Book Festivals

July 2026

San Diego, CA: San Diego Comic-Con
Dates: July 23-26
Website: https://www.comic-con.org

Atlanta, GA: National Book Club Conference
Dates: July 31 – August 2
Website: https://nationalbookclubconference.com

August 2026

Sag Harbor, NY: Black Authors Festival
Date: August 1
Website: https://www.blackauthorsfestival.com

Alcoa, TN: Rockin' Romance Readers
Date: August 1
Website: https://rockinromancereaders.com

Lewisburg, WV: Lewisburg Literary Festival
Dates: August 7-8
Website: http://www.lewisburgliteraryfestival.com

Virtual Event: Margins Book Festival
Dates: August 7-9
Website: https://www.thewordfordiversity.org/margins

East Hampton, NY: East Hampton Library's Authors Night
Date: August 8
Website: https://authorsnight.org

Grove City, OH: Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo
Date: August 8
Website: https://www.midohioindies.com

Gulfport, MS: Mississippi Gulf Coast Book Festival
Date: August 8
Website: https://www.coastalmississippi.com/events/mississippi-gulf-coast-book-festival

Lake Placid, NY: The Adirondack Family Book Festival
Date: August 15
Website: https://adirondackfamilybookfestival.com

West Hollywood, CA: Los Angeles Kids Book Festival
Date: August 22
Website: https://www.lakidsbookfestival.com

Lubbock, TX: Lubbock Book Festival
Date: August 22
Website: https://www.lubbockbookfest.com

Washington, DC: National Book Festival
Date: August 22
Website: https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-book-festival/about-this-program

Harlem, NY: Harlem Book Fair
Date: August 29
Website: https://www.harlembookfair.com

September 2026

Burnsville, NC: Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
Dates: September 10-12
Website: http://cmlitfest.net

Starke County, IN: Beyond the Book Festival
Date: September 12
Website: https://scpls.org/beyond-the-book

Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Book Festival
Dates: September 12-13
Website: https://baltimore.org/event/baltimore-book-festival-2/

Chicago, IL: Printers Row Lit Fest
Dates: September 12-13
Website: https://printersrowlitfest.org

Kansas City, MO: LitUp Festival
Date: September 19
Website: https://www.mymcpl.org/events/litup

Red Wing, MN: Minnesota Children’s Book Festival
Date: September 19
Website: https://www.andersoncenter.org/bookfest

Costa Mesa, CA: Orange County Children’s Book Festival
Date: September 20
Website: https://kidsbookfestival.com

Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Book Festival
Dates: September 20-28
Website: https://www.brooklynbookfestival.org

Wausau, WI: Central Wisconsin Book Festival
Dates: September 24-26
Website: https://mcpl.us/cwbf

Winston-Salem, NC: Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors
Dates: September 24-27
Website: https://www.bookmarksnc.org/festival

Harbor Springs, MI: Harbor Springs Festival of the Book
Dates: September 25-27
Website: https://www.hsfotb.org

Lewes, DE: History Book Festival
Dates: September 25-27
Website: https://www.historybookfestival.org

Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Book Festival
Dates: September 25-27
Website: https://www.provincetownbookfestival.org

New Orleans, LA: Faulkner for All!
Dates: September 25-28
Website: https://faulknersociety.org/faulkner-for-all

Albany, NY: Albany Book Festival
Date: September 26
Website: https://www.albanybookfestival.com

Lancaster, PA: Books Books Books Event
Date: September 26
Website: https://booksbooksbooksevent.com

Chappaqua, NY: Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival
Date: September 26
Website: https://ccbfestival.org

Jackson, WY: Jackson Hole Book Festival
Date: September 26
Website: https://jacksonholebookfestival.org

Topeka, KS: Kansas Book Festival
Date: September 26
Website: https://www.kansasbookfestival.com

Jackson, MS: Mississippi Book Festival
Date: September 26
Website: https://msbookfestival.com

Little Rock, AR: Six Bridges Book Festival
Dates: September 27 – October 4
Website: https://cals.org/six-bridges-book-festival

October 2026

Decatur, GA: Decatur Book Festival
Dates: October 2-3
Website: https://decaturbookfestival.com

Kansas City, MO: Heartland Book Festival
Dates: October 2-3
Website: https://www.heartlandbookfest.org

