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Free talks by writers

May 022010

The Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College is bringing some top authors into town this week as part of its Writers Institute.

Even if you’re not participating in the institute, you can hear authors speak for free at the Lunchtime Reads series on the Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami. (Lunch is $10 or bring your own.)

There are a few other free presentations, too including a chance to pitch your masterpiece to agents. Here is the schedule:

CHENJERAI HOVE: One of Africa’s leading literary voices presents “The Literature of Social Justice,” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, Room 3210, Bldg. 3, secondd floor
Dorothy Allison and Connie May Fowler: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, Room 3210, Bldg. 3, second floor.
Rick Bragg, Samuel G. Freedman and Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 6, Room 3210, Bldg. 3, second floor.
Carolyn Forché, Mark Siegel and Teresa Dovalpage: 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 7, Room 3210, Bldg. 3, second floor.
Pitch-O-Rama: Literary agents and industry professionals will hear one-minute pitches on your book ideas. Preregistration required; details here. 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 8, Room 2106, Bldg. 2, first floor.

Sue Monk Kidd, daughter to speak

Sep 222009

Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees, and her daughter, Ann Kidd Taylor, will discuss and sign their new book, Traveling with Pomegranates
(Viking, $25.95), at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 at Coral Gables Congregational Church,
3010 De Soto Boulevard (across the street from the Biltmore Hotel), Coral Gables.

The free event is presented by Books & Books in collaboration with the Florida Center for the Literary Arts.

Free advice on book publishing

May 052009

As part of the Florida Center for the Literary Arts Writers’ Institute, Andrea Askowitz and Anjanette Delgado will give a free presentation at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, entitled “You’ve Written a Book, Now What?” at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, Room 3313-14, on the third floor of Building 3.

Askowitz is the author of the memoir My Miserable, Lonely, Lesbian Pregnancy (Cleis Press) and an adjunct professor at Florida International University. She produces and writes for Lip Service, a true-stories reading series. I’ve heard her speak, and she is really funny.

Delgado is an Emmy-winning writer and multimedia producer. Her first novel, The Heartbreak Pill (Atria), is the story of a jilted scientist who invents a reverse love potion to erase her pain.

The Writers Institute also is presenting a free Pitch-o-Rama open to all writers, with sign-up starting at 1 p.m Saturday, May 9, in Room 2106 at Miami Dade College. Participatings can give 30-second pitches for their books and get feedback.

Authors to read, sign books

Apr 272009

Author Sandra Cisneros will join readers to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her landmark novel, The House on Mango Street (Doubleday, $10.95), at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at Coral Gables Congregational Church, 3010 De Soto Blvd., Coral Gables.

The event is presented by Books & Books in collaboration with the Florida Center for the Literary Arts. Here is an article from The Miami Herald about Cisneros and the impact of the book.

Just blocks away, Telemundo’s Maria Celeste Arrarás will sign her new memoir, Make Your Life Prime Time: How to Have It All Without Losing Your Soul (Atria Books, $21). The event is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at at Barnes & Noble, 152 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. Here’s a short article from The Herald.

Both events are free.

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