Upcoming Events

Join us for a discussion of this year’s title, SANDRA CISNEROS’ novel THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, a novella told in vignettes capturing a year in the life of a 12-year-old girl in a small Chicago community marked by poverty and limitation, but alive with beauty and resilience. A program of the National Endowment for the Arts, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book.…

In English | En Español | An kreyòl ayisyen Inspirado en La casa en Mango Street de Sandra Cisneros La Feria del Libro de Miami te invita a descubrir las palabras, imágenes y detalles que te rodean en tu vecindario y a reflexionar sobre los espacios que nos forman. ¿Qué recuerdos viven en tu cuadra? ¿Qué vistas, sonidos e historias hacen que tu barrio se sienta como hogar? Tal vez sea el timbre de un carrito de helados, el aroma de una ropa vieja que sale de una ventana de cocina,…

In English | En Español | An kreyòl ayisyen Inspired by The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Miami Book Fair invites you to notice the words, images, and details all around your neighborhood and reflect on the spaces that shape us. What memories live on your block? Which sights, sounds, and stories make your neighborhood feel like home? Perhaps it’s the squeak of an ice cream cart’s bell, the scent of ropa vieja drifting from a kitchen window,…

Sandra Cisneros’ iconic novella The House on Mango Street captures a year in the life of a 12-year-old girl in the small Chicago community that has shaped her. Get to know your own community and explore how our physical environments impact the identity and architecture of our cities and ourselves. Art Deco Walking Tour: Transport to the 1920s and ’30s  for a fun and engaging historical and architectural walking tour of South Beach! You’ll begin with the fascinating history of early pioneers,…

October 14, 2025 / 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM / via Zoom In English and Haitian Creole. 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: Writing History in the Present Tense Step into the time machine of your imagination. History speaks—and in this workshop, it sings.…

In celebration of this year’s Big Read Miami, we’re collaborating with Miami-Dade Transit – the largest transit system in the Sunshine State! – to inspire communities through sharing quotes from Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street in stations and across buses and metromovers. Plus, free copies of the book will be given away October 16 at Government Center.  Keep your eyes open to spot Cisneros’ words as you move through the city for a daily dose of literary – and life – inspiration!…

MBF will celebrate America as the land of freedom and opportunity with author Marie Arana. LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing yet personal overview of the Latino population of the United States from 1492 through today. As the book shows, Latinos are not a monolith, but share a main commonality – their overwhelming and historically factual desire to be Americans and champion the values set out in the Declaration of Independence. Marie Arana was born in Lima, Peru. She is the author of the memoir American Chica,…

Saturdays, September 6-October 18, 2025 3 p.m.-4 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.…

Led by professional songwriter INEZ BARLATIER, you’ll draw on themes found in Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street and discuss how they lend themselves to lyrics, melody, and chord progression, then craft an original song which you’ll perform together as a group at the end of class. No prior songwriting experience necessary! Inez Barlatier is an Ayisyen-American singer, songwriter, musician & actor with over two decades of performance history. Her music is inspired by her Ayisyen heritage and is featured in award-winning films;…

This event is sold out. If you would like to be placed on a waitlist, contact Miriam Bussel Alonso at mbussela@mdc.edu. This two-hour tour is fully ADA-compliant. Please bring a water bottle, sunscreen, a hat, and comfortable walking shoes. Join us for an immersive, multisensory exploration of the historic Jewish presence in South Beach, tracing the rise, evolution, and enduring legacy of the Jewish community in Miami Beach over the past 100 years. Examined through the lens of how neighborhoods inform identity – inspired by Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street – this walking tour delves into how Miami’s Jewish communities helped shape the cultural and architectural fabric of South Beach and invites participants to experience the neighborhood as a living archive,…

