List of Important Book Fairs, Festivals and Conferences
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Friday, January 24, 2025 to Monday, January 27, 2025 – Baltimore, Maryland - African American Literary Awards Show
Saturday, January 25, 2025 – New York, New York - JAX Urban Book Festival
Saturday, January 25, 2025 – Jacksonville, Florida - Angoulême International Comics Festival
Thursday, January 30, 2025 to Sunday, February 2, 2025 – Angoulême, France - Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
Friday, January 31, 2025 to Thursday, February 6, 2025 – Al Jaddaf, Dubai - San Francisco Writers Conference
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 to Sunday, February 9, 2025 – San Francisco, California - Rancho Mirage Writers Festival
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 to Friday, February 7, 2025 – Rancho Mirage, California - San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 to Sunday, February 16, 2025 – San Miguel de Allende, Mexico - ReadOut: A Festival of LGBTQ Literature
Friday, February 14, 2025 to Sunday, February 16, 2025 – Gulfport, Florida - San Antonio African American Book Festival
Saturday, February 22, 2025 – San Antonio, Texas - Monroeville Literary Festival
Thursday, February 27, 2025 to Saturday, March 1, 2025 – Monroeville, Alabama - Southwest Florida Reading Festival
Saturday, March 1, 2025 – Fort Myers, Florida - Dahlonega Literary Festival
Saturday, March 1, 2025 – Dahlonega, Georgia - North Texas Teen Book Festival
Saturday, March 1, 2025 – Irving, Texas - Florida Antiquarian Book Fair
Saturday, March 1, 2025 to Sunday, March 2, 2025 – St. Petersburg, Florida - South by Southwest
Friday, March 7, 2025 to Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Austin, Texas - Dallas Literary Festival
Saturday, March 8, 2025 – Dallas, Texas - London Book Fair
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 to Thursday, March 13, 2025 – London, United Kingdom - Left Coast Crime
Thursday, March 13, 2025 to Sunday, March 16, 2025 – Denver, Colorado - Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
Friday, March 14, 2025 to Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Venice, Florida - Tucson Festival of Books
Saturday, March 15, 2025 to Wednesday, March 12, 2025 – Tucson, Arizona - Virginia Festival of the Book
Thursday, March 20, 2025 to Sunday, March 23, 2025 – Charlottesville, Virginia - DSM Book Festival
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 – Des Moines, Iowa - Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 to Sunday, March 30, 2025 – New Orleans, Louisiana - Leipzig Book Fair
Thursday, March 27, 2025 to Sunday, March 30, 2025 – Leipzig, Germany - New Orleans Book Festival
Thursday, March 27, 2025 to Saturday, March 29, 2025 – New Orleans, Louisiana - National Black Writers Biennial Symposium
Thursday, March 27, 2025 to Saturday, March 29, 2025 – Brooklyn, New York - Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival
Friday, March 28, 2025 to Sunday, March 30, 2025 – New Orleans, Louisiana - Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Monday, March 31, 2025 to Thursday, April 3, 2025 – Bologna, Italy - Texas Library Association Conference
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 to Friday, April 4, 2025 – Dallas, Texas - Oxford Conference for the Book
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 to Friday, April 4, 2025 – Oxford, Mississippi - New York Antiquarian Book Fair
Thursday, April 3, 2025 to Sunday, April 6, 2025 – New York, New York - Latino Book & Family Festival (Oceanside)
Saturday, April 5, 2025 – Oceanside, California - Quebec International Book Fair
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 to Sunday, April 13, 2025 – Quebec City, Canada - C2E2
Friday, April 11, 2025 to Sunday, April 13, 2025 – Chicago, Illinois - Salon du Livre de Paris
Friday, April 11, 2025 to Sunday, April 13, 2025 – Paris, France - San Antonio Book Festival
Saturday, April 12, 2025 – San Antonio, Texas - Unbound Book Festival
Thursday, April 17, 2025 to Sunday, April 20, 2025 – Columbia, Missouri - Norwescon
