List of Important Book Fairs, Festivals and Conferences
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- Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival
Friday, January 6, 2023 to Sunday, January 15, 2023 – Tampa, Florida - Black Ink: A Charleston African-American Book Festival
Thursday, January 12, 2023 to Saturday, January 14, 2023 – Charleston, South Carolina - Digital Book World
Monday, January 16, 2023 to Wednesday, January 18, 2023 – Nashville, Tennessee - ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
Thursday, January 19, 2023 to Monday, January 23, 2023 – Jaipur, India - Cairo Book Fair
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 to Tuesday, February 7, 2023 – Cairo, Eygpt - LibLearnX
Friday, January 27, 2023 to Tuesday, January 31, 2023 – New Orleans, Louisiana - Sunshine State Book Festival
Friday, January 27, 2023 – Gainesville, Florida - BLK INK Book Festival
Saturday, January 28, 2023 – New Orleans, Louisiana - Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 to Tuesday, February 7, 2023 – Al Jaddaf, Dubai - The Joint Conference of Librarians of Color
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 to Sunday, February 12, 2023 – Albuquerque, New Mexico - San Miguel Writers Conference
Monday, February 13, 2023 to Saturday, February 18, 2023 – San Miguel de Allende, Mexico - Casablanca Book Fair
Friday, February 17, 2023 to Sunday, February 19, 2023 – Casablanca, Morocco - ABA Winter Institute
Monday, February 20, 2023 to Thursday, February 23, 2023 – Seattle, Washington - Vilnius Book Fair
Thursday, February 23, 2023 to Sunday, February 26, 2023 – Vilnius, Lithuania - F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival
Thursday, February 23, 2023 to Saturday, February 25, 2023 – Daytona Beach, Florida - Black Book Expo: A Conscious Literary Festival
Saturday, February 25, 2023 to Sunday, February 26, 2023 – Richmond, Virginia - San Antonio African American Book Festival
Saturday, February 25, 2023 – San Antonio, Texas - Latvian Book Fair
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 to Sunday, March 5, 2023 – Riga, Latvia - Lahore International Book Fair
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 to Monday, March 6, 2023 – Lahore, Pakistan - North Texas Teen Book Festival
Friday, March 3, 2023 to Saturday, March 4, 2023 – Irving, Texas - Monroeville Literary Festival
Friday, March 3, 2023 to Sunday, March 5, 2023 – Monroeville, Alabama - North Texas Teen Book Festival
Friday, March 3, 2023 to Saturday, March 4, 2023 – Irving, Texas - Dahlonega Literary Festival
Saturday, March 4, 2023 – Dahlonega, Georgia - AWP Conference
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 to Saturday, March 11, 2023 – Kansas City, Missouri - Florida Antiquarian Book Fair
Friday, March 10, 2023 to Sunday, March 12, 2023 – St. Petersburg, Florida - Palm Beach Book Festival
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 – Boca Raton, Florida - Left Coast Crime
Thursday, March 16, 2023 to Sunday, March 19, 2023 – Tucson, Arizona - Virginia Festival of the Book
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 to Sunday, March 26, 2023 – Charlottesville, Virginia - The Write Stuff Writers Conference
Thursday, March 23, 2023 to Saturday, March 25, 2023 – Bethlehem, Pennsylvania - Southern Kentucky Book Fest
Friday, March 24, 2023 to Sunday, March 26, 2023 – Bowling Green, Kentuky - SOKY Book Fest
Friday, March 24, 2023 to Saturday, March 25, 2023 – Bowling Green, Kentucky - Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
Friday, March 24, 2023 to Saturday, March 25, 2023 – Venice, Florida - Black Writers On Tour
Saturday, March 25, 2023 – Los Angeles, California - Lehigh Valley Book Festival
Saturday, March 25, 2023 – Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania - Oxford Conference for the Book
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 to Friday, March 31, 2023 – Oxford, Mississippi - Bangkok International Book Fair
Thursday, March 30, 2023 to Monday, April 10, 2023 – Bangkok, Thailand - C2E2
Friday, March 31, 2023 to Sunday, April 2, 2023 – Chicago, Illinois - Northern Arizona Book Festival
Friday, March 31, 2023 to Sunday, April 2, 2023 – Flagstaff, Arizona - National Black Writers Conference