This event is FREE and open to the public. Please RSVP only if you intend to join us. Broadway meets Miami’s arts scene in a lively evening with three powerhouse members of Funding Arts Network (FAN), the nonprofit fueling exceptional visual and performing arts across Miami-Dade. Susan Rose — Tony Award-winning producer (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Hurlyburly) & co-author of the beloved José & Feliz bilingual children’s series. Lisa F.…

Tour: Saturday, November 1 @ 3 p.m. Panel: Saturday, November 1 @ 5 p.m. As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary and Miami’s iconic Freedom Tower marks its centennial, Miami Book Fair – in partnership with the Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) and the Genealogical Society of Greater Miami – invites you to a special panel exploring the powerful intersections of personal history and national identity. Arrive early to explore the historic building and discover how American history is reflected in its physical architecture and presentation of artifacts,…

Wednesday, November 5, 2025, to Monday, March 16, 2026  Textile artist DIANA EUSEBIO’s Field of Dreams at the Museum of Contemporary Art – her first solo exhibition – explores the significance of cultural preservation, ancestral memory, and the enduring connection between people and place. Drawing from her Indigenous Peruvian-Quechua and Afro-Dominican roots, Eusebio bridges personal memory with ancestral traditions, using natural dyes and textiles to create works grounded in both the flora and fauna of Miami and the landscapes of her family’s homelands.…

Lihi Lapid’s latest novel follows the lives of two women in their first years of marriage and motherhood. One is a fictional character trying to live the happily-ever-after many imagine for themselves; the other is inspired by the author herself, relating the most intimate moments of her life. Both women start their marriages full of idyllic happiness, but as the stressors of everyday existence seep into their daily lives that spark of young love begins to dim. I Wanted to Be Wonderful is a tale of metamorphosis,…

Our climate, and our democracy, are melting down. But Bill McKibben, one of the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis, insists the moment is also full of possibility. Energy from the sun and wind is suddenly the cheapest power on the planet and growing faster than any energy source in history – and if we can keep accelerating the pace, we have a chance. Here Comes the Sun tells the story of the sudden spike in power from the sun and wind,…

From New York Times bestselling novelist Daniel Silva comes a dazzling new tale of murder, greed, and corruption. Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon has been awarded a commission to restore one of the most important paintings in Venice, but when he discovers the body of a mysterious woman floating in the Venetian Lagoon, he finds himself in a desperate race to recover a lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. The painting, a portrait of a beautiful young girl,…

Kenny Chesney went from outside the Knoxville, Tennessee, city limits playing sports and loving music to defining the sound of coming-of-age in the 21st century. Rewriting and refocusing what a song could be, he fused rock, reggae, bluegrass, and a whole lot of positive energy to become a stadium-sized superstar and the only country act in Billboard’s “Top 10 Touring Acts of the Last 25 Years” for the past 15 years. A songwriter, groundbreaker, visionary, and regular guy,…

Brain surgery is a relatively new and mysterious profession, but in Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery, Dr. Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D., pulls back the surgical drapes on this lifesaving specialty. Warm, rigorous, and deeply insightful, the book brings readers into his world and shares what it’s like to hold the scalpel, wield the drill, extract a tumor, fix a bullet hole, and remove a blood clot – when every second can mean the difference between life and death.…

In a wonderfully candid and engaging memoir, American business icon Barry Diller reveals his successes, failures, and struggles with surprising intimacy. Writing in his singular voice, he delivers an astute business memoir, an unvarnished look at Hollywood, a primer on media, and a surprisingly frank coming-of-age story. His ascent was meteoric: launching ABC TV’s Movie of the Week at 27, becoming CEO of Paramount Pictures at 32, and launching Fox TV at 44. Diller’s media savvy arguably changed the course of American culture.…

In Art Work: On the Creative Life, critically acclaimed photographer and author Sally Mann offers a spellbinding mix of wild and illuminating stories, advice both practical and not, and life lessons. Written in a direct, fearless, and occasionally outrageous tone, the book reaffirms Mann as a unique and resonant voice for our times. Illustrated throughout with photographs, journal entries, and letters that bring immediacy and poignancy to the narrative, Art Work is full of thought-provoking insights about the hazards of early promise;…

