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  1. Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
    Friday, January 31, 2025 to Thursday, February 6, 2025 – Al Jaddaf, Dubai
  2. African American Children’s Book Fair
    Saturday, February 1, 2025 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  3. San Francisco Writers Conference
    Wednesday, February 5, 2025 to Sunday, February 9, 2025 – San Francisco, California
  4. Rancho Mirage Writers Festival
    Wednesday, February 5, 2025 to Friday, February 7, 2025 – Rancho Mirage, California
  5. Savannah Book Festival
    Thursday, February 6, 2025 to Sunday, February 9, 2025 – Savannah, Georgia
  6. San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival
    Wednesday, February 12, 2025 to Sunday, February 16, 2025 – San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
  7. ReadOut: A Festival of LGBTQ Literature
    Friday, February 14, 2025 to Sunday, February 16, 2025 – Gulfport, Florida
  8. F.R.E.S.H. Book Film Festival
    Thursday, February 20, 2025 to Saturday, February 22, 2025 – Daytona Beach, Florida
  9. San Antonio African American Book Festival
    Saturday, February 22, 2025 – San Antonio, Texas
  10. Monroeville Literary Festival
    Thursday, February 27, 2025 to Saturday, March 1, 2025 – Monroeville, Alabama
  11. Southwest Florida Reading Festival
    Saturday, March 1, 2025 – Fort Myers, Florida
  12. Dahlonega Literary Festival
    Saturday, March 1, 2025 – Dahlonega, Georgia
  13. North Texas Teen Book Festival
    Saturday, March 1, 2025 – Irving, Texas
  14. Florida Antiquarian Book Fair
    Saturday, March 1, 2025 to Sunday, March 2, 2025 – St. Petersburg, Florida
  15. South by Southwest
    Friday, March 7, 2025 to Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Austin, Texas
  16. Dallas Literary Festival
    Saturday, March 8, 2025 – Dallas, Texas
  17. London Book Fair
    Tuesday, March 11, 2025 to Thursday, March 13, 2025 – London, United Kingdom
  18. Left Coast Crime
    Thursday, March 13, 2025 to Sunday, March 16, 2025 – Denver, Colorado
  19. Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
    Friday, March 14, 2025 to Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Venice, Florida
  20. Tucson Festival of Books
    Saturday, March 15, 2025 to Wednesday, March 12, 2025 – Tucson, Arizona
  21. Virginia Festival of the Book
    Thursday, March 20, 2025 to Sunday, March 23, 2025 – Charlottesville, Virginia
  22. DSM Book Festival
    Tuesday, March 25, 2025 – Des Moines, Iowa
  23. AWP Conference & Bookfair
    Wednesday, March 26, 2025 to Saturday, March 29, 2025 – Los Angeles, California
  24. Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
    Wednesday, March 26, 2025 to Sunday, March 30, 2025 – New Orleans, Louisiana
  25. Leipzig Book Fair
    Thursday, March 27, 2025 to Sunday, March 30, 2025 – Leipzig, Germany
  26. New Orleans Book Festival
    Thursday, March 27, 2025 to Saturday, March 29, 2025 – New Orleans, Louisiana
  27. National Black Writers Biennial Symposium
    Thursday, March 27, 2025 to Saturday, March 29, 2025 – Brooklyn, New York
  28. Bologna Children’s Book Fair
    Monday, March 31, 2025 to Thursday, April 3, 2025 – Bologna, Italy
  29. The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
    Saturday, September 27, 2025 to Monday, September 29, 2025 – New Orleans, Louisiana
  30. Texas Library Association Conference
    Tuesday, April 1, 2025 to Friday, April 4, 2025 – Dallas, Texas
  31. Oxford Conference for the Book
    Wednesday, April 2, 2025 to Friday, April 4, 2025 – Oxford, Mississippi
  32. New York Antiquarian Book Fair
    Thursday, April 3, 2025 to Sunday, April 6, 2025 – New York, New York
  33. Quebec International Book Fair
    Wednesday, April 9, 2025 to Sunday, April 13, 2025 – Quebec City, Canada
  34. C2E2
    Friday, April 11, 2025 to Sunday, April 13, 2025 – Chicago, Illinois
  35. Salon du Livre de Paris
    Friday, April 11, 2025 to Sunday, April 13, 2025 – Paris, France
  36. San Antonio Book Festival
    Saturday, April 12, 2025 – San Antonio, Texas
  37. Unbound Book Festival
    Thursday, April 17, 2025 to Sunday, April 20, 2025 – Columbia, Missouri
  38. Norwescon
    Thursday, April 17, 2025 to Sunday, April 20, 2025 – SeaTac, Washington
  39. Eurasian International Book Fair
    Wednesday, April 23, 2025 to Sunday, April 27, 2025 – Astana, Kazakhstan
  40. Newburyport Literary Festival
    Friday, April 25, 2025 to Sunday, April 27, 2025 – Newburyport, Massachusetts
  41. Black Writers On Tour
    Saturday, April 26, 2025 – Los Angeles, California
  42. Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
