Upcoming Events

Tear, tape, and tie your way into a community paper-and-yarn art installation! Using cut-up pages from discarded books, you’ll create your own book-inspired pieces to add to a fluttering sculpture that will grow throughout Book Fair weekend. Make a yarn pompom, tie on a page and keep the web evolving, or just make your own bookmark to take home – anything goes! This will be one tangled tale to remember.    …

Race through the Swamp Safari Obstacle Course and unlock your inner superhero by testing your skills and learning new ones with Warrior Kids Academy! Engage in friendly competitions and races, or just experiment with your own strength and skills under the palm trees!…

Skateboarding fun with Tutifruti gives participants of all ages elevated self-confidence, positive friendships, and new skills. Drop into our game sessions for a one-of-a-kind experience on wheels! Don’t forget to stop by the Tutifruti merch table to check out screenprinted apparel made by local artists! Signed waiver and helmets are mandatory; all skateboards, helmets, and protective gear provided at no additional cost.…

Throwbacks and hot tracks from Miami favorite DJ CARLOS MENENDEZ.…

Get ready to run, kick, and play! Soccer Shots brings the world’s most beloved game to kids ages 18 months to 8 years in a way that’s all about fun, friendship, and discovery. Through age-appropriate games and activities, little athletes will build skills, confidence, and character – all while having a blast in a safe and inclusive space. Whether it’s their very first time kicking a ball or they’re already soccer superstars, every child gets to shine on the field!…

Tear, tape, and tie your way into a community paper-and-yarn art installation! Using cut-up pages from discarded books, you’ll create your own book-inspired pieces to add to a fluttering sculpture that will grow throughout Book Fair weekend. Make a yarn pompom, tie on a page and keep the web evolving, or just make your own bookmark to take home – anything goes! This will be one tangled tale to remember.…

Karmela Waldman is an octogenarian psychotherapist and Holocaust survivor. Her son, Joel Z. Waldman, is a successful broadcast journalist. Mastering podcasting is one thing; figuring out the meaning of life is a challenge of an entirely different order. Surviving the Survivor: A Brutally Honest Conversation about Life (& Death) with My Mom: A Holocaust Survivor, Therapist & My Podcast Co-Host offers insights into their frank, real-time, and on-air discussions ranging from child-rearing, aging, illness, and death to the secrets of enjoying life no matter how complicated it gets.…

Ada Calhoun’s Crush: A Novel is a sharp, funny, and seductive story of what happens when one-half of a couple urges the other to address the labels of “husband” and “wife” – kicking off a surprising journey of sex, heartbreak, and heart rekindling. In Hannah Pittard’s If You Love It, Let It Kill You: A Novel, a novelist learns that an unflattering version of herself will appear prominently in her ex-husband’s debut novel. For a week,…

Florida-based photographer Anastasia Samoylova’s Atlantic Coast retraces Berenice Abbott’s 1954 photographic journey on historic U.S. Route 1 along the Eastern Seaboard, documenting dislocation, loss, and a shifting American dream. Working in color and black and white, Samoylova ventures on her own journey to revisit those communities transformed by the interstate and the expansion of industry, commerce, and development. Moderated by Ricardo Mor, arts journalist and curator.   SPONSORED BY     Buy Atlantic Coast – Samoylova…

With a button maker and a wide selection of art supplies, anyone can design wearable art that reflects their creativity. Participants will create their own unique buttons featuring positive messages and playful designs, from bold doodles to uplifting affirmations – each a personal statement piece to share with the world!  …

Explore the art of book-making with artist and educator Jose Luis Garcia as he leads a workshop in creating handmade pocket books, handy for remembering all the adventures you’ll have in Children’s Alley! Garcia will guide young artists through a series of bookmaking activities that range from simple to complex folds. The premise of the workshop is to create “Pocket Books” that fit in your pocket to keep handy for your Miami Book Fair adventures. Artists will learn about the art of bookmaking to create handmade Leporello,…

Ron Currie’s The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne follows the title character, a grandmother and crime boss in Maine whose empire begins to unravel when her daughter, Sis, goes missing and a sinister outsider arrives. When Sis is found dead, the whole town seeks shelter from Babs’ wrath as the story explores love, retribution, and the ancestral roots that both nurture and confine us. Brendan Slocumb’s The Dark Maestro: A Novel follows Curtis Wilson,…

THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART STATION Step into the world of AI! Inspired by Lawrence Lek: NOX Pavilion on view at The Bass Museum of Art, this hands-on activity invites kids and families to design their very own AI companion using recycled materials, shiny surfaces, and even working LED lights! What is your AI’s name? What kind of personality does it have? What does your AI do? What feelings does it have? What story does it tell? Come imagine, build, and take home your one-of-a-kind tech robot inspired by a creation that blends science and creativity!…

Alex Foster’s Circular Motion is a story of love, despair, and two people’s search for belonging in a world literally spinning out of control. Tanner escapes his tiny Alaskan hometown for a job at CWC, which is revolutionizing global travel, while outcast Winnie joins teen activists blaming CWC for Earth’s acceleration. As days shorten and storms rage, their lives spiral toward each other in a rapidly changing world. Bruce Holsinger’s Culpability: A Novel is a suspenseful family drama about moral responsibility in the age of AI.…

