Book Festivals
Book festivals are a wonderful way to hear about a wide range of books and meet a large number of authors. These events take place across the country throughout the year. Our goal here is to present as comprehensive a list as possible about these events.
Any festivals you don’t see on this list? Let us know! Email [email protected] with the name of the festival, its dates and location, and a link to its official website.
May 2024
Santa Fe, NM: Santa Fe Literary Festival
Dates: May 17-19
Website: https://www.sfliteraryfestival.org
Gaithersburg, MD: Gaithersburg Book Festival
Date: May 18
Website: https://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org
Crested Butte, CO: Mountain Words Literary Festival
Dates: May 23-26
Website: https://www.gvlf.org
New York, NY: ThrillerFest
Dates: May 28 - June 1
Website: https://thrillerfest.com
San Diego, CA: StokerCon
Dates: May 30 - June 2
Website: https://www.stokercon2024.com
June 2024
Berkeley, CA: Bay Area Book Festival
Dates: June 1-2
Website: https://www.baybookfest.org
Bronx, NY: The Bronx Book Festival
Dates: June 5-9
Website: https://www.thebronxisreading.com
Washington, DC: The Imaginarium Book Festival
Dates: June 7-8
Website: https://www.imaginariumbookfestival.com
Hobart, NY: Hobart Festival of Women Writers
Dates: June 7-9
Website: https://www.hobartfestivalofwomenwriters.com
Denver, CO: Lit Fest
Dates: June 7-14
Website: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/events/lit-fest
Grapevine, TX: Book Bonanza
Dates: June 13-15
Website: https://bookbonanzaevent.com
Nantucket, MA: Nantucket Book Festival
Dates: June 13-16
Website: https://nantucketbookfestival.org
New York, NY: Schomburg Center Literary Festival
Date: June 15
Website: https://www.schomburgcenterlitfest.org
Portland, OR: The Freadom Festival
Dates: June 15-16
Website: https://www.freadomfestival.com
Harrogate, TN: Mountain Heritage Literary Festival
Dates: June 21-22
Website: https://www.lmunet.edu/community/mountain-heritage-literary-festival
Woodstock, VT: Bookstock Literary Festival
Dates: June 21-23
Website: https://bookstockvt.org
Narrowsburg, NY: Deep Water Literary Festival
Dates: June 21-23
Website: https://deepwaterfestival.com
Easton, MD: Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival
Date: June 22
Website: https://chesapeakechildrensbookfestival.com
San Diego, CA: ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Dates: June 27 - July 2
Website: https://2024.alaannual.org
Austin, TX: Austin African-American Book Festival
Date: June 29
Website: https://www.aaabookfest.org
July 2024
Virtual Event: RSJ Virtual Romance Book Con
Dates: July 11-13
Website: https://rsjconvention.com
Quincy, MA: Readercon
Dates: July 11-14
Website: https://readercon.org
Payson, AZ: Payson Book Festival
Date: July 13
Website: https://paysonbookfestival.org
Columbus, OH: Columbus Book Festival
Dates: July 13-14
Website: https://www.columbusbookfestival.org
Detroit, MI: Detroit Festival of Books
Date: July 21
Website: https://detroitbookfest.com
San Diego, CA: San Diego Comic-Con
Dates: July 25-28
Website: https://www.comic-con.org
August 2024
Lewisburg, WV: Lewisburg Literary Festival
Dates: August 2-3
Website: http://www.lewisburgliteraryfestival.com
East Hampton, NY: East Hampton Library's Authors Night
Date: August 10
Website: https://authorsnight.org
Lake Placid, NY: The Adirondack Family Book Festival
Date: August 17
Website: https://adirondackfamilybookfestival.wordpress.com
Washington, DC: National Book Festival
Date: August 24
Website: https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-book-festival/about-this-program
Nashville, TN: Boucheron
Dates: August 28 - September 1
Website: https://www.bouchercon2024.com
September 2024
Burnsville, NC: Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
Dates: September 5-7
Website: http://cmlitfest.org
Chicago, IL: Printers Row Lit Fest
Dates: September 7-8
Website: https://printersrowlitfest.org
Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Kids Book Festival
Date: September 8
Website: https://www.lakidsbookfestival.com
