Book Events: Fairs, Festivals, and Conferences (2024 and 2025)
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237 Events Coming Up
Dayton Book Expo
David H. Ponitz Conference Center Sinclair, Community College Great Hall
444 West Third Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402, Dayton, Ohio
Date: Friday, March 18, 2022
Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Website: Dayton Book Expo
Phone: 888-802-1802
Description:
Hundreds of book lovers will convene at the Dayton Book Expo. The all-day event includes panel discussions for aspiring authors, activities for children in the Kidz Zone and book signings! The event is free and open to the public.
Learn more about Dayton Book Expo on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
University Spring Literary Festival
Ohio University
Dates: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 to Thursday, April 7, 2022
Website: University Spring Literary Festival
Description:
Since 1986, The Spring Literary Festival has featured some of the world's finest, most distinguished writers of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. The three-day festival is held in May on the Ohio University main campus in Athens, OH.
The festival is sponsored by the Creative Writing program in the English Department and is generously funded by the College of Arts & Sciences. All readings and lectures are free and open to the public.
Learn more about University Spring Literary Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Alabama Book Festival
Old Alabama Town, in Downtown Montgomery
301 Columbus Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 , Montgomery, Alabama
Date: Monday, April 18, 2022
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Website: Alabama Book Festival
Phone: 888-240-1850
Email: alabamabookfestival@gmail.com
Description:
With over lots of authors, vendors and exhibitors, this free public event is the state’s premier literary event. Thousands of people from around the state and the Southeast gather at the festival each year to meet their favorite authors and scholars. A fun activity area for children makes this a day of fun for the entire family!
Learn more about Alabama Book Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
OE Book Fair
Oxford Exchange
420 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, Florida
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2022
Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Website: OE Book Fair
Phone: 813-253-0222
Email: info@oxfordexchange.com
Description:
“It is our mission at Oxford Exchange to continually foster human engagement, spark meaningful dialogue and establish Tampa’s place as a cultural destination. We launched the OE Book Fair in 2015 to provide an open platform for local authors to connect with their community face to face. A broad array of genres and interests are represented, complimented by discussions and workshops throughout the day of the fair. We hope you’ll join us the discovery of local literary talent!”
Learn more about OE Book Fair on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
AfroSurreal Writers Workshop
African American Museum and Library of Oakland
659 14th St, Oakland, CA 94612, Oakland, California
Hosted by: Shannon Holbrook, Veda Silva, Michele Simms-Burton, Rochelle Spencer, and Wandra Williams
Date: Saturday, April 30, 2022
Time: 1 to 7 p.m.
Website: AfroSurreal Writers Workshop
Phone: 510-637-0200
Email: aamlowriter@gmail.com
Description:
The AfroSurreal Writers Workshop supports writers of color creating weird, surreal, or absurdist art. We welcome participation and contributions from anyone interested in such works.
In the months ahead, we'll be hosting hosting a number of readings, a conference, and workshops about AfroSurrealism. We'll also be donating comic books and works of speculative fiction to the Prisoners Literature Project, based in Berkeley, California.
Learn more about AfroSurreal Writers Workshop on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
North Jersey Literary Festival
Paul Robeson Campus Center, Rutgers University-Newark, University Heights
350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Newark, New Jersey
Hosted by: Garden State Events, LLC and Chanelle Alexandria
Dates: Thursday, May 5, 2022 to Monday, September 5, 2022
Website: North Jersey Literary Festival
Email: info@njlitfestival.com
Description:
The FIRST annual North Jersey Literary Festival, where entrepreneurship meets the literary world.
Learn more about North Jersey Literary Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Ashland Literary Festival
Hannon Library, Southern Oregon University
1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, Oregon 97520, Ashland, Oregon
Hosted by: Southern Oregon University
Dates: Friday, May 6, 2022 to Saturday, May 7, 2022
Website: Ashland Literary Festival
Email: libraryevents@sou.edu
Description:
We have a great lineup of authors, publishers, illustrators and more from throughout the Pacific Northwest, so mark your calendars and get ready for the fun!
Learn more about Ashland Literary Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
The Atlanta Kick Back
Infinite Energy Center
6400 Sugarloaf Parkway Duluth, GA 30097, Duluth, Georgia
Hosted by: 556 Book Chicks Book Club
Date: Saturday, July 16, 2022
Time: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Website: The Atlanta Kick Back
Email: atlantakickback@gmail.com
Description:
556 Book Chicks is an award-winning book club, founded in 2012 by 3 friends and co-workers (Benita, Monika, and Tiffany). It started as just a book club - discussing and meeting authors. Over the years the book club has grown into an Atlanta Book Signing Festival.
Learn more about The Atlanta Kick Back on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Hargeysa International Book Fair
Hosted by: Hargeysa Cultural Center
Dates: Saturday, July 23, 2022 to Thursday, July 28, 2022
Website: Hargeysa International Book Fair
Email: info@hargeysabookfair.com
Description:
12th Hargeysa International Book Fair took place July 20 - 25, 2019, Hargeysa, Somaliland
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Toronto Urban Book Expo
Toronto Centre for the Arts
5040 Yonge St, North York, ON M2N 6R8, Canada, Toronto, Canada
Hosted by: Kya Publishing
Date: Thursday, July 28, 2022
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Website: Toronto Urban Book Expo
Email: info@kyapublishing.com
Description:
Kya Publishing’s TUBE is the only Canadian event dedicated to celebrating urban fiction. It is an annual exposition of contemporary urban writers where authors and publishers have the opportunity to display, sell, and communicate their projects while promoting support and recognition for urban literature, literacy, and culture.
Learn more about Toronto Urban Book Expo on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Black Writers Weekend
Various Locations
Hosted by: African Americans on the Move Book Club (AAMBC)
Dates: Thursday, August 4, 2022 to Sunday, August 7, 2022
Website: Black Writers Weekend
Email: aambcvoting@gmail.com
Description:
Black Writers Weekend is an annual event created to celebrate and honor black literary creatives in publishing and film. Founded by Tamika Newhouse, the weekend bridges the gaps between black literary creatives and opportunities that will advance their careers. Powered by AAMBC Inc., the organization focuses on new and emerging voices in literature and fusing them with established creatives in film, television, and publishing.
First established in 2008 as an award show called the AAMBC Awards, it is now a four-day weekend. Attendees will enjoy panels, workshops, author signings and our celebratory book bash, movie screenings, along with the formal awards gala positioned as the highlight of the weekend. “This weekend was designed specifically for readers and writers of all genres, genders, and ages,” Newhouse says. “We wanted this to be a true celebration of literary achievement in every area imaginable.”
AALBC.com’s Founder, Troy Johnson, was named Literary Activist of the Year for 2017.
Learn more about Black Writers Weekend on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Independent Authors Book Expo
Warinanco Sports Center
One Park Drive, Roselle, NJ 07203, Roselle, New Jersey
Hosted by: Independent Authors Book Experience (IABX)
Date: Saturday, August 6, 2022
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Website: Independent Authors Book Expo
Phone: 973-723-4584
Email: iabex@hotmail.com
Description:
Come out and meet face to face with local and international authors. Friends, family, and the community at large are encouraged to come out and support our budding authors. Authors will make presentations from their books; also games, prizes, promotional giveaways will be available. A wide selection of books will be available for purchase at the event. This event will feature the following: Author exhibits Author Readings and Signings Children's Corner (with Arts and Crafts and Author Readings) Free Workshops and Seminars Book Club Meet and Greet, and much more!
Learn more about Independent Authors Book Expo on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Black Paperback Book Fair
Iroquois Park
2120 Rundill Rd, Louisville, Kentucky 40214
Hosted by: Louisville Black Writer Association, Shajuanda Barrow, Event Coordinator
Date: Sunday, August 7, 2022
Time: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Website: Black Paperback Book Fair
Phone: 502-262-6382
Email: scbarr03@gmail.com
Description:
Black Paperback Book Fair highlights and supports black writers in Louisville Ky. The event is hosted in Iroquois Park and provides a nurturing space for black writers that is virtually barrier free, inviting all writers to sell their books. The event consist of author booths, food trucks, and a variety of giant games and lounging space.
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SCIBA Trade Show
Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Conference Center
601 W Mckinley Ave, Pomona, California
Hosted by: The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association
Dates: Friday, September 9, 2022 to Sunday, September 11, 2022
Website: SCIBA Trade Show
Phone: 909-938-5809
Email: andrea@scibabooks.org
Description:
The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association (SCIBA) is a non-profit trade association of independent booksellers, book wholesalers, publishers and other industry professionals located primarily in Southern California and Southern Nevada.
Learn more about SCIBA Trade Show on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Sacramento Black Book Fair
The Historic Center of Oak Park
35th St and Broadway, Sacramento, California
Hosted by: Blue Nile Press
Dates: Sunday, September 11, 2022 to Monday, September 12, 2022
Website: Sacramento Black Book Fair
Phone: 916.484.3749
Email: faye@bluenilepress.com
Description:
This historic two-day book fair and celebration will include a panel discussion among our featured authors, book signings, talks by each of the featured writers, cultural & food vendors, book discussions with each writer listed in the program, children’s activities, poetry readings, art displays, and much more
Learn more about Sacramento Black Book Fair on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business Conference
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
3700 W Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89103, Las Vegas, Nevada
Hosted by: Path To Publishing
Dates: Thursday, September 22, 2022 to Saturday, September 24, 2022
Website: Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business Conference
Phone: 725-605-4054
Email: info@pathtopublishing.com
Description:
If your publishing success is just as important to you as your writing success, then instead of going to yet another writing conference, don’t you think it’s time you attend a publishing conference? If the business you build with your book to create multiple streams of income is just as important to you as book sales and royalties, then instead of going to another one of those “fun” conferences designed to give readers an experience with authors, don't you think it’s time you attend a conference that can teach you how to make money as a writer and author outside of book sales and royalties? Are you ready to learn how to operate your literary business in thriving excellence and not mediocre struggle and lack? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then we’ll see you in Las Vegas.
Learn more about Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business Conference on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
AJC Decatur Book Festival
Downtown Decatur
101 E Court Square, Decatur, Georgia
Date: Saturday, October 1, 2022
Time:
Website: AJC Decatur Book Festival
Phone: 404.666.2112
Description:
The AJC Decatur Book Festival is the largest independent book festival in the country and one of the five largest overall. Since its launch, more than 1,000 world-class authors and hundreds of thousands of festival-goers have crowded the historic downtown Decatur square.
Learn more about AJC Decatur Book Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Brattleboro Literary Festival
Dates: Thursday, October 13, 2022 to Sunday, October 16, 2022
Website: Brattleboro Literary Festival
Phone: 802-579-7414
Email: vtbookfest@gmail.com
Description:
The Festival is a four-day celebration of those who read books, those who write books, and of the books themselves. Located in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont, the Festival includes readings, panel discussions, and special events, featuring emerging and established authors. All events are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
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Vancouver Writers Fest
Granville Island, and two off Site Venues
Dates: Monday, October 17, 2022 to Sunday, October 23, 2022
Website: Vancouver Writers Fest
Phone: 604-681-6330
Email: info@writersfest.bc.ca
Description:
The Vancouver Writers Fest turns reading into a community experience, bringing people together to share thoughts, explore ideas, and witness brilliant conversations.
For the past 30 years, the Writers Fest has enriched our imaginations and the culture of our city and has touched and inspired thousands of lives by creating a forum for authors to connect with readers and by offering a vibrant exchange of ideas and conversation.
The Festival is a celebration of story, told by authors, poets, spoken word performers, and graphic novelists.
Learn more about Vancouver Writers Fest on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Vegas Valley Book Festival
Date: Saturday, October 22, 2022
Time:
Website: Vegas Valley Book Festival
Phone: 702.229.5902
Email: plharris@lasvegasnevada.gov
Description:
The Vegas Valley Book Festival, now in its fifteenth year, is a celebration of the written, spoken, and illustrated word. The festival has networked together a community-wide consortium of cultural organizations and sponsors to offer “a one-stop shopping experience for literature” through a wide range of programs built around sharing resources, developing audiences, advancing the craft of writing, and sharing the joys of reading. This annual festival is the largest literary event in Nevada, drawing more that 10,000 attendees during the season. Since its founding in 2002, the festival has presented over 800 authors and speakers and has produced or sponsored over 500 events, sessions, readings, workshops, and book signings. The festival is free and open to the public.
Learn more about Vegas Valley Book Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Hit the Mic: Black Book Fair & Open Mic
Oasis at Grace
5524 Belmont Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224
Hosted by: Regal Rhythms Poetry
Date: Saturday, November 19, 2022
Time: 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Website: Hit the Mic: Black Book Fair & Open Mic
Email: 1mopoetry@gmail.com
Description:
Admission is FREE and open to the public courtesy of Season Funder, ArtsWave. However, you must register (visit site) If you are interested in book vending contact Mo @ 513-344-0870 A.S.A.P. This is perfect for aspiring and published authors. Free parking on-site, on-street, and approved at College Hill Recreation Center. Refreshments will be served.
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Ake Arts and Book Festival
Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja
38/40 Isaac John St, Ikeja GRA , Ikeja, Nigeria
Hosted by: The Book Buzz Foundation
Dates: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 to Saturday, November 26, 2022
Website: Ake Arts and Book Festival
Email: info@akefestival.org
Description:
Aké Arts & Book Festival is four days of cultural immersion and aims to showcase the very best of contemporary African literature
Learn more about Ake Arts and Book Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
BLK INK Book Festival
City Park Pavillion of the Two Sisters
1 Victory ave., New Orleans, Louisiana 70124
Hosted by: PR Solutions LLC
Date: Saturday, January 28, 2023
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Website: BLK INK Book Festival
Email: events@prsolutions.org
Description:
Experience the BLK INK Book Festival! This four-hour live event is a book expo compromised of 50+ local and regional authors showcasing over 100 books in all genres.
Learn more about BLK INK Book Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Trinity River Book Festival
Trinity Park Pavilion No. 1
2300 West 7th Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Date: Saturday, September 16, 2023
Time:
Website: Trinity River Book Festival
Phone: 817-668-6122
Email: info@trinityriverbookfest.com
Description:
Celebrating National Literacy Month
Learn more about Trinity River Book Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Black Book Festival
Goldsmiths, University of London
8 Lewisham Way, London, United Kingdom SE14 6NW
Hosted by: Simon Education
Date: Saturday, October 21, 2023
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. BST
Website: Black Book Festival
Email: info@simoneducation.com
Description:
Black Book Festival is a showcase for African-Caribbean writers, publishers and booksellers.
