Upcoming Events
During eight days each November hundreds of authors and thousands of readers converge on Downtown Miami for the nation's premier literary festival. And when that's over, we keep it going, month in, month out.
Place Poetics: Landscape, Memory, and Journey: A Poetry Workshop with Kenzie Allen
Wednesdays, May 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th (4 weeks) via Zoom 7 – 9 p.m. EST (2 hours) What are the place memories we carry with us, and where do our best stories live? How might our favorite landscapes offer new inspirations, and how might we invoke a deeper experience of place for our readers? In this 4 week workshop, we’ll look at poetry of place, including landscape- and eco-poetics, mapping and travel narratives, and site-specific writing and art, to chart new geographies across...
Lyricism Across Genres: A Multi-Genre Creative Writing Workshop with Fatimah Asghar
May 10, 17, 24 and 31 | 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 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...
Dave Barry on Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up
Books & Books and the Books & Books Literary Foundation are proud to present an evening with Dave Barry discussing Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up (Simon & Schuster, $28.99). America’s most beloved wiseass finally tells his life story with all the humor you’d expect from a man who made a career out of making fun of pretty much everything. BUY TICKETS HERE ***Please note: This event will take place at the Books &...
First Draft: A Creative Writing Social with Felipe Bomeny
May 13th, 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:Writing With A Sense Of Place. What does it mean to write with a sense of place? And how can we think of place beyond the conventions of setting? In this First Draft session, we will consider the...
Creative Writing Workshop: Revision and Fiction with Felipe Bomeny
4 Wednesdays: June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2025 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. (2 hours) / In-Person Revision can take on many shapes and lead us to unexpected places. In this workshop, we will consider different strategies for revision—both on the line level and more globally. Working through prompts, generative exercises, and short readings, we will consider audience, context, pacing, and the possibilities of revision. Across our four sessions, we will also consider how to incorporate revision into a wider...
First Draft: A Creative Writing Social with Simone Zapata
June 10, 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. Simone Zapata, our Poetry Fellow for the Emerging Writer Fellowships, is a writer, editor, and educator from San José, California. Her recent work appears in Dilettante Army, Beloit Poetry Journal, and...
¡Tómate una copa y escribe mejor!, con Carlos Pintado. ¡¡Celebrando 10 años!!
Tema: “Diles Que no me escriban“ – un juego con el cuento “Diles que no me maten“ de Rulfo. DESCRIPCION: Una tertulia literaria guiada. Embriaga a tu editor interno y exprésate con libertad. Así es como funciona: Te damos un tema, escribes diez minutos, si quieres compartes con el resto de los participantes. Hacemos una pausa para socializar y que pidas una copa (la primera la invita la casa). Repetimos la dinámica. Carlos Pintado – Bio resumida: Carlos Pintado es un...
Cubanet presenta Como el Ave Fénix: 50 historias de Cuba en exilio de William Navarrete
William Navarrete Nació en Cuba, en 1968. Naturalizado francés, reside permanentemente en París desde hace más de tres décadas. Estudió Historia del arte en la Universidad de La Habana y Civilización hispanoamericana en La Sorbonne-París IV. Escritor en español y en francés, periodista y traductor para organizaciones de Naciones Unidas, fue editor de la edición en español de la revista El Correo de la UNESCO. Ha organizado un centenar de presentaciones, coloquios y foros culturales...
Una tarde con Uva de Aragón en conversación con Sarah Moreno.
Estacioamiento gratuito DESCRIPTION: La reconocida narradora y ensayista Uva de Aragón conversa sobre su obra con la periodista Sarah Moreno. ______________ UVA DE ARAGÓN (La Habana, 1944), periodista, narradora, ensayista, profesora universitaria. Ha publicado casi una veintena de libros, entre ellos su obra más reciente_,_ la novela histórica De amores y guerras. Cuba y España (2024). Muchos de sus textos aparecen en antologías, algunos en traducciones al inglés. Ha merecido diversos...
Leemos a Han Kang, ganadora del Nobel de Literatura 2024
Evento gratuito Imparte: Vivian Dragna, escritora y docente. DESCRIPTION: Nuevo taller de lectura de la mano de Vivian Dragna para leer juntos uno de los libros de la reciente premio Nobel surcoreana Han Kang. La clase de griego entrelaza a una mujer que no puede hablar con un hombre que se está quedando ciego. Construye una fábula sobre los abismos del lenguaje y la disociación entre éste y el mundo. Las voces íntimas de estos dos protagonistas se intercalan y se cruzan en una época de...
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...
First Draft: A Creative Writing 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...
First Draft: A Creative Writing Social with Nadine Pinede
October 7th, 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: “Writing History in the Present Tense” Step into the time machine of your imagination. History speaks—and in this workshop, it sings. Join poet and author Nadine Pinede to...
