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• Book fair Saturday: Are you ready?

  
  Between the Covers — Authority: 133
  The coffee pot is full, and Im busily transferring it to my cup to get caffeinated enough for the street fair. This does not mean I wont be scoping out that Land O Lakes truck or booth or whatever is for my free cup. One pot does not carry one through breakfast with Al Gore to dinner with Iggy Pop (not literally, I ...
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• Orhan Pamuk draws huge crowd at Miami book fair

  
  Between the Covers — Authority: 133
  Miami is a town all too frequently - some might say stupidly - obsessed with celebrity, and yet, on a breezy Friday night at Miami Dade College, a Turkish novelist drew a bigger audience than a movie star who appeared the evening before him. And not merely a bigger audience. An overflow audience. An audience that ...
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• Get a free cup of coffee at the fair - and help the Florida Center for the Literary Arts

  
  Between the Covers — Authority: 133
  This cup of coffee pictured does not look good to me. Know why? It is simply TOO DARK. Forget sugar; theres no half and half in it. And no, milk does not cut it when it comes to lightening up the java. Gotta be half and half. The folks at Land O Lakes apparently know this undeniable truth. Theyre heading to the Miami ...
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• Harrowing childhood memoirs at the book fair

  
  Between the Covers — Authority: 133
  Jeannette Walls isnt the only author at Miami Book Fair International to be talking about a harrowing memoir of childhood. David Small and Jane Alison will both be there Saturday to talk about their own literary works involving eccentric families. Smalls graphic novel Stitches - nominated for the National ...
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• "The Daily Show" contributors arrive at book fair seeking laughs

  
  Between the Covers — Authority: 133
  If you watch The Daily Show , then you know John Hodgman (famous, or rather infamous, for the "Youre Welcome" segments, in which he solves all the worlds problems) and Larry Wilmore ("senior black correspondent" or some similar title). On Saturday, theyll team up at Miami Book Fair International to talk about their ...
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• "How to Leave Hialeah" author returns home for book fair

  
  Between the Covers — Authority: 133
  Hialeah, author Jennine Capó Crucet has learned, is something of a mystery to people living outside South Florida. ``Most of the time people assume its a woman who has scorned someone, she says. ``Usually the reaction is: `Whos Hialeah that you need to leave her? Readers of Crucets debut story collection, which ...
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• Street fair opens at Miami Book Fair International

  
  Between the Covers — Authority: 133
  Heres what you need to know to survive -- and even enjoy -- the weekend at the fair, held at Miami Dade Colleges Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave., Miami. STREET FAIR 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Sunday Free Friday; $8 Saturday and Sunday; seniors $5; 18 and under free Free tickets are required for all events in ...
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• Whos Your Daddy? @ South Florida Caribbean News

  
  Geoffrey Philp's Blog Spot — Authority: 471
  MIAMI - Jamaica-born author, Geoffrey Philp will be reading at with Dylan Landis and Marc Fitten the Miami Book Fair International 2009 on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 3410. More at South Florida Caribbean News  *** Related Post @ Jamaicans.com Copyright Geoffrey Philp, ...
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• Isabella Rossellini and animal sex at the Miami book fair

  
  Between the Covers — Authority: 133
  The lesson to take from Isabella Rossellinis amusing presentation Thursday night at Miami Book Fair International is simple: You really should be happy youre not a male bee. Drones, you see, live to mate, which doesnt sound so bad until you find out what happens afterward, one of the many subjects of Green Porno ...
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• Richard Powers at Miami book fair

  
  Between the Covers — Authority: 133
  If, as a character in Richard Powers provocative new novel suggests, happiness is a virus, then can we say the crowd was infected at Wednesdays "Evenings With‚.‚.‚. event at Miami Book Fair International ? Yes, we can. Powers, author of Generosity: An Enhancement - about the scientific, cultural and ...
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• An evening with Ruth Reichl

  
  mango&lime — Authority: 413
  On Monday night I had the opportunity of listening to former Gourmet editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl as she spoke to an audience of fans and food enthusiasts at the Miami Book Fair. Her stop in Miami was the last of the book tour promoting Gourmet Today, a collection of 1,000 recipes developed over five years by [...]
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• One day after Jeannette Walls, I pick up "The Glass Castle"

  
  Between the Covers — Authority: 133
  This is how good Jeannette Walls was at the book fair Tuesday night: I started reading The Glass Castle as soon as I got home. Im not sure if it was Walls or her fans who persuaded me to pick it up. Walls was exceptionally warm and funny, but her fans are passionate, and they love this book. Several urged me to ...
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• Sharjah International Book Fair 2009 opens today

  
  Dubai Chronicle — Authority: 451
  His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, opened here today at Sharjah Expo Centre the 28th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair 2009, under the theme ‘In love with reading word’.Speaking at the inauguration, the Sharjah Ruler said that “this ...
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• Buckeye Book Fair

  
  Ohio Birds and Biodiversity — Authority: 115
  The 22nd annual Buckeye Book Fair was held in Wooster, Ohio, last Saturday. If you like books, you should put this event on your literary itinerary for next year. Its the biggest book bash held in the state, with about 100 authors of all kinds of writings. This was my second time there as an author. To qualify to ...
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• Richard Powers and the crossroads of science and fiction

  
  Between the Covers — Authority: 133
  Novelist Richard Powers thrives at the intersection of science and wonder, raising questions that illuminate the human condition. In his provocative ninth novel, he poses an intriguing query guaranteed to spark the imagination: What would happen if we discovered a gene for happiness? Powers, who appears Wednesday ...
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• Frugalista presents at the Miami Book Fair

  
  The Frugalista Files — Authority: 122
  Hey, Frugalistas! Im going to introduce an author presentation at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Miami Book Fair.    Its $5 to get into the book fair but the panel well be free once you pay that fee. The authors Ill be introducing are an impressive bunch. I hope I get on such a panel when my book comes out!   ...
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• Jeannette Walls at the Miami book fair: When the going gets tough...

  
  Between the Covers — Authority: 133
  Jeannette Walls has a message for us: As times get harder, as they all too often do, we should all get back in touch with our tough old broad (or tough old coot) roots. The upbeat, extremely funny Walls spoke Tuesday night at Miami Book Fair International about her bestselling memoir The Glass Castle , the ...
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• Society of Southwestern Authors- 2009 Holiday Book Fair

  
  The Brainpan — Authority: 141
  Nov. 15: SSA’S Holiday Book Fair         There will be NO FORUM this month. Instead, SSA holds its 5th Annual Holiday Book Fair at the Four Points Sheraton Conference Center.   The doors will open to authors and volunteers at 11:00 AM.   Admission is free to the public 11:30AM-3:00PM.          ...
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