Learn more about Black Book Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival
Curtis Hixon Park
600 N Ashley Dr, Tampa, Florida, Tampa, Florida
Hosted by: Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, Inc.
Dates: Friday, January 6, 2023 to Sunday, January 15, 2023
Website: Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival
Phone: 888-224-1733 ext. 3143
Email: programs@tampablackheritage.org
Description:
The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival is an annual, cultural arts & music festival that takes place over the course of 10 days in Tampa Bay, Florida. They host an Author Village for two days during an outdorr festival. Check out AALBC.com’s coverage of the Author Village in 2017
Learn more about Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Black Ink: A Charleston African-American Book Festival
Memminger Auditorium, 56 Beaufain Street
56 Beaufain Street, Charleston, South Carolina
Hosted by: Charleston Friends of the Library
Dates: Thursday, January 12, 2023 to Saturday, January 14, 2023
Website: Black Ink: A Charleston African-American Book Festival
Email: info@charlestonlibraryfriends.org
Description:
Celebrating its 4th year in 2019, the Charleston African-American Book Festival is the first and only annual celebration of African-American literature in the Charleston area.
Learn more about Black Ink: A Charleston African-American Book Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Casablanca Book Fair
Office de Foires et Expositions de Casablanca
Rue Tiznit, Face a la Mosquee Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco 20000
Hosted by: Direction du livre
Dates: Friday, February 17, 2023 to Sunday, February 19, 2023
Website: Casablanca Book Fair
Phone: 212-5222-00654
Email: Foire@ofec.ma
Description:
Interanational Exhibition of Publishing and Books.
Learn more about Casablanca Book Fair on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
ABA Winter Institute
Seattle Convention Center
705 Pike St., Seattle, Washington 98101
Hosted by: American Booksellers Association
Dates: Monday, February 20, 2023 to Thursday, February 23, 2023
Website: ABA Winter Institute
Phone: 800-637-0037
Email: info@BookWeb.org
Description:
Annual industry event filled with educational programming for independent bookstores.
Learn more about ABA Winter Institute on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Vilnius Book Fair
Lietuvos pardou ir kongresu centras
Hosted by: Vidmante Jaseviciene
Dates: Thursday, February 23, 2023 to Sunday, February 26, 2023
Website: Vilnius Book Fair
Phone: 37068534674
Email: bookfair@litexpo.lt
Description:
Will be flipping through the pages of the years ost beautiful books, have discussions with authors and creators, and congratulate the anniversery of the occasion.
Learn more about Vilnius Book Fair on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Black Book Expo: A Conscious Literary Festival
Elegba Folklore Society’s Cultural Center
101 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia
Hosted by: Elegba Folklore Society
Dates: Saturday, February 25, 2023 to Sunday, February 26, 2023
Website: Black Book Expo: A Conscious Literary Festival
Phone: 804-644-3900
Email: story1@efsinc.org
Description:
The Black Book Expo, A Conscious Literary Festival is a vast display of literature is featured including topics like black history, politics, science, health, African Diasporic culture, African spirituality, personal development, novels and children’s books. The public is invited to meet authors, hear their talks and browse and buy books to complement personal collections.
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Lahore International Book Fair
Expo Center, Johar Town
Hosted by: Lahore Arts Council
Dates: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 to Monday, March 6, 2023
Website: Lahore International Book Fair
Email: submit form
Description:
Offers one-of-a-kind experience for attendees, allowing them to connect with local and international authors, purchase books and attend literary events.
Learn more about Lahore International Book Fair on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Palm Beach Book Festival
Florida Atlantic University
Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33427
Hosted by: Lois Cahall, Founder/Creative Director
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Time: All Day
Website: Palm Beach Book Festival
Email: info@palmbeachbookfestival.com
Description:
We are a 501c-3 non-profit founded in 2015 bringing in NYT best-selling authors. We have more celebrity authors under one roof in one day than any other event in Palm Beach County. Book signings, photo ops, and intense on-stage in-conversation-style
Learn more about Palm Beach Book Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
The Write Stuff Writers Conference
online
Hosted by: Greater Lehigh Valley Writers group
Dates: Thursday, March 23, 2023 to Saturday, March 25, 2023
Website: The Write Stuff Writers Conference
Description:
Write stuff is a place for us to commit to our writing practice, no matter what you're working on. From manscripts to blog post to journaling, all forms of writing are welcome.
Learn more about The Write Stuff Writers Conference on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Bangkok International Book Fair
Queen Sirikit National Convention Center
Hosted by: Association of Thailand
Dates: Thursday, March 30, 2023 to Monday, April 10, 2023
Website: Bangkok International Book Fair
Email: p-methavee@pubat.or.th
Description:
Bookfair for internattional publishers
Learn more about Bangkok International Book Fair on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Color of Children’s Literature Conference
3009 Broadway, New York, New York 10027
Hosted by: Kweli Journal
Dates: Friday, March 31, 2023 to Sunday, April 2, 2023
Website: Color of Children’s Literature Conference
Email: events@kwelijournal.org
Description:
Kweli’s Color of Children’s Literature Conference is the nation’s first and largest conference for BIPOC creators of children’s and YA books. It is an excellent opportunity for writers and illustrators of color to learn, get inspired, and network with others in the industry. The conference honors the legacies of Walter Dean Myers, Eloise Greenfield, Floyd Cooper, and more as it celebrates and supports our unique voices, our nuanced stories, and our collective truth telling.
Learn more about Color of Children’s Literature Conference on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Palm Beach Book Festival
Norton Museum of Art
Hosted by: Lois Cahall
Date: Friday, April 14, 2023
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Website: Palm Beach Book Festival
Email: info@pallmbeachbookfestival.com
Description:
Festival that celebrates the NY Times best-selling, award winning and celebrity authors and a written word for children and adults of Southern Florida.
Learn more about Palm Beach Book Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair
Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts
Hosted by: Alscess Lewis-Brown
Dates: Thursday, April 13, 2023 to Sunday, April 16, 2023
Website: Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair
Phone: 340-692-4152
Email: abrown@uvi.edu
Description:
The second annual Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair was held in April of 2016 with events highlighting and celebrating literature’s role in culture and society. World-renowned author Salman Rushdie will be this year’s keynote speaker. Other highlighted guests include authors Jamaica Kincaid, Elizabeth Nunez and Earl Lovelace. See our Announcements page for updates and a list of featured authors.
Learn more about Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Bogotá International Book Fair
Plaza Juarez
Hosted by: Gobjerno de Mexico
Dates: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 to Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Website: Bogotá International Book Fair
Email: canciller@sre.gob.mx
Description:
Literary, cultural, and professional event that gathers with Mexican publishers and distributers and present their publications.
Learn more about Bogotá International Book Fair on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
The Southern Literary Festival
The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
5210 Grand Ave, Fort Smith, AR 72904, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Dates: Friday, April 21, 2023 to Sunday, April 23, 2023
Website: The Southern Literary Festival
Description:
The Southern Literary Festival is an organization of southern colleges and schools founded in 1937 to promote southern literature.
Each year a different school hosts the festival, an undergraduate writing conference that offers participants workshops, readings, and master classes in a wide variety of genres, including fiction, poetry, playwriting, and non-fiction.
Learn more about The Southern Literary Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Sant Jordi Festival
NYU KJCC
53 Washington Square. New York, NY, New York, New York
Hosted by: Saint Jordi usa
Date: Sunday, April 23, 2023
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Website: Sant Jordi Festival
Email: saintjordiusa@gmail.com
Description:
This year Saint Jordi usa is hybrid, with in person events in Chicago and New York and online programming.
Learn more about Sant Jordi Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Buenos Aires Book Fair
La Rural, Predio Ferial de Buenos Aires
Hosted by: Fundacion el Libro
Dates: Thursday, April 27, 2023 to Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Website: Buenos Aires Book Fair
Email: presna@el-libro.org
Description:
The fair is devoted to the publishing industry and updating professionals to the latest development in the industry.
Learn more about Buenos Aires Book Fair on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Strokestown International Poetry Festival
Stroketown Park House
Hosted by: Strokestown
Dates: Thursday, April 27, 2023 to Monday, May 1, 2023
Website: Strokestown International Poetry Festival
Phone: 719633759
Email: office@stroketownpoetry.org
Description:
The weekend provide a world's-reowned forum for excellence in poetry.
Learn more about Strokestown International Poetry Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Calgary Expo
Stampede Park
Hosted by: Calgary expo
Dates: Thursday, April 27, 2023 to Sunday, April 30, 2023
Website: Calgary Expo
Email: info@fanexpohq.com
Description:
Unltimate playground for comics, sci-fi, horror, anime and gaming.
Learn more about Calgary Expo on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Malice Domestic
Gathersburg
Hosted by: Agatha Christie
Dates: Friday, April 28, 2023 to Monday, May 1, 2023
Website: Malice Domestic
Email: submit form
Description:
Annual fan convention that celebrates traditional mystery.
Learn more about Malice Domestic on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
The Bocas Lit Fest
Dates: Friday, April 28, 2023 to Sunday, April 30, 2023
Website: The Bocas Lit Fest
Email: info@bocaslitfest.com
Description:
Boca is the Spanish word for mouth — the organ of speech and song and storytelling. And the Bocas del Dragón — the Dragon’s Mouths — are the narrow straits off Trinidad’s northwest peninsula, which connect the sheltered Gulf of Paria to the open Caribbean Sea. For centuries, the Bocas were the gateways connecting Trinidad to the Caribbean and the Atlantic.
NGC is the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago, our title sponsor. Their generous support makes the festival possible.
The Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is presented during this festival.
Learn more about The Bocas Lit Fest on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Yallwest Santa Monica Book Festival
Santa Monica High School
601 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405, Santa Monica, California
Date: Saturday, April 29, 2023
Time:
Website: Yallwest Santa Monica Book Festival
Email: shane@yallwest.com
Description:
Over 113 authors including New York Times Bestsellers along with local and acclaimed young adult and middle grade writers, plus notable Hollywood directors and creators.
2 days of panels, book signings, food trucks, bad jokes, rock 'n' roll, killer photo ops & general geeky debauchery
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Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival
Hosted by: Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Muhammad Al Quasimi
Dates: Monday, May 1, 2023 to Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Website: Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival
Phone: 800-Books(26657)
Email: info@scrf.ae
Description:
It's more than a festival - it's an estatic celebration that goes beyond one age group, enriching the whole family whilst instilling a love of reading in youngest of children.
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Thessaloniki Book Fair
The Helexpo Exhibition center
Hosted by: Helenic Foundation for Culture
Dates: Thursday, May 4, 2023 to Monday, May 8, 2023
Website: Thessaloniki Book Fair
Description:
Thessaloniki International Book Fair will feature an expanded cultural events including themed highlights, book presentations, talks, workshops, seminars, lots of books and arts, dedicated to areas of children's literature and young adult literature.
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Melbourne Writers Festival
Dates: Thursday, May 4, 2023 to Sunday, May 7, 2023
Website: Melbourne Writers Festival
Email: admin@mwf.com.au
Description:
Melbourne Writers Festival. Where the most exciting writers of the world meets the most avid of readers. Join for a celebration of storytelling and the power of words to change us.
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IBPA Publishing University
Coronado Island Marriott
Hosted by: Publishing University
Dates: Thursday, May 4, 2023 to Saturday, May 6, 2023
Website: IBPA Publishing University
Email: submit form
Description:
Hundreds of independent publishers gather to exchange knowledge, resources, strategies, solutions and more.
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Massachusetts Poetry Festival
Hosted by: Mass Poetry
Dates: Friday, May 5, 2023 to Sunday, May 7, 2023
Website: Massachusetts Poetry Festival
Email: festival@masspoetry.org
Description:
A biennial event, the Festival showcase an all-star roster of poets from across the Commonwealth and the country, including more than 50 events in total featuring well over 100+ poets.
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ECPA Leadership Summit
Sonesta Nashville Airport Hotel
Hosted by: ECPA Leadership Summit
Dates: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 to Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Website: ECPA Leadership Summit
Email: events@ecpa.org
Description:
Conference on current issues and trend that are important to the industry.
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PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
Various Venues
Hosted by: PEN America
Dates: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 to Saturday, May 13, 2023
Website: PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
Email: festival@pen.org
Description:
PEN World Voices is America’s only international literary festival, attracting the best-known writers from across the globe. Since its founding, they have presented more than 1,500 writers and artists from 118 countries speaking 56 languages in venues across New York City in a weeklong series of literary events with a human rights focus. The Festival was founded by Salman Rushdie, Esther Allen, and Michael Roberts in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, with the aim of broadening channels of dialogue between the United States and the world—a mission that, today, has never been more relevant.
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Books in Bloom Literary Festival
Color Burst Park
6000 Merriweather Dr, Columbia, Maryland 21044
Hosted by: The Downtown Columbia Partnership
Date: Saturday, May 13, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Website: Books in Bloom Literary Festival
Email: jean@booksinbloom.org
Description:
Books In Bloom is an innovative, progressive, and memorable festival, poised to be one of the premier book festivals in the region. The festival is free and open to the public. Register to join us for the free one-day outdoor festival full of author readings, children's activities, a pop-up bookstore by Busboys & Poets, and more.
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Book World Prague
Prague Exhibitation Grounds
Hosted by: Prague
Dates: Sunday, May 14, 2023 to Thursday, May 18, 2023
Website: Book World Prague
Phone: 420-221-714-714
Email: tourinfo@prague.eu
Description:
Festival given to authors who have moved or still moving across different countries, langueges, and cultures
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Idaho Writers Guild Conference
Hosted by: Idaho Writer Guild
Dates: Thursday, May 18, 2023 to Saturday, May 20, 2023
Website: Idaho Writers Guild Conference
Email: submit form
Description:
Conference workshop for publishers writing journeys.
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Turin International Book Fair
Lingotto Fiere
Dates: Thursday, May 18, 2023 to Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Website: Turin International Book Fair
Phone: 17028339698
Email: info@cantonfair.net
Description:
The whole book chain meets publishing houses, writers, booksellers, librarians, agents, illustrators, translators and many more readers.
