Por séptima vez, la FIL de Miami y la Fundación Cuatrogatos presentan su Seminario de Literatura infantil y Lectura: “Crear y promover libros para los niños y jóvenes”. El evento, dirigido a padres, maestros, bibliotecarios y demás adultos mediadores de lectura, cuenta en esta oportunidad con la participación como invitados especiales de destacados editores y […]
El poeta conversará con Gerardo Fernández Fe, por cumplir en 2020 ochenta años de vida fecunda. Como cada año, la Feria del Libro de Miami se complace en presentar las novedades literarias de poetas y narradores cubanos que producen su obra fuera de la isla. En esta edición hemos invitado a cinco poetas y a […]
Autores internacionales nos presentan sus obras, en una amena conversación entre amigos. Cercas presenta Terra Alta, en conversación con el escritor Daniel Rodríguez Barrón. La obra del escritor español Javier Cercas ha sido traducida a más de treinta lenguas y consta de novelas como: El móvil, El vientre de la ballena, Soldados de Salamina, La […]
Grades 3 – 7 Moderated by Ismery Pavon, program coordinator at Miami Book Fair. Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any other. Kwame Alexander and James Patterson join forces to vividly depict the legendary boxer’s life up to age 17 in both prose and verse, including his […]
Event starts Sunday, November 15 at 7 p.m. Miami Book Fair Donation https://www.mdcfoundation.com/miamibookfair Join Miami Book Fair as we celebrate the opening of Miami Book Fair Online with acclaimed novelists Ann Patchett and Emma Straub, hosted by Tony Award-winning actress Julie White! An intimate virtual event that will kick off eight fabulous days of outstanding […]
To see the LIVE Q&A replay, click the “Next Up” arrow on the player beside the volume icon. In Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House, Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. The sole survivor of a horrific and unsolved multiple homicide, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of […]
Event starts Sunday, November 15 at 4 p.m. Miami native Inez Barlatier is a multifaceted performer of Ayisyen (Haitian) descent. She celebrates Haitian art and culture through energetic drumming and singing, sharing songs and phrases in Kreyol (Creole) that explore themes of community and gratitude. inezbarlatier.com Sponsored by
Join multidisciplinary artist Gustavo Oviedo and Alan Ket, co-founder and curator of the Museum of Graffiti, as they discuss “Symbiosis,” Oviedo’s visually arresting exhibition that reflects a highly personal, self-taught style of art. Exploring the relationship between the bustle of Miami’s vibrant metropolitan streets and the tranquility of Biscayne Bay’s aquatic life, currents, and marine […]
Join 2019 MBF/de Groot Prize finalists Kristen Simental and Holly Takashima as they muse over their respective winning entries. Emerging Latinx author Simental’s Why, Arizona is a story about a girl, an RV, a tortured ex, a small town on the edge of nowhere, and the end of the world. Takashima’s The Meaning of Words […]
In Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People, Natan Sharansky, who spent nine years in prison in the Soviet Union for his activities as a “Refusenik” – a Jewish dissident denied permission to emigrate to Israel – reveals how his time in jail, much of it in harsh solitary confinement, prepared him for what became […]
The de Groot Foundation focuses on innovation, education and culture, with particular interest in the visual and literary arts. In 2016, the Foundation partnered with Miami Book Fair to launch the Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize, which is awarded annually to an author for an unpublished novella. Clydette and Charles de Groot, along with Miami […]
Ellen Michaeson, 2019 winner of the MBF/de Groot Prize for the Novella, has crafted a moving story about vulnerability and friendship in The Care of Strangers. Described by Publishers Weekly as an “affecting glimpse into the evolution of friendship between women facing difficult odds," Michaelson’s protagonists learn that letting yourself care for another person can […]