{"id":9084689,"date":"2026-10-29T20:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T20:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=9084689"},"modified":"2026-10-29T22:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T22:31:32","slug":"meet-villa-albertine-at-the-2026-miami-book-fair","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/meet-villa-albertine-at-the-2026-miami-book-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Villa Albertine at the 2026 Miami Book Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discover French-language literature at our pop-up bookstore<\/strong> <strong>throughout the street fair<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From November 20 to 22, visitors are invited to stop by Villa Albertine\u2019s pop-up bookstore, organized in partnership with Albertine Books and Books &amp; Books. Featuring a curated selection of French-language books for readers of all ages, the bookstore offers an opportunity to discover new authors, explore different literary traditions, and bring home stories that cross borders and cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Colombe Schneck: On Desire, Memory, and Letting Go<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the highlights of Villa Albertine\u2019s program is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/event\/to-desire-is-to-let-go-fiction\/\">To Desire Is to Let Go<\/a>&#8220;, a talk by French journalist and author <strong>Colombe Schneck<\/strong> on November 22,  in which she will present her latest book, <em>Swimming in Paris: A Life in Three Stories<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Martinican Literature in the Spotlight: \u201cLives on the Margins\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Villa Albertine will also present the French-language panel discussion \u201cLives on the Margins: Desire, Freedom, and Martinican Imaginaries,\u201d featuring French authors from Martinique <strong>Ga\u00ebl Octavia <\/strong>and <strong>Alfred Alexandre<\/strong>, as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/miamibookfair.com\/event\/vies-en-marge-desir-liberte-et-imaginaires-martiniquais-fiction\/\">Read Caribbean program<\/a>, in conversation with Haitian author <strong>Nicolas Andr\u00e9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing together literary voices connected to Martinique and Haiti, the discussion will explore how fiction gives expression to lives and experiences often situated at the margins. 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