald brings eyewitness detail to his in-depth story of how the River City became the breeding ground for acts such as The Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He’s joined by legendary Florida radio DJ Glenn Richards, known for giving airtime […]