Books

Broward County Library and the City of Pompano Beach present ArtLit 2020. This unique, free community event for all ages  is a community celebration of art and literature with a playful explosion of live chalk art, canvas art, music, virtual reality demonstrations, interactive experiences, food trucks, and fun for all ages. Free live art creation and entertainment will be offered

Fly into MODS for a special reading, book-signing and hands-on activities related to “Gema, the Curious Butterfly” with artist and children’s book author Gabriela Esquivel. Attendees will play and sing Gema’s song, decorate ready-made masquerade masks and paint butterfly wings. Gema, the Curious Butterfly is a story about friendship, freedom and love. Her grandmother gifted her a book that will guide her … +

What will happen when homo sapiens is no longer the smartest being on the planet? Jeanette Winterson shows us how much closer we are to that future than we realise. Funny and furious, bold and clear-sighted, Frankissstein is a love story about life itself. Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester, England. After graduating from Oxford University she published her first novel at … +

The highly-anticipated memoir from hip-hop icon Rick Ross chronicles his coming of age amid Miami’s crack epidemic, his star-studded controversies, and his unstoppable rise to fame. Making an exclusive appearance in the city that shaped him, Rick Ross will be in conversation with a soon-to-be-announced moderator. The event is held in partnership with the Miami Book Fair and The New Tropic. Rick Ross … +

Everyone loves the idea of writing a novel…until they start it and realize they don’t know what they’re doing! “The Shape of a Novel” breaks down what you need to write a novel and how to outline your book before you start it so that when you’re stuck you have a blueprint to return to. Workshops will include brief lectures on how … +

The 32nd Annual Conference on Children’s Literature: Nurturing Our Sense of Community is happening. This free, daylong professional development opportunity is open to anyone interested in literacy for youth. The training and exposure offered is of particular interest to local authors, community partners, teachers, including early childhood educators, literacy coaches, library media specialists, public librarians, caregivers and parents.  The 2019 special guests are Oge Mora, Angela Dominguez, and … +

Jul 26, 2019, 8 PM Colson Whitehead, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Oprah’s Book Club selection The Underground Railroad, will be in Miami for an exclusive appearance to celebrate the highly-anticipated follow-up, THE NICKEL BOYS: A Novel. A devastating, driven narrative that showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of … +

Books & Books. October 28, 2013, 8:00 p.m. Tigertail Productions is launching Tigertail, A South Florida Poetry Annual: Sunstruck Matches. This tenth edition of Tigertail’s annual publication is edited by noted poet and food/wine writer Jen Karetnick.

Miami Beach Botanical Garden. June 27, 2013, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. A recently introduced oral poetry art form, spoken word is the subject of growing interest among young people worldwide. As part of its WordSpeak spoken word project, Tigertail is offering four free workshops and a slam for South Florida teens from 13 to 19 years old. Tigertail has launched the All … +

Books & Books, Coral Gables. April 1, 2013, 6:00 p.m. In Chasing the Sun, the international music icon and humanitarian Juanes shares the incredible story of his life and how music and faith guided his path. In his own un-adulterated words, and with visually arresting images throughout – some of them never before seen – Juanes imparts his defining moments from childhood … +

Miami Dade College Chapman Conference CenterSeptember 28, 2012. 7:30 p.m. The son of a pastor and grandson of a Voudu priest, Wyclef Jean was born and raised in the slums of Haiti, until his family moved to New York when he was nine. As immigrants they struggled in Brooklyn then eventually moved to Newark, where his father converted a burnt down funeral … +

Books & Books Coral Gables. Dec 27, 2011. 8:00 p.m. Tigertail’s award-winning 2011 WordSpeak team brings you the leading edge of new work in spoken word. Incredible teens spit poems guaranteed to rivet you to your seat. Book cover designed by Chris Meesey, teen book editor Gio Garced.

Nov 12, 2011. Atelier 1022 Studio and Fine Art Gallery in the Wynwood Art District announces the one-night-only special book launch event “LITERĂ” on November 12, 2011, an evening dedicated to Miami’s up-and-coming independent and first-time authors, with a program of readings, book signings, and art instillations inspired by the written word.

Books & Books. December 28, 2010. 8:00 p.m. Tigertail takes great pleasure in launching the WordSpeak 2010 book and CD by Tigertail’s award-winning 2010 WordSpeak teen team.

Oct 14th, 2010. 8:00 p.m. Tigertail Productions is launching Tigertail, A South Florida Poetry Annual: Selected Collective, Poetry, Prose and Projects by The Miami Poetry Collective.

Oct 15th, 2009. Tigertail Productions is launching Tigertail, A South Florida Poetry Annual, Three by Three on October 15th at Books and Books in Coral Gables. This 7th edition is comprised of three individual poetry chapbooks by Hugo Rodriguez, Yahya Frederickson, and Jill M. Allen, edited and introduced by Denise Duhamel, Michael Hettich and Campbell McGrath, respectively.

January 2009.  Since its birth in 1983, the Key West Literary Seminar has been dedicated to the celebration of the written word and the support of American writers. Each January the Seminar explores a different literary theme through lectures, panel presentations, readings, informal gatherings, and discussions. For this year's theme, Historical Fiction and The Search for Truth, a star-studded roster of novelists … +