MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONAL 2007 July 19, 2007 The
premier literary event of the year is once again on the horizon
Between Sunday, November 4 and Sunday, Nov. 11, hundreds of
authors
from the United States and abroad will gather at the Miami Dade College’s
Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami for the 24th Annual Miami Book Fair
International.
Each year, the fair overflows with the top best-selling authors, and this year
will be no exception. Diane Ackerman, Amiri Baraka, Ishmael Beah, Madison Smartt
Bell, Ross King, Edwidge Danticat, Diana Abu-Jaber, Nikki Giovanni, Francisco
Goldman, Tom Hayden, Ha Jin, David Leavitt, Paul Krugman, Dave Barry and Ridley
Pearson have already confirmed to attend the 24th annual Miami Book Fair
International.
"As we head toward a quarter of a century of celebrating literature, I am proud
to see that the Fair continues to be a vibrant, important part of South
Florida’s cultural landscape," says Alina Interian, Executive Director of the
Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College. "Our programs this
year will reflect the preoccupations, as well as the joys of our community and
our nation."
Miami Book Fair International is a premier program of the Florida Center for the
Literary Arts at Miami Dade College and is held at the college’s Wolfson Campus
at 300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL, and surrounding downtown streets.
For more information, contact the Book Fair office at (305) 237-3258 or online
at www.miamibookfair.com
The mission of Miami Book Fair
International is to promote reading,
encourage writing, and heighten an awareness of literacy and the literary arts
in our multi-ethnic community.
First called Books by the Bay in 1984, the two-day street fair has evolved into
the largest and finest book fair in America. Attendance grew steadily and, by
the late 1990s, hundreds of thousands of book lovers were eagerly participating
in the annual literary festival. Since then, the Fair has blossomed to encompass
numerous special programs including…
-Evenings With…
a week-long reading series
-Ibero-American Authors Program
a full program in Spanish (Programa en español)
-Children’s Alley
fun and exciting activities for young readers
-Student Literary Encounters
sessions with students, on campus and at outreach locations
-Antiquarian Annex
a rare books showcase
Today, Miami Book Fair International is a full-scale international event that
includes a Sunday-to-Sunday schedule of stellar programs, readings and special
activities.
The centerpiece of the Book Fair is the highly impressive Festival of Authors.
Previous year’s guests have included prize winning authors, recipients of the
Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Casa de las Americas Prize, Pushcart Prize,
O’Henry Award, National Magazine Award, Commonwealth Prize, MacArthur
Fellowship, and Edgar Award. Along with many American voices, there will be
international voices from Argentina, South Africa, France, Cuba, Guatemala,
England, Mexico, Hong Kong, Spain, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Bosnia, Trinidad, Russia,
Taiwan, Haiti, Finland, Canada, and the Philippines.
Since the creation of the Florida Center for the Literary Arts (an academic and
cultural initiative of Miami-Dade College) the Book Fair is now part of this
new, broader effort that will shine an even brighter light on the literary arts.
Founded in 2001, the Florida Center for the Literary Arts is working to
transform South Florida into a bustling nexus of year-round international
literary events. A multi-faceted umbrella created to celebrate all forms of
literature including journalism, writing for theater and cinema, literacy
programs, and book clubs, the Center has fully embraced the Book Fair as one of
its components, and is fully invested in its success.
For more information on the exciting programs being developed by the Center,
please contact (305) 237-3940 or visit www.flcenterlitarts.com.