SFCPA brings its famous Drum Jam to Miami Book Fair! Everyone can participate – fun for all ages and abilities. Drum along during a guided bucket jam. Learn the basics of bucket drumming, how to play within a group, and groove together!…

Inspired by Yuyi Morales’s book Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book, we meet the hard-working Grandma Beetle, who tricks Señor Calavera into staying for her birthday party. When he shows up at her door, demanding she leave with him right away, she responds with “Just a minute.” She still has one house to sweep, two pots of tea to boil, and three pounds of corn to make into tortillas — and that’s just the start. This theatrical counting farce is accompanied by physical comedy,…

Carlos Manuel Álvarez’s False War: A Novel, translated by Natasha Wimmer, portrays ambivalent castaways living lives of deep estrangement from their home country. Álvarez links extraordinary stories of ordinary people from Havana to Berlin – barbers and dissidents, thieves and chess players – each immersed in a fake war waged with little real passion. In Robert  Busby’s Bodock: Stories, an ice storm hits the fictional titular Mississippi town, leaving lives and landscapes fractured. From two siblings surveying their family’s damaged orchard and a cop mourning his son to a divorced slacker aiding in his former father-in-law’s lung transplant surgery,…

Yacht Rock Miami is a multimedia performance tribute to the smooth sounds of the 1970s, ’80s, and today. Captain G, Captain Juan Luv, and Salty Hank navigate audiences through both the familiar and uncharted waters of smooth vibes, creating a unique, theatrical musical experience.…

Brandon Hobson’s The Devil Is a Southpaw: A Novel is a haunting novel of obsession, pride, and forgiveness. Told through Milton’s darkly comic – and possibly unreliable – account of his friendship and rivalry with gifted Cherokee artist Matthew, the story revisits their harrowing youth in juvenile detention and the lingering traumas of incarceration, pride, and survival, brought to life by Hobson’s visceral prose and original artwork. The stresses of acting on a TV show, the pressures of an elite high school,…

Anjanette Delgado presenta El sexilio, un texto delirante, transgresor e íntimo que conecta la violencia patriarcal con la violencia colonial en Puerto Rico; y Antonio Sajid llega con La sombra púrpura del cielo roto, una novela que recorre medio siglo de historia puertorriqueña y explora temas como las identidades queer, el deseo y la corrupción. En conversación con la escritora y editora Dainerys Machado. Compra El sexilio – Delgado Compra Las noventa Habanas – Machado Compra La sombra púrpura del cielo roto – Sajid  …

No one is ever turned away at Don Manuel and Doña Lila’s home in Uno Más, One More: A Latino Retelling of an Old Scottish Ballad, illustrated by Olivia Sua. But one day, as their “casita” overflows with friends and loved ones, the house collapses. Then their friends get to work and rebuild it. It’s a tale about kindness, community, and giving back. Grades K-3. SPONSORED BY Buy Uno Más, One More: A Latino Retelling of an Old Scottish Ballad – Silvia López…

Karen Russell’s The Antidote: A Novel tells the story of the fictional Uz, Nebraska, and begins as a historic dust storm ravages the town. But Uz is already collapsing, not just under the weight of the Great Depression and the dust bowl drought, but because of its own violent history. Patricia Lockwood’s Will There Ever Be Another You: A Novel chronicles a young woman’s descent into illness and insanity amid a global pandemic. Struggling with grief and a mystifying disease,…

On the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, three authors discuss the challenges of telling the stories of their parents and lovers, examining love, loss, and identity across genres and generations. Becoming Ghost documents Cathy Linh Che’s parents’ experiences as refugees who escaped the Vietnam War and then were cast as extras in Francis Ford Coppola’s film Apocalypse Now, placing them at the margins of their own story. The 14 pieces in Andrew Lam’s Stories from the Edge of the Sea explore love and loss,…

Sunday, November 23 @ 1 p.m. Children’s Alley – Innovate! Canopy What makes a comic a comic, as opposed to a picture book or novel? What are some of the things that make up a comic (like panels, word bubbles, and gutters), and what are the things that make up a story (like a protagonist and conflict)? Join bestselling author-illustrator George O’Connor for this exclusive digital comic-making workshop to find out! Using your prompts, he’ll create a group comic story and then lead everyone in picking its components – like character,…

Adam Aleksic’s Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language is a captivating exploration of how internet algorithms are changing language and communication. Aleksic uses original surveys, data, and internet archival research to usher us through a new linguistic landscape, while illuminating how communication is changing in both familiar and unexpected ways. In Unfinished: The Role of the Artist in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Emmy-winning composer Lucas Cantor Santiago reflects on his journey from technology skeptic to collaborating with AI to complete Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony.…

