The Miami Book Fair International is the premier literary event in Florida, and one of the biggest in the nation, drawing hundreds of writers to downtown Miami to talk about, read from and sign copies of their new books.

A week of evening readings has already happened, but the biggest event is this weekend’s street fair, where you can drop in on author appearances, buy books at stands set up throughout the college grounds, and attend food and children’s-related events.

Below is a selected list of author events, pulled from the festival’s website.

SATURDAY

11:00 a.m.: Martin Amis reads from “Lionel Asbo: State of England”

Noon: Carlin Romano on “America the Philosophical” and Henry Wiencek on “Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves”

2 p.m.: Tim Dorsey on “Pineapple Grenade,” Steve Forman on “Boca Daze,” Neil S. Plakcy on “Dog Helps Those” and Michael Haskins on “Car Wash Blues”

2:30 p.m.: Aline Crumb, “Drawn Together: The Collected Works of Aline & R. Crumb,” talks with Hillary Chute.

2:30 p.m.: William Heffernan on “When Johnny Came Marching Home,” Leonard Pitts, Jr. on “Freeman” and William Martin on “The Lincoln Letter”

3:30 p.m.: Irvine Welsh reads from “Skagboys”

3:30 p.m.: William J. Mann on “Becoming Barbra Streisand,” Bob Spitz on “The Remarkable Life of Julia Child” and Jay R. Tunney on Gene Tunney and George Bernard Shaw

6 p.m.: Bill O’Reilly on “Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot”

SUNDAY

11:00 a.m.: Roberto Ampuero on “The Neruda Case,” Hari Kunzru on “Gods Without Men” and Jess Walter on “Beautiful Ruins: A Novel”

11:00 a.m.: Molly Ringwald on “When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories”

11:00 a.m.: “Kurt Vonnegut: Life and Letters” discussed by Mark Vonnegut, Dan Wakefield and Don Farber

Noon: Jo Nesbo on his new Harry Hole novel, “Phantom”

Noon: James Patterson on reading for the family

Noon: Bob Graham on “Keys to the Kingdom”

Noon: M.J. Rose on “The Book of Lost Fragrances,” Jessica Maria Tuccelli on “Glow” and B.A. Shapiro on “The Art Forger”

1 p.m.: Anne Lamott on “Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers”

1 p.m.: David Maraniss on “Barack Obama,” Michael Grunwald on “The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era” and Neil Barofsky on “How Washington Abandoned Main Street”

4 p.m.: Andrew McCarthy on “The Longest Way Home”

4:30 p.m.: “The 99 Percent: James A. Robinson, Chris Hedges, Ishmael Reed, and Bryan Mealer”