List of Important Book Fairs, Festivals and Conferences
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- Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
Friday, January 31, 2025 to Thursday, February 6, 2025 – Al Jaddaf, Dubai - African American Children’s Book Fair
Saturday, February 1, 2025 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 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 - Savannah Book Festival
Thursday, February 6, 2025 to Sunday, February 9, 2025 – Savannah, Georgia - 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 - F.R.E.S.H. Book Film Festival
Thursday, February 20, 2025 to Saturday, February 22, 2025 – Daytona Beach, 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 - AWP Conference & Bookfair
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 to Saturday, March 29, 2025 – Los Angeles, California - 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 - Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Monday, March 31, 2025 to Thursday, April 3, 2025 – Bologna, Italy - The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
Saturday, September 27, 2025 to Monday, September 29, 2025 – New Orleans, Louisiana - 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 - 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 - 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 - IBPA Publishing University
Thursday, May 15, 2025 to Saturday, May 17, 2025 – Saint Paul, Minnesota - Paris Book Fair
Friday, May 16, 2025 to Sunday, May 18, 2025 – Paris, France - Gaithersburg Book Festival
Saturday, May 17, 2025 – Gaithersburg, Maryland - 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 - 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 - Nantucket Book Festival
Thursday, June 12, 2025 to Sunday, June 15, 2025 – Nantucket, Massachusetts - 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 - 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 - National Book Club Conference
Friday, August 1, 2025 to Sunday, August 3, 2025 – Atlanta, Georgia - AAMBC Literary Awards
Sunday, August 3, 2025 – Austell, Georgia - 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 - Library of Congress National Book Festival
Saturday, September 6, 2025 – Washington, DC, District of Columbia - 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 - 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 - 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 - Morristown Festival of Books
Friday, October 10, 2025 to Saturday, October 11, 2025 – Morristown, New Jersey - National Black Book Festival
Thursday, October 23, 2025 to Saturday, October 25, 2025 – Houston, Texas - Texas Book Festival
Saturday, November 8, 2025 to Sunday, November 9, 2025 – Austin, Texas
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