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Greensboro Bound Literary Festival
Various locations in downtown Greensboro, NC
304 S. Elm Street , Greensboro, North Carolina
Hosted by: Greensboro Bound
Dates: Thursday, May 18, 2023 to Saturday, May 20, 2023
Website: Greensboro Bound Literary Festival
Phone: 336-392-5213
Email: jessica@greensborobound.com
Description:
Greensboro Bound celebrates writers and readers of all ages as essential to vibrant cities. The non-profit organization, in its third year, offers programming throughout the year with an annual literary festival held in May at various locations in downtown Greensboro.
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Anime Central
Donald E. Stephens Convetion Center & Hyatt Regency O'Hare
555. N River Rosd , Rosemont, Illinois
Hosted by: Anime Central
Dates: Friday, May 19, 2023 to Monday, May 22, 2023
Website: Anime Central
Description:
Cosplay gathering and exhibition.
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Biographers International Organization Annual Conference
CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th ave, New York, New York
Hosted by: Biographers international Organization
Dates: Friday, May 19, 2023 to Monday, May 22, 2023
Website: Biographers International Organization Annual Conference
Email: submit form
Description:
Mentor and advise attendees on a wide variesty of topics related to marketing biography
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Shoff Promotions Comic Con
Annadale VA Firehouse Expo Hall
5904 Willow Knoll Dr., Derwood, Maryland 20855
Hosted by: Shoff Pomotions inc.
Date: Saturday, May 20, 2023
Time: 9:30M-3:00PM
Website: Shoff Promotions Comic Con
Phone: 3019904929
Email: pnshoff@aol.com
Description:
Comic book and non-sports card shows, baseball and sportcard shows, and collectible shows.
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The Palestine Festival of Literature
Dates: Saturday, May 20, 2023 to Thursday, May 25, 2023
Website: The Palestine Festival of Literature
Description:
Read An Open Letter from Participants in the Palestine Festival of Literature Ta-Nehisi Coates, Molly Crabapple, Natalie Diaz, Maaza Mengiste, Solmaz Sharif, et al.
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U.S. Book Show
NYU Kimmel Center
60 Washington Square South, New York, New York 10012
Dates: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 to Thursday, May 25, 2023
Website: U.S. Book Show
Description:
Enjoy a wide array of book and author panels; programming geared to publishing professionals; and sponsered PubHubs where attendees can gather and download resources.
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Calabash International Literary Festival
Treasure Beach
Hosted by: The Calabash International Literary Festival Trust
Dates: Friday, May 26, 2023 to Sunday, May 28, 2023
Website: Calabash International Literary Festival
Phone: 876-965-3000
Email: calabashfestival@hotmail.com
Description:
The Calabash International Literary Festival, held on a biennial basis on even years, was founded in 2001 by three Jamaicans the novelist Colin Channer, the poet Kwame Dawes and the producer Justine Henzell. Their aim was simple—to create a world-class literary festival with roots in Jamaica and branches reaching out into the wider world. The Calabash International Literary Festival was founded in 2001 by three Jamaicans the novelist Colin Channer, the poet Kwame Dawes and the producer Justine Henzell. Their aim was simple—to create a world-class literary festival with roots in Jamaica and branches reaching out into the wider world.
A three-day festival of readings and music with other forms of storytelling folded in the mix, Calabash is earthy, inspirational, daring and diverse. After 10 successive years Calabash is now staged on a biennial basis on even years. All festival events are free and open to the public. Passion is the only price of entry. But voluntary contributions are welcomed.
The festival is produced by the Calabash International Literary Festival Trust (the Trust), which also produces publishing seminars and writing workshops. The Trust is affiliated with the Friends of the Calabash International Literary Festival, a registered 501(c)(3) corporation in the United States.
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Book Lovers Con
Royal Sonesta Huston Galleria
2222 West Loop So, Houston, Texas 77027
Hosted by: Book lovers Con
Dates: Thursday, June 1, 2023 to Sunday, June 4, 2023
Website: Book Lovers Con
Phone: 281-923-9371
Email: info@bookloverscon.com
Description:
Meet-n-greet with authors and celebrate books.
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Burlington County Book Festival
Burlington County Library
5 Pioneer Boulevard, Westampton, New Jersey 08060
Date: Saturday, June 3, 2023
Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Website: Burlington County Book Festival
Description:
Explore the world of literature at our Burlington County Book Festival! During the festival, BCLS will present dozens of notable authors ready to discuss, autograph and sell their work. Books for adults, young adults and children will be featured, and a wide variety of genres will be showcased, including mystery, fantasy, romance, historical fiction, nonfiction and more.
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Istanbul International Literature Festival
Hosted by: Kalem Culture Association
Dates: Monday, June 5, 2023 to Friday, June 9, 2023
Website: Istanbul International Literature Festival
Phone: 902163454247
Email: info@itef.com.tr
Description:
Festival that focuses on veriety of genres, bring together wruters and publishers, critics and journlist for inspirational encounters.
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ABA Children’s Institute
Wisconsin Center
400 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203
Hosted by: American Booksellers Association
Dates: Monday, June 5, 2023 to Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Website: ABA Children’s Institute
Phone: 800-637-0037
Email: info@BookWeb.org
Description:
Children’s Institute is an rousing three-day celebration of children’s bookselling, offering unique education for children’s booksellers in addition to general education sessions.
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PePcon: The Print + ePublishing Conference
Virtual / Pheonix Arizona
Hosted by: Luanne Seymour
Dates: Monday, June 5, 2023 to Friday, June 9, 2023
Website: PePcon: The Print + ePublishing Conference
Email: submit form
Description:
CreativePro Week is the essential HOW-TO conference for creative professionals who design, create and edit Adobe inDesign, photoshop, illlustrator, Acrobat or Microsoft powerpoint.
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Brooklyn Comic Con
The Breeze
314 scholes st, New York, New York 11206
Hosted by: Sexy Nerds
Dates: Saturday, June 10, 2023 to Sunday, June 11, 2023
Website: Brooklyn Comic Con
Email: info@bkcomiccon.com
Description:
Exhibit of cosplay, video games, music, and other entertainment.
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Festival of Women Writers
Dates: Friday, June 16, 2023 to Sunday, June 18, 2023
Website: Festival of Women Writers
Phone: 607-538-9222
Email: hobartfestivalofwomenwriters@gmail.com
Description:
The Festival of Women Writers has become a highly anticipated event, unique among cultural happenings in the Catskill Region, especially in Delaware County. The Festival will celebrate its fourth year in the Hobart Book Village, “the reading capital of New York State.” Since its inception, the Festival has created space for established and emerging women writers to share their insights and skills through a variety of writing activities and public readings with audiences throughout Delaware County, the state of New York, and beyond.
Poet Cheryl Clarke, novelist Breena Clarke, and Barbara Balliet are festival’s cofounders.
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Juneteenth Book Fair
Historic People’s Community Church
8601 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Michigan
Hosted by: Detroit Book City
Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Website: Juneteenth Book Fair
Phone: 248-993-3844
Description:
This is a family-friendly event, all ages welcome. Get ready to meet a fierce group of talented independent authors of adult & children books from across all genres!
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Schomburg Center Literary Festival
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd., New York, New York
Hosted by: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Website: Schomburg Center Literary Festival
Phone: 2123481532
Email: Schomburglitfest@nypl.org
Description:
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is dedicated to the collection, preservation, and interpretation of global black experiences. Our new Schomburg Center Literary Festival expands our long tradition of championing authors of African descent from across the globe and publications that celebrate Black history and culture. The day-long book festival will feature exhibitors, readings, panel discussions, workshops and more for all ages, from prose to poetry, comic books to young adult novels, fiction and non-fiction.
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The Santa Barbara Writers Conference
Mar Monte Hotel
Hosted by: Santa Barabra Writers
Dates: Sunday, June 18, 2023 to Saturday, June 24, 2023
Website: The Santa Barbara Writers Conference
Phone: 8055681516
Email: info@sbwriters.com
Description:
Six days and nights of 30+ writing workshops, panels, speakers, agnets and fellow word-crafters.
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SleuthFest
Doubletree by Hilton Hotel
Hosted by: SleuthFest
Dates: Thursday, July 6, 2023 to Monday, July 10, 2023
Website: SleuthFest
Email: submit form
Description:
SleuthFest is an annual conference for writers and fans of mysteries, thriller, and crime fiction.
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Romance Slam Jam Convention
Dates: Thursday, July 13, 2023 to Saturday, July 15, 2023
Website: Romance Slam Jam Convention
Phone: 214-856-0697
Email: info@rsjconvention.com
Description:
Held in a different city each year, the Romance Slam Jam convention is an annual book lovers’ event for black authors of romantic fiction and the book lovers who read them.
RSJ was born out of a necessity in 1995 due to the systemic exclusion by the publishing industry of black authors from acquisitions, mainstream distribution, and industry awards. In a response to gatekeepers who once said, “People won’t buy black romance,” RSJ set out to break barriers in the now billion dollar romance book industry and support authors who challenged the illusion of inclusion.
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South Florida Book Festival
African-American Research Library and Cultural Center
2650 Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Hosted by: African-American Research Library and Cultural Center
Dates: Thursday, July 13, 2023 to Saturday, July 15, 2023
Website: South Florida Book Festival
Phone: 954-357-6282
Email: lib-customersvc@broward.org
Description:
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Comic-Con International
San Diego Convention Center
111 W Harbor Dr., San Diego, California 92101.0
Hosted by: Comic Con International
Dates: Thursday, July 20, 2023 to Monday, July 24, 2023
Website: Comic-Con International
Email: submit form
Description:
Comic arts conference, anime, and fim screening .
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AniMangaPop
Future Inn
1 William Prance road, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Hosted by: Animangapop
Dates: Saturday, August 5, 2023 to Monday, August 7, 2023
Website: AniMangaPop
Email: Plymouth@animangapop.co.uk
Description:
Anime and Pop culture convention
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The Soulful Chicago Book Fair
61st Street from Cottage Grove to King Drive
Hosted by: Asadah Kirkland
Date: Saturday, August 5, 2023
Time: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Website: The Soulful Chicago Book Fair
Email: soulfulchicagobookfair@gmail.com
Description:
The Soulful Chicago Book Fair is a FREE, outdoor, celebration of literacy and literary arts found throughout the African Diaspora. It is Chicago’s only living “author-centric” festival, filled with OUR stories told through books, spoken word, storytelling, songwriting, play writing and art!
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Black Books Matter Day
MahoganyBooks - National Harbor
121 American Way, Oxon Hill, Maryland 20745
Hosted by: https://www.mahoganybooks.com/
Date: Saturday, August 5, 2023
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Website: Black Books Matter Day
Email: customerservice@mahoganybooks.com
Description:
Though black books have always mattered, some have yet to discover the lost wisdom, rich history, and incredible creativity found them. Wee’re using #blackbooksmatterday22 & #blackbooksmatter to share the profound impact of black books.
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Sarah Lawrence College Writers Week
Sarah Lawrence College
Hosted by: SLC Writing Institute and Theater program
Dates: Friday, August 11, 2023 to Friday, August 18, 2023
Website: Sarah Lawrence College Writers Week
Email: submit form
Description:
Writers week at Sarah Lawrence College offers creative young people an immersive week-long oppurtunity to engage with creative writing and the performance arts.
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Mississippi Book Festival
Mississippi State Capitol
400 High St, Jackson, MS 39201, Jackson, Mississippi
Date: Saturday, August 19, 2023
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Website: Mississippi Book Festival
Phone: 769.717.2648
Email: info@msbookfestival.com
Description:
The Mississippi Book Festival, a nonprofit founded by literacy advocates, launched in August 2015 on the State Capitol grounds and continues to draw thousands to its annual “literary lawn party” and book lovers’ celebration.
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Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair
3536 Grand Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75210
Date: Saturday, August 19, 2023
Time: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Website: Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair
Phone: 214-565-9026 ext 311
Description:
Tulisoma, Swahili for “we read,” is a community-based literary festival promoting literacy and the arts in the South Dallas/Fair Park area. Founded in 2003, by District 7 - Dallas City Councilman Leo V. Chaney, Jr., the goal of Tulisoma is to create a dynamic event tailored to engage local families, avid readers, aspiring writers and visitors to the city.
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James Baldwin Festival of Words
Chattanooga Theatre Centre
400 River Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37405
Hosted by: Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts & Ideas
Dates: Friday, August 25, 2023 to Sunday, August 27, 2023
Website: James Baldwin Festival of Words
Phone: 423-521-5057
Email: rncpoetry@gmail.com
Description:
A celebration of Black literary excellence taking place in Chattanooga, TN. This new festival features a Black author marketplace, panel discussion, workshops, a spoken word and hip hop showcase, and more.
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Open Book Festival
The Fugard Theatre
Corner of Caledon and Lower Buitenkant Street, District 6, Cape Town, 8001, Cape Town, South Africa
Hosted by: Cape Town Literary Festival
Dates: Friday, September 8, 2023 to Sunday, September 10, 2023
Website: Open Book Festival
Description:
An annual literary festival, the first of which took place in 2011.
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Elm City LIT Fest
Dixwell QHouse & Stetson Branch Library
197 Dixwell Ave New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut 06511
Hosted by: Kulturally LIT
Date: Saturday, September 9, 2023
Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Website: Elm City LIT Fest
Email: 475-308-9958
Description:
To cultivate awareness around the Arts within the African Diaspora, with a focus in literary arts. With faith, unity, creativity, and determination, we honor and celebrate the African Diaspora and the communities we create.
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Kerrytown BookFest
Farmer’s Market
Date: Sunday, September 10, 2023
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Website: Kerrytown BookFest
Description:
The Kerrytown BookFest is held each September and is a celebration of books, those who create them and those who read them. Our primary goal is to highlight our area’s rich heritage in the book and printing arts and showcase local individuals, businesses, and organizations. The day will be filled with entertainment, education, and hands-on experiences.
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Read My World
Tolhuistuin Amsterdam
Dates: Thursday, September 14, 2023 to Saturday, September 16, 2023
Website: Read My World
Email: info@readmyworld.nl
Description:
Read My World is the international literature festival of Amsterdam. Going beyond the commonplace, Read My World explores the boundaries between literature and journalism, between here and there and draws attention to everything in between. Next year’s edition takes place in October in the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam North, with a special focus on journalism, literature and stories from Black USA.