    Saturday, April 26, 2025 to Sunday, April 27, 2025 – Los Angeles, California
  43. Greater Austin Book Festival
    Saturday, April 26, 2025 – Austn, Texas
  44. Montclair Literary Festival
    Saturday, April 26, 2025 to Saturday, May 3, 2025 – Montclair, New Jersey
  45. The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD)
    Sunday, April 27, 2025 to Sunday, May 4, 2025 – Brampton, Ontario, Canada
  46. Greater St. Louis Book Fair
    Thursday, May 1, 2025 to Sunday, May 4, 2025 – St. Louis, Missouri
  47. Ohioana Book Festival
    Saturday, May 3, 2025 – Columbus, Ohio
  48. The Indie Author Book Festival - Book Fair
    Saturday, May 3, 2025 to Sunday, May 4, 2025 – Huntingdon, United Kingdom
  49. Annapolis Book Festival
    Saturday, May 3, 2025 – Annapolis, Maryland
  50. IBPA Publishing University
    Thursday, May 15, 2025 to Saturday, May 17, 2025 – Saint Paul, Minnesota
  51. Paris Book Fair
    Friday, May 16, 2025 to Sunday, May 18, 2025 – Paris, France
  52. Gaithersburg Book Festival
    Saturday, May 17, 2025 – Gaithersburg, Maryland
  53. Queen City Book Fair
    Saturday, May 17, 2025 – Charlotte, North Carolina
  54. Sydney Writers’ Festival
    Wednesday, May 21, 2025 to Tuesday, May 27, 2025 – Sydney, Australia
  55. Black Romance Book Fest
    Friday, May 30, 2025 to Sunday, June 1, 2025 – Atlanta, Georgia
  56. Bay Area Book Festival
    Saturday, May 31, 2025 to Sunday, June 1, 2025 – Berkeley, California
  57. Orcas Island Lit Fest
    Monday, June 2, 2025 to Tuesday, June 3, 2025 – Eastsound, Washington
  58. Go On Girl! Book Club Author Awards Weekend
    Friday, June 6, 2025 to Sunday, June 8, 2025 – Houston, Texas
  59. IABX Children's Book Festival
    Saturday, June 7, 2025 – Roselle, New Jersey
  60. Hustle & Grind Urban Literary Convention
    Saturday, June 7, 2025 – Detriot, Michigan
  61. Nantucket Book Festival
    Thursday, June 12, 2025 to Sunday, June 15, 2025 – Nantucket, Massachusetts
  62. ThrillerFest
    Tuesday, June 17, 2025 to Saturday, June 21, 2025 – New York, New York
  63. Great Midwest Book Fest
    Wednesday, June 18, 2025 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  64. Brighton Book Festival
    Wednesday, June 18, 2025 to Sunday, June 22, 2025 – Brighton, England
  65. Beijing International Book Fair
    Wednesday, June 18, 2025 to Sunday, June 22, 2025 – Beijing, China
  66. ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 to Monday, June 30, 2025 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  67. Austin African American Book Festival
    Saturday, June 28, 2025 – Austin, Texas
  68. Literary Indulgence Book Festival
    Saturday, June 28, 2025 – Jacksonville, Florida
  69. Comic-Con
    Thursday, July 24, 2025 to Sunday, July 27, 2025 – Anaheim, California
  70. When I See Me BIPOC Children’s Book Fair
    Saturday, July 26, 2025 – Dayton, Ohio
  71. National Book Club Conference
    Friday, August 1, 2025 to Sunday, August 3, 2025 – Atlanta, Georgia
  72. AAMBC Literary Awards
    Sunday, August 3, 2025 – Austell, Georgia
  73. Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair
    Friday, August 15, 2025 to Sunday, August 17, 2025 – Castle Rock, Colorado
  74. Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
    Wednesday, September 3, 2025 to Sunday, September 7, 2025 – New Orleans, Louisiana
  75. Library of Congress National Book Festival
    Saturday, September 6, 2025 – Washington, DC, District of Columbia
  76. Read My World
    Thursday, September 11, 2025 to Saturday, September 13, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
  77. Trinity River Book Festival
    Saturday, September 13, 2025 – Fort Worth, Texas
  78. Behind the Ink
    Saturday, September 13, 2025 – Birmingham, Alabama
  79. Toronto International Festival of Authors
    Friday, September 19, 2025 to Monday, September 29, 2025 – Toronto, Canada
  80. Kansas Book Festival
    Saturday, September 20, 2025 – Topeka, Kansas
  81. South Dakota Festival of Books
    Friday, September 26, 2025 to Sunday, September 28, 2025 – Brookings & Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  82. Books Books Books
    Saturday, September 27, 2025 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  83. Morristown Festival of Books
    Friday, October 10, 2025 to Saturday, October 11, 2025 – Morristown, New Jersey
  84. National Black Book Festival
    Thursday, October 23, 2025 to Saturday, October 25, 2025 – Houston, Texas
  85. Texas Book Festival
    Saturday, November 8, 2025 to Sunday, November 9, 2025 – Austin, Texas

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