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The National Black Writers Conference (NBWC)
The National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) Medgar Evers College Brooklyn New York More than 50 Black writers, publishing executives, and literary activists will gather to discuss the triumphs and ch...
Behind the Ink
Behind the Ink The Harbert Center Birmingham Alabama Presented by Me Time Book Club, “Behind the Ink” is a premiere book event featuring bestselling authors and vendors. This free family f...
Black Romance Book Fest
Black Romance Book Fest JW Marriott Buckhead Atlanta Georgia The Black Romance Book Fest aims to amplify and honor the diverse narratives of Black love in romance literature. This event is a vibrant p...
Gaithersburg Book Festival
Gaithersburg Book Festival Bohrer Park Gaithersburg Maryland The Gaithersburg Book Festival is an annual celebration of great books and great writing that will feature more than 100 award-winning and ...
Black Writers On Tour
Black Writers On Tour Carson Community Center Los Angeles California Purpose: To promote literacy awareness, to give exposure to African-American authors, writers, and to motivate, and develop aspirin...
NBWC Biennial Symposium
NBWC Biennial Symposium Medgar Evers College Brooklyn New York In 2025, honoring Tony Medina and Rita Williams-Garcia for their contributions to Black Young Adult & Middle Grade Literature. The Bienn...
Leipzig Book Fair
Leipzig Book Fair Leipzig Germany Authors, publishers and media companies from Germany, experience a diversity of literature, doscover innovations and gain new perspectives.
San Antonio African American Book Festival
San Antonio African American Book Festival Second Baptist Community Center San Antonio Texas
Appalachian WordFest
Appalachian WordFest Event Center at The Ridge Sevierville Tennessee Celebrate the words and creativity emerging from our beloved Appalachian Mountains by bringing together authors, writers, young poe...
F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival
F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival Julia T. and Charles W. Cherry, Sr. Cultural and Educational Center Daytona Beach Florida F.R.E.S.H. Book Film Festival (Fiction, Romance, Erotica, Spiritual, Health and More)...
African American Children’s Book Fair
African American Children’s Book Fair Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania Check out our photos from the 2024 Festival The African American Children’s Book Fair is one of t...
ReadOut: A Festival of LGBTQ Literature
ReadOut: A Festival of LGBTQ Literature Catherine Hickman Theater Gulfport Florida ReadOut: A Festival of LGBTQ Literature is a program of the LGBTQ Resource Center, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization...
JAX Urban Book Festival
JAX Urban Book Festival James Weldon Johnson Park Jacksonville Florida The JAX Urban Book Festival (JUBF) is an annual celebration of literature, culture, and community held each January as part of DR...
Jaipur Literature Festival
Jaipur Literature Festival Jaipur’s Hotel Clarks Amer Jaipur India A festival that bring together a diverse mix of the world's greatest writers, thinkers, humanitarians, politicians, buisness le...
The Mosaic Literary Conference
The Mosaic Literary Conference Bronx New York The Mosaic Literary Conference fosters a collaborative space for individuals interested in literature, education, and the arts. MLC plays a crucial role ...
Miami Book Fair
Miami Book Fair Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus Miami Florida The Dates Shown are for the Street Fair. The entire fair typically runs 8 days The first Miami Book Fair, founded by Miami Dade Coll...
St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival
St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival Woodson African American Museum of Florida St. Petersburg Florida The St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival is dedicated to entertaining, engaging, and educating children...
Toronto International Festival of Authors
Toronto International Festival of Authors Harbourfront Centre Toronto Canada Since its inception in 1974, Toronto’s International Festival of Authors has welcomed more than 9,000 authors from ov...
Black Book Festival
Black Book Festival Goldsmiths, University of London London England Black Book Festival is a showcase for African-Caribbean writers, publishers and booksellers.
National Black Book Festival
National Black Book Festival Fallbrook Church / Gymnasium Houston Texas The National Black Book Festival (NBBF) is an annual event, sponsored by Cushcity.com, the world’s largest African-America...
Baku International Book Fair
Baku International Book Fair Baku Expo Center Baku Azerbaijan Baku Book Fair exhibition is an outstanding event that offers an opportunity for its participants to set the tone for publishing in the re...
Southern Festival of Books
Southern Festival of Books Nashville Tennessee The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written WordSM is a three-day Festival celebrated each year during the second full weekend of Octob...
African American Literary Awards Show
African American Literary Awards Show New York New York Started in 2004, The African American Literary Award show is the brainchild of Yvette Hayward. The show celebrates and uplifts Black literature...
