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Join us for Pizza & Drinks with Chef Michael Schwartz!
Chef Michael Schwartz celebrates the release of his new pizza cookbook at his restaurant where everyone’s favorite food is the star! About this Event With our neighbors at Books & Books, enjoy a special menu from the pages of the cookbook a la carte all day long. Books signed by Chef available for sale on-site!…
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Event Category: Author Event 
Mick Rock
Join us for a conversation and book signing with legendary photographer Mick Rock and The Bonnier Gallery on May 29th before his exhibition opens at the Gallery on May 30th. A unique tribute from David Bowie’s official photographer and creative partner, Mick Rock, compiled in 2015, with Bowie’s blessing. In 1972, David Bowie released his…
May 29 @ 8:00 pmBooks & Books in Coral Gables
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Event Category: Author Event 
LeJuan James
Perfect for fans of Fresh Off the Boat’s situational humor and Jane the Virgin’s celebration of Latinidad, Definitely Hispanic is a collection of introspective memoiristic essays by social media influencer and viral phenomenon LeJuan James about growing up Hispanic in the US. LeJuan James loves being Hispanic. But growing up in the United States to immigrant parents, he quickly…
June 04 @ 6:30 pmBooks & Books in Coral Gables
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Event Category: Ticketed Event 
An Evening with Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Oprah’s Book Club selection The Underground Railroad, will be in Miami for an exclusive appearance to celebrate the highly-anticipated follow-up, THE NICKEL BOYS: A Novel (Penguin Random House)—a devastating, driven narrative that showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of his…
July 26 @ 7:30 pmAdrienne Arsht Center, Knight Concert Hall
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Event Category: Author Event 
Kristen Arnett
“One of the strangest and funniest and most surprising first novels I’ve ever read. A love letter to Florida and to family, to half-lit swamps and the 7/11, and to the beasts that only pretend to hold their poses inside us.” – Karen Russell A Most Anticipated Book of 2019 at Esquire, The Week, BuzzFeed, NYLON, Bustle,…
June 06 @ 8:00 pmBooks & Books in Coral Gables
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Event Category: Author Event 
Susan Page
A vivid biography of former First Lady Barbara Bush, one of the most influential and under-appreciated women in American political history. Barbara Pierce Bush was one of the country’s most popular and powerful figures, yet her full story has never been told. THE MATRIARCH tells the riveting tale of a woman who helped define two…
June 09 @ 6:00 pmBooks & Books in Coral Gables
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Event Category: Author Event 
Mary Beth Keane
ASK AGAIN, YES, by Mary Beth Keane, is a stunningly ambitious novel with the scope and resonance of Ann Patchett’s Commonwealth and the character-driven plot, broad appeal, and suburban setting of Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere. Keane is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and the author of the highly acclaimed novels THE…
June 18 @ 8:00 pmBooks & Books in Coral Gables
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Owners, customers thankful for Books & Books | May 09, 2019 BY MAXINE LOPEZ-KEOUGH Florida Weekly Correspondent COURTESY PHOTO I t’s just after 6:15 p.m. in Key West when a family of three pulls to a shuddering stop atop their rented bicycles. After fiddling with cumbersome locks and a fussy child strapped into a bucket seat mounted over the back wheel of one of the bikes, the trio makes their way to a set of glass doors — clearly marked with the words HOURS 10-6 — and, after finding the doors...
Mitchell Kaplan Literary Weekly Podcast
Mitchell Kaplan has been a bookseller and has owned the independent bookstores Books & Books for over 35 years. If you love books, writers or are a passionate reader, this podcast is for you. Enter The Literary Life where every Saturday you’ll hear candid conversations with Mitchell and his guests.
The Story of Books & Books
This is the story of how one bookstore, Books & Books, has been able to continue to grow and change and ultimately survive and thrive in what remains an incredibly challenging environment. It’s the story of how the hard work of a virtual generation of booksellers built a bookstore that finds itself making a difference. Mitchell Kaplan, the store’s founder, started his career working part-time for one of those chains that populated every suburban mall so many years ago. He was a recovering law student – leaving after two years...
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