Like wind on a lake, Arthur Sze’s 12th book of poetry, Into the Hush, extends a language that ripples and stills, conjuring a cast of fruit trees and gunshots, butterflies and chemistry, animals and man. Drawing on a craft honed over decades of writing, these poems earn their profound simplicity, moving with imaginative power and emotional force. Sze harnesses a range of innovative forms to respond to the challenges of our nuclear age – endangered cultures and the exigencies of climate change – exploring what it means to write on a planet struggling against the Anthropocene,…

New York Times bestseller and global book world darling Mercedes Ron is making another big splash with the first iteration of her wildly popular Tell Me series, now translated into English. Kamila Hamilton is caught between the two Di Bianco brothers – her best friends and greatest downfall – after they burst back into her life. Thiago got her first kiss; Taylor always protected her. And the secrets they still carry threaten to bring down her fragile walls and expose what happened so many years ago.…

As an invitation toward meaning and connection, National Book Award finalist and former Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith will discuss how celebrations of joy, family, and poetry in their new books are fundamental to our capacities to love, dream, question, and cultivate community. In Grace Notes: Poems about Families, Nye celebrates family and community in her most personal work to date. With poems about her own childhood and school years,…

A love letter to the people who create and evolve American cuisine every day, author and Emmy nominee Padma Lakshmi’s latest book is a road map to the foods that give America its vibrant palate. From Indian coconut rice and Peruvian tamales with chicken to Afghani dumplings with leeks and scallions – and a strawberry, cardamom, and cream cake that will be your new favorite celebration treat – Padma’s All American presents a joyful, kaleidoscopic view of the vast range of incredible dishes she’s delighted in tasting on her travels,…

In They All Came to Barneys: A Personal History of the World’s Greatest Store – co-written with New York Magazine’s Matthew Shneier – Gene Pressman tells the inside story of Barneys New York, from its beginnings as a discount shop to the rise – and eventual fall – of the global fashion empire. He recalls three generations of his family and how they shaped the retail legend, world-famous designers, and cultural icons, capturing fashion’s evolution through turbulent decades and the ambition that built – and unraveled – one of its most well-known destinations.…

In The Five Seekers, Dr. Rolando M. Ochoa, Ph.D., weaves historical facts into a fictional story. Embodied in five children who migrated alone to the United States through Operación Pedro Pan/Operation Peter Pan, Ochoa portrays the experiences of many families who left Cuba in the early 1960s. It’s a story that traces their journeys from an orphanage to becoming successful, educated men and women. Buy The Five Seekers – Ochoa…

In Jaysea Lynn’s For Whom the Belle Tolls, Lily enters the Afterlife on her own terms and finds it more magical than she imagined. From coffee shops for deities to demons in Hell, she carves out a sassy new role sending souls to their circles. But when a bond with Bel, a demon general, sparks into something more, they must fight like hell to save their world. In Melissa K. Roehrich’s Dawn of Chaos and Fury – the fourth book in The Legacy series – Tessalyn,…

In Lauren Grodstein‘s A Dog in Georgia: A Novel, Amy Webb was a chef. Then she became a wife, a stepmother, and an emergency contact, and the chef in her disappeared, along with her sense of self. Now it’s time to acknowledge her needs and what she really wants, and to find herself – and a missing dog in a former Soviet republic. In Hannah Orenstein’s Maine Characters: A Novel, Vivian Levy and Lucy Webster are half-sisters who meet for the first time at their father’s cabin in Maine after his unexpected death.…