Harlem, NY: Harlem Book Fair
Date: September 14
Website: https://www.harlembookfair.com
Jackson, MS: Mississippi Book Festival
Date: September 14
Website: https://msbookfestival.com
Dahlonega, GA: North Georgia Regional Book Fair
Date: September 14
Website: https://www.literaryfestival.org/fall-book-fair
Brookings, SD: South Dakota Festival of Books
Dates: September 20-22
Website: https://sdhumanities.org/festival-of-books
Lancaster, PA: Books Books Books Event
Date: September 21
Website: bit.ly/BooksBooksBooksGroup
Ebensburg, PA: Festival of Books in the Alleghenies
Date: September 21
Website: https://festivalofbooks.org
Kansas City, MO: LitUp Festival
Date: September 21
Website: https://www.mymcpl.org/events/litup
Bowling Green, KY: Southern Kentucky Book Fest
Date: September 21
Website: https://sokybookfest.org
Costa Mesa, CA: Orange County Children’s Book Festival
Date: September 22
Website: https://kidsbookfestival.com
Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Book Festival
Dates: September 22-30
Website: https://www.brooklynbookfestival.org
Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Book Festival
Dates: September 26-28
Website: https://www.provincetownbookfestival.org
St. Petersburg, FL: Sleuthfest
Dates: September 26-29
Website: https://sleuthfest.com
Wausau, WI: Central Wisconsin Book Festival
Dates: September 27-29
Website: https://mcpl.us/cwbf
Harbor Springs, MI: Harbor Springs Festival of the Book
Dates: September 27-29
Website: https://www.hsfotb.org
Lewes, DE: History Book Festival
Dates: September 27-29
Website: https://www.historybookfestival.org
Winston-Salem, NC: Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors
Date: September 28
Website: https://www.bookmarksnc.org/festival
Chappaqua, NY: Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival
Date: September 28
Website: https://ccbfestival.org
Rockville, MD: F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival
Date: September 28
Website: https://www.fscottfestival.org
Topeka, KS: Kansas Book Festival
Date: September 28
Website: https://www.kansasbookfestival.com
October 2024
Decatur, GA: Decatur Book Festival
Dates: October 4-5
Website: https://decaturbookfestival.com
Marlborough, MA: Fall in Love with New England
Dates: October 4-5
Website: https://www.fallinlovenewengland.com
Boerne, TX: Boerne Book Festival
Date: October 5
Website: https://www.boernebookfest.com
Collingswood, NJ: Collingswood Book Festival
Date: October 5
Website: https://www.collingswoodbookfestival.com
Mankato, MN: Deep Valley Book Festival
Date: October 5
Website: https://www.deepvalleybookfestival.com
Princeton, NJ: Princeton Children's Book Festival
Date: October 5
Website: https://princetonlibrary.org/childrens-book-festival
Honolulu, HI: Hawai'i Book & Music Festival
Dates: October 5-6
Website: https://hawaiibookandmusicfestival.com
Saratoga Springs, NY: Saratoga Book Festival
Dates: October 5-6
Website: https://saratogabookfestival.org
San Francisco, CA: Litquake
Dates: October 10-26
Website: https://www.litquake.org
Kansas City, MO: Heartland Book Festival
Date: October 12
Website: https://www.heartlandbookfest.org
Fairfax, VA: Fall for the Book
Dates: October 12, 16-18
Website: https://fallforthebook.org
Fredericksburg, VA: Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival
Date: October 12
Website: https://www.fredbookfest.com
Golden, CO: Rocky Mountain Literary Festival
Date: October 12
Website: https://www.rockymountainliteraryfestival.org
Saint Paul, MN: Twin Cities Book Festival
Date: October 12
Website: https://twincitiesbookfestival.com
Warwick, NY: Warwick Children's Book Festival
Date: October 12
Website: https://www.warwickchildrensbookfestival.org
Iowa City, IA: Iowa City Book Festival
Dates: October 14-20
Website: https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/icbf
Farmville, VA:Virginia Children’s Book Festival
Dates: October 16-18
Website: http://vachildrensbookfestival.org
Houston, TX: National Black Book Festival
Dates: October 17-19
Website: http://www.nationalblackbookfestival.com
New York, NY: New York Comic Con
