The Miami Book Fair is an annual street fair and literary festival organized by Miami Dade College. The weeklong gathering attracts more than 300 national and international authors every year and features pavilions for comics, children, and young adults,
Author Panels
Swoonworthy Spice & Everything Nice - YA Rom Coms
I was so excited for this sizzling panel with four young adult romance writers on juggling the entanglements in love and life. In The Secret Summer Promise by KEAH BROWN, Andrea spent last summer recovering from the latest surgery for her cerebral palsy, and is determined to make up for lost time with the Best Summer Ever List – which includes falling out of love with her best friend. In ALI HAZELWOOD’s Check & Mate, rook-ie Mallory inadvertently beats the current world champion and reigning Bad Boy of chess, and even as her love of the sport rekindles, she realizes that the games aren’t only on the board, and the competition can be fierce (-ly attractive. And intelligent … and infuriating …). In Love Radio by EBONY LADELLE, when Prince, a romantic DJ who dishes out advice to the brokenhearted while juggling heavy responsibilities at home, meets Dani, an ambitious writer focused on getting into her dream college, he only gets three dates to convince her that he’s worth falling for. In LAURA TAYLOR NAMEY’s A British Girl’s Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak, Flora escapes from her family’s tea-shop business – and longtime friend Gordon Wallace – in England to Miami, which lands her in the flashbulb world of teen influencer Baz Marín, a Miami Cuban who shares her love of photography. Moderated by SAFON FLOYD, executive editor at Callisto Publishing, an imprint of Sourcebooks, and host of the monthly Books & BS book club.
Author Signings
I had the opportunity to also get some books signed. There is an opportunity to have some one on one time with your authors, buy books and get them signed! My highlights were Ali Hazelwood, Celeste Ng, and Laura Namey!
The best part is being able to add so many new books to my TBR list! It’s also so fun to meet new bookish friends in line or while sitting in panel discussions!