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York Book Expo
Wisehaven Event Center
2985 E Prospect Rd, York, PA 17402, York, Pennsylvania
Hosted by: Year of the Book, Demi Stevens
Dates: Friday, September 15, 2023 to Saturday, September 16, 2023
Website: York Book Expo
Email: demi@yotbpress.com
Description:
There’s something for all ages to experience at York Book Expo. You will be able to buy books from more than 100 authors, and have them personalized and autographed, too! Kids can read to the Happy Tails Therapy Dogs, and enjoy awesome crafts and activities all day. Aspiring writers can sign up for free writing workshops.
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Kujichagulia Cultural Festival
Cultural Expressions
401 South 21st ave., Hollywood, Florida 33020
Hosted by: Kwanzaa 365 live
Dates: Saturday, September 16, 2023 to Sunday, September 17, 2023
Website: Kujichagulia Cultural Festival
Email: kwanzaa365@gmail.com
Description:
Live readings from new favorite authors, healthy food demos, author panels, dance, signing, Live music performances and workshops.
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The Allegheny Regional Festival of Books
Hosted by: Community Foundation for the Alleghenies
Date: Saturday, September 16, 2023
Time:
Website: The Allegheny Regional Festival of Books
Email: arfbinfo@gmail.com
Description:
The Allegheny Regional Festival of Books (ARFB) is a truly grassroots, community based, literary festival, promoting authors, writing and reading, while raising funds for scholastic projects. Born from the imagination of a writers group, this vision was transformed into a framework driven by hard working volunteers committed to excellence.
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Literary Hill BookFest
Hosted by: Capitol Hill
Date: Sunday, September 17, 2023
Time:
Website: Literary Hill BookFest
Email: info@literarybookfestival.org
Description:
Meet some of your favorite authors of fiction, history, memior, poetry, children's literature, politics, mystery and more.
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Harlem Book Fair
163 West 125th Street (New Location)
Corner of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard
163 West 125th Street (New Location) Corner of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard, Harlem, New York
Hosted by: Max Rodriguez
Date: Saturday, September 23, 2023
Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Website: Harlem Book Fair
Email: hbf@qbr.com
Description:
The Harlem Book Fair is the United State’s largest African-American book fair and the nation’s flagship Black literary event. Held annually in Harlem, NY, the Harlem Book Fair features exhibition booths, panel discussions, book sales, and workshops.
The Phillis Wheatley Book Awards are presented in conjunction with this event.
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Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn Borough Hall and Vicinity
209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201
Hosted by: Brooklyn Book Festival, Inc. and Brooklyn Book Festival Literary Council
Dates: Sunday, September 24, 2023 to Monday, October 2, 2023
Website: Brooklyn Book Festival
Phone: 570-362-6657
Email: lkoch@brooklynbookfestival.org
Description:
The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in New York City, presenting an array of national and international literary stars and emerging authors. One of America’s premier book festivals, this hip, smart diverse gathering attracts thousands of book lovers of all ages to enjoy authors and the festival’s lively literary marketplace.
The Brooklyn Book Festival is really more than a week of events which culminates on “Festival Day.”
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Six Bridges Book Festival
Central Arkansas Library System’s Main Library campus and other venues
Hosted by: The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS)
Dates: Monday, September 25, 2023 to Sunday, October 1, 2023
Website: Six Bridges Book Festival
Email: bmooy@cals.org
Description:
The Six Bridges Book Festival presents a wide variety of authors and discussions throughout the year leading up to the annual festival.
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Kingston WritersFest
Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront
Dates: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 to Sunday, October 1, 2023
Website: Kingston WritersFest
Email: info@kingstonwritersfest.ca
Description:
“A festival for writers and readers.”
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Green Mountain Book Festival
Downtown Burlington
Dates: Friday, September 29, 2023 to Sunday, October 1, 2023
Website: Green Mountain Book Festival
Email: info@greenmountainbookfestival.org
Description:
The Green Mountain Book Festival honors free expression, embraces diverse voices, and encourages a deeper understanding of self and community through a shared love of reading and books. Your donation helps us establish and sustain the festival’s presence in Burlington.
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Independent Authors Book Festival
Kean University, Downs Halls
1000 Morris ave., Union, New Jersey 7083
Hosted by: Independent Authors Book Expo
Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time: 12:00pm-6:00pm
Website: Independent Authors Book Festival
Email: iabex@hotmail.com
Description:
Independent Authors Book Expo was created to help you the independent author intorduce your story to mainstream auidences, includes presentations, panel discussions wand workshops for aspiring authors.
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Wimbledon BookFest
Wimbledon Common
Dates: Thursday, October 12, 2023 to Friday, December 22, 2023
Website: Wimbledon BookFest
Email: info@wimbledonbookfest.org
Description:
It was founded in 2006 by Fiona Razvi and Tony Kane whose ambition was to develop the arts and cultural offering in the area. The public festival takes place in early October in a “pop up” festival site on Wimbledon Common in its Baillie Gifford Big Tent and William Morris Tent. It hosts almost 100 events in its 10 day period and has grown from 1,000 visitors in its first year to over 15,000 with 7,000 school children from over 60 schools now enjoying the festival every year.
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The Joint Conference of Librarians of Color
Dates: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 to Sunday, February 12, 2023
Website: The Joint Conference of Librarians of Color
Description:
The Joint Conference of Librarians of Color is a conference for everyone! The conference is sponsored by five associations of ethnic librarians, including:
- American Indian Library Association (AILA)
- Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA)
- Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA)
- Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)
- National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA)
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Printers Row Lit Fest
Historic Printers Row
Date: Saturday, September 9, 2023
Time:
Website: Printers Row Lit Fest
Phone: 312-836-7000
Description:
The Printers Row Lit Fest was founded in 1985 by the Near South Planning Board to attract visitors to the Printers Row neighborhood (once the city's bookmaking hub). By 2002, it had grown to five city blocks (on Dearborn, from Congress to Polk), attracting more than 200 booksellers from across the country displaying new, used and antiquarian books and featuring more than 200 authors participating in panels, discussions and a variety of other programs.
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Utah Humanities Council Book Festival
Dates: Sunday, October 1, 2023 to Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Website: Utah Humanities Council Book Festival
Phone: 801.359.9670 x104
Email: mclane@utahhumanities.org
Description:
Previously the The Great Salt Lake Book Festival
The annual Utah Humanities Book Festival is Utah’s oldest and only statewide book festival and has become Utah’s signature literary event.
Each year, the festival is a chance for book lovers of all types to enjoy some great, free-of-charge literary events at locations throughout Utah.
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Black Authors & Readers Rock
Harborside Hotel
6400 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD 20745, Oxon Hill, Maryland
Hosted by: Sharon Lucas and The Reading Divas Book Club
Dates: Friday, October 6, 2023 to Saturday, October 7, 2023
Website: Black Authors & Readers Rock
Email: sharon@sharonrlucas.com
Description:
BARR is a two day literary conference that offers readers the opportunity to meet and mingle with new, emerging and nationally recognized African American authors from all writing genres, and offers authors the opportunity to greet old friends, meet new readers and sell their works.
Though BARR’s focus is on authors of color, because they are traditionally underserved by the publishing industry, the conference is open to everyone.
BARR brings value to the community by providing attendees the opportunity to learn about the craft of writing, and other related topics, through workshops and panel discussions focused on triggering an exchange of knowledge and ideas. BARR was founded by Sharon Lucas
AALBC’s Founder and Webmaster, Troy Johnson, will be giving a workshop this year!
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Collingswood Book Festival
Along Haddon Avenue, Downtown Collingswood, NJ
Hosted by: Collingswood Public Library
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Website: Collingswood Book Festival
Email: nfo@collingswoodbookfestival.com
Description:
Book lovers of all ages: join us on Saturday, October 7, 2017. Stroll more than six blocks of Haddon Avenue filled with authors/speakers for adults and children, as well as booksellers, storytellers, poetry readings, workshops, exhibitors, kid-friendly activities, and entertainment for all ages. This award-winning festival is the longest-running, largest literary event in the Delaware Valley. Remember, all events are free!
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Virginia Children’s Book Festival
Longwood University, Farmville
201 High St, Farmville, VA 23909, Farmville, Virginia
Hosted by: Longwood University
Dates: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 to Friday, October 13, 2023
Website: Virginia Children’s Book Festival
Email: info@vachildrensbookfestival.com
Description:
The Virginia Children’s Book Festival will bring together prominent children’s authors and illustrators and the general public in an annual event designed to foster the enjoyment of children’s literature.
The Virginia Children’s Book Festival will be available to the public without an entrance fee. Children, parents, grandparents, book collectors, and interested members of the public are welcome to attend.
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New York Comic Con
Javitz Center
Hosted by: ReedPOP Events
Dates: Thursday, October 12, 2023 to Sunday, October 15, 2023
Website: New York Comic Con
Email: Inquiry@NYComicCon.com
Description:
“…if you’re a speculative fiction author (horror, fantasy, paranormal, urban fantasy, sci-fi, etc.) you should definitely go”—Cerece Rennie Murphy
New York Comic Con is the East Coast's biggest and most exciting popular culture convention. Our Show Floor plays host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television.
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Boston Book Festival
Copley Square
Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023
Time:
Website: Boston Book Festival
Phone: 857.259.6999
Email: info@bostonbookfest.org
Description:
The Boston Book Festival celebrates the power of words to stimulate, agitate, unite, delight, and inspire by holding year-round events culminating in an annual, free Festival that promotes a culture of reading and ideas and enhances the vibrancy of our city.
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Twin Cities Book Festival
MINNESOTA STATE FAIRGROUNDS
Hosted by: Rain Taxi
Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Website: Twin Cities Book Festival
Description:
The Twin Cities Book Festival—brought to you by Rain Taxi—is not only the largest and most important literary gathering in the Upper Midwest, it is the annual get-together for the Twin Cities’ devoted literary community. This FREE, day-long festival brings people together to celebrate our vibrant literary culture. The festival welcomes ‘rock star’ authors, local literary heroes, publishers, magazines, booksellers—all of whom connect over great books and conversations.
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The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
Seattle Center Exhibition Hall
3rd & Mercer Streets, Seattle, Washington
Hosted by: Louis Collins & Bill Wolfe
Dates: Saturday, October 14, 2023 to Sunday, October 15, 2023
Website: The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
Phone: 206-323-3999
Email: visitor@seattlebookfair.com
Description:
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Fall for the Book
George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus
4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Hosted by: Kate Lewis, Marketing Director
Date: Sunday, October 15, 2023
Time:
Website: Fall for the Book
Phone: 571-344-2156
Email: kate@fallforthebook.org
Description:
What began as a two-day literary event in 1999, organized by George Mason University and the City of Fairfax, has expanded into a week-long, multiple-venue, regional festival that brings together people of all ages and interests, thanks to growing community interest and generous supporting partners.
Events take place at George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus, the festival’s base, and at other locations throughout Northern Virginia, DC, and Maryland.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Ludwig Erhard Anlage 1
Hosted by: Frankfurter Buchmesse
Dates: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 to Monday, October 23, 2023
Website: Frankfurt Book Fair
Phone: 4906921020
Email: submit form
Description:
Exhibition venue for printed and digital content, people from technology and creative industries come to exchange ideas.
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Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair)
Frankfurt Trade Fair Grounds
Hosted by: Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH
Dates: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 to Sunday, October 22, 2023
Website: Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair)
Email: contact@book-fair.com
Description:
Authors read this if you plan to attend.
The Frankfurt Book Fair is perhaps the world’s largest trade fair for books, based on the number of participating publishing companies and attendees.
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Wisconsin Book Festival
Madison Public Library
4340 Tokay Blvd, Madison, WI 53711, Madison, Wisconsin
Dates: Thursday, October 19, 2023 to Sunday, October 22, 2023
Website: Wisconsin Book Festival
Email: bookfest@mplfoundation.org
Description:
The Wisconsin Book Festival is Wisconsin's premier literary event. Every October we draw a local and regional audience of 12,000-15,000 people for four days of author events. Our year-round series of events has drawn more than 15,000 people to an additional 75 events over the past two years. Madison's proximity to Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and Iowa City makes it an easy addition to any tour through the Midwest. As the State Capitol and home to the University of Wisconsin, Madison boasts an engaged and active literary community who have shown a dedication to supporting great author programming.
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Kentucky Book Fair
Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park
Hosted by: The Kentucky Humanities Council and The Kentucky Book Fair
Date: Saturday, October 21, 2023
Time: 9 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Website: Kentucky Book Fair
Email: kybookfair@ky.gov
Description:
About the Kentucky Book Fair: Since its inception in 1981, the Kentucky Book Fair has been connecting readers and authors in a celebration of shared passion and mutual interest: the importance of reading and writing. Each year, more than 170 local and national authors participate in the event, signing their latest books and meeting readers from Kentucky and surrounding states.
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The Las Vegas Book Festival
Historic Fifth Street School
401 S. 4th Street, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Hosted by: The City of Las Vegas, Nevada Humanities, and numerous community sponsors
Date: Saturday, October 21, 2023
Time: 10 A.M. - 6 P.M.
Website: The Las Vegas Book Festival
Description:
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Southern Festival of Books
Hosted by: Humanities Tennessee
Dates: Saturday, October 21, 2023 to Sunday, October 22, 2023
Website: Southern Festival of Books
Description:
The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written WordSM is a three-day Festival celebrated each year during the second full weekend of October. It is free and open to the public. No advance registration or tickets are required. All seating is on a first-come basis.
The Festival annually welcomes more than 200 authors from throughout the nation and in every genre for readings, panel discussions and book signings. Book lovers have the opportunity to hear from and meet some of America's foremost writers in fiction, history, mystery, food, biography, travel, poetry and children's literature among others.
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West Virginia Book Festival
Charleston Civic Center
Date: Saturday, October 21, 2023
Time:
Website: West Virginia Book Festival
Email: WVBookFestival@kanawhalibrary.org
Description:
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National Black Book Festival
Fallbrook Church / Gymnasium
12512 Walters Rd, Houston, Texas
Hosted by: Cushcity.com
Dates: Thursday, October 26, 2023 to Saturday, October 28, 2023
Website: National Black Book Festival
Phone: 1-800-340-5454
Email: info@nationalblackbookfestival.com
Description:
The National Black Book Festival (NBBF) is an annual event, sponsored by Cushcity.com, the world’s largest African-American retailer online. The event attracts a wide array of authors, publishers, book clubs, libraries and individual readers from the Southwest U.S. and nationwide.
