Stories with 'Miami Book Fair' tag

Meet Kirsten Hines, Florida wildlife chronicler

📸 Photo by James A. Kushlan Hiya Kristen! Who are you? What do you do? I’m a writer, wildlife photographer, and conservationist with a master’s degree in biology and a background as an environmental educator. I’m super passionate about the environment and aim to inspire others toward a little more greenness in everything I do, […]

/ October 23, 2023

Meet 2x Super Bowl Champion Larry Csonka

📸: Photo by Audrey Bradshaw Larry, let’s start with the CliffNotes of your football and post-football life. I’m a former Syracuse and Miami Dolphins fullback who played for Coach Don Shula in the Dolphins’ glory years. Under Shula, we went from the worst team in the league to playing in three back-to-back Super Bowls, winning […]

/ November 14, 2022

Meet writer Nicole Tallman

📸: Photo by Jackie Taylor So Nicole, who are you? What do you do? In short, I’m a writer. My full-time day job is serving as the Director of Legislative Affairs for Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. I also serve as her Poetry Ambassador, and Poetry and Interviews Editor for The Blue Mountain Review, […]

/ November 7, 2022

Miami Book Fair Celebrates Carnival with Little Haiti Book Festival Online

Little Haiti Book Festival coordinator author of the Badass Black Girl book series M.J. Fievre shares a heartfelt essay on Carnival in honor of Haitian Heritage Month and Miami Book Fair’s monthlong celebration.

/ May 4, 2021

📚 Thumbing through this year’s Miami Book Fair

Plus, Why more green spaces are good for the Magic City. Welcome to Wednesday, Miami. If you haven’t been tuning into the Miami Book Fair these past few days… What have you been doing? As one would expect from an annual gathering going 37 years strong, Miami Dade College’s celebration of the written word has […]

/ November 18, 2020

How Miami Book Fair’s latest partnership was design-hacked by a fourth grader

Miami Book Fair’s latest partnership with Moonlighter makerspace bridges literature, design thinking, and community.

/ August 15, 2017

The shops keeping Miami’s comic culture alive and well

There’s no question the comic book scene is booming, but how has Miami risen to the occasion to meet the needs of this niche nerd market?

/ November 15, 2016

A Miami Mystery tour with Alex Segura

You’ve never seen Miami like this before.

/ November 14, 2016

How I got here: Lissette Mendez, director of programs, Miami Book Fair

This Miamian’s love for literature led her to her dream job, but the story of how she got there is one for the books.

/ November 11, 2016

A Latina Millennial’s Guide to the Miami Book Fair

It’s that time of year again, when the tents pop up, books line tables, and young and old come to enjoy Miami Book Fair International.

/ November 10, 2016