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March 2025
Speak Up: Creative Writing + Performance (Spring 2025)
Saturdays, February 8 — March 22, 2025, from 3:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m. EST Join us online for Speak Up, a teen creative writing program supporting the artistic and professional growth of teens. In this FREE virtual creative writing workshop mini-series, teens will partner with experienced teaching artists to empower the creative writing process, from drafting to performance to publishing, to boost literacy and empower youth in Miami through community-based writing activities. The program is open to all teens (ages 13-19) and is as free of charge as it is free of homework.…
April 2025
Lyricism Across Genres: A Creative Writing Workshop with Fatimah Asghar
April 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th and May 3rd 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM via Zoom Registration: $200 “Lyricism Across Genres” What is the lyric? We think of lyric poetry as adhering to certain formal criteria: broken lines, enjambment, meter, but quality of lyricism goes beyond the formal category of poetry. This workshop pushes us to bring the lyrical and the poetic to a variety of genres of work, including poetry, prose, and screenwriting. It encourages us to see the way lyric encompasses the sense of unknowability and nuance of the world,…
First Draft: A Literary Social with Flint
April 8th, 2025 / 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM / via Zoom Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of free and informal writing events where community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet for monthly themed virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Theme: “In The Beginning—Putting Your First Sentence to Work.” With the first sentence of a novel, memoir, short story or essay, the author opens a door to a new storyscape and invites you inside.…
Miami Book Fair and Miami Film Festival: Pride & Prejudice at Vizcaya
In partnership with Miami Book Fair, Miami Film Festival invites you to a magical evening at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens for a special 20th-anniversary screening of Pride & Prejudice (2005), as we celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday and her enduring impact! Immerse yourself in the romance of the Regency era with Miami Book Fair’s Austen-inspired activations, featuring charming photo ops, witty mini-games, exciting giveaways, and more in a stunning, Austen-inspired setting. In this adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel, Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) lives with her mother,…
Picnic de Libros: Books for Free Storytime!
Bring the whole family for a special Books for Free edition of Picnic de Libros, featuring activities and performances with Lucia Nuñez, O’Miami, GOGO MOAD, South Florida Center for Percussive Arts, and so much more. Enjoy a picnic in the garden and take home free books! Select children’s books will be given away while supplies last; programming in Spanish and English; free and open to all. Co-presented in partnership with the Koubek Center, The Children’s Trust Books for Free, and Miami Book Fair.…
An Evening With Gretchen Rubin, Author of “The Happiness Project”
Books & Books is proud to present an evening with Gretchen Rubin discussing Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives (Crown, $20). The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before distills her key insights into simple truths for living with greater satisfaction, clarity,…
Tómate una copa ¡y escribe mejorES DIÁLOGOS! con Luis Alejandro Ordóñez
Tema: Tómate una copa ¡y escribe mejor EN DIÁLOGOS! En esta sesión, hablaremos del diálogo como elemento de uso común en muchas historias pero desde el punto de vista de su técnica narrativa, sus diferencias con la simple conversación y las distintas tensiones que lo habitan: la voz del narrador y la del personaje; lo literario y lo coloquial; lo que saben los personajes y lo que tienen que saber los lectores; la palabra y la acción. Se pondrán en práctica algunas técnicas para ir construyendo un diálogo durante la sesión que al final será compartido por quienes así lo deseen.…
May 2025
Celebración del Día del Libro
La Feria del Libro de Miami invita a las instituciones culturales más representativas de la ciudad a sumarse a la celebración anual del Día Internacional del Libro. El evento será una excelente oportunidad para que el público tenga un contacto cercano con los gestores culturales de Miami, mientras conmemoramos una fecha fundamental para la comunidad hispanohablante. Para el evento invitamos a autores representantes de cada entidad a leer un breve texto de su obra, habrá libros a la venta y haremos un brindis por la cultura literaria de la ciudad.…
Children’s Trust Books for Free Storytime
Join us for a fun-filled family morning featuring an engaging storytime, hands-on arts and crafts, tasty snacks, and free books to take home—perfect for kids of all ages!…
Little Haiti Book Festival 2025
Miami Book Fair and Sosyete Koukouy are proud to present the Little Haiti Book Festival 2025. Join us in celebrating the rich culture and literary talent of Haiti and the Haitian diaspora. This year, the festival will be held both in-person and online, providing a vibrant platform for authors, artists, and community leaders to share their work and insights. LHBF features a diverse program that spans storytelling and hands-on children’s activities, dynamic dance and music performances, traditional Haitian games, and a comedy showcase.…
July 2025
Speak Up! 2025 Virtual Creative Writing Summer Camp for Teens
6 days: Monday-Saturday, July 28-August 2, 2025 FREE TUITION! This fully online program includes: Masterclasses and live Q&A sessions with critically acclaimed authors Live interactive workshops on creative writing and performance with established teaching artists One-on-one mentorship sessions to provide in-depth feedback Virtual activities Free and open to all, priority given to Miami-Dade County students Applications Open: March 21-May 11 Miami Book Fair’s Speak Up creative writing and performance workshops help teens hone creative writing and public speaking to build confidence,…
August 2025
First Draft: A Literary Social with Jamie Ford
August 12th, 2025 / 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM / via Zoom Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of free and informal writing events where community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet for monthly themed virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Theme: “Rescuing Yourself” In this generative workshop, we’ll write from prompts that send you back in time to visit a younger version of yourself. What will you say and what would your former self do with that knowledge?…