Friday, March 31, 2023 to Saturday, April 1, 2023 – Brooklyn, New York - Color of Children’s Literature Conference
Friday, March 31, 2023 to Sunday, April 2, 2023 – New York, New York - Norwescon
Thursday, April 6, 2023 to Monday, April 10, 2023 – SeaTac, Washington - Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair
Thursday, April 13, 2023 to Sunday, April 16, 2023 – St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands - Palm Beach Book Festival
Friday, April 14, 2023 – Palm Beach, Florida - San Antonio Book Festival
Saturday, April 15, 2023 – San Antonio, Texas - Bogotá International Book Fair
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 to Tuesday, May 2, 2023 – Bogota, Colombia - Eurasian International Book Fair
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 to Sunday, April 23, 2023 – Astana, Kazakhstan - Unbound Book Festival
Thursday, April 20, 2023 to Sunday, April 23, 2023 – Columbia, Missouri - Tulsa Lit Fest
Thursday, April 20, 2023 to Sunday, April 23, 2023 – Tulsa, Oklahoma - Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Saturday, April 22, 2023 to Sunday, April 23, 2023 – Los Angeles, California - Ohioana Book Festival
Saturday, April 22, 2023 – Columbus, Ohio - L.A. Times Festival of Books
Saturday, April 22, 2023 to Sunday, April 23, 2023 – Los Angeles, California - Sant Jordi Festival
Sunday, April 23, 2023 – New York, New York - Leipzig Book Fair
Thursday, April 27, 2023 to Sunday, April 30, 2023 – Leipzig, Germany - Buenos Aires Book Fair
Thursday, April 27, 2023 to Tuesday, May 16, 2023 – Buenos Aires, Argentina - Strokestown International Poetry Festival
Thursday, April 27, 2023 to Monday, May 1, 2023 – Strokestown, Ireland - Calgary Expo
Thursday, April 27, 2023 to Sunday, April 30, 2023 – Calgary, Canada - Malice Domestic
Friday, April 28, 2023 to Monday, May 1, 2023 – Bethesda, Maryland - Newburyport Literary Festival
Friday, April 28, 2023 to Sunday, April 30, 2023 – Newburyport, Massachusetts - The Bocas Lit Fest
Friday, April 28, 2023 to Sunday, April 30, 2023 – Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago - Yallwest Santa Monica Book Festival
Saturday, April 29, 2023 – Santa Monica, California - Annapolis Book Festival
Saturday, April 29, 2023 – Annapolis, Maryland - YALLWest Book Festival
Saturday, April 29, 2023 – Santa Monica, California - The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD)
Sunday, April 30, 2023 to Sunday, May 7, 2023 – Brampton, Ontario, Canada - New York Antiquarian Book Fair
Sunday, April 30, 2023 – New York, New York - Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival
Monday, May 1, 2023 to Wednesday, May 3, 2023 – Sharjah, U.A.E. - Thessaloniki Book Fair
Thursday, May 4, 2023 to Monday, May 8, 2023 – Thessaloniki, Greece - Greater St. Louis Book Fair
Thursday, May 4, 2023 to Sunday, May 7, 2023 – St. Louis, Missouri - Melbourne Writers Festival
Thursday, May 4, 2023 to Sunday, May 7, 2023 – Melbourne, Australia - IBPA Publishing University
Thursday, May 4, 2023 to Saturday, May 6, 2023 – San Diego, California - Massachusetts Poetry Festival
Friday, May 5, 2023 to Sunday, May 7, 2023 – Salem, Massachusetts - Bay Area Book Festival
Saturday, May 6, 2023 to Sunday, May 7, 2023 – Berkeley, California - Montclair Literary Festival
Saturday, May 6, 2023 – Montclair, New Jersey - Bay Area Book Festival
Saturday, May 6, 2023 to Sunday, May 7, 2023 – Berkeley, California - ECPA Leadership Summit
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 to Wednesday, May 10, 2023 – Nashville, Tennesse - PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 to Saturday, May 13, 2023 – New York, New York - Books in Bloom Literary Festival
Saturday, May 13, 2023 – Columbia, Maryland - Book World Prague
Sunday, May 14, 2023 to Thursday, May 18, 2023 – Prague, Czech - Idaho Writers Guild Conference
Thursday, May 18, 2023 to Saturday, May 20, 2023 – Boise, Idaho - Turin International Book Fair
Thursday, May 18, 2023 to Tuesday, May 23, 2023 – Turin, Italy - Greensboro Bound Literary Festival
Thursday, May 18, 2023 to Saturday, May 20, 2023 – Greensboro, North Carolina - Anime Central