The festival was cofounded by author and entrepreneur Gwen Richardson and her husband Willie Richardson.
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Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards
Lincoln Theatre
1215 U St NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20009
Hosted by: Hurston/Wright Foundation
Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023
Time:
Website: Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards
Email: info@hurstonwright.org
Description:
Named for literary geniuses, Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, the Hurston/Wright Foundation was founded in 1990. Hurston/Wright was established to be a resource center for training and a gateway to ensure the unique experience and voice of African Americans in literature.
The Hurston/Wright Foundation is a literary education institution committed to the development, dissemination and preservation of literature with a focus on the contributions of African American writers. By preserving and honoring African Americans in literature, the Foundation ensures this vital part of American literature will continue to remain available to all readers.
The Hurston/Wright Foundation serves aspiring and emerging writers, published authors, readers and supporters of Black literature. Hurston/Wright programs, awards, special events and literary resources aim to impact the literature community and those who contribute to the enrichment of it.
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The Christian Book Lover’s Retreat
Doubletree Resorts
3200 South Ocean Boulevard, Myrtle Beach, SC, Charlotte, North Carolina
Hosted by: Vanessa Miller
Dates: Thursday, October 26, 2023 to Sunday, October 29, 2023
Website: The Christian Book Lover’s Retreat
Email: info@christianbookloversretreat.com
Description:
The Christian Book Lover’s Retreat is all about Faith, Fun, Fellowship… and a whole lot of books. The first day of the retreat is jam packed with socials, game shows, and parties. The next day kicks off with praise and worship and then it's all about author book discussions and more
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Louisiana Book Festival
State Library of Louisiana and nearby locations
Date: Saturday, October 28, 2023
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Website: Louisiana Book Festival
Phone: 225.219.9503
Email: lbf@state.lib.la.us
Description:
The Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana is a free, world-class literary festival held in downtown Baton Rouge.
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Madrid Book Fair
Hosted by: Liber International Book Fair
Dates: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 to Saturday, October 7, 2023
Website: Madrid Book Fair
Phone: 34902233200
Email: liber@firabarcelona.com
Description:
Book fair that takes place withn the patronage of the Spanish publishers union.
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Sharjah International Book Fair
Hosted by: Sharjah Book Authority
Dates: Wednesday, November 1, 2023 to Sunday, November 12, 2023
Website: Sharjah International Book Fair
Email: info@sibf.com
Description:
The Sharjah International Book Fair is one of the showcase events of the Government of Sharjah and, with a history spanning 34 years, this event is more than a typical book exhibition, it is an institution that can give an insider’s glimpse at authentic Arab culture.
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Charleston Literary Festival
Various Downtown Venues
Hosted by: Sarah Moriarty, Executive Director
Dates: Friday, November 3, 2023 to Sunday, November 12, 2023
Website: Charleston Literary Festival
Email: inquiries@charlestonliteraryfestival.com
Description:
Charleston Literary Festival is a boutique literary festival that runs every November for ten days in Charleston, South Carolina. The Festival is committed to maintaining an international perspective while fostering and empowering the next generation of writers and thinkers in Charleston and South Carolina. Founded in 2017, the Festival specializes in high-quality events that create perspective-altering conversations with world-renowned, prize-winning authors and thinkers. The Festival’s programming is carefully curated based on literary and artistic excellence, originality, and critical acclaim. Charleston Literary Festival is committed to offering a diverse program of events in terms of speakers and topics.
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Portland’s Book Festival
Portland Art Museum and Neighboring Venues
Hosted by: Literary Arts
Date: Saturday, November 4, 2023
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Website: Portland’s Book Festival
Phone: 503.227.2583
Email: la@literary-arts.org
Price: $15
Description:
Portland Book Festival (formerly Wordstock) includes author discussions and activities for readers of all ages, an extensive book fair, pop-up readings and concerts, a beverage garden, and local food trucks.
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Louisville Book Festival
The Galt House, 140 North 4th St.
Hosted by: Katrice Baughman, Chief Development Officer
Dates: Friday, November 10, 2023 to Saturday, November 11, 2023
Website: Louisville Book Festival
Email: dcummings@louisvillebookfestival.com
Description:
2020 marks the first year for this festival
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BLK Author Expo
Keller Williams Event Center
1441 McCormick Drive, Suite 1030, Largo, Maryland 20774
Hosted by: BookButler Publishing Company
Date: Saturday, November 11, 2023
Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Website: BLK Author Expo
Description:
Be a part of this community gathering and vendor marketplace celebrating African American authors and their works. The five-hour live book expo will feature 70+ regional authors showcasing books in all genres for all ages.
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Texas Book Festival
State Capitol and surrounding grounds
Dates: Saturday, November 11, 2023 to Sunday, November 12, 2023
Website: Texas Book Festival
Email: bookfest@texasbookfestival.org
Description:
The Texas Book Festival (#TXBOOKFEST) celebrates authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas, and imagination.
The Texas Book Festival was established in 1995 by Laura Bush, a former librarian and an ardent advocate of literacy. Along with Mary Margaret Farabee, founding co-chair, Mrs. Bush created a task force to plan a book festival to honor Texas authors, promote the joys of reading and serve to benefit the state’s public libraries. The first Festival took place at the Capitol in November 1996.
The signature event has evolved into one of the premier literary events in the country and takes place in and around the State Capitol in Austin, hosting about 250 authors each year. More than 40,000 book lovers of all ages attend the Festival annually, enjoying author readings and presentations, panel discussions, book signings, cooking demonstrations, live music, local food, YA authors, children’s activities, and exhibiting vendors from across the state. While remaining an important showcase for the work of Texas authors, the Texas Book Festival hosts important writers from all over the world and has earned a national reputation for the quality of its programming and its appeal to readers, authors, and publishers alike.
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Miami Book Fair International
Hosted by: Miami Dade College
Dates: Sunday, November 12, 2023 to Sunday, November 19, 2023
Website: Miami Book Fair International
Phone: 305-237-3258
Description:
The first Miami Book Fair International, founded by Miami Dade College and community partners, took place in 1984. Since then, it has been recognized as the nation’s finest literary festival. In 2001, the Fair became part of The Center for Writing and Literature @ Miami Dade College, a cultural and academic initiative that promotes the advancement and appreciation of literature throughout the year.
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National Book Awards
Cipriani Wall Street
Hosted by: National Book Foundation
Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Time:
Website: National Book Awards
Description:
Attendance by invitation only.
All of the authors of African descent who have won a National Book Award.
Watch vidoes the 67th annual National Book Awards (2016), hosted by Larry Wilmore
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Bluffton Book Festival
Calhoun Street in Historic Old Town Bluffton
Hosted by: Rockelle Henderson
Dates: Thursday, November 16, 2023 to Saturday, November 18, 2023
Website: Bluffton Book Festival
Phone: 843-707-6409
Email: blufftonbookfestival@gmail.com
Description:
The Bluffton Book Festival's mission is to raise money for two non-profit organizations that support literacy, education, reading, authors, bookselling and the publishing community as a whole and to bring awareness to local and national literary talent in the process.
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Books by the Banks
Duke Energy Convention Center
Date: Saturday, November 18, 2023
Time: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Website: Books by the Banks
Email: contact@booksbythebanks.org
Description:
More than 5,000 people and more than 150 authors made the 2015 Books by the Banks book festival our biggest year yet. Our planning teams are already getting ready for 2016. But first, take a look back at what people had to say about our most recent festival. We hope you had as much as fun as they did. See you in 2016!
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Mosaic Literary Conference
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse Bronx, NY 10456, Bronx, New York
Hosted by: The Literary Freedom Project
Date: Monday, November 20, 2023
Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Website: Mosaic Literary Conference
Phone: 347-454-2161
Email: ron@literaryfreedom.org
Description:
The Mosaic Literary Conference provides a platform for literature-based creative thinking and knowledge sharing. Each year we invite educators, community and arts organizations, as well as the public to participate in a variety of workshops. This conference was founded by Ron Kavanaugh
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Guadalajara International Book Fair
Combined Book
277 White St., Guadalajara, Mexico
Hosted by: Guadalajara International Book Fair
Dates: Saturday, November 25, 2023 to Monday, December 4, 2023
Website: Guadalajara International Book Fair
Phone: 914-739-7500
Email: info@combinedbook.com
Description:
English and Spanish Book fair.
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Magical Mirrors Book Fair
Sankofa Video Books & Cafe
2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia
Dates: Friday, December 15, 2023 to Sunday, December 17, 2023
Website: Magical Mirrors Book Fair
Phone: 202-234-4755
Description:
Magical Mirrors Children’s Book Fair features books full of images and imaginations of children of the African Diaspora.
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Sunshine State Book Festival
SFC Fine Arts Hall, 3000 NW 83rd St
Gainesville, FL 32606
3000 NW 83rd St Gainesville, FL 32606, Gainesville, Florida
Hosted by: Writers Alliance of Gainesville
Dates: Thursday, January 26, 2023 to Friday, January 27, 2023
Website: Sunshine State Book Festival
Email: SunshineStateBookFestival@writersalliance.org
Description:
“Bringing Readers and Writers Together” for three days of literary enrichment with over 75 authors, 6 nationally recognized speakers, and a literary heritage tour of sites where Robert Frost, Tennessee Williams, William Bartram, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings lived and wrote in the area.
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Wizard World Portland
Hosted by: Chelsea Mangold
Dates: Friday, January 12, 2024 to Monday, January 15, 2024
Website: Wizard World Portland
Description:
Offers exciting family- friendly attractions for sci-fi, horror, anime and gaming.
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Digital Book World
Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
West 53rd Street , New York, New York 10019
Hosted by: Score Publishing
Dates: Monday, January 15, 2024 to Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Website: Digital Book World
Description:
As part of the 2018 Digital Book World (DBW) — two industry veterans will be the first to be inducted into the new Publishing Hall of Fame. The first inductee is Marie Dutton Brown, the iconic editor and literary agent who successfully championed diversity in publishing over the course of her 50-year career.
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The Library Learning Experience
Hosted by: American Library Association
Dates: Friday, January 19, 2024 to Monday, January 22, 2024
Website: The Library Learning Experience
Email: submit form
Description:
At LibLearnX, library professionals at all levels can take part in a conference experience that will provide ultimate learning benefits. Attendees will participate in hands-on workshops, bite-size sessions, and other formats designed to match preferred learning styles with an emphasis on experiential learning. Be inspired and motivated by thought-leaders, authors, and subject matter experts, and celebrate your colleagues and favorite authors at the Award ceremonies.
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ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
Diggi Palace Jaipur
Hosted by: Sanjoy K. Roy, Festival Producer
Dates: Friday, January 19, 2024 to Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Website: ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
Email: info@teamworkarts.com
Description:
Described as the “greatest literary show on Earth,” the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival is a sumptuous feast of ideas.
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Angoulême International Comics Festival
Angouleme
Hosted by: International comics festival
Dates: Thursday, January 25, 2024 to Monday, January 29, 2024
Website: Angoulême International Comics Festival
Phone: 330545978650
Email: info@bdangouleme.com
Description:
Festival of Comics and Creation
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Rancho Mirage Writers Festival
71-100 Hwy 111, Rancho Mirage, California
Dates: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 to Friday, February 2, 2024
Website: Rancho Mirage Writers Festival
Email: info@rmwritersfest.org
Description:
The Rancho Mirage Writers Festival is a world class gathering of writers, thinkers, and people contributing to the intellectual vitality of our time — “Coachella for the brain.”
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Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
InterContinental
Hosted by: Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
Dates: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 to Monday, February 6, 2023
Website: Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
Email: submit form
Description:
Writers gather to bring new ideas and different perspectives, promoting dialogue, sharing their works to build bridges across cultures.
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Cairo Book Fair
Eygpt International Exhibition Center
Hosted by: Cairo International Book Fair
Dates: Thursday, February 1, 2024 to Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Website: Cairo Book Fair
Email: info@cairo360.com
Description:
Exhibition of publishers to present options of genre and a press confrence about a new poetic work that will be printed.
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Jaipur Literature Festival
Sultanpur MG Road, New Delhi, Jaipur, India
Hosted by: Jaipur Virasat Foundation
Dates: Thursday, February 1, 2024 to Monday, February 5, 2024
Website: Jaipur Literature Festival
Phone: 919643302036
Email: info@teamworkart.com
Description:
A festival that bring together a diverse mix of the world's greatest writers, thinkers, humanitarians, politicians, buisness leaders to express ad engage in thought ful debate and dialogue.
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PubWest
Dates: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 to Friday, February 9, 2024
Website: PubWest
Email: executivedirector@pubwest.org
Description:
The Publishes Association of the West is a natinal trade organization of publishers and of associated publishing related members.
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New Delhi World Book Fair
Pragati, Maidan
Hosted by: National Book Trust
Dates: Saturday, February 10, 2024 to Monday, February 19, 2024
Website: New Delhi World Book Fair
Email: submit form
Description:
The NDWBF provides exhibitors with a one-of-a- kind opportunity to do business with the burgeoning book sector. its also a great place to promote titles, make co-publication deals, amd do business.
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San Francisco Writers Conference
Hyatt Regency
1901 Cleveland Ave., San Francisco, California
Hosted by: Laurie McLean
Dates: Thursday, February 15, 2024 to Monday, February 19, 2024
Website: San Francisco Writers Conference
Phone: 4156896301
Email: registrations@SFwriters.org
Description:
Over the course of 4 days over 500 attendees, reowned keynote authors, presenters, editors, and agents attend SFWC, combining the best of both the traditional publishing industry with the latest technology to empower authors to publish everywhere.
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Savannah Book Festival
Telfair Square
220 W Broughton St., Savannah, Georgia 31401.0
Dates: Thursday, February 15, 2024 to Monday, February 19, 2024
Website: Savannah Book Festival
Email: info@savannahbookfestival.org
Description:
The Savannah Book Festival is an annual event, free and open to the public, in celebration of the written word and its role of improving the human expeirence. Our mission is to promote reading, writing, and civil conversation.
