29th MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONAL
Presented and produced by The Center @ MDC
Nov. 11 – 18, 2012/ MiamiBookFair.com
The 29th edition
of the nation’s finest and largest literary gathering, Miami Book Fair
International, presented by The Center for Literature and
Theatre @ Miami Dade College (MDC), will take place November 11 – 18,
2012, at Miami Dade
MDC’s Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave., in
downtown Miami. The always-popular Street Fair
runs Friday through Sunday, November 16 – 18, with more than 200 exhibitors from around the
country selling books in a festive atmosphere.
The Fair, MDC’s
flagship cultural event, will treat book lovers to eight days of cultural and
educational activities, including the beloved Evenings
With… series, the IberoAmerican Authors program,
myriad learning activities for children, and programs for food enthusiasts in
partnership with the college’s Miami Culinary Institute.
TOP CONFIRMED AUTHORS
The Fair continues to raise the bar of
excellence by offering a fine roster of writers from the U.S. and abroad, and
this year will be no exception. Confirmed authors include talk show host Bill O’Reilly, actress Molly
Ringwald, political commentator Andrew Solomon, historians Robert Caro and Deborah Dash Moore, David Maraniss, Michael Grunwald; Pulitzer Prize winning Junot
Diaz; essayists and commentators Adam Gropnik and Camille Paglia;
novelists Sandra Cisneros, Emma Donoghue, Jess Walters, Ann Lamott
Lauren Groff, Robert Goolrick, Thane Rosenbaum, personality Lemony Snickett; fashion designers Isabel and Ruben Toledo; best selling
authors James Patterson, Jo Nesbo, RL
Stine, Justin Torres, and opening the Fair on
Nov. 11 is novelist and journalist Tom Wolfe, to name just a few of the 300 plus authors coming to Miami from all over
the world to read from their newest works, to meet their readers and sign books.
The IberoAmerican
program will present an array of Spanish-speaking literary voices from around
the world, including Homero Aridjis (Mexico), Mayra Santos Febres (Puerto Rico), Abilio Estévez (Cuba-Spain), Santiago Roncagliolo (Perú) and more.
Back again this year is the fall edition of The Miami Writers Institute, with
workshops taught by novelist Margot Livesey, literary agent Kimberly
Witherspoon, and award-winning author Teresa Dovalpage with a workshop in
Spanish, among others.
This year, the
Fair continues to expand its children’s programming with Generation Genius Days,
a component for toddlers, children, tweens and teens to explore, discover
and learn through reading and writing, storytelling, art-making, music and
theater. Age-appropriate, book-inspired activities will be offered, and will
include a “musical petting zoo”, where kids can handle instruments; map-making
and star-gazing; junior engineering projects and science experiments; creative
writing and theater workshops, computer storyboarding for comics and cartoons,
and other activities that can lead to learning and discovery in the various
subject areas, such as English, math, history, geography, the sciences, the
visual arts and others. An additional day of
author readings for students on field trips is now on the schedule, as well as
a fourth day of readings, storytelling and entertainment on the two children’s
stages.
The Fair also continues special programming
for educators with the day-long School of Comics and Graphic Novels -- a series
of workshops on how to use comics in the classroom--and adds workshops on how
to teach creative writing to K-12 students. Miami Book Fair International
2012 promises to be another exceptional literary event! For regular updates on the Miami Book Fair, please visit www.miamibookfair.com
MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONAL AND The
Center @ MDC
Miami Book Fair
International is the largest and is regarded as the finest literary gathering
in America. It is the premier event of The Center for literature and theatre at
Miami Dade College. The Center promotes reading and writing throughout the year
by consistently presenting quality literary activities open to all in South
Florida. Literacy projects target children of all ages—from kindergarten to
high school—as well as college students and adults. Established and emerging
writers from South Florida and all over the U.S. read, lecture, and teach
workshops. They work with K-12, MDC students, and diverse members of the
community, helping to deepen their understanding of literature, and encouraging
their work of writers at all stages of development. The Center envisions South
Florida as a nexus of literary activity in the Americas and beyond, and will
continue to champion its mission of promoting the advancement and appreciation
of the literary arts in all forms.
Miami Book Fair
International is made possible through the generous support of the State of
Florida and the National Endowment for the Arts; the City of Miami; Miami-Dade
County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the
Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; Miami-Dade County Public
Schools; the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau; the Miami Downtown
Development; and the Friends of the Fair; as well as many corporate partners.
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