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.
September 2023
Harbor Springs, MI: Harbor Springs Festival of the Book
Dates: September 22-24
Website: https://www.hsfotb.org
Deadwood, SD: South Dakota Festival of Books
Dates: September 22-24
Website: https://sdhumanities.org/festival-of-books
Winston-Salem, NC: Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors
Date: September 23
Website: https://www.bookmarksnc.org/festival
Lititz, PA: Books Books Books Event
Date: September 23
Website: bit.ly/BooksBooksBooksGroup
Harlem, NY: Harlem Book Fair
Date: September 23
Website: https://www.harlembookfair.com
Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Book Festival
Dates: September 24 - October 2
Website: https://www.brooklynbookfestival.org
Little Rock, AR: Six Bridges Book Festival
Dates: September 25 – October 1
Website: https://cals.org/six-bridges-book-festival
Maplewood, NJ: Maplewood South-Orange Book Festival
Dates: September 28 and October 1
Website: https://www.mapsobookfest.org
Doylestown, PA: Bucks County Book Festival
Dates: September 29-30
Website: https://www.bucksbookfest.org
Lewes, DE: History Book Festival
Dates: September 29 - October 1
Website: https://www.historybookfestival.org
Chappaqua, NY: Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival
Date: September 30
Website: https://ccbfestival.org
October 2023
Costa Mesa, CA: Orange County Children’s Book Festival
Date: October 1
Website: https://kidsbookfestival.com
Oxon Hill, MD: Black Authors & Readers Rock
Dates: October 6-7
Website: http://www.blackauthorsandreadersrock.com
Morristown, NJ: Morristown Festival of Books
Dates: October 6-7
Website: https://morristownbooks.org
Collingswood, NJ: Collingswood Book Festival
Date: October 7
Website: https://www.collingswoodbookfestival.com
Princeton, NJ: Princeton Children's Book Festival
Date: October 7
Website: https://princetonlibrary.org/childrens-book-festival
Warwick, NY: Warwick Children's Book Festival
Date: October 7
Website: https://www.warwickchildrensbookfestival.org
Farmville, VA: Virginia Children’s Book Festival
Dates: October 11-13
Website: http://vachildrensbookfestival.org
New York, NY: New York Comic Con
Dates: October 12-15
Website: https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com
Seattle, WA: Seattle Urban Book Expo
Dates: October 13-14
Website: https://subeseattle.com
Brattleboro, VT: Brattleboro Literary Festival
Dates: October 13-15
Website: https://brattleborolitfest.org
Saratoga Springs, NY: Saratoga Book Festival
Dates: October 13-15
Website: https://saratogabookfestival.org
Boston, MA: Boston Book Festival
Date: October 14
Website: https://bostonbookfest.org
Saint Paul, MN: Twin Cities Book Festival
Date: October 14
Website: https://twincitiesbookfestival.com
Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Book Festival
Dates: October 18-22
Website: https://www.hbgbookfest.com
Madison, WI: Wisconsin Book Festival
Dates: October 19-22
Website: https://www.wisconsinbookfestival.org
Marlborough, MA: Fall in Love with New England
Dates: October 20-21
Website: https://www.fallinlovenewengland.com
Nashville, TN: Southern Festival of Books
Dates: October 20-22
Website: https://www.sofestofbooks.org
Lexington, KY: Kentucky Book Festival
Date: October 21
Website: https://kybookfestival.org
Las Vegas, NV: Las Vegas Book Festival
Date: October 21
Website: https://lasvegasbookfestival.com
Independence, MO: LitUp Festival
Date: October 21
Website: https://www.mymcpl.org/events/litup
Charleston, WV: West Virginia Book Festival
Date: October 21
Website: http://wvbookfestival.org
Houston, TX: National Black Book Festival
Dates: October 26-28
Website: http://www.nationalblackbookfestival.com
Beaufort, SC: Pat Conroy Literary Festival
Dates: October 26-29
Website: https://patconroyliteraryfestival.org
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Book Festival
Date: October 28
Website: http://www.louisianabookfestival.org
November 2023
Charleston, SC: Charleston Literary Festival
Dates: November 3-12
Website: https://www.charlestonliteraryfestival.com
Cincinnati, OH: Books by the Banks
Date: November 4
Website: https://booksbythebanks.org
Portland, OR: Portland Book Festival
Date: November 4
Website: https://literary-arts.org/about/programs/portland-book-festival
New York, NY: New York Jewish Book Festival
Dates: November 9-19
Website: https://mjhnyc.org/new-york-jewish-book-festival
Louisville, KY: Louisville Book Festival
Dates: November 10-11
Website: https://www.louisvillebookfestival.com
Charleston, SC: YALLFest Book Festival
Dates: November 10-11