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ReadOut: A Festival of LGBTQ Literature
4726 22nd Ave S, St. Petersburg, Florida 33711
Dates: Friday, February 16, 2024 to Sunday, February 18, 2024
Website: ReadOut: A Festival of LGBTQ Literature
Email: readoutfestival@gmail.com
Description:
ReadOut: A Festival of LGBTQ Literature is a program of the LGBTQ Resource Center, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization in Gulfport, Florida. ReadOut was founded in 2018 and is an inclusive event that showcases literature written by, for, and about LGBTQ community.
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San Miguel Writers Conference
Hotel Real de Minas
Mesones 80, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 37700.0
Hosted by: San Miguel Writers Conference and Literary Festival
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Time:
Website: San Miguel Writers Conference
Phone: 524151528380
Email: nathan@sanmiguelwritersconference.org
Description:
Learn from expert keynotes and faculty that include contemporary writers, award-winning authors, teachers, agents and journalist with years of experience within their respective fields.
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F.R.E.S.H. Book Film Festival
Julia T. and Charles W. Cherry, Sr. Cultural and Educational Center
925 George W. Engram Boulevard, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114
Hosted by: Donna M. Gray-Banks, Founder & Director
Dates: Thursday, February 22, 2024 to Saturday, February 24, 2024
Website: F.R.E.S.H. Book Film Festival
Email: freshbookfestivals@gmail.com
Price: $5
Description:
F.R.E.S.H. Book Film Festival (Fiction, Romance, Erotica, Spiritual, Health and More) hosts more than 40 authors, editors, and filmmakers who convene to discuss their books, upcoming projects, and share insight and wisdom related to their crafts.
Host Hotel: The DAYTONA, A Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel
Address: 1870 Victory Circle, Daytona Beach, Florida
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Tallahassee Bicentennial Antiquarian Book Fair
Elks Club Bldg
276 Magnolia Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Hosted by: Tallahassee Historical Society
Dates: Friday, February 23, 2024 to Sunday, February 25, 2024
Website: Tallahassee Bicentennial Antiquarian Book Fair
Phone: 404-797-8046
Email: shmick@talstar.com
Description:
“Immerse Yourself in Tallahassee & Florida History”
Celebrating Tallahassee’s 200th Year! More than 25 antiquarian book dealers with books, maps, documents, postcards, art, prints, & any other local historic memorabilia. Includes Elder Storytelling (Jack Hadley from the Thomasville African American Museum, Flo Ashby, a 1940's FSCW grad, others) and Collector Sharing (Relics from the Aucilla River dig, Readers in Art, Presidential Memorabilia, more)
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San Antonio African American Book Festival
Next Door to Carver Library
3310 E. Commerce Street, San Antonio, Texas 78220
Hosted by: The Friends of Carver Library
Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024
Time: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Website: San Antonio African American Book Festival
Phone: 210-685-8400
Email: saaabookfest@gmail.com
Description:
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Latvian Book Fair
International Exhibition Centre Kipsala
Kipsala iela 8, riga, Riga, Latvia
Hosted by: Edgars Skara
Dates: Friday, February 23, 2024 to Sunday, February 25, 2024
Website: Latvian Book Fair
Phone: 37167065046
Email: edgars.skara@bt1.lv
Description:
Inspiring book town where writers, translators, publishers and reader will meet.
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Monroeville Literary Festival
Monroe County Museum
31 N Alabama Ave., Monroeville, Alabama 36460.0
Hosted by: Alabama Writers Symposim
Dates: Friday, March 1, 2024 to Saturday, March 2, 2024
Website: Monroeville Literary Festival
Phone: 2515757433
Email: submit form
Description:
The Monroevillle Literary Festival is two day of fun, food and literary arts in the Literary Capital of Alabama. An event that welcomes friends, old and new, to explore thw writing, music and art of the literary South.
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Florida Antiquarian Book Fair
St. Petersburg’s Historic Coliseum
535 4th Ave N, St. Petersburg, Florida
Hosted by: Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Dates: Friday, March 1, 2024 to Monday, March 4, 2024
Website: Florida Antiquarian Book Fair
Email: FloridaBookFair@gmail.com
Description:
This is the oldest and largest antiquarian book fair in the Southeastern United States, and one of the largest in the nation.
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Southwest Florida Reading Festival
Fort Myers Regional Library Campus
1651 Lee St, Fort Myers, Florida
Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Website: Southwest Florida Reading Festival
Email: mbyers@leegov.org
Description:
There really is something for all ages to experience at the Southwest Florida Reading Festival. Everyone enjoys the multiple stages with the celebrity authors who share ‘inside scoop’ about their latest books or what makes a story idea click for them. You will be able to buy books and have the authors personalize and sign them too! You’ll find our numerous book and educational vendors offering the latest in services and new ideas. Kids will be mesmerized by the storytellers.
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Dahlonega Literary Festival
Historic Square of Dahlonega, GA
Hosted by: Lumpkin County Literacy Coalition
Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024
Time:
Website: Dahlonega Literary Festival
Email: info@savannahbookfestival.org
Description:
The Dahlonega Literary Festival is an annual celebration of books that takes place in March. Situated in Historic Downtown Dahlonega, the festival continues to grow and become more delightful as the years go on. Ours is an intimate festival about books and authors with a mission to promote interaction between readers and writers in a relaxed, informal environment. Visitors have an opportunity to meet and interact with the authors. In addition to attending speaking events and book signings, attendees can have lunch with their favorite authors at a local restaurant.
Past featured authors include: Frances Mayes, Diana Gabaldon, Terry Kay, Deanna Raybourn, Joshilyn Jackson, and many more. Where else can you see, have conversations with, and even dine with bestselling authors while surrounded by the beautiful North Georgia Mountains.
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AWP Conference & Bookfair
Kansas City Convention Center
Hosted by: Community of Literary Magazine and Presses
Dates: Thursday, March 7, 2024 to Sunday, March 10, 2024
Website: AWP Conference & Bookfair
Phone: 301-226-9716
Email: events@awpwriter.org
Description:
The AWP Conference & Bookfair is an essential annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers. Each year more than 12,000 attendees join our community for four days of insightful dialogue, networking, and unrivaled access to the organizations and opinion-makers that matter most in contemporary literature. The 2016 conference featured over 2,000 presenters and 550 readings, panels, and craft lectures. The book fair hosted over 800 presses, journals, and literary organizations from around the world. AWP is now the largest literary conference in North America.
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South by Southwest
Hosted by: South by SouthWest
Dates: Friday, March 8, 2024 to Sunday, March 17, 2024
Website: South by Southwest
Phone: 5124677979
Email: submitform
Description:
South by Southwest is best known for its conference and festivals that celebrate the convergence of tech, film, music, education and culture.
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Tucson Festival of Books
University of Arizona Campus
Hosted by: John Humenik
Dates: Saturday, March 9, 2024 to Sunday, March 10, 2024
Website: Tucson Festival of Books
Email: chairman@tucsonfestivalofbooks.org
Description:
The Tucson Festival of Books debuted March 14-15, 2009, on the campus of The University of Arizona. The Festival featured 450 authors and presenters and welcomed 50,000 regional visitors, all made possible with generous support from our sponsors and the energetic goodwill of 800 volunteers.
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London Book Fair
Olympia London
Hammersmith Rd, London, United Kingdom
Hosted by: Reed Exhibitions Limited
Dates: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 to Thursday, March 14, 2024
Website: London Book Fair
Email: lbf.helpline@reedexpo.co.uk
Description:
The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. Next year, the Fair will take place in April at Olympia, West London, covering all aspects of the publishing industry.
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New Orleans Book Festival
Tulane University
200 Broadway street suite 126, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
Dates: Thursday, March 14, 2024 to Saturday, March 16, 2024
Website: New Orleans Book Festival
Email: submit form
Description:
The Festival features both fiction and non-fiction convenes reading, panel discussions, symposia and key speeches. It also provides an opportunity for outlets, author and readers to interact with each other in one of the most vibrant and culturally diverse cities in the world.
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Virginia Festival of the Book
145 Ednam Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903, Charlottesville, Virginia
Hosted by: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Dates: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 to Sunday, March 24, 2024
Website: Virginia Festival of the Book
Phone: 434 924-7548
Email: vabook@virginia.edu
Description:
Produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH), the largest of the 56 state (and territory) humanities councils, the Festival is a program of the Virginia Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
The Festival is the largest community-based book event in the Mid-Atlantic region and has attracted audiences of more than 20,000 for each of the past thirteen years. We have presented a captivating list of authors, ranging from international bestsellers to topical specialists to debut authors. An abbreviated list of past participants includes Rick Atkinson, Edward Ayers, David Baldacci, Maureen Corrigan, Edwidge Danticat, Kate DiCamillo, Rita Dove, Alan Furst, John Grisham, Jan Karon, Jim Lehrer, Frances Mayes, Colum McCann, David McCullough, Alice McDermott, Katherine Paterson, Jon Scieszka, Lisa Scottoline, Pete Seeger, Karin Slaughter, Alexander McCall Smith, Lee Smith, Bryan Stevenson, Elizabeth Strout, Judith Viorst, and Charles Wright. A more complete list of past participants can be seen here.
Programs range from traditional author readings and book signings to children’s programs and hands-on workshops. All programs are open to the public and, with the exception of a few ticketed events, the majority of Festival programs are free to attend.
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Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
938 Lafeye, New Orleans, Louisiana
Hosted by: Tennesse Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival
Dates: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 to Monday, March 25, 2024
Website: Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
Phone: 15045811144
Email: info@tennesseewilliams.net
Description:
Tennesse Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival is a five-day event in New Olreans historic French Quarter that attracts participants from around the world.
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National Black Writers Conference
Medgar Evers College
1650 Bedford Ave., Founders Auditorium, Brooklyn, NY 11225, Brooklyn, New York
Hosted by: Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College
Dates: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 to Saturday, March 23, 2024
Website: National Black Writers Conference
Phone: 718-804-8883
Email: writers@mec.cuny.edu
Description:
More than 50 Black writers, publishing executives, and literary activists will gather to discuss the triumphs and challenges facing Black writers today. Students, scholars, writers, readers, and literature enthusiasts of all ages and backgrounds are welcome.
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Lehigh Valley Book Festival
Bethlehem Area Public Library
11 W Church St., Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania 18018
Hosted by: Lets Play Books Bookstore
Dates: Friday, March 22, 2024 to Sunday, March 24, 2024
Website: Lehigh Valley Book Festival
Phone: 6109288600
Email: info@letsplaybooks.com
Description:
Celebrating books and the strong connection they forge-bringing publishers, authors, illuatrators and readers together through thoughful, approachable, and inclusive programming.
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Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
Blalock Park
Hosted by: Pam Johnson
Dates: Friday, March 22, 2024 to Saturday, March 23, 2024
Website: Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
Email: info@venicebookfair.com
Description:
The Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival is a small, unique program hosting writers teaching writers on Friday night, and authors selling and signing their books to the public on Saturday. All proceeds from the Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival go to Venice Heritage Inc., the 501(c) 3 fundraising arm of two historic sites in Venice, the Lord-Higel House, currently under restoration, and the Venice Museum and Archives expansion project.
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Norwescon
Doubletree by Hilton Hotel
100 Andover Park W. Suite 150-165, SeaTac, Washington
Hosted by: Norwescon45
Dates: Thursday, March 28, 2024 to Sunday, March 31, 2024
Website: Norwescon
Email: submit form
Description:
Norwescon is a Pacific Northwest's premier science fiction and fantasy convention, and one of the largest entirely volunteer operationed regional conventions in the United States.
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WonderCon
Anaheim Convention center
Hosted by: Comic con International
Dates: Friday, March 29, 2024 to Sunday, March 31, 2024
Website: WonderCon
Description:
Exhibit hall with comics, original art, toys and merchandice for many popular artist, pubushers and retailers.
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The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
Hosted by: Roger Dunaway, Assistant Director of Public Relations
Dates: Saturday, September 14, 2024 to Monday, September 16, 2024
Website: The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
Phone: 504-862-8240
Email: Bookfest@tulane.edu
Description:
The highly anticipated New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University returns to Tulane’s uptown campus, annually, with a three-day, in-person literary celebration featuring more than 100 national, regional and local authors, including some of the nation’s favorite bestsellers. The book festival also hosts its Family Day [Saturday, March 11] on the Berger Family Lawn. The festival is free and open to the public.
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Fan Expo Cleveland
Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland
Hosted by: Fan Expo
Dates: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 to Friday, April 14, 2023
Website: Fan Expo Cleveland
Email: tickets@fanexpohq.com
Description:
Experiencing the ultimate playground for Comics, Sci-Fi, Horror, Anime and Gaming.
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Oxford Conference for the Book
Hosted by: Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi
Dates: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 to Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Website: Oxford Conference for the Book
Phone: 662.915.3374
Email: jgthomas@olemiss.edu
Description:
The Oxford Conference for the Book brings together fiction and nonfiction writers, journalists, poets, publishers, teachers, and students for three days of readings, lectures, panels, workshops, and social events that celebrate the written word.
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New York Antiquarian Book Fair
Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Avenue (bet 66th and 67th streets), New York, 10065, New York, New York
Hosted by: Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America & International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (sanctioned by)
Dates: Thursday, April 4, 2024 to Sunday, April 7, 2024
Website: New York Antiquarian Book Fair
Phone: 212.777.5218
Email: info@sanfordsmith.com
Description:
2020 is the 60th Year
This book fair is officially sanctioned by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. The consumer can rely upon the experience and professionalism of participating dealers and the authenticity of the items available for purchase. All books, manuscripts and related material have been carefully examined for completeness and bibliographic accuracy.
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Northern Arizona Book Festival
Locally owned businesses throughout the historic downtown
Dates: Friday, April 5, 2024 to Monday, April 15, 2024
Website: Northern Arizona Book Festival
Email: nazbookfest@gmail.com
Description:
The Northern Arizona Book Festival will bring a weeklong literary extravaganza filled with readings, workshops, and book signings.
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Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Plaza Costituzion 6
40128 Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Hosted by: BolognaFiere Viale della Fiera
Dates: Monday, April 8, 2024 to Thursday, April 11, 2024
Website: Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Email: bookfair@bolognafiere.it
Description:
Founded in 1964 The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is the most important international event dedicated to the hildren’s publishing and multimedia industry.
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Eurasian International Book Fair
Kazakhstan, Astana
Hosted by: Foliant Publishing House
Dates: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 to Sunday, April 14, 2024
Website: Eurasian International Book Fair
Phone: 77073710301
Email: info@eurasbook.com
Description:
strengthening and expansion of informational, creative and business cooperation of publishers, authors, libraries, book trading and printing companies.
