Nov 8th through 15th, 2009

Over eight days for the past 25 years, downtown Miami has become the center of the literary world when the Miami Book Fair International attracts thousands of people who attend readings and discussions featuring prize-winning, best selling and emerging authors from around the world.

For the Book Fair’s 26th year invited authors include Sherman Alexie, Margaret Atwood, Roy Blount Jr., Robert Olen Butler, Meg Cabot, Roberto Ampuero, Juanita Castro, Boris Izaquirre, Edmundo Paz Soldan, Cristina Rivera Garza and Raul Rivero among many others.

The Congress of Authors begins on Sunday, with the first Evenings With... featuring major literary figures reading and discussing their books in English and Spanish. From Friday afternoon through Sunday is the Street Fair and the Congress of Authors, when more than 300 authors from all over the world read and discuss their work in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Haitian Kreyol. At the Street Fair, over 250 publishers and booksellers exhibit and sell books in many languages, and the Antiquarian Annex showcases rare books and other collectibles.

www.miamibookfair.com