Grades 9 – 12 Moderated by Brittany Rubiano, editor at Disney/Hyperion. Three authors take on age-old fairy tales, with a twist. In Liz Braswell’s Straight On Till Morning, 16-year-old Wendy Darling's only real escape is in writing down tales of Never Land – and then gets an opportunity to travel to Never Land via pirate […]
Grades 9 – 12 Moderated by Lauren Odom, librarian at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center. Christina Hammonds Reed’s The Black Kids explores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy Black teenager in L.A. whose family gets caught in the vortex of the 1992 Rodney King Riots. Tiffany […]
Grades 9 – 12 Moderated by Ismery Pavon, program coordinator at Miami Book Fair. In I'll Be The One, Lyla Lee introduces us to fat girl Skye Shin, who dreams of joining the world of K-Pop – even if it means breaking all the rules that society, the media, and even her own mother, have […]
Grades PreK – 3 Introduced by Cierra Bragan, Miami Mom Collective. Let's get real – the English language is bizarre. A might be for apple, but it's also for aisle and aeons. Why does the word "gnat" start with a G but the word "knot" doesn't start with an N? It doesn't always make sense […]
There is something astonishing about the ardor with which Carol Frost articulates and sings the sorrows of our disappearing in her newest poetry collection, Alias City. There's something so wise in the song, in the music of her tough, clear seeing. Her poems have a fierce, unswerving purity of purpose and design, their embodying language […]
Special introduction by Daniel Halpern, founder of HarperCollins imprint Ecco and the National Poetry Series. The National Poetry Series was established in 1978 to recognize and promote excellence in contemporary poetry by ensuring the publication of five books of poetry annually through participating publishers. In addition, the National Poetry Series has partnered with Miami Book Fair […]
Joy Harjo on When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry is a landmark collection celebrating the Indigenous peoples of North America – the first poets of this country – whose literary traditions stretch back centuries. Opening with a blessing from Pulitzer Prize-winner N. […]
Live program + Q&A! Starts @ 6:30 p.m. EST. In Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther, Craig Pittman recounts the extraordinary story of the people who brought the Sunshine State’s panther back from the brink of extinction, the ones who nearly pushed the species over the edge, and the cats […]
The characters in Kevin Kwan’s internationally bestselling Crazy Rich Asians trilogy captivated readers and moviegoers alike, and his latest, Sex and Vanity – a modern-day take on E.M. Forster’s classic A Room With a View – does not disappoint. He’s joined by NPR Books editor Petra Mayer, a contributor to “Pop Culture Happy Hour” and a former producer and director for […]
Ramón Fernández Larrea presenta la reedición ampliada de sus populares semblanzas musicales. La Feria del Libro de Miami siempre ha sentido la necesidad de dar espacio en su programación a otras manifestaciones artísticas que se interconectan con la literatura y el universo editorial. La música es una de ellas. La edición del 2020 no será […]
Live Q&A with Chantel Acevedo Thursday, November 19 @ 5:30 p.m. EST! Grades 3 – 7 Moderated by Freda Mosquera, community library manager at Broward County Library. Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse is Chantel Acevedo's action-packed fantasy duology about a Cuban American girl who discovers that she’s one of the nine Muses of Greek mythology. […]
Program + LIVE Q&A! Starts @ 5:30 p.m. EST. In Separated: Inside An American Tragedy, NBC News and MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff lays bare the full truth behind the Trump administration’s systematic separation of families at the US-Mexico border. It’s a searing and heartbreaking account of atrocities emotional, mental, and physical. How, exactly, had such […]