Amy Kaufman Burk’s Hollywood Pride is a 1970s coming-of-age novel about friendship, self-discovery, allyship, and standing up against injustice. In 1973, teenager Caroline transfers to Hollywood High School, where wealth and poverty collide. Overwhelmed, she tutors a gang leader, witnesses bullying, and rebels against Hollywood’s toxic culture. As her LGBTQ+ friends are targeted and a predator threatens her, Caroline discovers unexpected strength. Buy Hollywood Pride – Kaufman Burk…

Driven by her passion to nurture the connection between poetry and people, Miami-Dade County Poet Laureate Caridad Moro-Gronlier will launch Generation 305: An Intergenerational Poetry Project at Miami Book Fair. Moderated by Moro-Gronlier and Nicole Tallman, poetry ambassador for Miami-Dade County, this event will showcase Generation 305 poems written to promote, develop, and create multigenerational dialogue, as well as preserve the intergenerational stories in our community. Come listen to Generation 305 poems by selected project poets Richard Blanco,…

In Homework: A Memoir, Geoff Dyer recalls his postwar English childhood with comic affection. The son of a sheet-metal worker and local school dinner lady, he wins a coveted grammar school place, sparking a love of literature. From schoolyard scrapes to gig-going misadventures, this witty memoir paints a portrait of an eroded but resilient England, tracing the deep roots of class society. moderated by New York Times Book Review editor Gilbert Cruz. Buy Homework: A Memoir – Dyer…

Larry Baker’s Tell It Slant: A Novel by Nobody is the intimate “memoir” of Emily Sterling, who is dying of breast cancer and determined to keep talking. Remembering her eccentric childhood, a turbulent decade-long love affair, and her late bloom as a novelist, Emily reflects on the women who shaped her life – her mother, friends, rivals, and heirs. In Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler‘s Twice Around a Marriage, Amanda and Howard, an early-septuagenarian couple married for 22 years,…

Each fall, Miami Book Fair invites the authors and translators of 50 National Book Award longlisted titles to gather in Miami following the National Book Awards Ceremony in New York. Join the honorees in fiction – Susan Choi, Angela Flournoy, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Megha Majumdar, Kevin Moffett, Karen Russell, and Ethan Rutherford – as they read from and discuss their books and answer your questions about writing,…

In Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress – and How to Bring It Back, Marc J. Dunkelman delivers a provocative exploration of America’s vetocracy – a system where anyone can block progress. From housing shortages to climate change, government gridlock has paralyzed solutions and eroded trust. Tracing progressivism’s shift from wielding power to fearing “The Establishment,” he argues that reformers must rediscover their roots to restore faith in democracy. In Marketcrafters: The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy,…

This is a free event that requires a ticket for entry. In the pages of MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus, Art Spiegelman revisits the Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus, which altered how we see literature, comics, and the Holocaust. He probes the questions that Maus most often evokes – Why the Holocaust? Why mice? Why comics? – and gives us a new and essential work about the creative process. Moderated by Emmy Waldman,…

In Deeper than the Ocean: A Novel, Mirta Ojito tells a multigenerational tale that spins out of a chance finding. While on the Canary Islands, Mara Denis learns that her grandmother is among the dead in the shipwreck of the Valbanera, the “poor man’s Titanic.” But that was years before Mara’s mother was born – and suddenly everything Mara thought she knew about her family and herself is now in question. In Shobha Rao‘s Indian Country: A Novel,…

In Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It, pioneering sportswriter and lifelong baseball lover Jane Leavy explores America’s pastime – and why it has faltered. She examines baseball’s decline in the Moneyball era, its enduring magic, and its future place in American culture, speaking with legends like Dusty Baker, Jim Palmer, and Joe Torre along the way. Joining Leavy in conversation is Linda Robertson, sports writer for the Miami Herald.…

José Ignacio Valenzuela y Luis San Vicente participan en un  diálogo entre creadores que han colaborado en varios proyectos sobre el papel de la narrativa verbal y de la visual en los libros para niños. En conversación con Sergio Andricaín.   EN COLABORACIÓN CON…