Saratoga Springs, NY: Saratoga Book Festival
Dates: October 2-4
Website: https://saratogabookfestival.org

Boerne, TX: Boerne Book Festival
Date: October 3
Website: https://www.boernebookfest.com

Collingswood, NJ: Collingswood Book Festival
Date: October 3
Website: https://www.collingswoodbookfestival.com

Mankato, MN: Deep Valley Book Festival
Date: October 3
Website: https://www.deepvalleybookfestival.com

Edwardsville, IL: Edwardsville Book Festival
Date: October 3
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/112-s-kansas-st-edwardsville-il-united-states-illinois-62025/edwardsville-book-festival/2437404003371204

Fredericksburg, VA: Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival
Date: October 3
Website: https://www.fredbookfest.com

Sioux Falls, SD: South Dakota Festival of Books
Date: October 3
Website: https://sdhumanities.org/festival-of-books

Fairfax, VA: Fall for the Book
Dates: October 6-10
Website: https://fallforthebook.org

New York, NY: New York Comic Con
Dates: October 8-11
Website: https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com

San Francisco, CA: Litquake
Dates: October 8-24
Website: https://www.litquake.org

Morristown, NJ: Morristown Festival of Books
Dates: October 9-10
Website: https://morristownbooks.org

Lander, WY: Bookmarked Literary Arts Festival
Dates: October 9-11
Website: https://bookmarkedliteraryarts.com

Warwick, NY: Warwick Children's Book Festival
Date: October 11
Website: https://www.warwickchildrensbookfestival.org

Easton, PA: Easton Book Festival
Dates: October 12-18
Website: https://eastonbookfestival.com

Farmville, VA: Virginia Children’s Book Festival
Dates: October 14-16
Website: http://vachildrensbookfestival.org

Madison, WI: Wisconsin Book Festival
Dates: October 15-18
Website: https://www.wisconsinbookfestival.org

Brattleboro, VT: Brattleboro Literary Festival
Dates: October 16-18
Website: https://brattleborolitfest.org

Boston, MA: Boston Book Festival
Date: October 17
Website: https://bostonbookfest.org

Scottsdale, AZ: Desert Foothills Book Festival
Date: October 17
Website: https://desertfoothillsbookfestival.com

Greer, SC: Fall Book Festival
Date: October 17
Website: https://www.creativeslingersofink.com/fall-book-festival

Las Vegas, NV: Las Vegas Book Festival
Date: October 17
Website: https://lasvegasbookfestival.com

Nashville, TN: Southern Festival of Books
Dates: October 17-18
Website: https://www.sofestofbooks.org

Eau Claire, WI: Chippewa Valley Book Festival
Dates: October 19-24
Website: https://www.cvbookfest.org

Iowa City, IA: Iowa City Book Festival
Dates: October 19-25
Website: https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/icbf

Houston, TX: National Black Book Festival
Dates: October 22-24
Website: http://www.nationalblackbookfestival.com

Marlborough, MA: Fall in Love New England
Dates: October 23-25
Website: https://www.fallinlovenewengland.com

Beaufort, SC: Pat Conroy Literary Festival
Dates: October 23-25
Website: https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/festival

Louisville, KY: Louisville Book Festival
Date: October 24
Website: https://www.louisvillebookfestival.com

Charleston, WV: West Virginia Book Festival
Date: October 24
Website: http://wvbookfestival.org

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Book Festival
Date: October 31
Website: http://www.louisianabookfestival.org

November 2026

Dunwoody, GA: Book Festival of the MJCCA
Dates: November 1-22
Website: https://www.atlantajcc.org/our-programs/arts-authors/book-festival

Charleston, SC: Charleston Literary Festival
Dates: November 6-15
Website: https://www.charlestonliteraryfestival.com

Lexington, KY: Kentucky Book Festival
Date: November 7
Website: https://kybookfestival.org

Portland, OR: Portland Book Festival
Date: November 7
Website: https://literary-arts.org/about/programs/portland-book-festival

Rochester, NY: Rochester Children’s Book Festival
Date: November 7
Website: https://www.rcbfestival.com

Saint Paul, MN: Twin Cities Book Festival
Date: November 7
Website: https://twincitiesbookfestival.com

