List of Important Book Fairs, Festivals and Conferences
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- Mississippi Book Festival
Saturday, August 20, 2022 – Jackson, Mississippi - Read My World
Thursday, September 1, 2022 to Saturday, September 3, 2022 – Amsterdam, Netherlands - North Jersey Literary Festival
Thursday, May 5, 2022 to Monday, September 5, 2022 – Newark, New Jersey - Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
Thursday, September 8, 2022 to Saturday, September 10, 2022 – Burnsville, North Carolina - Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair
Friday, September 9, 2022 to Saturday, September 10, 2022 – Denver, Colorado - SCIBA Trade Show
Friday, September 9, 2022 to Sunday, September 11, 2022 – Pomona, California - Festival of Women Writers
Friday, September 9, 2022 to Sunday, September 11, 2022 – Hobart, New York - Sacramento Black Book Fair
Sunday, September 11, 2022 to Monday, September 12, 2022 – Sacramento, California - Kerrytown BookFest
Sunday, September 18, 2022 – Ann Arbor, Michigan - Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business Conference
Thursday, September 22, 2022 to Saturday, September 24, 2022 – Las Vegas, Nevada - South Dakota Festival of Books
Friday, September 23, 2022 to Sunday, September 25, 2022 – Brookings & Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Wimbledon BookFest
Thursday, September 22, 2022 to Monday, September 26, 2022 – London, United Kingdom - Kentucky Book Fair
Saturday, October 29, 2022 to Thursday, September 29, 2022 – Frankfort, Kentucky - Louisiana Book Festival
Saturday, October 29, 2022 to Thursday, September 29, 2022 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana - AJC Decatur Book Festival
Saturday, October 1, 2022 – Decatur, Georgia - Black Authors & Readers Rock
Saturday, October 1, 2022 – Oxon Hill, Maryland - Collingswood Book Festival
Saturday, October 1, 2022 – Collingswood, New Jersey - International Festival of Authors
Thursday, September 22, 2022 to Sunday, October 2, 2022 – Toronto, Canada - Kingston WritersFest
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 to Sunday, October 2, 2022 – Ontario, Canada - Brooklyn Book Festival
Sunday, September 25, 2022 to Monday, October 3, 2022 – Brooklyn, New York - Morristown Festival of Books
Friday, October 7, 2022 to Saturday, October 8, 2022 – Morristown, New Jersey - New York Comic Con
Thursday, October 6, 2022 to Sunday, October 9, 2022 – New York, New York - The Joint Conference of Librarians of Color
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 to Sunday, October 9, 2022 – Albuquerque, New Mexico - The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
Saturday, October 8, 2022 to Sunday, October 9, 2022 – Seattle, Washington - Printers Row Lit Fest
Monday, October 10, 2022 to Tuesday, October 11, 2022 – Chicago, Illinois - Virginia Children’s Book Festival
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 to Friday, October 14, 2022 – Farmville, Virginia - Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Ceremony
Saturday, October 15, 2022 – Washington, District of Columbia - Twin Cities Book Festival
Saturday, October 15, 2022 – Minneapolis, Minnesota - Fall for the Book
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 to Saturday, October 15, 2022 – Fairfax, Virginia - Southern Festival of Books
Friday, October 14, 2022 to Sunday, October 16, 2022 – Nashville, Tennessee - Wisconsin Book Festival
Thursday, October 13, 2022 to Sunday, October 16, 2022 – Madison, Wisconsin - Brattleboro Literary Festival
Thursday, October 13, 2022 to Sunday, October 16, 2022 – Brattleboro, Vermont - National Black Book Festival
Thursday, October 20, 2022 to Saturday, October 22, 2022 – Houston, Texas - Vegas Valley Book Festival
Saturday, October 22, 2022 – Las Vegas, Nevada - West Virginia Book Festival
Friday, October 21, 2022 to Saturday, October 22, 2022 – Charleston, West Virginia - Vancouver Writers Fest
Monday, October 17, 2022 to Sunday, October 23, 2022 – Vancouver, Canada - Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair)
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 to Sunday, October 23, 2022 – Frankfurt, Germany - Utah Humanities Council Book Festival
Thursday, September 8, 2022 to Monday, October 24, 2022 – Salt Lake City, Utah - Boston Book Festival
Saturday, October 29, 2022 – Boston, Massachusetts - CALS Six Bridges Book Festival
Thursday, October 20, 2022 to Sunday, October 30, 2022 – Little Rock, Arkansas - The Christian Book Lover’s Retreat
Thursday, October 27, 2022 to Sunday, October 30, 2022 – Charlotte, North Carolina - Six Bridges Book Festival
Thursday, October 20, 2022 to Sunday, October 30, 2022 – Little Rock, Arkansas - Texas Book Festival
Saturday, November 5, 2022 to Sunday, November 6, 2022 – Austin, Texas - Sharjah International Book Fair
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 to Sunday, November 13, 2022 – Sharjah, United Arab Emirates - Charleston Literary Festival
Thursday, November 3, 2022 to Sunday, November 13, 2022 – Charleston, South Carolina - National Book Awards
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 – New York, New York - Books by the Banks
Saturday, November 19, 2022 – Cincinnati, Ohio - Miami Book Fair International
Sunday, November 13, 2022 to Sunday, November 20, 2022 – Miami, Florida - Ake Arts and Book Festival
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 to Saturday, November 26, 2022 – Ikeja, Nigeria - Black Ink: A Charleston African-American Book Festival
Thursday, January 12, 2023 to Saturday, January 14, 2023 – Charleston, South Carolina - Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival
Friday, January 6, 2023 to Sunday, January 15, 2023 – Tampa, Florida - Digital Book World
Monday, January 16, 2023 to Wednesday, January 18, 2023 – Nashville, Tennesse - Sunshine State Book Festival
Friday, January 27, 2023 – Gainesville, Florida - North Texas Teen Book Festival
Friday, March 3, 2023 to Saturday, March 4, 2023 – Irving, Texas - Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Monday, March 6, 2023 to Thursday, March 9, 2023 – Bologna, Italy - AWP Conference
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 to Saturday, March 11, 2023 – Kansas City, Missouri - SOKY Book Fest
Friday, March 24, 2023 to Saturday, March 25, 2023 – Bowling Green, Kentucky - Virginia Festival of the Book
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 to Sunday, March 26, 2023 – Charlottesville, Virginia - The Southern Literary Festival
Friday, April 21, 2023 to Sunday, April 23, 2023 – Fort Smith, Arkansas - Annapolis Book Festival
Saturday, April 29, 2023 – Annapolis, Maryland - 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 - Go On Girl! Book Club Author Awards Weekend
Saturday, May 20, 2023 to Tuesday, May 23, 2023 – Los Angeles, California - Sydney Writers’ Festival
Monday, May 22, 2023 to Sunday, May 28, 2023 – Sydney, Australia - Schomburg Center Literary Festival
Saturday, June 17, 2023 – New York, New York - National Book Club Conference
Thursday, July 27, 2023 to Sunday, July 30, 2023 – Atlanta, Georgia - Black Books Matter Day
Saturday, August 5, 2023 – Oxon Hill, Maryland - Harlem Book Fair
Tuesday, August 22, 2023 – Harlem, New York - Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
Wednesday, August 30, 2023 to Sunday, September 3, 2023 – Sacramento, California - The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
Sunday, September 3, 2023 – New Orleans, Louisiana
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