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Quebec International Book Fair
Quebec City Convention Centre
26 Saint Pierre street, Quebec City, Canada G1K8A3
Hosted by: Rhonda Rioux
Dates: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 to Sunday, April 14, 2024
Website: Quebec International Book Fair
Phone: 4186920010
Email: info@silq.ca
Description:
Le Salon international du livre de Quebec is open to the general public. Lots of writers and publisher await more than 60,000 visitors for the event.
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Left Coast Crime
Hyatt Regency Bellevue
Hosted by: Lucinda Suber
Dates: Thursday, April 11, 2024 to Sunday, April 14, 2024
Website: Left Coast Crime
Email: submit form
Description:
Fans of mystery, crime/fiction genres for readers , authors, librarians , publishers, and editors to gather in convival surrounding to pursue their mutual interest.
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Salon du Livre de Paris
Grand Palais Ephemere
115, bolevard Saint-Germain, Paris, France 75006
Hosted by: Jean-Baptist Passe
Dates: Friday, April 12, 2024 to Sunday, April 14, 2024
Website: Salon du Livre de Paris
Email: contact@plevenements.fr
Description:
During three days of a rich program of the intervention, nearky 350 authors and publishing house of all sizes come to meet a larger audience.
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San Antonio Book Festival
Central Library and the Majestic Theatre
600 Soledad Street, San Antonio, Texas
Hosted by: The San Antonio Library Foundation
Date: Saturday, April 13, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Website: San Antonio Book Festival
Phone: 210.225.4728
Email: information@saplf.org
Description:
The Festival is a day-long event that unites readers and writers alike. Author presentations are held indoors while outdoors the Festival grounds are active with book sales, signings, children’s story time and learning projects, family activities, and a technology area. Food trucks offer a variety of eats; special tents feature live music and recipe demonstrations by cookbook authors. The large Festival Marketplace offers a lively setting for booksellers, publishers, literary-minded nonprofits, and local artists and craftmakers.
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Texas Library Association Conference
Austin Convention Center
3420 Executive Center Drive, Suite 301, Austin, Texas 78731.0
Hosted by: Texas Library Association
Dates: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 to Saturday, April 20, 2024
Website: Texas Library Association Conference
Phone: 5123281518
Email: tla@txla.org
Description:
Our extensive conference porgram is like a giant menu where you can explore 300+ educational sessions on a multitude of topics that will halp you grow in your career.
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Unbound Book Festival
Dates: Thursday, April 18, 2024 to Sunday, April 21, 2024
Website: Unbound Book Festival
Description:
Brings nationally and internationally recognized authors of world-class renown to Columbia, Missouri, and talk about their books, their work, and their lives.
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Tulsa Lit Fest
Oklahoma State University
700 N Greenwood Ave. , Tulsa, Oklahoma
Hosted by: Center for Poets and writers at OSU-Tulsa
Date: Thursday, April 18, 2024
Time:
Website: Tulsa Lit Fest
Phone: 9185948000
Email: cpwtulsa@okstate.edu
Description:
Tulsa Litfest brings together diverse literary artist and writers to collaborate and inspire, enriching the Tulsa community.
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Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
University of Southern California
University Park Campus Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, California
Dates: Saturday, April 20, 2024 to Sunday, April 21, 2024
Website: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Phone: 424-652-1948
Email: eventinfo@latimes.com
Description:
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has evolved to include live bands, poetry readings, chef demos, cultural entertainment and artists creating their work on-site. There’s also a photography exhibit, film screenings followed by Q&A’s and discussion panels on some of today’s hottest topics.
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Ohioana Book Festival
Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Main Library
96 S. Grant Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43215
Hosted by: The Ohioana Library Association
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Website: Ohioana Book Festival
Phone: 614.466.3831
Email: ohioana@ohioana.org
Description:
Since its inception in 2007, the Ohioana Book Festival has given readers the opportunity to connect with their favorite Ohio writers. Held each spring, the Festival welcomes roughly 100 authors and more than 3,000 visitors every year.
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C2E2
McCormick Place
2301 S Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Illinois 60616
Hosted by: C2E2
Dates: Friday, April 26, 2024 to Sunday, April 28, 2024
Website: C2E2
Phone: 800-354-4003
Email: C2E2INFO@Reedpop.com
Description:
Comic, cosplay, gaming, wrestling, anime pop culture convention
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Newburyport Literary Festival
Dates: Friday, April 26, 2024 to Sunday, April 28, 2024
Website: Newburyport Literary Festival
Email: events@newburyportliteraryfestival.org
Description:
Newburyport is located at the mouth of the Merrimack River, in the far northeast corner of Massachusetts. It is 35 miles north of Boston and 18 miles south of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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North Texas Teen Book Festival
Irving Convention Center
500 Las Colinas Blvd W, Irving, Texas 75039
Hosted by: Irving Public Library
Dates: Friday, April 26, 2024 to Saturday, April 27, 2024
Website: North Texas Teen Book Festival
Email: info@nttbf.org
Description:
The North Texas Teen Book Festival is the largest library-run book festival for young people in the country.
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African American Children’s Book Fair
Reginald F. Lewis Museum
830 E. Pratt St. Baltimore, MD 21202, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Hosted by: BGE, An Exelon Company
Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Website: African American Children’s Book Fair
Phone: 443-263-1800
Email: emailus@lewismuseum.org
Description:
Children and families can enjoy a fun-filled day exploring kids’ literature about African Americans while meeting some of your favorite children’s authors and illustrators in our Book Village.
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Annapolis Book Festival
The Key School
534 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis, MD 21403, Annapolis, Maryland
Hosted by: The Key School
Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Website: Annapolis Book Festival
Phone: 410-263-9231
Description:
The Annapolis Book Festival is one of the premier community events in the region. Every year more than 3,000 people attend this free community Festival that celebrates the beauty, power, passion, and excitement of the written word. The Annapolis Book Festival brings nationally renowned authors to The Key School in Annapolis, Maryland, to discuss their books and the craft of writing. The Festival also features children's activities, live music, refreshments, and new and used book sales.
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Montclair Literary Festival
Various
Hosted by: Succeed2gether
Dates: Saturday, April 27, 2024 to Thursday, May 4, 2023
Website: Montclair Literary Festival
Phone: 973-746-0553
Description:
Festival Day will be a full day of in-person events, from literary fiction and non-fiction discussion panels to talks and activities for children and teens.
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Black Writers On Tour
Carson Community Center
801 E. Carson Street, Carson, California 90746 , Los Angeles, California
Hosted by: Dr. Rosie
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Website: Black Writers On Tour
Email: drrosie@aol.com
Description:
Purpose: To promote literacy awareness, to give exposure to African-American authors, writers, and to motivate, and develop aspiring new writers and authors. To showcase Black Businesses, provide exposure and to increase their sales.
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The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD)
Various Locations
Dates: Sunday, April 28, 2024 to Thursday, May 4, 2023
Website: The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD)
Email: info@thefoldcanada.org
Description:
The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) celebrates diversity in literature by promoting diverse authors and stories in Brampton, Ontario—one of Canada&rsquos most culturally diverse cities.
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Greater St. Louis Book Fair
Greensfelder Recreation Complex in Queeny Park
Dates: Thursday, May 2, 2024 to Sunday, May 5, 2024
Website: Greater St. Louis Book Fair
Email: info@stlouisbookfair.org
Description:
Greater St. Louis Book Fair is one of the nation’s oldest, largest and most popular charity book sales. For over 60 years, book lovers and collectors have enjoyed bargain prices on a diverse and quality selection of new, gently-used and rare books. Fair proceeds benefit local non-profit education and literacy programs.
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Bay Area Book Festival
In Downtown Berkeley
1972-1998 Center street, Berkeley, California 94704
Date: Saturday, May 4, 2024
Time:
Website: Bay Area Book Festival
Email: info@baybookfest.org
Description:
The Bay Area Book Festival is the primary project of the Foundation for the Future of Literature and Literacy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization incorporated in California. FFLL’s Tax ID number is 47-3955286. Its business address is 1569 Solano Ave. #635, Berkeley, CA 94707.
FFLL is governed by a Board of Directors. Members include Cherilyn Parsons (Berkeley, CA), Peter Richardson (San Francisco, CA), Mal Warwick (Berkeley, CA), Brooke Warner (Berkeley, CA), and Igor Zagatsky (Berkeley, CA).
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Paris Book Fair
Porte de Versailles, Pavilion 1
Hosted by: Syndicat National de l’Édition
Dates: Friday, May 17, 2024 to Sunday, May 19, 2024
Website: Paris Book Fair
Email: jai1question@livreparis.com
Description:
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Gaithersburg Book Festival
Bohrer Park
506 South Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877
Hosted by: City of Gaithersburg
Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024
Time: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Website: Gaithersburg Book Festival
Phone: 301-258-6350
Email: gbf@gaithersburgmd.gov
Description:
The Gaithersburg Book Festival is an annual celebration of great books and great writing that will feature more than 100 award-winning and best-selling authors in fiction, non-fiction, mystery, science fiction, poetry, children’s and young adult literature. Held in Gaithersburg, Md., the Festival also includes interactive writing workshops, a Children&rsquos Village, book sales, author signings and more. Admission and shuttles from Shady Grove Metro and Montgomery County Fairgrounds are FREE.
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Queen City Book Fair
Venue 8470
8470 Bellhaven Blvd, Charlotte, North Carolina 28215
Hosted by: Literary Queens of Charlotte
Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024
Time: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Website: Queen City Book Fair
Phone: 704-390-1419
Email: qcbookfair1@gmail.com
Description:
Queen City Book Fair (est. 2016 co-founders Quisha Dynae and Shmel Carter), warmly invite you to their fair! All local avid readers and anyone interested in stimulating literary appetites are called to join in our latest contribution to literacy!
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Sydney Writers’ Festival
Carriageworks
Dates: Monday, May 20, 2024 to Sunday, May 26, 2024
Website: Sydney Writers’ Festival
Email: contact@zeitgeistmediagroup.com
Description:
Each year, Sydney Writers&rsquol Festival presents more than 400 events, attracting audiences of 100,000 plus for a week-long conversation of books and ideas.
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Hay Festival Wales
Hay-on-Wye
Hosted by: Hay Festival
Dates: Thursday, May 23, 2024 to Sunday, June 2, 2024
Website: Hay Festival Wales
Email: customerhelp@gov.wales
Description:
Festival that brings readers and writers together to share new ideas.
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ThrillerFest
Sheraton Times Square
Dates: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 to Saturday, June 1, 2024
Website: ThrillerFest
Email: KimberelyHowe@thrillerwriters.org
Description:
The ThrillerFest is an annual conference of the international Thrilller Writers. This organization was created by several 2005 bestselling authors in order to bring thousands of writers, readers, publishers, producers, editors and agents together to promote and support thriller everywhere.
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The Bronx Book Festival
Fordham Plaza and Fordham University
1 Fordham Plz, Bronx, New York 10458
Hosted by: The Bronx is Reading
Dates: Thursday, June 6, 2024 to Sunday, June 9, 2024
Website: The Bronx Book Festival
Email: events@thebronxisreading.com
Description:
The Bronx is Reading promotes literacy and fosters a love of reading among children, teens, and adults through its multidimensional initiatives including the annual Bronx Book Festival.
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Go On Girl! Book Club Author Awards Weekend
265 Peachtree Center Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30303, Charleston, South Carolina
Hosted by: Go On Girl! Book Club
Dates: Friday, June 7, 2024 to Sunday, June 9, 2024
Website: Go On Girl! Book Club Author Awards Weekend
Email: events@goongirl.org
Description:
The first Author Awards were presented in 1992 as a small event held in Brooklyn, New York to recognize those authors and publishers that made significant contributions in the writing and publication of quality books for and about people of African descent. That year we honored Gloria Naylor for Bailey’s Café and New Authors of the Year Barbara Neely for Blanche on the Lam and Barbara Summers for Nouvelle Soul. We gave a publishing award to Beacon Press for their work in publishing authors of color. We were delighted when they all showed up to accept their awards. That was the beginning of a GOG tradition. The annual Author Awards event has traveled the United States from east to west as well as outside the U.S. to Jamaica, West Indies and Toronto, Canada.
Beginning in 1993, the one-night event became a three-day weekend where chapters meet and take care of business issues and celebrate the winning authors. It's also an opportunity for members to meet and reconnect with their literary sisters from all over the country.
Each year winning authors are selected from our reading list based upon votes from each Go On Girl! Book Club chapter for Author of the Year and New Author of the Year. They are then invited to receive their awards in person at the annual Awards Ceremony. GOG members and guests have had the honor of awarding in person to Pearl Cleage, Bebe Moore Campbell, Walter Mosely, Jill Nelson, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Diane McKinney Whetstone, Lawrence Hill, Daniel Black, Isabel Wilkerson to name a few.
This flagship event is one of the ways of expressing our deep authentic respect for Black literature and authors, reinvigorating our literary sisterhood, and providing a platform for new literary talent to emerge.
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IABX Children's Book Festival
Warinanco Sports Center
Hosted by: Independent Authors Book Expo
Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024
Time: 12:00pm to 3:30pm
Website: IABX Children's Book Festival
Email: iabex@hotmail.com
Description:
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Hustle & Grind Urban Literary Convention
1440 East Franklin Street, Detriot, Michigan 48207
Hosted by: Hood Book Headquarters
Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024
Time: 12 p.m. until 12 a.m.
Website: Hustle & Grind Urban Literary Convention
Phone: 313-731-7994
Email: hoodbookhq@hotmail.com
Description:
If you’ve never attended one of our events you’re in store for something special. Whether it be book signings, movie theater buyouts, trap music karaoke, old school game night or just stopping by to hangout with our owners; authors Ms. Michel Moore and T. C. Littles, or Marlon PS White, we show out. The “Hood Book Hospitality” is legendary!
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Nantucket Book Festival
Cultural District
Main Street, Nantucket, MA 02554, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Hosted by: Maddie Hjulstrom, Executive Director, Nantucket Book Foundation
Dates: Thursday, June 13, 2024 to Sunday, June 16, 2024
Website: Nantucket Book Festival
Phone: 508-563-2144
Email: director@nantucketbookfestival.org
Description:
Nantucket Book Festival celebrates its 9th year in 2020. They feature a line-up of award-winning authors and local and regional talent. They take center stage, representing genres fiction, poetry, history, journalism, politics, and memoir. Attendees enjoy author presentations Thursday-Sunday, also featured in the garden are storytimes for children. Most events are free to the public.