Friday, May 19, 2023 to Monday, May 22, 2023 – Rosemont, Illinois - Biographers International Organization Annual Conference
Friday, May 19, 2023 to Monday, May 22, 2023 – New York, New York - Gaithersburg Book Festival
Saturday, May 20, 2023 – Gaithersburg, Maryland - Shoff Promotions Comic Con
Saturday, May 20, 2023 – Derwood, Maryland - Gaithersburg Book Festival
Saturday, May 20, 2023 – Gaithersburg, Maryland - Queen City Book Fair
Saturday, May 20, 2023 – Charlotte, North Carolina - https://usbookshow.com/
Monday, May 22, 2023 to Thursday, May 25, 2023 – New York, New York - Sydney Writers’ Festival
Monday, May 22, 2023 to Sunday, May 28, 2023 – Sydney, Australia - U.S. Book Show
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 to Thursday, May 25, 2023 – New York, New York - Hay Festival Wales
Thursday, May 25, 2023 to Sunday, June 4, 2023 – Wales, United Kindom - Calabash International Literary Festival
Friday, May 26, 2023 to Sunday, May 28, 2023 – Treasure Beach, Jamaica, W.I. - ThrillerFest
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 to Sunday, June 4, 2023 – New York, New York - Book Lovers Con
Thursday, June 1, 2023 to Sunday, June 4, 2023 – Houston, Texas - Book Lovers Con
Thursday, June 1, 2023 to Sunday, June 4, 2023 – Reno, Nevada - Orcas Island Lit Fest
Friday, June 2, 2023 to Saturday, June 3, 2023 – Eastsound, Washington - Burlington County Book Festival
Saturday, June 3, 2023 – Westampton, New Jersey - Istanbul International Literature Festival
Monday, June 5, 2023 to Friday, June 9, 2023 – Istanbul, Turkey - ABA Children’s Institute
Monday, June 5, 2023 to Wednesday, June 7, 2023 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin - PePcon: The Print + ePublishing Conference
Monday, June 5, 2023 to Friday, June 9, 2023 – Phoenix, Arizona - The Bronx Book Festival
Thursday, June 8, 2023 to Sunday, June 11, 2023 – Bronx, New York - Go On Girl! Book Club Author Awards Weekend
Friday, June 9, 2023 to Sunday, June 11, 2023 – Atlanta, Georgia - Paris Book Fair
Friday, June 9, 2023 to Sunday, June 11, 2023 – Paris, France - Brooklyn Comic Con
Saturday, June 10, 2023 to Sunday, June 11, 2023 – New York, New York - Hustle & Grind Urban Literary Convention
Saturday, June 10, 2023 – Detriot, Michigan - Nantucket Book Festival
Thursday, June 15, 2023 to Sunday, June 18, 2023 – Nantucket, Massachusetts - Nantucket Book Festival
Thursday, June 15, 2023 to Sunday, June 18, 2023 – Nantucket, Massachusetts - Festival of Women Writers
Friday, June 16, 2023 to Sunday, June 18, 2023 – Hobart, New York - Great Midwest Book Fest
Saturday, June 17, 2023 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Juneteenth Book Fair
Saturday, June 17, 2023 – Detroit, Michigan - Schomburg Center Literary Festival
Saturday, June 17, 2023 – New York, New York - The Santa Barbara Writers Conference
Sunday, June 18, 2023 to Saturday, June 24, 2023 – Santa Barbara, California - ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Thursday, June 22, 2023 to Wednesday, June 28, 2023 – Chicago, Illinois - ALA Conference
Thursday, June 22, 2023 to Tuesday, June 27, 2023 – Chicago, Illinois - ALA Midwinter Meeting
Thursday, June 22, 2023 to Saturday, June 27, 2026 – Indianapolis, Indiana - Austin African American Book Festival
Saturday, June 24, 2023 – Austin, Texas - SleuthFest
Thursday, July 6, 2023 to Monday, July 10, 2023 – Boca Raton, Florida - South Florida Book Festival
Thursday, July 13, 2023 to Saturday, July 15, 2023 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Comic-Con International
Thursday, July 20, 2023 to Monday, July 24, 2023 – San Diego, California - National Book Club Conference
Thursday, July 27, 2023 to Sunday, July 30, 2023 – Atlanta, Georgia - AniMangaPop
Saturday, August 5, 2023 to Monday, August 7, 2023 – Plymouth, United Kindom - The Soulful Chicago Book Fair
Saturday, August 5, 2023 – Chicago, Illinois - Black Books Matter Day
Saturday, August 5, 2023 – Oxon Hill, Maryland - Sarah Lawrence College Writers Week
Friday, August 11, 2023 to Friday, August 18, 2023 – Bronxville, New York - Library of Congress National Book Festival
Saturday, August 12, 2023 – Washington, DC, District of Columbia - Mississippi Book Festival