Jersey City Book Fair
Jersey City Book Fair Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center Jersey City New Jersey An opportunity for interested readers to connect with authors, and other book enthusiasts. The purpose is to promote readin...
South Dakota Festival of Books
South Dakota Festival of Books Brookings & Sioux Falls South Dakota The South Dakota Humanities Council celebrates literature, promotes civil conversation, and tells the stories that define our state...
Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo
Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo The Portico Tampa Florida The TBBAE grew from a desire to showcase the diverse literary talent that is alive and well in the greater Tampa Bay area. By creating the only e...
Black Authors Festival @ATL
Black Authors Festival @ATL Norwood Vineyard & Gardens Jonesboro Georgia The Black Authors Festival @ATL Harbor Sneaker Ball on the Vineyard is a premier fusion of culture, luxury, and purpose, where ...
Petersburg Book Fest
Petersburg Book Fest Petersburg Virginia The Petersburg Book Fest traces its roots back to the inspiring launch of Resist Booksellers, an independent Black-owned bookstore that opened its doors in th...
Read My World
Read My World Tolhuistuin Amsterdam Amsterdam Netherlands Since 2012, Read My World is the international literature festival of Amsterdam. Going beyond the commonplace, Read My World explores the boun...
Harlem Book Fair
Harlem Book Fair Harlem State Office Building Plaza New York New York The Harlem Book Fair is the United State’s largest African-American book fair and the nation’s flagship Black literary...
National Book Festival
National Book Festival Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington, DC District of Columbia Mark your calendars for the 18th Library of Congress National Book Festival, Saturday, Sept. 1, at the...
Martha's Vineyard Black Book Festival
Martha's Vineyard Black Book Festival Island Inn Conference Center Oak Bluffs Massachusetts A celebration of Black literary excellence with author showcases, panel discussions, appetizers & refreshmen...
Black Authors Festival @SagHarbor
Black Authors Festival @SagHarbor Breakwater Yacht Club Sag Harbor New York The Black Authors Festival @Sag Harbor is a nationally celebrated in-person event, recognized by USA Today as one of the Top...
Black Books Matter Fest
Black Books Matter Fest MahoganyBooks - National Harbor Oxon Hill Maryland Though black books have always mattered, some have yet to discover the lost wisdom, rich history, and incredible creativity f...
Black Writers Weekend
Black Writers Weekend Auburn Avenue Research Library Atlanta Georgia Black Writers Weekend expands nationwide this year, bringing its celebrated literary festival to six U.S. cities. Alongside the fla...
Words of Wonder Literary Festival
Words of Wonder Literary Festival Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center Chicago Illinois The Annual Words of Wonder Literary Festival is a celebration of books-to-be-written and books-to-be-read.
Black Lit Weekend
Black Lit Weekend The Barnett - JDV by Hyatt New Orleans Louisiana This multi-day conference brings together Black-owned bookstore owners from across the country for a weekend that honors the legacy o...
Comic-Con
Comic-Con Anaheim Convention center Anaheim California Exhibit hall with comics, original art, toys and merchandice for many popular artist, pubushers and retailers.
Austin African American Book Festival
Austin African American Book Festival George Washington Carver Library and George Washington Carver Museum, Culture & Genealogy Center Austin Texas In its eighteenth year [2024], the Austin African Am...
Schomburg Centennial Festival
Schomburg Centennial Festival Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture New York New York The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is dedicated to the collection, preservation, and int...
Nantucket Book Festival
Nantucket Book Festival Cultural District Nantucket Massachusetts Nantucket Book Festival celebrates its 9th year in 2020. They feature a line-up of award-winning authors and local and regional tale...
IABX Children's Book Festival
IABX Children's Book Festival Warinanco Sports Center Roselle New Jersey
Bay Area Book Festival
Bay Area Book Festival In Downtown Berkeley Berkeley California The Bay Area Book Festival is the primary project of the Foundation for the Future of Literature and Literacy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit org...
Knoxville Book Festival
Knoxville Book Festival Knoxville Convention Center Knoxville Tennessee Join us for a two-day celebration of literature, featuring bestselling authors, inspiring panels, and a vibrant community of rea...
DSM Book Festival
DSM Book Festival Franklin Event Center Des Moines Iowa The DSM Book Festival connects people who love books with people who create them. The festival features nationally acclaimed authors, book club-...
PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature Various Venues New York New York 4 Days. 40+ Events. 140+ Authors from 40+ Countries Also Co-Host of the Indie Lit Fair, which will take place Sa...
The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD)
The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) Various Locations Brampton, Ontario Canada The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) celebrates diversity in literature by promoting diverse authors and stori...