Dates: October 17-20
Website: https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com
Madison, WI: Wisconsin Book Festival
Dates: October 17-20
Website: https://www.wisconsinbookfestival.org
Louisville, KY: Louisville Book Festival
Dates: October 18-19
Website: https://www.louisvillebookfestival.com
Morristown, NJ: Morristown Festival of Books
Dates: October 18-19
Website: https://morristownbooks.org
Brattleboro, VT: Brattleboro Literary Festival
Dates: October 18-20
Website: https://brattleborolitfest.org
Scottsdale, AZ: Desert Foothills Book Festival
Date: October 19
Website: https://desertfoothillsbookfestival.com
Des Moines, IA: DSM Book Festival
Date: October 19
Website: https://beaverdalebooks.com/dsm-book-festival
Las Vegas, NV: Las Vegas Book Festival
Date: October 19
Website: https://lasvegasbookfestival.com
Maplewood, NJ: Maplewood South-Orange Book Festival
Date: October 20
Website: https://www.mapsobookfest.org
Boston, MA: Boston Book Festival
Date: October 26
Website: https://bostonbookfest.org
Nashville, TN: Southern Festival of Books
Dates: October 26-27
Website: https://www.sofestofbooks.org
McAllen, TX: South Texas Book Festival
Dates: October 29 – November 2
Website: https://southtexasbookfestival.com
November 2024
Charleston, SC: Charleston Literary Festival
Dates: November 1-10
Website: https://www.charlestonliteraryfestival.com
Lexington, KY: Kentucky Book Festival
Date: November 2
Website: https://kybookfestival.org
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Book Festival
Date: November 2
Website: http://www.louisianabookfestival.org
Portland, OR: Portland Book Festival
Date: November 2
Website: https://literary-arts.org/about/programs/portland-book-festival
Ann Arbor, MI: A2 Community Bookfest
Date: November 3
Website: https://www.ktbookfest.org
St. Louis, MO: St. Louis Jewish Book Festival
Dates: November 3-17
Website: https://jccstl.com/arts-ideas/st-louis-jewish-book-festival
Twentynine Palms, CA: The Twentynine Palms Book Festival
Dates: November 8-9
Website: https://www.29pbf.com
Cincinnati, OH: Books by the Banks
Date: November 16
Website: https://booksbythebanks.org
Austin, TX: Texas Book Festival
Dates: November 16-17
Website: https://www.texasbookfestival.org
Miami, FL: Miami Book Fair
Dates: November 17-24
Website: https://www.miamibookfair.com
January 2025
Gainesville, FL: Sunshine State Book Festival
Dates: January 31 – February 1
Website: https://www.sunshinestatebookfestival.com
February 2025
Savannah, GA: Savannah Book Festival
Dates: February 6-9
Website: https://www.savannahbookfestival.org
Corpus Christi, TX: Teen Bookfest by the Bay
Date: February 22
Website: https://teensread.org
March 2025
Dahlonega, GA: Dahlonega Literary Festival
Date: March 1
Website: https://www.literaryfestival.org
Sevierville, TN: Rose Glen Literary Festival
Date: March 1
Website: https://www.roseglenfestival.com
Fort Myers, FL: Southwest Florida Reading Festival
Date: March 1
Website: http://readfest.org
Redlands, CA: Children's Literature Festival
Dates: March 7-8
Website: https://sites.redlands.edu/childrens-literature-festival
Denver, CO: Left Coast Crime
Dates: March 13-16
Website: https://leftcoastcrime.org
Rossford, OH: Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival
Date: March 15
Website: https://nwoteenbookfest.com
Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Festival of Women Authors
Date: March 22
Website: https://pasadenaliteraryalliance.org/pasadena-festival-of-women-authors
Los Angeles, CA: AWP Conference & Bookfair
Dates: March 26-29
Website: https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference
New Orleans, LA:Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival
Dates: March 26-30
Website: https://www.tennesseewilliams.net
New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
Dates: March 27-29
Website: https://bookfest.tulane.edu
April 2025
New York, NY: New York International Antiquarian Book Fair
Dates: April 3-6
Website: https://www.nyantiquarianbookfair.com
Spokane, WA: Get Lit! Festival
Dates: April 10-13
Website: https://inside.ewu.edu/getlit