Saturday, August 19, 2023 – Jackson, Mississippi - Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair
Saturday, August 19, 2023 – Dallas, Texas - Beijing International Book Fair
Wednesday, August 23, 2023 to Saturday, August 26, 2023 – Beijing, China - Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
Wednesday, August 30, 2023 to Sunday, September 3, 2023 – Minneapolis, Minnesota - The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
Sunday, September 3, 2023 – New Orleans, Louisiana - Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
Thursday, September 7, 2023 to Saturday, September 9, 2023 – Burnsville, North Carolina - Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair
Friday, September 8, 2023 to Saturday, September 9, 2023 – Denver, Colorado - Open Book Festival
Friday, September 8, 2023 to Sunday, September 10, 2023 – Cape Town, South Africa - Printers Row Lit Fest
Saturday, September 9, 2023 – Chicago, Illinois - Kerrytown BookFest
Sunday, September 10, 2023 – Ann Arbor, Michigan - Read My World
Thursday, September 14, 2023 to Saturday, September 16, 2023 – Amsterdam, Netherlands - York Book Expo
Friday, September 15, 2023 to Saturday, September 16, 2023 – York, Pennsylvania - Jersey Festival of Words
Friday, September 15, 2023 to Saturday, September 23, 2023 – Jersey, Channel Islands - Kujichagulia Cultural Festival
Saturday, September 16, 2023 to Sunday, September 17, 2023 – Hollywood, Florida - The Allegheny Regional Festival of Books
Saturday, September 16, 2023 – Bedford, Pennsylvania - Literary Hill BookFest
Sunday, September 17, 2023 – Washington, District of Columbia - Toronto International Festival of Authors
Thursday, September 21, 2023 to Sunday, October 1, 2023 – Toronto, Canada - South Dakota Festival of Books
Friday, September 22, 2023 to Sunday, September 24, 2023 – Brookings & Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Harlem Book Fair
Saturday, September 23, 2023 – Harlem, New York - Brooklyn Book Festival
Sunday, September 24, 2023 to Monday, October 2, 2023 – Brooklyn, New York - Kingston WritersFest
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 to Sunday, October 1, 2023 – Ontario, Canada - Green Mountain Book Festival
Friday, September 29, 2023 to Sunday, October 1, 2023 – Burlington, Vermont - Independent Authors Book Festival
Saturday, September 30, 2023 – Union, New Jersey - Utah Humanities Council Book Festival
Sunday, October 1, 2023 to Tuesday, October 31, 2023 – Salt Lake City, Utah - Madrid Book Fair
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 to Saturday, October 7, 2023 – Madrid, Spain - Black Authors & Readers Rock
Friday, October 6, 2023 to Saturday, October 7, 2023 – Oxon Hill, Maryland - Morristown Festival of Books
Friday, October 6, 2023 to Saturday, October 7, 2023 – Morristown, New Jersey - Collingswood Book Festival
Saturday, October 7, 2023 – Collingswood, New Jersey - Virginia Children’s Book Festival
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 to Friday, October 13, 2023 – Farmville, Virginia - New York Comic Con
Thursday, October 12, 2023 to Sunday, October 15, 2023 – New York, New York - Wimbledon BookFest
Thursday, October 12, 2023 to Friday, December 22, 2023 – London, United Kingdom - Boston Book Festival
Saturday, October 14, 2023 – Boston, Massachusetts - Twin Cities Book Festival
Saturday, October 14, 2023 – Minneapolis, Minnesota - The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
Saturday, October 14, 2023 to Sunday, October 15, 2023 – Seattle, Washington - Fall for the Book
Sunday, October 15, 2023 – Fairfax, Virginia - Frankfurt Book Fair
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 to Monday, October 23, 2023 – Frankfurt, Germany - Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair)
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 to Sunday, October 22, 2023 – Frankfurt, Germany - Wisconsin Book Festival
Thursday, October 19, 2023 to Sunday, October 22, 2023 – Madison, Wisconsin - Kentucky Book Fair
Saturday, October 21, 2023 – Frankfort, Kentucky - Southern Festival of Books
Saturday, October 21, 2023 to Sunday, October 22, 2023 – Nashville, Tennessee - West Virginia Book Festival
Saturday, October 21, 2023 – Charleston, West Virginia - National Black Book Festival