Thursday, April 17, 2025 to Sunday, April 20, 2025 – SeaTac, Washington - Eurasian International Book Fair
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 to Sunday, April 27, 2025 – Astana, Kazakhstan - Newburyport Literary Festival
Friday, April 25, 2025 to Sunday, April 27, 2025 – Newburyport, Massachusetts - Blk Powerhouse Summit
Friday, April 25, 2025 – , Virtual - Black Writers On Tour
Saturday, April 26, 2025 – Los Angeles, California - Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Saturday, April 26, 2025 to Sunday, April 27, 2025 – Los Angeles, California - Greater Austin Book Festival
Saturday, April 26, 2025 – Austn, Texas - Montclair Literary Festival
Saturday, April 26, 2025 to Saturday, May 3, 2025 – Montclair, New Jersey - The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD)
Sunday, April 27, 2025 to Sunday, May 4, 2025 – Brampton, Ontario, Canada - Greater St. Louis Book Fair
Thursday, May 1, 2025 to Sunday, May 4, 2025 – St. Louis, Missouri - Ohioana Book Festival
Saturday, May 3, 2025 – Columbus, Ohio - The Indie Author Book Festival - Book Fair
Saturday, May 3, 2025 to Sunday, May 4, 2025 – Huntingdon, United Kingdom - Annapolis Book Festival
Saturday, May 3, 2025 – Annapolis, Maryland - Paris Book Fair
Friday, May 16, 2025 to Sunday, May 18, 2025 – Paris, France - East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention
Saturday, May 17, 2025 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Queen City Book Fair
Saturday, May 17, 2025 – Charlotte, North Carolina - Sydney Writers’ Festival
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 to Tuesday, May 27, 2025 – Sydney, Australia - Black Romance Book Fest
Friday, May 30, 2025 to Sunday, June 1, 2025 – Atlanta, Georgia - Bay Area Book Festival
Saturday, May 31, 2025 to Sunday, June 1, 2025 – Berkeley, California - Orcas Island Lit Fest
Monday, June 2, 2025 to Tuesday, June 3, 2025 – Eastsound, Washington - U.S. Book Show
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 – New York, New York - Go On Girl! Book Club Author Awards Weekend
Friday, June 6, 2025 to Sunday, June 8, 2025 – Houston, Texas - IABX Children's Book Festival
Saturday, June 7, 2025 – Roselle, New Jersey - Hustle & Grind Urban Literary Convention
Saturday, June 7, 2025 – Detriot, Michigan - Children’s Institute
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 to Saturday, June 14, 2025 – Portland, Oregon - Nantucket Book Festival
Thursday, June 12, 2025 to Sunday, June 15, 2025 – Nantucket, Massachusetts - Schomburg Center Literary Festival
Monday, June 16, 2025 – New York, New York - ThrillerFest
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 to Saturday, June 21, 2025 – New York, New York - Great Midwest Book Fest
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Brighton Book Festival
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 to Sunday, June 22, 2025 – Brighton, England - Beijing International Book Fair
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 to Sunday, June 22, 2025 – Beijing, China - ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Thursday, June 26, 2025 to Monday, June 30, 2025 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Austin African American Book Festival
Saturday, June 28, 2025 – Austin, Texas - Literary Indulgence Book Festival
Saturday, June 28, 2025 – Jacksonville, Florida - African American Cultural Expo and Children's Book Festival
Sunday, July 20, 2025 – Waldorf, Maryland - Comic-Con
Thursday, July 24, 2025 to Sunday, July 27, 2025 – Anaheim, California - When I See Me BIPOC Children’s Book Fair
Saturday, July 26, 2025 – Dayton, Ohio - Words of Wonder Literary Festival
Saturday, July 26, 2025 – Chicago, Illinois - Black Authors Festival
Saturday, August 2, 2025 – Sag Harbor, New York - AAMBC Literary Awards
Sunday, August 3, 2025 – Austell, Georgia - Martha's Vineyard Black Book Festival
Saturday, August 9, 2025 – Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts - Indie Author Book Fair
Saturday, August 9, 2025 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Black Lit Weekend
