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 Tom@bookreporter.com with the name of the festival, its dates and location, and a link to its official website.
October 2018
Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Book Festival
Dates: October 11-14
Website: https://www.hbgbookfest.com/
Burlington, VT: Burlington Book Festival
Dates: October 12-14
Website: http://burlingtonbookfestival.com/
Morristown, NJ: Morristown Festival of Books
Dates: October 12-13
Website: http://morristownbooks.org/
Boston, MA: Boston Book Festival
Date: October 13
Website: https://bostonbookfest.org/
Bucks County, PA: Bucks County Book Festival
Dates: October 13-14
Website: https://www.bucksbookfest.org/
Greenville, SC: Read Up, Greenville
Date: October 20
Website: http://readupgreenville.com/
Austin, TX: Texas Book Festival
Dates: October 27-28
Website: http://www.texasbookfestival.org/
November 2018
Beaufort, SC: Pat Conroy Literary Festival
Dates: November 1-4
Website: http://patconroyliteraryfestival.org
Storrs, CT: Connecticut Children's Book Fair
Dates: November 3-4
Website: http://bookfair.uconn.edu/
Buffalo, NY: WNY Children’s Book Expo
Date: November 10
Website: http://www.monkeysread.com/wnycbe-home
Portland, OR: Portland Book Festival
Date: November 10
Website: http://www.literary-arts.org/what-we-do/wordstock/
Miami, FL: Miami Book Fair
Dates: November 11-18
Website: https://www.miamibookfair.com/
Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Book Fair
Date: November 17
Website: https://www.kyhumanities.org/kentuckybookfair.html
February 2019
Amelia Island, FL: Amelia Island Book Festival
Dates: February 14-16
Website: http://www.ameliaislandbookfestival.org/
Savannah, GA: Savannah Book Festival
Dates: February 14-17
Website: http://www.savannahbookfestival.org
Detroit, MI: Detroit Book City African-American Family Book Expo 2019
Date: February 24
Website: http://www.detroitbookcity.com/expo-2019
March 2019
Palm Beach, FL: Palm Beach Book Festival
Dates: March 14-16
Website: http://www.palmbeachbookfestival.com/
Charlottesville, VA: Virginia Festival of the Book
Dates: March 20-24
Website: http://www.vabook.org/index.html/
Portland, OR: AWP Conference & Bookfair
Dates: March 27-30
Website: https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference
New Orleans, LA: Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
Dates: March 27-31
Website: http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/
