You would have to travel to far corners of Latin America and Europe to visit some of the 60-plus authors assembled at the Miami Book Fair International's Spanish-language program.

Known for its sizzling line-up of literature, culture and politics, the program features several returning favorites presenting new works, as well as local writers and Hispanic-American authors Esmeralda Santiago and Junot Díaz presenting their English-language books in translation.

Here are some highlights:

• Mexican singer José José presents his autobiography, Mi vida (My Life), at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Auditorium.

• Argentine novelist and essayist Marcos Aguinis, whose passions also include the study of medicine and psychoanalysis, reads from his new novel, La pasión según Carmela (Passion According to Carmela), at 8 p.m. Monday in Room 2106.

• Nicaraguan novelist Sergio Ramírez returns with a new novel, El cielo llora por mí (The Sky Cries for Me); with poet Rubi Arana (Homenaje a la tierra, Homage to the Land) at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Room 3208/3209.

• The London-based widow of the late Cuban writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante presents his posthumously published novel, La ninfa inconstante (The Inconstant Nymph), at 7 p.m. Wednesday in a conversation with Miami music producer Nat Chediak in Room 2106.

• Dramatist Manuel Reguera Saumell, Cuban-born and long-exiled in Barcelona, reads from his new novel La noche era joven y nosotros tan hermosos (The Night Was Young and We So Handsome), set in 1950s Havana, at 7 p.m. Thursday in Room 3208. He's followed at 8 p.m. in Room 2106 by perennial favorite Carlos Alberto Montaner, whose new book, La batalla de ideas (The Battle of Ideas), is a collection of writings on the failure of the Cuban government.

• Spanish bestseller Carlos Ruiz Zafón, who has turned Gothic Barcelona into a riveting literary playground, talks with Univision anchor Jorge Ramos about his new novel, El juego del ángel (The Angel's Game), a prequel to the acclaimed The Shadow of the Wind, at 8 p.m. Friday in the Auditorium.

• Spanish playwright Fernando Arrabal, whose work Pic-nic is being staged by Prometeo during the fair, speaks about his prolific production as screenwriter, director, novelist and poet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Prometeo.

• Celebrated Colombian novelist Laura Restrepo reads from Olor a rosas invisibles (Aroma of Invisible Roses), at 11 a.m. Saturday in Room 3313-14.

• Antonio Orlando Rodríguez, who won this year's Alfaguara Prize with Chiquita, the fictionalized story of a diminutive Cuban entertainer who charmed many in early 20th century Philadelphia and New York, speaks at noon Saturday in Room 3313-14.

• Cervantes Prize-winning author Jorge Edwards of Chile presents his latest work, La casa de Dostoievsky, at 5 p.m. Saturday in Room 2106.

• Cuban novelist Zoé Valdés, exiled in Paris, presents La ficción Fidel (A Fiction Called Fidel), at 4:45 p.m. Sunday in Room 3313-14.

All events take place at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave. For a detailed schedule, visit www.miamibookfair.com.

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