Thursday, August 14, 2025 to Saturday, August 16, 2025 – Newark, New Jersey - Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair
Friday, August 15, 2025 to Sunday, August 17, 2025 – Castle Rock, Colorado - Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 to Sunday, September 7, 2025 – New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Authors Book Expo
Saturday, September 6, 2025 – Roselle, New Jersey - Library of Congress National Book Festival
Saturday, September 6, 2025 – Washington, DC, District of Columbia - Open Book Festival
Sunday, September 7, 2025 – Cape Town, South Africa - Read My World
Thursday, September 11, 2025 to Saturday, September 13, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands - Trinity River Book Festival
Saturday, September 13, 2025 – Fort Worth, Texas - Behind the Ink
Saturday, September 13, 2025 – Birmingham, Alabama - Latino Book & Family Festival (Sacramento)
Saturday, September 13, 2025 – Sacramento, California - Sacramento BlkLit Book Fest
Saturday, September 13, 2025 – Sacramento, California - Provincetown Book Festival
Friday, September 19, 2025 to Sunday, September 21, 2025 – Provincetown, Massachusetts - Toronto International Festival of Authors
Friday, September 19, 2025 to Monday, September 29, 2025 – Toronto, Canada - Kansas Book Festival
Saturday, September 20, 2025 – Topeka, Kansas - Brooklyn Book Festival
Sunday, September 21, 2025 – Brooklyn, New York - South Dakota Festival of Books
Friday, September 26, 2025 to Sunday, September 28, 2025 – Brookings & Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Books Books Books
Saturday, September 27, 2025 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Albany Book Festival
Saturday, September 27, 2025 – Albany, New York - The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
Saturday, September 27, 2025 to Monday, September 29, 2025 – New Orleans, Louisiana - Texas Remainder Expo
Monday, September 29, 2025 to Wednesday, October 1, 2025 – Carrollton, Texas - Baku International Book Fair
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 – Baku, Azerbaijan - Black Book Bash
Friday, October 3, 2025 to Sunday, October 5, 2025 – Jacksonville, Florida - Multicultural Book & Family Festival
Saturday, October 4, 2025 – San Bernardino, California - Morristown Festival of Books
Friday, October 10, 2025 to Saturday, October 11, 2025 – Morristown, New Jersey - Black Book Festival
Saturday, October 18, 2025 – London, England - National Black Book Festival
Thursday, October 23, 2025 to Saturday, October 25, 2025 – Houston, Texas - Arts Equity Collective Black Book Fair
Saturday, October 25, 2025 – Cincinnati, Ohio - Steamy Lit Con
Friday, October 31, 2025 to Saturday, November 1, 2025 – Anaheim, California - Texas Book Festival
Saturday, November 8, 2025 to Sunday, November 9, 2025 – Austin, Texas - Jaipur Literature Festival
Thursday, January 15, 2026 to Monday, January 19, 2026 – Jaipur, India - Sunshine State Book Festival
Saturday, January 24, 2026 – Gainesville, Florida - F.R.E.S.H. Book Film Festival
Thursday, January 29, 2026 to Saturday, January 31, 2026 – Daytona Beach, Florida - Savannah Book Festival
Thursday, February 5, 2026 to Sunday, February 8, 2026 – Savannah, Georgia -
African American Childrens Book Fair
Saturday, February 7, 2026 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Winter Institute
Monday, February 23, 2026 to Thursday, February 26, 2026 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - AWP Conference & Bookfair
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 to Saturday, March 7, 2026 – Baltimore, Maryland - Sacramento Book Festival
Sunday, April 19, 2026 – Sacramento, California - IBPA Publishing University
Thursday, May 14, 2026 to Saturday, May 16, 2026 – Portland, Oregon - Gaithersburg Book Festival
Saturday, May 16, 2026 – Gaithersburg, Maryland - National Book Club Conference
Thursday, July 30, 2026 to Sunday, August 2, 2026 – Atlanta, Georgia - Harlem Book Fair
Saturday, August 29, 2026 – New York, New York
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