Book Events: Fairs, Festivals, and Conferences (2023 and 2024)
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19 Events Found in New York
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: Friday, March 31, 2023 to Saturday, April 1, 2023
Website: National Black Writers Conference
Phone: 718-804-8883
Email: writers@mec.cuny.edu
Description:
Poet and fiction writer Sheree Renée Thomas and best-selling novelist Jewell Parker Rhodes are this year’s NBWC honorees and both will receive the Octavia E. Butler Award. Other confirmed participating writers include poet, fiction, and nonfiction writer Jewelle Gomez, fiction writer L. Penelope; and fiction writers and memoirists Tananarive Due, Wayéetu Moore, and Dr. Reynaldo Henderson, executive director and co-founder of the Black Speculative Arts Movement (BSAM).
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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.
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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
Time:
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.
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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)
Date: Sunday, April 30, 2023
Time:
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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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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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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https://usbookshow.com/
NYU Kimmel Center
60 Washington Square South, New York, New York 10012
Hosted by: Publishers Weekly
Dates: Monday, May 22, 2023 to Thursday, May 25, 2023
Website: https://usbookshow.com/
Email: eventsupport@publishersweekly.com
Description:
Publishers Weekly brings 150+ years of leadership, deep editorial expertise, dedication to excellence, instant brand recognition and extensive marketing reach to the global publishing and bookselling industry, thus setting the stage for a world-class book show.
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U.S. Book Show
NYU Kimmel Center
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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ThrillerFest
Sheraton Times Square
Dates: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 to Sunday, June 4, 2023
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 8, 2023 to Sunday, June 11, 2023
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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