The Miami Book Fair International is an annual literary festival event realized in Miami by Miami Dade College.
First called Books by the Bay in 1984, the two-day street fair takes place since then at the Florida Center for the Literary Arts in Wolfson Campus. The centerpiece of the Book Fair is an event called "Festival of Authors," which features guest writers spanning several styles and countries.
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