Everyone’s favorite grand slam event is back at the Miami Book Fair! For 12 years and counting, the Miami Book Fair and National Book Foundation have joined together to present the biggest in-person showcase of National Book Award–honored authors anywhere in the country. Thirty-three 2025 honorees across all five National Book Award categories (Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature) will share rapid-fire readings from their recognized works and be interviewed by the National Book Foundation’s Executive Director, Ruth Dickey.

Featuring 2025 honorees Gbenga Adesina, María Dolores Águila, K. Ancrum, Jazmina Barrera, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Cathy Linh Che, Susan Choi, Tiana Clark, Angela Flournoy, Caleb Gayle, Julia Ioffe, Hamid Ismailov, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Rickey Laurentiis, Esther Lin, Lana Lin, Megha Majumdar, Kevin Moffett, Daniel Nayeri, Ben Ratliff, Claudia Rowe, Karen Russell, Ethan Rutherford, Hannah V. Sawyerr, Natalie Shapero, Richard Siken, Patricia Smith, Nilo Tabrizy, Jordan Thomas, Maria van Lieshout, Helen Whybrow, and Ibi Zoboi.

Presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.