November 13 – 20, Miami Book Fair, 300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami
The 33rd annual Miami Book Fair will be held from November 13 to November 20 at the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College in downtown Miami. The festival includes readings by more than 500 authors from around the world, as well as discussions, panels, performances, and special events and activities with local programs such as 6 Words Miami, Generation Genius, and the Porch. Participating authors include poets Rita Dove, Ha Jin, and Robert Pinsky; fiction writers Russell Banks, T. C. Boyle, Robert Olen Butler, Jane Hamilton, Adam Haslett, Aleksandar Hemon, Marlon James, Chigozie Obioma, Maria Semple, David Trueba, and Colson Whitehead; and nonfiction writers Dave Barry and Sebastian Junger. The cost of weekend admission is $8 ($5 for seniors and free for children under the age of 12); select author events are $15 each.
Visit miamibookfair.com to view schedules, author information, directions to (and around) the Fair, parking info, a listing of Street Fair exhibitors – even build your personalized Book Fair itinerary. Parking is free in MDC’s Wolfson Campus Garage (Bldg. 7 – Entrance on N.E. Fifth Street between First and Second Avenues.) You can also take the Metromover to the College North or College Bayside stations from Government Center. #MiamiBookFair2016 #miamiREADS @MiamiBookFair