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Rushdie, Wilson to attend Miami Book Fair
Miami Book Fair International will see star-studded roster of guests featuring Jonathan Franzen, Salman Rushdie, Nora Ephron, E O Wilson, and Venus Williams. Read on to know the details.
The 2010 edition of the Miami Book Fair International is confirmed for November 14 through 21. On August 13, organisers released program information, including a typically star-studded roster of guests featuring Jonathan Franzen, Salman Rushdie, Nora Ephron, E O Wilson, and Venus Williams.
The Miami Book Fair is now in its 27th year and attracts a crowd of around 250,000 visitors, making it one of the biggest literary festivals in the US. The fair's week-long program of events includes readings by guest authors, spotlights on Spanish-language books and publishing, a rare books focus, and a 'Festival of Authors' that coincides with a street fair held the final weekend of the festival.
Among guests set to appear are author Jonathan Franzen, who will have just released his latest novel
Freedom
; tennis star Venus Williams, promoting new book
Come to Win
; author Salman Rushdie, discussing his latest book
Luka and the Fire of Life
; and controversial filmmaker John Waters, author of
Role Models
. Also on the program: Jennifer Egan (
A Visit from the Goon Squad
), Sebastian Junger (
War
), David Kirkpatrick (
The Facebook Effect
), comic book artist Charles Burns, and rock journalist Greil Marcus.
The fair's 'Evenings with...' program features one-on-one conversations with diverse figures. Among 2010 pairings are Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist E. O. Wilson with rocker Patti Smith, actor Michael Caine with screenwriter Nora Ephron, and Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist Eugene Robinson with novelist Pat Conroy.
Tickets information is expected to follow in early October. The street fair will run from November 19 through 21; the first day (Friday) is typically free, with admission ranging from free to $8 on other days.
