List of Important Book Fairs, Festivals and Conferences
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- African American Cultural Expo and Children's Book Festival
Sunday, July 20, 2025 – Waldorf, Maryland - 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 - Words of Wonder Literary Festival
Saturday, July 26, 2025 – Chicago, Illinois - National Book Club Conference
Friday, August 1, 2025 to Sunday, August 3, 2025 – Atlanta, Georgia - Black Authors Festival
Saturday, August 2, 2025 – Sag Harbor, New York - AAMBC Literary Awards
Sunday, August 3, 2025 – Austell, Georgia - Martha's Vineyard Black Book Festival
Saturday, August 9, 2025 – Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts - Indie Author Book Fair
Saturday, August 9, 2025 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair
Friday, August 15, 2025 to Sunday, August 17, 2025 – Castle Rock, Colorado - Harlem Book Fair
Saturday, August 30, 2025 – New York, New York - Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 to Sunday, September 7, 2025 – New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Authors Book Expo
Saturday, September 6, 2025 – Roselle, New Jersey - 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 - Provincetown Book Festival
Friday, September 19, 2025 to Sunday, September 21, 2025 – Provincetown, Massachusetts - 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 - Brooklyn Book Festival
Sunday, September 21, 2025 – Brooklyn, New York - 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 - Albany Book Festival
Saturday, September 27, 2025 – Albany, New York - Baku International Book Fair
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 – Baku, Azerbaijan - Morristown Festival of Books
Friday, October 10, 2025 to Saturday, October 11, 2025 – Morristown, New Jersey - Black Book Festival
Saturday, October 18, 2025 – London, England - National Black Book Festival
Thursday, October 23, 2025 to Saturday, October 25, 2025 – Houston, Texas - Arts Equity Collective Black Book Fair
Saturday, October 25, 2025 – Cincinnati, Ohio - Texas Book Festival
Saturday, November 8, 2025 to Sunday, November 9, 2025 – Austin, Texas - F.R.E.S.H. Book Film Festival
Thursday, January 29, 2026 to Saturday, January 31, 2026 – Daytona Beach, Florida -
African American Childrens Book Fair
Saturday, February 7, 2026 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Winter Institute
Monday, February 23, 2026 to Thursday, February 26, 2026 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - IBPA Publishing University
Thursday, May 14, 2026 to Saturday, May 16, 2026 – Portland, Oregon
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