Mark Kurlansky’s Cheesecake: A Novel follows one Manhattan block as an ancient recipe – and a conniving landlord – reshape the Upper West Side. In 1970s New York, a Greek family revives Cato the Elder’s cheesecake recipe to attract more upscale customers to its restaurant, sparking obsession, real estate battles, and neighborhood upheaval. In conversation with Marion Winik, co-editor of I Know About a Thousand Things: The Writings of Ann Alejandro of Uvalde, Texas.  …

In James Grippando’s Grave Danger: A Jack Swyteck Novel, Jack’s new client fled from Iran to Miami with her daughter and is accused of kidnapping by her husband. To stop him from taking the girl, Jack must build an international case – but everything isn’t what it seems. As secrets, politics, and pressure from Jack’s wife, Andie, threaten the case and their marriage, they both must navigate a web of deceit. In Dwyer Murphy’s The House on Buzzards Bay: A Novel,…

Offering analysis and key interviews, John Masouri‘s Pressure Drop: Reggae in the Seventies chronicles reggae’s most tumultuous and influential decade. The music flourished against a backdrop of political upheaval, gang warfare, Black Nationalism, racial and class discrimination, and grinding poverty. Brutal and revelatory, it gave birth to DJs, dub, rockers, and early dancehall. Moderated by writer-musician Randall Grass.   Buy Pressure Drop: Reggae in the Seventies – Masouri…

One summer. Forty-six mountain peaks. A second chance to make things right. In The Trouble with Heroes, Kate Messner takes readers on a heart-filling journey as a seventh grade boy finds his path to healing. The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story by Daniel Nayeri is the harrowing true story of two orphans on a treacherous journey across mountains to bring education to isolated children with a chalkboard and a satchel full of textbooks.…

What stories can flowers tell? Inspired by artist Henri Matisse and the beauty of Florida’s native blooms, this workshop invites you to create your own vibrant bouquet – no watering needed! Using torn and cut paper in an array of colors, you’ll craft stems, leaves, and petals that fit perfectly into a paper hand, traced from your own arm. Along the way, you’ll explore the shapes, textures, and colors of our local flora, learning how art can be both playful and inspired by nature.…

In Jesse Browner’s Sing to Me: A Novel, young, resourceful Hani sets out for the ruins of Troy after his father and sister vanish. With only a brilliant, brooding donkey beside him, Hani must rely on his wit, humor, and spirit to survive civilization’s collapse in this story of loss, resilience, and hope. Megan Giddings’ Meet Me at the Crossroads: A Novel is the story of Black teenage twin sisters in the Midwest, whose world is changed one summer morning by the appearance of seven mysterious doors that seemingly lead to another world.…

In Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality, Deborah N. Archer reveals how America’s transportation infrastructure – highways, roads, bus routes, even sidewalks – became tools to sustain segregation after Jim Crow. From multilane roads blocking access to white neighborhoods to suburbs designed to exclude, Archer traces a hidden architecture of inequality while offering a vision for a just system. Joining Archer in conversation is Oscar Corral, documentary filmmaker and co-director and co-producer of INTERSTATE.…

Think you have what it takes to participate in the ultimate STEAM challenge? Join us on stage to battle it out! Using the engineering design process, you’ll navigate a building task in a race against other participants.…

Welcome to the infinite world of origami! In Japanese, “ori” means to fold and “gami” means paper. Using origami, music, and audience participation, artist Kuniko Yamamoto will provide a magical introduction to Japanese culture and the art of simplicity through Origami Tales. Mythological character masks and puppets, amazing flowers, and a dragon – all made from origami – will set the stage as she shares heartfelt stories of ancient Japan.…

El autor colombiano Gilmer Mesa presenta Aranjuez, una novela que, a partir de los recuerdos de un narrador atravesado por la ausencia del padre y el peso de la violencia urbana en Medellín, ofrece un retrato conmovedor de la vida diaria en una comunidad frágil, abordando temas como la memoria, el duelo y la dignidad en medio de un contexto áspero y profundamente humano. En conversación con el escritor Nélson Hincapié.   Compra Aranjuez – Mesa…

This is a free event that requires a ticket for entry. The headlines are filled with news of hurricanes, tornadoes, and cataclysmic fires affecting America. And a report released in 2022 by atmospheric scientists at the University of Northern Illinois warned that winds are expected to steadily strengthen in the years ahead. In The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind, Simon Winchester explores how wind plays a part in our everyday lives. Every day we draw in two thousand gallons of air – and thousands of living things.…

Join us for a panel with three highly regarded Jewish American poets as they reflect on the life and work of midcentury poet Hyam Plutzik (1911-62), a three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize whose poetry came to fruition at a time of cultural change set against the historical rupture of the Holocaust and World War II. Rodger Kamenetz, Jacqueline Osherow, and Maxim D. Shrayer were part of a collective of 18 scholars working over a period of 15 years with editor Victoria Aarons to create  Hyam Plutzik and the Mosaic of Time – a collection of essays and selected poems.…

The Books for Free crew is taking over the tent, reading and chilling throughout the day. So grab a beanbag and settle in for a storytime session with your new B4F BFFs! Grades K-3.   SPONSORED BY…