Your membership is more important than ever!
As a nonprofit organization, 80% of Miami Book Fair’s annual budget relies on the generous support of individuals, businesses, foundations, government entities, and other community partners to carry on our work. Rising costs and funding cuts are significantly impacting our sustainability; please consider continuing or increasing your member-level support today.
Memberships
As a Friend of the Fair, your support plays a vital role in bringing authors to Miami each year. Author travel and lodging alone total approximately $400,000 annually, with additional expenses for transportation and hospitality increasing that investment even further. Friends of the Fair currently help cover roughly one-third of these author-related costs — a meaningful and essential contribution.
While Miami Dade College generously provides the venues and infrastructure that make the Fair possible, it is our Friends who make it possible for the authors to be here. Because of you, our community continues to experience thoughtful conversations, diverse voices across genres, and enriching educational opportunities that define Miami Book Fair.
Reader
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Year-round invitations to VIP events, receptions, and more!
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1 FRIEND identification badge
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1 complimentary Evenings With ticket
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Early access and priority seating
Writer
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Priority ticket reservations prior to public sales and more!
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1 FRIEND identification badge
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3 complimentary Evenings With tickets
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Access to the FRIENDS Hospitality Lounge
Agent
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Exclusive Miami Book Fair tote and more!
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2 FRIEND identification badges
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6 complimentary Evenings With tickets
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Access to the FRIENDS Hospitality Lounge
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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Books from presenting authors and more!
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3 FRIEND identification badges
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9 complimentary Evenings With tickets
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Access to the FRIENDS Hospitality Lounge
Publisher
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Evenings With tickets and more!
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4 FRIEND identification badges
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12 complimentary Evenings With tickets
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Access to the FRIENDS Hospitality Lounge
Chairperson's Circle
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Introduce your fave author and more!
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6 FRIEND identification badges
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20 complimentary Evenings With tickets
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Access to the FRIENDS Hospitality Lounge
Sustainer’s Circle
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Receive all of the benefits of the Chairperson’s Circle level plus the following benefits:
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Your 8 reserved seats will be held for you regardless of when you arrive for the session.
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Immediate entry to the session upon arrival (concierge access).
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Opportunity to select up to 6 books being presented by Fair authors and receive them prior to or the day of the event.
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Opportunity to introduce - author sessions.
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Invitations to private, high-level donor-only events throughout the year.
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4 tickets to the Next Page Dinner.
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Special recognition as a Sustainer’s Circle member at author sessions; on the Fair website; and in the Fairgoers’ Guide (deadline 9/1), press releases, and electronic announcements.
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Recognition as a Sustainer’s Circle member at the Next Page Dinner and on the MBF website throughout the year.
Put a smile on someone’s face. Give the gift of Miami Book Fair.
Why Book Fair solo? Surprise someone special with a Friend of the Fair membership and tear through the country’s grandest literary arts festival with a book-loving partner in crime!
“Friends Don’t Wait in Line”
Questions? Need More Information?
Please contact Friend liaisons Annalisa Damley and Lisa Better at 305.237.7837 (membership office) or [email protected] and 786.208.5402 (Annalisa’s cell).
For technical support, please contact SquadUP at 800.210.0689 (M-F, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET) or [email protected].
