Grades 9 – 12 Moderated by Juan Navarro, Creature Entertainment. Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire by Delilah Dawson uncovers a secret history in Star Wars. After devastating losses at the hands of the First Order, General Leia Organa has dispatched her agents across the galaxy in search of allies, sanctuary, and firepower – and her top […]
Grades 9 – 12 You have questions. Burning questions. Silly questions. Six contemporary YA authors tell it like it is – their (least) favorite characters, strangest habits, writing tips, and so much more. Hear it firsthand from this all-star lineup, featuring Kacen Callender (Felix Ever After and King and the Dragonflies), Mike Curato (Flamer), Alex […]
Grades 3 – 7 Moderated by Tui T. Sutherland, creator of the Wings of Fire series. Celebrate 15 years of the renowned Graphix imprint! Join New York Times bestselling author Tui T. Sutherland, creator of the beloved Wings of Fire series, as she sits down with five other writers and illustrators. Maria Scrivan, creator of […]
The poems of award-winning poet Yona Harvey’s much anticipated You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love follow an unnamed protagonist on her multidimensional, Afro-futuristic journey. Her story stretches the boundaries normally constraining a Black female body like hers. Half superhero, half secret identity, she encounters side-slipping, speculative realities testing her in poems that […]
The stories we pass down provide an important snapshot of life in a certain place, in a certain time. They become our history, and they are the lessons we are to learn from. These stories are even more than that – they are true accounts and firsthand experiences from people who witnessed some of the […]
Ben Katchor's keen cartoonist eye for curious connections and attention to detail are highlighted in his latest graphic history. In The Dairy Restaurant, Katchor packs a dense cultural and culinary account into an entertaining read by deftly employing his sly sense of humor, wit, and charcoal palette-drawings. The Dairy Restaurant serves up a loving chronicle […]
A trio deft in navigating the macabre bring us to strange lands and times, with tales that shock, frighten, and stir the soul. Sisters in a legendary sunken Celtic palace are pulled apart after the death of their mother the Queen in MT Anderson’s The Daughters of Ys. A young underground radio host learns a […]
Música y literatura: Carlos Vives presenta Cumbiana: relatos de un mundo perdido Prepárense para acompañar al cantautor colombiano CARLOS VIVES en la presentación su libro Cumbiana: relatos de un mundo perdido, en conversación con LUZ MARÍA DORIA en la que habrá historias, música y más … La Feria del Libro de Miami siempre ha sentido la necesidad de dar espacio en su […]
Novedades de la narrativa latinoamericana actual Cuando literatura y realidad confluyen La Feria del Libro de Miami presenta una selección de nuevos títulos publicados este año, comentados por sus autores, en esta ocasión Pola Oloixarac y Martín Kohan. La narradora y ensayista argentina Pola Oloixarac presenta Mona (Literatura Random House), una novela que narra la […]
Book purchase required for admittance to this program; click here to purchase. American Book Award winner Yaa Gyasi's novel Transcendent Kingdom – praised by author Ann Patchett as possessing “splendor and heart and insight and brilliance” – is a moving portrait of a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by depression, addiction and grief, and a […]
Autores internacionales nos presentan sus obras, en una amena conversación entre amigos. Alfredo Bryce Echenique habla de Permiso para retirarme con el escritor Jorge Eduardo Benavides. El consagrado escritor peruano Alfredo Bryce Echenique ganó, entre otros galardones, el Premio Nacional de Narrativa de España 1998 por su novela Reo de nocturnidad, el Planeta en 2002 […]
In partnership with Portland Book Festival and Miami’s Overtown Book Festival. It is long past time to recognize Black excellence in the culinary world the same way it has been celebrated in the worlds of music, sports, literature, film, and the arts. Black cooks and creators have led American culture forward with indelible contributions of […]