Website: https://yallfest.org
St. Petersburg, FL: Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading
Date: November 11
Website: https://www.tampabay.com/expos/festival-of-reading
Austin, TX: Texas Book Festival
Dates: November 11-12
Website: https://www.texasbookfestival.org
Miami, FL: Miami Book Fair
Dates: November 12-19
Website: https://www.miamibookfair.com
January 2024
Albuquerque, NM: Albuquerque Comic Con
Dates: January 19-21
Website: https://albuquerquecomiccon.com
Gainesville, FL: Sunshine State Book Festival
Dates: January 26-27
Website: https://www.sunshinestatebookfestival.com
February 2024
Kansas City, MO: AWP Conference & Bookfair
Dates: February 7-10
Website: https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference
Savannah, GA: Savannah Book Festival
Dates: February 15-18
Website: https://www.savannahbookfestival.org
Daytona Beach, FL: F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival
Dates: February 22-24
Website: https://freshbookfestivals.net
San Antonio, TX: San Antonio African American Book Festival
Date: February 24
Website: https://the-friends-of-carver-library.mailchimpsites.com/saaabf
Corpus Christi, TX: Teen Bookfest by the Bay
Date: February 24
Website: https://tbfbay.org
March 2024
Redlands, CA: Children's Literature Festival
Dates: March 1-2
Website: https://sites.redlands.edu/childrens-literature-festival
Fort Myers, FL: Southwest Florida Reading Festival
Date: March 2
Website: http://readfest.org
Long Beach, CA: Literary Festival of Women Authors
Date: March 9
Website: https://www.literarywomen.org
Rossford, OH: Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival
Date: March 9
Website: https://nwoteenbookfest.com
Tucson, AZ: Tucson Festival of Books
Dates: March 9-10
Website: http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org
New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
Dates: March 14-16
Website: https://bookfest.tulane.edu
Charlottesville, VA: Virginia Festival of the Book
Dates: March 20-24
Website: https://vabook.org
New Orleans, LA: Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival
Dates: March 20-25
Website: https://www.tennesseewilliams.net
April 2024
Oxford, MS: Oxford Conference for the Book
Dates: April 3-5
Website: https://oxfordconferenceforthebook.com
New York, NY: New York International Antiquarian Book Fair
Dates: April 4-7
Website: https://www.nyantiquarianbookfair.com
San Diego, CA: San Diego Writers Festival
Date: April 6
Website: https://sandiegowritersfestival.com
Hattiesburg, MS: Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival
Dates: April 10-12
Website: https://www.usm.edu/childrens-book-festival
East Hampton, NY: Hamptons Whodunit, also known as the Hamptons Mystery & Crime Festival
Dates: April 11-14
Website: https://www.hamptonswhodunit.com
Seattle, WA: Left Coast Crime
Dates: April 11-14
Website: https://leftcoastcrime.org
West Palm Beach, FL: BAM Festival
Date: April 13
Website: https://www.bamwpb.org
Spokane, WA: Get Lit! Festival
Date: April 13
Website: https://inside.ewu.edu/getlit
San Antonio, TX: San Antonio Book Festival
Date: April 13
Website: https://sabookfestival.org
Chelsea, MI: Midwest Literary Walk
Date: April 20
Website: https://midwestliterarywalk.org
Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Dates: April 20-21
Website: http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks
Irving, TX: North Texas Teen Book Festival
Dates: April 26-27
Website: http://www.northtexasteenbookfestival.com
Newburyport, MA: Newburyport Literary Festival
Dates: April 26-28
Website: https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org
Annapolis, MD: Annapolis Book Festival
Date: April 27
Website: https://www.keyschool.org/community/annapolis-book-festival
May 2024
Hudson, NY: Hudson Children's Book Festival
Date: May 4
Website: https://www.hudsonchildrensbookfestival.com
Montclair, NJ: Montclair Literary Festival
Date: May 4
Website: https://succeed2gether.org/montclair-literary-festival
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
June 2024
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
Grapevine, TX: Book Bonanza
Dates: June 13-15
Website: https://bookbonanzaevent.com
San Diego, CA: ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Dates: June 27 - July 2
Website: https://2024.alaannual.org
July 2024
Quincy, MA: Readercon
Dates: July 11-14
Website: https://readercon.org
San Diego, CA: San Diego Comic-Con
Dates: July 25-28
Website: https://www.comic-con.org
August 2024
Nashville, TN: Boucheron
Dates: August 28 - September 1
Website: https://www.bouchercon2024.com
