Florida Book Review

Carrie Fisher passed away this week and she's obviously going to be remembered for her role as Princess Leia. But she has been in a lot of movies. She's…

The Florida Book Awards (FBA) panel had it all—brilliant readings, thought-provoking discussion, and a harmonica solo. It featured four of the 2011 award…

Ed Irvin isn't short of kind things to say, whether it's about a male or female author. Here's his latest feedback: "Glen Duncan, author of Talulla…

This was the event to end all events. A beautiful poetry reading by Campbell McGrath, Kevin Young, Richard Blanco, and Dana Gioia. Young dealt us pork and…

Annik Adey-Babinsky, of the Florida Book Review, shared this with us earlier:"Building Three Chapman Hall: Naomi Wolf begins by telling the audience that…

There's a lot of swooning to be done when a well-known Brat Packer decides to spend part of her day reading to you from her new book When it Happens to…

Kill Shakespeare! Those are the first words to which my engineer boyfriend Adam was attracted when we arrived at the Book Fair (other than "ham and cheese…

Ed Irvin reminds us why we can't always trust technology to have our backs:"Siobhan Vivian, co-author of Burn for Burn, comparing stories of name…

The Mystery Writers of America panel were all business. At least, they were until they became mystery writers. The panel, held in what the moderator…

Writer Josip Novakovich, was quoted on Twitter from Eileen Spiegler.

Everybody knows Junot Diaz is a cool cat. A slick dude, a sharp-talker. He’s also a literary superstar. Mix brilliance with sly wit and you’ve got a…

Diana Moskovitz is tweeting from Hanna Rosin's talk at Miami Book Fair International today.