Miami Book Fair International
miami book fair annual street fair literary festival organized miami dade college feature pavilion comic child young adult among others national international author attend weeklong gathering every year miami book fair international originally known book bay founded miami dade college president eduardo j padrón book book owner mitchell kaplan craig pollock bookworks local bookstore owner cooperation miamidade public library system two primary organizer inaugural book fair miamidade public library system head community relation margarita cano wolfsonian campus librarian juanita johnson book fair added virtual content florida center literary art parent organization miami book fair international literary center conceived advance college literary tradition permanent endowment established grant john james l knight foundation full programming began january department miami dade college fcla generates program support author writing journalism play screen writing reading literacy well miami book fair international outreach consist reading campaign book discussion writing workshop author presentation panel discussion master class center collaborates number floridabased cultural institution partner order advance literary initiative typically author around world take part fair international festival author writer come united state previous year fair welcomed author country like argentina bosnia brazil canada china cuba dominican republic england france finland guatemala haiti hong kong israel ireland jamaica mexico nicaragua philippine russia south africa spain taiwan trinidad nation evening with… series feature reading worldrenowned writer every evening six consecutive festival day past year guest author included recipient nobel prize literature pulitzer prize national book award casa de la america prize pushcart prize ohenry award national magazine award commonwealth prize macarthur fellowship edgar award threeday outdoor festival gather hundred bookseller exhibitor major publishing house small press scholarly imprint foreign publisher seller used book – including signed first edition original manuscript collectible – also booth million book multiple language found along book signing musical entertainment weekend fair activity comic galaxy fair program offering information graphic novel comic world celebrates place united state literary life well recent rise popularity integration mainstream literature culture even education prominent part comic galaxy school comic daylong program includes six session teacher librarian parent others interested format also exists training creator genre childrens alley tailored young reader feature storytelling puppet theatrical performance educational game handson activity generation genius program hosting thousand schoolaged child year part generation genius programming miami book fair international also offer workshop presentation local teacher librarian educator program provided cooperation miami art museum historymiami miami childrens museum miami science museum early learning coalition miami dademonroe florida blue iberoamerican author miami book fair international spanish language author program presented solely spanish portuguese author various latin american country featured eightdays fair reading take place every evening week day weekend miami book fair international also includes part list event hors doeuvre complimentary cocktail nightly entertainment weeknight author presentation kitchen combine cooking demonstration author reading featured cookbook author chef intimate culinary setting recreate recipe book author writing lgbtqia topic represented throughout festival title fiction nonfiction memoir erotica many appear lambda award winner finalist center literature theatre faculty author agent provide workshop pertaining fiction nonfiction poetry publishing center offer one threeday workshop several taking place spanish well miami book fair international partnered national book foundation provide programming centered around national book award nominee winner sampling additional author appearing miami book fair international follows robert baer – perfect kill law assassin richard blanco – prince los cocuyos miami childhood john cleese – anyway andy cohen – andy cohen diary deep look shallow year michael deforge – ant colony angela diterlizzi – bug tony diterlizzi – star war adventure luke skywalker jedi knight sheila e – beat drum memoir grace elli – lumberjanes annabelle gurwitch – see made effort compliment indignity survival story edge james w hall – big finish thorn novel ben hatke – return zita spacegirl kazu kibuishi – amulet nicholas kristof – path appears norman lear – even get experience brad meltzer – rosa park lauren miller – free fall susan minot – thirty girl novel george oconnor – raptor lauren oliver – room novel ann patchett – story happy marriage ed piskor – hip hop family tree vol valerie plame – burned questlove – world according questlove anne rice – prince lestat vampire chronicle tavis smiley – death king real story dr martin luther king jr final year raina telgemeier – sister john water – carsick john water hitchhikes across america cornel west – black prophetic fire eveline pierre secret winning big commemorate year since juan ponce de león first landed florida th edition fair celebrated culture literature spain spanish writer artist shared language culture literature spain sampling author appeared miami book fair international follows jeff abbott – downfall mitch albom – first phone call heaven novel reza aslan – zealot life time jesus nazareth paul auster – report interior holly black – doll bone stanley crouch – kansa city lighting rise time charlie parker kwame dawes – duppy conqueror new selected poem delia ephron – sister mother husband dog etc ana fuentes – dragon mouth ten true story reveal true china nikki giovanni – chasing utopia hybrid doris kearns