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Brighton Book Festival
Various Venues in Brighton, England
Hosted by: Afrori Books & The Feminist Bookshop
Dates: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 to Sunday, June 23, 2024
Website: Brighton Book Festival
Description:
A community book festival aimed at making the marginalized mainstream.
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Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference at Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua Institution
1 Ames Ave., Chautauqua, New York 14722
Hosted by: Manager of Literary Arts
Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Time:
Website: Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference at Chautauqua Institution
Phone: 716-357-6255
Email: chqliteraryarts@gmail.com
Description:
The 2024 Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference was previously known as the Chautauqua Writers’ Festival
In addition to opportunities to take two Master Classes with well-renown faculty writers in a selected genre track, attendees can also experience an opening and closing keynote address, featured speaker events, mix and mingle events with publishers and agents, and panel conversations. All these features are included in the cost of Standard Registration.
Our Genre Tracks [2024]:
- Memoir
- Poetry
- Children’s Literature
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Beijing International Book Fair
Hosted by: China National Publications Import & Export Corp.
Dates: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 to Sunday, June 23, 2024
Website: Beijing International Book Fair
Email: bibfmo@bibf.net
Description:
The BIBF - Beijing International Book Fair – is divided into several specific areas: The area of children’s books and comics, the field of industry, and the field of book and newspaper publishers. Another focus is the area of protection of copyright and copyright trade. Here, interested visitors can learn about the latest trends and phenomena all around the theme of books at the numerous international and national exhibition booths. 2018 is the 25th anniversary of the fair.
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The Self-Publishing Conference
College Court
Kighton Rd., London, United Kingdom
Hosted by: Self-Publishing Conference
Dates: Thursday, June 20, 2024 to Friday, June 21, 2024
Website: The Self-Publishing Conference
Phone: 1162792299
Email: book@troubador.co.uk
Description:
The Publishing Conference is the UK's longest established dedicated self-publishing event offering authors a chance to find out about a wide range of publishing options and to hear from and question those who work within the thriving self-publishing world.
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Great Midwest Book Fest
Xchange Event and Creative Space
3334 N. Holton, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Hosted by: UrbanReviewsOnline.com
Date: Saturday, June 22, 2024
Time: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Website: Great Midwest Book Fest
Description:
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ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Hosted by: American Library Association
Dates: Thursday, June 27, 2024 to Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Website: ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Email: ala@ala.org
Description:
Educational programming and relevant information about the impact of libraries
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Austin African American Book Festival
George Washington Carver Library and George Washington Carver Museum, Culture & Genealogy Center
1161 & 1165 Angelina St, Austin, Texas 78702
Hosted by: Roz Oliphant
Date: Saturday, June 29, 2024
Time: 10 a.m. to 4.p.m.
Website: Austin African American Book Festival
Email: info@aaabookfest.org
Description:
In its eighteenth year [2024], the Austin African American Book Festival is a community-focused event that invites some of the greatest literary talent of our generation to engage directly with readers to foster creativity, activism, and positive change.
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When I See Me BIPOC Children’s Book Fair
West Branch Library
300 Abbey Street, Dayton, Ohio 45417
Hosted by: Pen of the Writer, LLC
Date: Saturday, July 27, 2024
Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST
Website: When I See Me BIPOC Children’s Book Fair
Phone: 888-802-1802
Email: info@penofthewriter.com
Description:
When I See Me™ BIPOC Children’s Book Fair was created to pique children’s curiosity, boost their confidence, and enhance their ability to connect with the world around them by featuring books with characters that look like them.
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National Book Club Conference
Atlanta Westin Buckhead
3391 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Hosted by: National Book Club Conference Foundation
Dates: Friday, August 2, 2024 to Sunday, August 4, 2024
Website: National Book Club Conference
Description:
National Book Club Conference Foundation, Inc., is a literary organization founded by author Curtis Bunn that, since 2003, executes one of the premier annual literary events —referred to as “Literary Bliss” featuring African American authors and readers from around the country. Hundreds of book lovers receive unprecedented, intimate access to the talent that creates the work they enjoy and appreciate … and discover new authors with compelling books.
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Indie Authors Book Fair
Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19151
Hosted by: Literacy Nation Inc.
Date: Saturday, August 10, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.
Phone: 646-721-1358
Description:
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Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair
Douglas County Fairgrounds
Hosted by: Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA)
Dates: Saturday, August 17, 2024 to Sunday, August 18, 2024
Website: Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair
Email: bookfair2016@rmaba.org
Description:
The Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair will have guest speakers who will discuss the Mystery genre. Once again we will have the Book Arts displays and demonstrations including the Preservation Station. Whether you are a serious collector; print enthusiast, or casual shopper, the RMBPF has a lot to offer from rare books and maps to cultural oddities and whimsical finds.
Over 80 exhibitors from across the nation have selected their best inventory to present at the fair. If you’re looking for something specific, ask our exhibitors, you never know what they have in store that you have been hoping to acquire or might never have imagined exists!
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Library of Congress National Book Festival
Washington Convention Center
Date: Saturday, August 24, 2024
Time:
Website: Library of Congress National Book Festival
Email: bookfest@loc.gov
Description:
Mark your calendars for the 18th Library of Congress National Book Festival, Saturday, Sept. 1, at the Washington Convention Center. Follow the excitement via our hashtag, #NatBookFest.
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Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
Dates: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 to Friday, September 1, 2023
Website: Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
Description:
The World Mystery Convention is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization which holds an annual convention in honor of Anthony Boucher, the distinguished mystery fiction critic, editor and author.
Bouchercon (2019 is the 50th Year Celebration) is an annual world mystery convention where every year readers, writers, publishers, editors, agents, booksellers and other lovers of crime fiction gather for a 4-day weekend of education, entertainment, and fun!
It is the world’s premier event bringing together all parts of the mystery and crime fiction community, and is pronounced [bough’•chur•con]. The first Bouchercon took place in 1970 in Santa Monica, California. Recent Bouchercons have been held in many cities across the United States.
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Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
Dates: Thursday, September 5, 2024 to Saturday, September 7, 2024
Website: Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
Email: cmlitfest@gmail.com
Description:
The festival idea was born when a small group of local citizens and businesspersons spontaneously came together ten years ago around the goal of giving greater exposure to the art of writing and the joys of reading in an area already famed for its colony of artists in other media. Originally, that group consisted of literacy advocate Myrna Stephens; Wendy Reid, owner of The Design Gallery; poet Britt Kaufmann; children’s book author Karen Miller; artist Anne Sabri, and health care consultant and aspiring writer Ruth Perschbacher Price and her husband, historical novelist Charles F. Price. Now it also includes Dr. Dan Barron, former director of the Avery-Mitchell-Yancey Regional Libraries, downtown booster Lucy Gregory Doll, poet and community volunteer Kathy Weisfeld, librarian, runner, super-mom and new director of the Avery-Mitchell-Yancey Regional Libraries Amber Westall Briggs, artist and arts advocate Jane Brown Willig, and many others.
Learn more about Carolina Mountains Literary Festival on AALBC.com.Back to our list of events from the beginning of the year.
Toronto International Festival of Authors
Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay W, Toronto, ON M5J 2G8, Canada, Toronto, Canada
Hosted by: IFOA
Dates: Thursday, September 19, 2024 to Sunday, September 29, 2024
Website: Toronto International Festival of Authors
Phone: 416-973-4760
Email: info@ifoa.org
Description:
Since its inception in 1974, Toronto’s International Festival of Authors has welcomed more than 9,000 authors from over 100 countries, including 22 Nobel Laureates and countless other award winners.
IFOA presents the finest international novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers and biographers, and provides Canadian writers with an internationally recognized forum in which to present their work.
Incorporated in 1986 as a non-profit organization with a mandate to cultivate and advance the cause of literature, IFOA is home to a weekly event series (September to June), the annual International Festival of Authors (October) and ALOUD: a Celebration for Young Readers with Forest of Reading® Festival of Trees™ (May), presented with the Ontario Library Association. IFOA also runs Toronto Lit Up, a three-year programme supported by the Toronto Arts Council (TAC) that helps launch and promote the work of local authors.
In 2006, IFOA introduced its touring programme, IFOA Ontario, which now visits communities in numerous cities and towns across the province.
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South Dakota Festival of Books
Hosted by: South Dakota Humanities Council
Dates: Friday, September 20, 2024 to Sunday, September 22, 2024
Website: South Dakota Festival of Books
Phone: 605-688-6113
Description:
The South Dakota Humanities Council celebrates literature, promotes civil conversation, and tells the stories that define our state.
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Jersey Festival of Words
Howard Davis Park
6 St Clement's Rd, Jersey, Channel Islands JE2 4QA
Dates: Friday, September 20, 2024 to Friday, September 29, 2023
Website: Jersey Festival of Words
Description:
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SOKY Book Fest
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2024
Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. i
Website: SOKY Book Fest
Email: sokybookfest@wku.edu
Description:
Southern Kentucky Book Fest is one of the state’s largest literary events! Our mission is to encourage literacy and the love of books in our community and beyond. Book Fest is presented by Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Warren County Public Library, and WKU Libraries. SOKY Book Fest draws thousands of readers of all ages from across the U.S. who come to meet their favorite authors, purchase signed copies of their books, and learn from them in exciting panels, presentations, and workshops.
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Books Books Books
2300 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602
Hosted by: Mary Walsh and 6 Feet Under Books
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Website: Books Books Books
Email: booksbooksbooksevent@gmail.com
Price: $5
Description:
Books Books Books [2024 is the forth year] is a must-attend event for all book lovers! Whether you're a fan of romance, mystery, fantasy, or non-fiction, this event has something for everyone. Immerse yourself in a world of words as you browse through a wide selection of books from various genres. Meet and mingle with fellow bookworms, authors, and self-publishers, and discover new titles to add to your collection. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to celebrate the joy of reading.
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African American Literary Awards Show
Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd. (135th & Lenox), New York, New York
Hosted by: Yvette Hayward
Date: Saturday, October 5, 2024
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Website: African American Literary Awards Show
Email: yvette@literaryawardshow.com
Price: $55
Description:
The African American Literary Award show is the brainchild of Yvette Hayward. She came up with the idea in 1996 and was finally able to bring it to fruition in September 2004.
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Morristown Festival of Books
Dates: Friday, October 18, 2024 to Saturday, October 19, 2024
Website: Morristown Festival of Books
Email: info@morristownbooks.org
Description:
The Morristown Festival of Books celebrates the power of the written word to challenge, transport and transform us, while bringing together our community in conversation.
Modeled after successful book festivals in other communities throughout the world, the Morristown Festival of Books brings together acclaimed authors with readers and book lovers.
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Des Moines Book Festival
Franklin Junior High Event Center
4801 Franklin Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa
Hosted by: Beaverdale Books
Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Email: beaverdalebooksevents@gmail.com
Description:
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JAX Urban Book Festival
James Weldon Johnson Park
135 W Monroe St, Jacksonville, Florida 32202
Hosted by: DREAMWEEK INC.
Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025
Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Website: JAX Urban Book Festival
Phone: 904-351-8027
Email: info@jaxurbanbookfest.com
Description:
Author Showcase authors of various genres and book signings.
Networking with other book enthusiasts and authors.
Sponsored exhibitors book industry professionals and local community resources.
Masterclass Sessions for aspiring authors.
Activities for children a free book giveaway for each child in attendance.
Silent Auction proceeds benefit DREAMWEEK INC.
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African American Children’s Book Fair
Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
Hosted by: The Literary Media & Publishing Consultants
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.
Website: African American Children’s Book Fair
Phone: 215-878-2665
Email: vlloydsgam@aol.com
Description:
Check out our photos from the 2024 Festival
The African American Children’s Book Fair is one of the oldest and largest single-day events for children’s books in the country. It features nationally known bestselling authors and illustrators, many of whom have won some of the most prestigious literary awards including the American Library Association Coretta Scott King Award. These authors and illustrators have produced some of the best books of our generation.
Parents, caregivers and educators are very supportive of the African American Children's Book Fair because they understand that children who read outside of their normal school course work tend to make more responsible decisions about their lifestyles.
The fun-filled afternoon is packed with activities that promote the POWER and JOY OF READING. Authors and illustrators will make presentations and sign their books. The Literary Row will distribute book-related promotional materials free of charge. Our Educator's Book Giveaway will also distribute brand new books to teachers and librarians for use in their schools. In addition there will be a wide selection of affordable literature available to purchase.
The African American Children's Book Fair is a part of the African American Children's Book Project's initiative to promote and preserve multicultural children's literature.
The organization is leading a campaign entitled PRESERVE A LEGACY, BUY A BOOK. Its goal is to put books back into children's homes. You can't tell a child to read at home if there are no books. Read an interview the event’s organizer, Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati
The event is free and opened to the public.
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Dallas Literary Festival
Hosted by: Southern Methodist University
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Website: Dallas Literary Festival
Email: info@dallasliteraryfestival.org
Description:
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Leipzig Book Fair
Hosted by: Leipezig Liest Reading Festival
Dates: Thursday, March 27, 2025 to Sunday, March 30, 2025
Website: Leipzig Book Fair
Phone: 493416786950
Email: aussteller@leipziger-buchmesse.de
Description:
Authors, publishers and media companies from Germany, experience a diversity of literature, doscover innovations and gain new perspectives.
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Orcas Island Lit Fest
Orcas Center
917 Mount Baker Road, Eastsound, Washington 98245
Dates: Monday, June 2, 2025 to Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Website: Orcas Island Lit Fest
Email: info@oilf.org
Description:
The Orcas Island Lit Fest (OILF) is an annual celebration of literature and community held in an inspiringly beautiful place. With the San Juan Islands as our backdrop, we bring together renowned authors and avid readers, visitors and locals, for a weekend of panels, readings, and events that highlight the vibrant literary culture of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. From Pulitzer Prize winners to gifted new voices, our featured artists from across the country represent the finest in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, and more. The Orcas Island Lit Fest is your opportunity to engage with world-class writers and their work in an intimate, inclusive setting that welcomes everyone who loves books.
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