Miami Book Fair 2026 — 43rd Edition
Date
through
Time
5:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET
Venue
Miami Dade College — Downtown Miami Campus
300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33132
Admission
Free–$12 (Street Fair); Evenings With tickets vary
About This Event
The 43rd Miami Book Fair returns to Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami, November 15–22, 2026 — the longest-running literary festival in the United States. Nearly 500 authors participate, including Margaret Atwood, Colson Whitehead, Marlon James, Tony Shalhoub, Bonnie Garmus, Ani DiFranco, Sophia Bush, Jeff Garlin, Susan Orlean, Edwidge Danticat, Hernan Diaz, and Yann Martel. The eight-day festival features the Evenings With signature series, the Street Fair with hundreds of booksellers, Children's Alley, the Lost Chapter Lounge, and the Next Page Dinner honoring Judy Blume. Programming spans fiction, nonfiction, poetry, IberoAmerican, ReadCaribbean, ReadingEast, LGBTQ+, romance, and children's literature. The festival closes with a special 50th anniversary celebration of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire. Street Fair: free Friday Nov. 20; $12 Sat–Sun ($5 ages 13–18, $7 seniors 62+, children 12 and under always free). Free parking at MDC Wolfson Campus Garage, 500 NE Second Ave.