goodwin – bully pulpit theodore roosevelt william howard taft golden age journalism dr carl hart – high price neuroscientist journey selfdiscovery challenge everything know drug society john heilemann – double game change anjelica huston – story lately told coming age ireland london new york andrew kaufman – im miami bitch disappearing street art wynwood gordon korman – hypnotist book diane ladd – bad afternoon piece cake collection ten short story wally lamb – water novel adam mansbach – dead run chris matthew – tip gipper politics worked dt max – every love story ghost story life david foster wallace terry mcmillan – asked brad meltzer – history decoded greatest conspiracy time david n meyer – bee gee biography jacquelyn mitchard – saw night featured country miami book fair international paraguay paraguayan culture displayed film dance fine folkloric art sampling author appeared miami book fair international follows martin amis – lionel asbo state england nate berkus – thing matter justin cronin – twelve aline crumb – drawn together collected work aline r crumb andre debus iii – townie memoir junot diaz – lose emma donoghue – room tim dorsey – pineapple grenade carolina garciaaguilera – magnolia chris hayes – twilight elite america meritocracy mark helprin – sunlight shadow jamal joseph – panther baby life rebellion reinvention daniel kirk – library mouse museum adventure anne lamott – help thanks wow three essential prayer jessica martinez – space u diana mccaulay – huracan andrew mccarthy – longest way home christopher pike – witch world bill oreilly – killing kennedy lemony snicket – series unfortunate event jake tapper – outpost untold story american valor jeffrey toobin – oath obama white house supreme court irvine welsh – skagboys sherri winston – president whole fifth grade tom wolfe – back blood miami book fair international included demonstration chinese culture art discussion social issue facing contemporary china international symposium chinese language culture communication held sampling author participated miami book fair international follows dr arthur agatston – south beach wakeup call tom angleberger – darth paper strike back david brook – social animal hidden source love character achievement dan clowes – deathray john connolly – infernal bob edward – life radio jeffrey eugenides – marriage plot cristina garcía – dream significant girl dr paul george – florida th circuit court lev grossman – magician king sandra gutierrez – new southernlatino table ellen hopkins – perfect jeff kinney – diary wimpy kid megan mcdonald – judy moody girl detective michael moore – come trouble elizabeth nunez – boundary susan orlean – rin tin tin chuck palahniuk – damned christopher paolini – inheritance karen russell – swamplandia esmeralda santiago – conquistadora jon scieszka – sphdz book touré – post blackness calvin trillin – quite enough calvin trillin belle yang – forget sorrow ancestral tale first time year fair dedicated international space one country mexico celebration bicentennial central american nation independence centennial revolution featured literary feast served fiesta author presentation roundtable subject mexican bolero ballet performance art photography exhibition movie series theater performance also honored country mexico following sampling author participated miami book fair international activity maha akhtar – la nieta de la maharaní kim anthony – unfavorable odds dan archer – honduran coup graphic history ann beattie – new yorker story susanna daniel – stiltsville edwidge danticat – create dangerously immigrant artist work kate dicamillo – bink gollie tony diterlizzi – search wondla dave egger – zeitoun jonathan franzen – freedom willie geist – american freak show completely fabricated story new national treasure james w hall – silencer vicki hendricks – florida gothic story sebastian junger – war chip kidd – shazam hari kunzru – writing edge great contemporary writer frontline crisis meghan mccain – dirty sexy politics ben mezrich – accidental billionaire founding facebook walter mosley – last day ptolemy grey beatriz rivera – tree fall scott turow – innocent lisa unger – fragile judith viorst – lulu brontosaurus scott westerfeld – behemoth simon winchester – atlantic biography ocean environmental issue forefront miami book fair international author presentation green activity making ecologically sound choice fair logistics college used native plant stage well entrance native plant planted community help offset carbon emission book fair miami book fair international mdcs earth ethic institute procured plant local nursery bike valet parking service available cyclist numerous rethink reduce reuse recycle educational program promoted following sampling author appeared miami book fair international lidia bastianich – lidia cook heart italy edna buchanan – corpse familiar face meg cabot – allie finkles rule girl susie essman – would susie say dan goldman – graphic diary campaign trail al gore – choice senator bob graham – america owner manual heather graham – unhallowed ground james grippando – intent kill dr sanjay gupta – cheating death john hodgman – information require gwen ifill – breakthrough politics race age obama sid jacobson – che graphic biography wally lamb – wishin hopin peter lerangis – clue jonathan lethem – chronic city tao lin – shoplifting american apparel jeff lindsay – dexter design ralph nader – super rich save u joyce carol oates – little bird heaven iggy pop – stooge authorized illustrated story sherman alexie – war dance luis alberto urrea – beautiful north novel larry wilmore – id rather got casino black thought florida literature book united state official website center literature theatre miami dade college tumblr page florida center literary art miami dade college youtube page miami book fair international history cspan book tv major book fair u new york time article book fair grew propelling art miami