Miami Book Fair 2019

Miami Book Fair

Weeknight Events in English and Spanish Below.
Pick your authors. Buy your tickets.

Opening Sunday Celebration

The Fair kicks off with a swingin’ paella party!
Atrium (Bldg. 2, Outside Exile Lounge)

5 p.m. / Delicious dishes courtesy of The Paella King. Special thanks to Biscayne Bay Brewing for the cold beverages! (FREE)

6 p.m. / Special performance by French Horn Collective, a shape-shifting ensemble featuring a high energy mix of gypsy jazz, traditional jazz, blues, and modern French music. (FREE)

Sunday, Nov. 17 – Friday, Nov. 22 Evening Events

Sunday, Nov. 17
4 p.m. / An Evening with former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and Pulitzer-prize winning author Samantha Power on her memoir, The Education of an Idealist.
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)

Monday, Nov. 18
6 p.m. / An Evening with NYT staff editor and writer Bari Weiss on How to Fight Antisemitism
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)

8 p.m. / Tony Award-winning playwright Eve Ensler of The Vagina Monologues in conversation with Caribbean-American poet Aja Monet
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)

Tuesday, Nov. 19
6 p.m. / An Evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Washington Post columnist George F. Will on The Conservative Sensibility
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)

8 p.m. / An Evening with cult American film director, screenwriter, and author John Waters in conversation with Juan Barquin of Flaming Classics
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)

Wednesday, Nov. 20
6 p.m. / An Evening With Mo Rocca, correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)

7 p.m. / Pat Mitchell Presents Becoming a Dangerous Woman, in Conversation with Catalina Escobar (FREE)
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)

8 p.m. / An Evening with Debbie Harry of Blondie, in conversation with band co-founder Chris Stein, moderated by Rob Roth
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)

Thursday, Nov. 21
7 p.m. / Collector and Philanthropist Mitchell Wolfson Presents Wolfsonian-FIU Founder’s Choice (FREE)
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)

8 p.m. / An Evening With Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Richard Russo
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)

OFFSITE AT THE STANDARD HOTEL, MIAMI BEACH (FREE)
7 p.m. / Drink and Draw: Exquisite Corpse Murder Mystery Edition!

Friday, Nov. 22
6 p.m. / The Lights Go On At The Porch with a Free Community BBQ, sounds by DJ Mr. Pauer, Literary Wrestling, and music by Los Wizzards (FREE)
The Porch (Miami Book Fair Grounds: Corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Ave.)

6 p.m. / An Evening With the National Book Awards Winners and Finalists, including Dan Beachy-Quick, Sarah M. Broom, Susan Choi, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Toi Derricotte, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Camonghne Felix, Carolyn Forché, Marlon James, Laila Lalami, Kadir Nelson, Kimberly King Parsons, Helen Phillips, Julia Phillips, Ariana Reines, Laura Ruby, , Wolves Behind Them All, Hal Schrieve, Brian Teare, Colleen AF Venable & Ellen T. Crenshaw, and Diane Grosklaus Whitty, moderated by Lisa Lucas
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)

Find the weekend schedules online, or download the full 2019 MBF Guide (PDF) and the Weekend Author Grids (PDF) for a complete list of authors, programs and events.

In Spanish / En español

Sunday / Domingo / Nov. 17
4 p.m / An Evening with Nicaraguan poet and writer Gioconda Belli / Una tarde con la poeta y narradora nicaragüense Gioconda Belli
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)

Thursday / Jueves / Nov. 21
7 p.m. / Identity and Post-nationalism in Contemporary Cuban literature / Identidad y postnacionalismo en la cultura cubana: lo nuevo de Aduana Vieja con Laura Alonso Gallo, Alfredo Pong y José Prats Sariol, moderated by Fabio Murrieta

Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)
8 p.m / Essays For Understanding Our Times / Ensayos para entender los tiempos que vivimos con Carol Prunhuber, Luciano Galup, Rodolfo R. Pou, moderated by Guillermo Lousteau.
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)

Friday / Viernes / Nov. 22
In Spanish / en español
7 p.m. / Poetic Explorations / Exploraciones Poéticas con Rubí Arana, Miguel Falquez Certain, and Jorge García de la Fe
Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor)

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