Book Events: Fairs, Festivals, and Conferences (2024 and 2025)
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7 Events Found in Canada
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.
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.
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.
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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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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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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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Quebec International Book Fair
Quebec City Convention Centre
26 Saint Pierre street, Quebec City, Canada G1K8A3
Hosted by: Rhonda Rioux
Dates: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 to Sunday, April 13, 2025
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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