Thursday, October 26, 2023 to Saturday, October 28, 2023 – Houston, Texas - Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Ceremony
Thursday, October 26, 2023 – Washington, District of Columbia - The Christian Book Lover’s Retreat
Thursday, October 26, 2023 to Sunday, October 29, 2023 – Charlotte, North Carolina - Louisiana Book Festival
Saturday, October 28, 2023 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Sharjah International Book Fair
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 to Sunday, November 12, 2023 – Sharjah, United Arab Emirates - Charleston Literary Festival
Friday, November 3, 2023 to Monday, November 13, 2023 – Charleston, South Carolina - Portland’s Book Festival
Saturday, November 4, 2023 – Portland, Oregon - Louisville Book Festival
Friday, November 10, 2023 to Saturday, November 11, 2023 – Louisville, Kentucky - BLK Author Expo
Saturday, November 11, 2023 – Largo, Maryland - Texas Book Festival
Saturday, November 11, 2023 to Sunday, November 12, 2023 – Austin, Texas - Miami Book Fair International
Sunday, November 12, 2023 to Sunday, November 19, 2023 – Miami, Florida - National Book Awards
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 – New York, New York - Bluffton Book Festival
Thursday, November 16, 2023 to Saturday, November 18, 2023 – Bluffton, South Carolina - Books by the Banks
Saturday, November 18, 2023 – Cincinnati, Ohio - Mosaic Literary Conference
Monday, November 20, 2023 – Bronx, New York - Guadalajara International Book Fair
Saturday, November 25, 2023 to Monday, December 4, 2023 – Guadalajara, Mexico - New Orleans Book Festival
Thursday, March 14, 2024 to Saturday, March 16, 2024 – New Orleans, Louisiana - WonderCon
Friday, March 29, 2024 to Sunday, March 31, 2024 – Anaheim, California - The Self-Publishing Conference
Thursday, June 20, 2024 to Friday, June 21, 2024 – London, United Kindom - Fan Expo Cleveland
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 to Friday, April 14, 2023 – Cleveland, Ohio - Wizard World Portland
Friday, January 12, 2024 to Monday, January 15, 2024 – Portland, Oregon - Angoulême International Comics Festival
Thursday, January 25, 2024 to Monday, January 29, 2024 – Angoulême, France - Rancho Mirage Writers Festival
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 to Friday, February 2, 2024 – Rancho Mirage, California - Jaipur Literature Festival
Thursday, February 1, 2024 to Monday, February 5, 2024 – Jaipur, India - African American Children’s Book Fair
Saturday, February 3, 2024 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - PubWest
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 to Friday, February 9, 2024 – Seattle, Washington - AWP Conference & Bookfair
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 to Sunday, February 11, 2024 – Kansas City , Missouri - New Delhi World Book Fair
Saturday, February 10, 2024 to Monday, February 19, 2024 – New Delhi, India - San Francisco Writers Conference
Thursday, February 15, 2024 to Monday, February 19, 2024 – San Francisco, California - Savannah Book Festival
Thursday, February 15, 2024 to Monday, February 19, 2024 – Savannah, Georgia - Southwest Florida Reading Festival
Saturday, March 2, 2024 – Fort Myers, Florida - Tucson Festival of Books
Monday, March 4, 2024 to Tuesday, March 5, 2024 – Tucson, Arizona - South by Southwest
Friday, March 8, 2024 to Sunday, March 17, 2024 – Austin, Texas - London Book Fair
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 to Thursday, March 14, 2024 – London, United Kingdom - Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 to Monday, March 25, 2024 – New Orleans, Louisiana - Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Monday, April 8, 2024 to Thursday, April 11, 2024 – Bologna, Italy - Quebec International Book Fair
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 to Sunday, April 14, 2024 – Quebec City, Canada - Salon du Livre de Paris
Friday, April 12, 2024 to Sunday, April 14, 2024 – Paris, France - Texas Library Association Conference
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 to Saturday, April 20, 2024 – Austin, Texas
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