Stacking The Shelves #29: Miami Book Fair 2013 -- 30th Anniversary!!

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This is a special haul, from

the 2013 Miami Book Fair!!! 

  

Books Purchased

Click on each cover picture to

be taken to the Amazon US page

for each book.

Kami Garcia signed my copy!!

Alex Flinn signed my copy!!

This book was on sale at the Pennyworth Books

booth, for only $5.00!!

It was entirely new to me, but

looked great, so I got it!

The author is Thomas Ashley-Farrand.

Anthology of Spanish poetry, which

I got for $3.00, at the

Downtown Book Center booth!!

Poets included are Vicente Aleixandre,

Luis Cernuda, and Rafael Alberti. 

Another book for $5.00, at

the Pennyworth Books booth!!

It's an autobiography by

the great Carl Gustav Jung.

This hardcover was only $1.50, at

the Dungeon Books booth!!

And who hasn't heard

of the great Isaac Asimov?

This one was full price, at

the La Esquina del Libro booth.

(The Book Corner, in English)

Luis Leante is a Spanish novelist,

winner of the prestigious

Alfaguara Prize for Best Novel in 2007.

Another great find at Dungeon Books, for $1.50!!

I found this one for $1.99, at the

Self-Realization Fellowship booth!!

The author is the inimitable

Paramahansa Yogananda.

This is the edition available on Amazon,

for $5.99.

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz was

a Mexican poet, scholar, and nun.

The word "Sor" means "Sister" in Spanish.

 

I got this edition, which is now out of print, at

La Esquina del Libro, for $1.00.

This nice haul is from the 2013 Miami Book Fair, which celebrated its 30th Anniversary this year!!   I went to the street fair on Saturday, November 23rd, the day before the whole fair ended.  Although I wasn't able to stay for more than a few hours -- it was incredibly hot -- I did have a great time, especially when I met four bestselling YA authors who were presenting their books: Alex Flinn, with Towering (see above), Holly Black, with The Coldest Girl In Town, Kami Garcia, with Unbreakable, and Lauren Oliver,  with Panic, which will be released next year.  Each author read from her book, and took questions afterward.  I was able to get photographed with each of them, too!  Unfortunately, the picture with Lauren Oliver was much too blurry for me to include it here.

Here are the four authors, taking questions

 from the audience.

Here I am with Kami Garcia!

With Alex Flinn!

With Holly Black!

The fair always runs for a week, and it's always in November.  Since it takes place in Miami, there's no guarantee of cool weather, so it was in the 80s that afternoon. 

The entire event ran from Sunday, Nov. 17th, to Sunday, Nov. 24th. 

The street fair is always held on the weekend, during the last two days of the entire fair.  I walked around, visiting different booths, gathering together my nice, "little" haul!  Needless to say, I was in Book Heaven, in spite of the heat!  However, I was very grateful to find the YA presentation, which took place in one of the buildings, and was nicely air conditioned.  Ahhhh......   

These are the posters for this year's fair.

The inside courtyard of one of the Miami-Dade College buildings, Wolfson Campus,

in downtown Miami.

This is where the fair was held.

This is the famous character, Madeline,

from the beloved children's series,

by Ludwig Bemelmans.

Eager bookworms inspecting

book treasures!

Some of the great merchandise at the

Downtown Book Center booth!

Here I am with Raquel Roque (right),

owner of Downtown Book Center,

and her daughter!

These are more pics from the street fair.

Here's a section of the Children's Pavilion.

There were so many book presentations!  In the brief  time I was there, I was only able to attend one, unfortunately....but I'm already making plans for next year, and I will definitely make sure to spend at least one entire day there!

If you'd like more information about Miami Book Fair International, just click HERE.  At their site, you can get details on the authors who were featured at this year's fair, as well as on fair merchandise, the history of the fair, travel/lodging, and more!

See you at the fair next year!!  

What do you think of my

fair treasures?

What great books did you

stack on your shelves

this time around?