Miami Book Fair International

In 1984, there were few writers who thought it'd be worth their time to visit a book fair in the Magic City."Nobody thought of Miami as such a serious…

It feels like a high-speed chase west on the ironically named Dolphin Expressway, veering south on what follows as a seamless string of highway on the…

For the past three months, WLRN and the Miami Book Fair have been challenging locals to write a short story -- really short. Participants were asked to…

In one respect, the late Roman Catholic Archbishop Agustín Román was just like many of his fellow Cuban exiles he ministered to for almost half a century…

The Miami Book Fair International has announced some of the names in its lineup of authors. Punk poet Patti Smith will kick off the fair’s 32nd edition,…

The Miami Book Fair International, in partnership with WLRN, asked for your six-word Miami-influenced stories. Now, after reading more than 4,000 entries,…

South Florida knows how to throw a party. And it better, considering how important hospitality is to the regional economy. From conferences and…

When I was in elementary school, I wrote an "autobiography" called "I Want to Be Like Judy." It had a pink construction paper cover and came in second in…

N.D.B. Connolly grew up in South Florida and couldn't wait to leave. That's when he realized just how attached he was to the region. That's also when he…

Mark DeNote doesn't teach his middle school history students about beer. But he did write Florida's history of "the drink of the working class" in his…

Say you walk into an office building. On the reception desk is a nice, lush, green-leafed plant with white dots on it. You think, “how nice and…

The network will feature the massive festival, which boasts hundreds of authors and countless more attendees, in a live webcast. Across the Atlantic, The Hunger Games is getting a theater adaptation.