Sacramento Book Festival
Sacramento Book Festival Shepard Garden & Arts Center Sacramento California
Virginia Festival of the Book
Virginia Festival of the Book Charlottesville Virginia Produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH), the largest of the 56 state (and territory) humanities councils, the Festival is a...
North Texas Teen Book Festival
North Texas Teen Book Festival Irving Convention Center Irving Texas The North Texas Teen Book Festival is the largest library-run book festival for young people in the country.
Rescuing History Authors Tour
Rescuing History Authors Tour Multiple Cities & States Tampa Florida Multiple City & State Event! The Rescuing History Authors Tour — A Rolling Symposium features the following stops: ...
Sunshine State Book Festival
Sunshine State Book Festival Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall Gainesville Florida In its seventh year, the 2026 Sunshine State Book Festival “Brings Readers and Writers Together.” 100 autho...
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature InterContinental Al Jaddaf Dubai Writers gather to bring new ideas and different perspectives, promoting dialogue, sharing their works to build bridges across c...
Arts Equity Collective Black Book Fair
Arts Equity Collective Black Book Fair Oasis at Grace Cincinnati Ohio Come ready to purchase books, enjoy our panel discussion for aspiring authors, speak with publishers.
Black British Book Festival
Black British Book Festival Barbican Centre London England UK & Europe’s Biggest Black Literature Festival & Community-led Publisher. Elevating Black Voices Across the Globe
Black Book Bash
Black Book Bash Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Jacksonville Florida Black Book Bash isn’t just a book festival — it’s where Black storytelling, culture, and community link up ...
Sacramento BlkLit Book Fest
Sacramento BlkLit Book Fest Underground Books and The Guild Theater Sacramento California The Sac BlkLit Book Fest is a one-day celebration of Black literature, culture, and community in Sacramento. T...
Sacramento Black Book Fair
Sacramento Black Book Fair The Historic Center of Oak Park Sacramento California This historic two-day book fair and celebration will include a panel discussion among our featured authors, book signin...
Independent Authors Book Expo
Independent Authors Book Expo Warinanco Sports Center Roselle New Jersey Come out and meet face to face with local and international authors. Friends, family, and the community at large are encouraged...
AAMBC Literary Awards
AAMBC Literary Awards Riverside Epic Center Austell Georgia The AAMBC Literary Awards is an entertainment award show honoring and celebrating literary creatives in front of a live audience. Powered by...
Orcas Island Lit Fest
Orcas Island Lit Fest Orcas Center Eastsound Washington The Orcas Island Lit Fest (OILF) is an annual celebration of literature and community held in an inspiringly beautiful place. With the San Juan ...
East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention
East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention Temple University Student and Faculty Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Blk Powerhouse Summit
Blk Powerhouse Summit Zoom Virtual Use Code “aalbc&Rdquo; for 10% off Your TicketThe Blk Powerhouse Summit is a virtual gathering of Black professionals across the Black book ecosystem designed...
ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival Jaipur’s Hotel Clarks Amer Jaipur India Described as the “greatest literary show on Earth,” the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival is a sumptuous feast of ...
Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
Carolina Mountains Literary Festival Burnsville North Carolina The festival idea was born when a small group of local citizens and businesspersons spontaneously came together ten years ago around the...
Indie Authors Book Fair
Indie Authors Book Fair Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference at Chautauqua Institution
Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference at Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua New York The 2024 Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference was previously known as the ...
African American Children’s Book Fair
African American Children’s Book Fair Reginald F. Lewis Museum Baltimore Maryland Children and families can enjoy a fun-filled day exploring kids’ literature about African Americans while meetin...
Cairo Book Fair
Cairo Book Fair Eygpt International Exhibition Center Cairo Eygpt Exhibition of publishers to present options of genre and a press confrence about a new poetic work that will be printed.
Mosaic Literary Conference
Mosaic Literary Conference The Bronx Museum of the Arts Bronx New York The Mosaic Literary Conference provides a platform for literature-based creative thinking and knowledge sharing. Each year we inv...
Books by the Banks
Books by the Banks Duke Energy Convention Center Cincinnati Ohio More than 5,000 people and more than 150 authors made the 2015 Books by the Banks book festival our biggest year yet. Our planning team...
National Book Awards
National Book Awards Cipriani Wall Street New York New York Attendance by invitation only. All of the authors of African descent who have won a National Book Award. Watch vidoes the 67th annual Nati...
BLK Author Expo
BLK Author Expo Keller Williams Event Center Largo Maryland Be a part of this community gathering and vendor marketplace celebrating African American authors and their works. The five-hour live book e...
Louisiana Book Festival
Louisiana Book Festival State Library of Louisiana and nearby locations Baton Rouge Louisiana The Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana is a free, world-class literary festiv...
Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards
Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Lincoln Theatre Washington District of Columbia Named for literary geniuses, Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, the Hurston/Wright Foundation was founded in 1990. Hurs...
West Virginia Book Festival
West Virginia Book Festival Charleston Civic Center Charleston West Virginia
The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair Seattle Center Exhibition Hall Seattle Washington
New York Comic Con
New York Comic Con Javitz Center New York New York “…if you’re a speculative fiction author (horror, fantasy, paranormal, urban fantasy, sci-fi, etc.) you should definitely go&rdquo...
Virginia Children’s Book Festival
Virginia Children’s Book Festival Longwood University, Farmville Farmville Virginia The Virginia Children’s Book Festival will bring together prominent children’s authors and illustrators ...
Black Authors & Readers Rock
Black Authors & Readers Rock Harborside Hotel Oxon Hill Maryland BARR is a two day literary conference that offers readers the opportunity to meet and mingle with new, emerging and nationally recogniz...
Literary Hill BookFest
Literary Hill BookFest Washington District of Columbia Meet some of your favorite authors of fiction, history, memior, poetry, children's literature, politics, mystery and more.
York Book Expo
York Book Expo Wisehaven Event Center York Pennsylvania There’s something for all ages to experience at York Book Expo. You will be able to buy books from more than 100 authors, and have them pe...
James Baldwin Festival of Words
James Baldwin Festival of Words Chattanooga Theatre Centre Chattanooga Tennessee A celebration of Black literary excellence taking place in Chattanooga, TN. This new festival features a Black author m...
Comic-Con International
Comic-Con International San Diego Convention Center San Diego California Comic arts conference, anime, and fim screening .
South Florida Book Festival
South Florida Book Festival African-American Research Library and Cultural Center Fort Lauderdale Florida
Romance Slam Jam Convention
Romance Slam Jam Convention Virtual Held in a different city each year, the Romance Slam Jam convention is an annual book lovers’ event for black authors of romantic fiction and the book lover...
Istanbul International Literature Festival
Istanbul International Literature Festival Istanbul Turkey Festival that focuses on veriety of genres, bring together wruters and publishers, critics and journlist for inspirational encounters.
Burlington County Book Festival
Burlington County Book Festival Burlington County Library Westampton New Jersey Explore the world of literature at our Burlington County Book Festival! During the festival, BCLS will present dozens of...
The Palestine Festival of Literature
The Palestine Festival of Literature Ramallah Palestine Read An Open Letter from Participants in the Palestine Festival of Literature Ta-Nehisi Coates, Molly Crabapple, Natalie Diaz, Maaza Mengiste,...
Anime Central
Anime Central Donald E. Stephens Convetion Center & Hyatt Regency O'Hare Rosemont Illinois Cosplay gathering and exhibition.
Biographers International Organization Annual Conference
Biographers International Organization Annual Conference CUNY Graduate Center New York New York Mentor and advise attendees on a wide variesty of topics related to marketing biography
Thessaloniki Book Fair
Thessaloniki Book Fair The Helexpo Exhibition center Thessaloniki Greece Thessaloniki International Book Fair will feature an expanded cultural events including themed highlights, book presentations, ...
The Bocas Lit Fest
The Bocas Lit Fest Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago Boca is the Spanish word for mouth — the organ of speech and song and storytelling. And the Bocas del Dragón — the Dragon’s...
The Southern Literary Festival
The Southern Literary Festival The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Fort Smith Arkansas The Southern Literary Festival is an organization of southern colleges and schools founded in 1937 to promote...
Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair
Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands The second annual Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair was held in April of ...
Fan Expo Cleveland
Fan Expo Cleveland Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland Cleveland Ohio Experiencing the ultimate playground for Comics, Sci-Fi, Horror, Anime and Gaming.
Color of Children’s Literature Conference
Color of Children’s Literature Conference New York New York Kweli’s Color of Children’s Literature Conference is the nation’s first and largest conference for BIPOC creators of chil...
Bangkok International Book Fair
Bangkok International Book Fair Queen Sirikit National Convention Center Bangkok Thailand Bookfair for internattional publishers
Lahore International Book Fair
Lahore International Book Fair Expo Center, Johar Town Lahore Pakistan Offers one-of-a-kind experience for attendees, allowing them to connect with local and international authors, purchase books and ...
Black Book Expo: A Conscious Literary Festival
Black Book Expo: A Conscious Literary Festival Elegba Folklore Society’s Cultural Center Richmond Virginia The Black Book Expo, A Conscious Literary Festival is a vast display of literature is f...