List of Important Book Fairs, Festivals and Conferences
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- African American Children’s Book Fair
Friday, February 4, 2022 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Southwest Florida Reading Festival
Friday, March 4, 2022 to Saturday, March 5, 2022 – Fort Myers, Florida - Tucson Festival of Books
Saturday, March 12, 2022 to Sunday, March 13, 2022 – Tucson, Arizona - ZEE JLF at Boulder
Saturday, March 5, 2022 to Monday, March 14, 2022 – Boulder, Colorado - Dayton Book Expo
Friday, March 18, 2022 – Dayton, Ohio - Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
Friday, March 25, 2022 to Saturday, March 26, 2022 – Venice, Florida - Oxford Conference for the Book
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 to Friday, April 1, 2022 – Oxford, Mississippi - National Black Writers Conference
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 to Saturday, April 2, 2022 – Brooklyn, New York - Florida Antiquarian Book Fair
Friday, April 1, 2022 to Sunday, April 3, 2022 – St. Petersburg, Florida - University Spring Literary Festival
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 to Thursday, April 7, 2022 – Athens, Ohio - Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair
Friday, April 8, 2022 to Saturday, April 9, 2022 – St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands - Northern Arizona Book Festival
Thursday, March 31, 2022 to Sunday, April 10, 2022 – Flagstaff, Arizona - Alabama Book Festival
Monday, April 18, 2022 – Montgomery, Alabama - Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Saturday, April 23, 2022 to Sunday, April 24, 2022 – Los Angeles, California - OE Book Fair
Thursday, April 28, 2022 – Tampa, Florida - Black Writers On Tour
Saturday, April 30, 2022 – Los Angeles, California - AfroSurreal Writers Workshop
Saturday, April 30, 2022 – Oakland, California - Yallwest Santa Monica Book Festival
Friday, April 29, 2022 to Saturday, April 30, 2022 – Santa Monica, California - Newburyport Literary Festival
Friday, April 29, 2022 to Sunday, May 1, 2022 – Newburyport, Massachusetts - Ohioana Book Festival
Friday, April 29, 2022 to Sunday, May 1, 2022 – Columbus, Ohio - The Bocas Lit Fest
Thursday, April 28, 2022 to Sunday, May 1, 2022 – Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago - Ashland Literary Festival
Friday, May 6, 2022 to Saturday, May 7, 2022 – Ashland, Oregon - The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD)
Sunday, May 1, 2022 to Saturday, May 7, 2022 – Brampton, Ontario, Canada - PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 to Saturday, May 14, 2022 – New York, New York - Books in Bloom Literary Festival
Sunday, May 15, 2022 – Eureka Springs, Arkansas - Gaithersburg Book Festival
Saturday, May 21, 2022 – Gaithersburg, Maryland - San Antonio Book Festival
Saturday, May 21, 2022 – San Antonio, Texas - Greensboro Bound Literary Festival
Thursday, May 19, 2022 to Sunday, May 22, 2022 – Greensboro, North Carolina - Hustle & Grind Book Fair
Saturday, June 11, 2022 – Detriot, Michigan - The Bronx Book Festival
Thursday, June 9, 2022 to Sunday, June 12, 2022 – Bronx, New York - Austin African American Book Festival
Saturday, June 25, 2022 – Austin, Texas - Fall Fiction Fest
Monday, June 27, 2022 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin - ALA Conference
Thursday, June 23, 2022 to Tuesday, June 28, 2022 – Chicago, Illinois - The Atlanta Kick Back
Saturday, July 16, 2022 – Duluth, Georgia - Romance Slam Jam Convention
Thursday, July 14, 2022 to Saturday, July 16, 2022 – , Virtual - Greater St. Louis Book Fair
Thursday, July 14, 2022 to Sunday, July 17, 2022 – St. Louis, Missouri - Toronto Urban Book Expo
Thursday, July 28, 2022 – Toronto, Canada - Hargeysa International Book Fair
Saturday, July 23, 2022 to Thursday, July 28, 2022 – Hargeysa, Somaliland - Library of Congress National Book Festival
Wednesday, August 3, 2022 – Washington, DC, District of Columbia - Independent Authors Book Expo
Saturday, August 6, 2022 – Roselle, New Jersey - Black Writers Weekend
Thursday, August 4, 2022 to Sunday, August 7, 2022 – Atlanta, Georgia - Black Paperback Book Fair
Sunday, August 7, 2022 – Louisville, Kentucky - RT Booklovers Convention
Thursday, August 11, 2022 to Sunday, August 14, 2022 – Reno, Nevada - Book Lovers Con
Thursday, August 11, 2022 to Sunday, August 14, 2022 – Houston, Texas - Mississippi Book Festival
Saturday, August 20, 2022 – Jackson, Mississippi - Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair
Saturday, August 20, 2022 – Dallas, Texas - 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 - 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 - Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
Thursday, September 8, 2022 to Sunday, September 11, 2022 – Minneapolis, Minnesota - 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 - Jersey Festival of Words
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 to Sunday, September 25, 2022 – Jersey, Channel Islands - 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 - 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 - 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 - Hit the Mic: Black Book Fair & Open Mic
Saturday, November 19, 2022 – Cincinnati, Ohio - Ake Arts and Book Festival
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 to Saturday, November 26, 2022 – Ikeja, Nigeria - Montclair Literary Festival
Saturday, May 6, 2023 – Montclair, New Jersey - Massachusetts Poetry Festival
2023 – Dates to be Announced – Salem, Massachusetts - London Book Fair
Monday, April 18, 2022 to Wednesday, April 20, 2022 – London, United Kingdom - 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, Tennessee - ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
Thursday, January 19, 2023 to Monday, January 23, 2023 – Jaipur, India - Sunshine State Book Festival
Friday, January 27, 2023 – Gainesville, Florida - F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival
Thursday, February 23, 2023 to Saturday, February 25, 2023 – Daytona Beach, Florida - San Antonio African American Book Festival
Saturday, February 25, 2023 – San Antonio, Texas - 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 - Palm Beach Book Festival
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 – Boca Raton, Florida - 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 - Color of Children’s Literature Conference
Friday, March 31, 2023 to Sunday, April 2, 2023 – New York, New York - 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 - 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 - The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
Sunday, September 3, 2023 – New Orleans, Louisiana - Black Authors & Readers Rock
Friday, October 6, 2023 to Saturday, October 7, 2023 – Oxon Hill, Maryland
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