Charleston, SC: YALLFest Book Festival
Dates: November 13-14
Website: https://yallfest.org

Twentynine Palms, CA: The Twentynine Palms Book Festival
Dates: November 13-15
Website: https://www.29pbf.com

Cincinnati, OH: Books by the Banks Cincinnati Regional Book Festival
Date: November 14
Website: https://booksbythebanks.org

Austin, TX: Texas Book Festival
Dates: November 14-15
Website: https://www.texasbookfestival.org

Ann Arbor, MI: A2 Community Bookfest
Date: November 15
Website: https://aadl.org/bookfest

Miami, FL: Miami Book Fair
Dates: November 15-22
Website: https://www.miamibookfair.com

Nashville, TN: WriterFest Nashville
Dates: November 20-21
Website: https://www.writerfestnashville.com

January 2027

Albuquerque, NM: Albuquerque Comic Con
Dates: January 15-17
Website: https://albuquerquecomiccon.com

Gainesville, FL: Sunshine State Book Festival
Date: January 23
Website: https://www.sunshinestatebookfestival.com

February 2027

Savannah, GA: Savannah Book Festival
Dates: February 4-7
Website: https://www.savannahbookfestival.org

Philadelphia, PA: The African American Children’s Book Fair
Date: February 6
Website: https://theafricanamericanchildrensbookproject.org

Kansas City, MO: Flirty in Kansas City
Date: February 6
Website: https://anytimeauthorpromotionsevents.com/flirty-in-kansas-city

Decatur, GA: Love Y'all Romance Book Fest
Dates: February 12-14
Website: https://www.loveyallfest.com

Honolulu, HI: Oahu Indie Book Festival
Date: February 20
Website: https://sites.google.com/casskim.com/oahu-indie-book-festival

Monroeville, AL: Monroeville Literary Festival
Dates: February 25-27
Website: https://www.monroevilleliteraryfestival.com

Fernandina Beach, FL: Amelia Island Book Festival
Date: February 27
Website: https://www.ameliaislandbookfestival.org

Sevierville, TN: Appalachian WordFest
Date: February 27
Website: https://appalachianwordfest.com

Williamsburg, VA: Williamsburg Book Festival
Date: February 27
Website: https://www.williamsburgbookfestival.org

March 2027

Redlands, CA: Charlotte S. Huck Children's Literature Festival
Dates: March 5-6
Website: https://sites.redlands.edu/childrens-literature-festival

Fort Myers, FL: Southwest Florida Reading Festival
Date: March 6
Website: http://readfest.org

New Orleans, LA: The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
Dates: March 11-14
Website: https://bookfest.tulane.edu

Suffolk, VA: Suffolk Virginia Authors Festival
Date: March 13
Website: https://www.suffolkvaauthorsfestival.com

Tucson, AZ: Tucson Festival of Books
Dates: March 13-14
Website: http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org

Chicago, IL: AWP Conference & Bookfair
Dates: March 17-20
Website: https://awpwriter.org/AWP/AWP/Conference-Bookfair/Overview.aspx

New Orleans, LA: Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival
Dates: March 17-21
Website: https://www.tennesseewilliams.net

Orlando, FL: Sleuthfest
Dates: March 18-21
Website: https://sleuthfest.com

Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Festival of Women Authors
Date: March 20
Website: https://pasadenaliteraryalliance.org/pasadena-festival-of-women-authors

SeaTac, WA: Norwescon
Dates: March 25-28
Website: https://www.norwescon.org

Anaheim, CA: WonderCon
Dates: March 26-28
Website: https://www.comic-con.org/wc

April 2027

Santa Fe, NM: Left Coast Crime
Dates: April 1-4
Website: https://leftcoastcrime.org/2027

Fort Collins, CO: Fort Collins Book Fest
Dates: April 9-11
Website: https://focobookfest.org

West Palm Beach, FL: BAM! Festival
Date: April 10
Website: https://www.bamwpb.org

Des Moines, IA: DSM Book Festival
Date: April 10
Website: https://beaverdalebooks.com/dsm-book-festival-2027

Greensboro, NC: Greensboro Bound Literary Festival
Date: April 10
Website: https://greensborobound.com/festival

San Antonio, TX: San Antonio Book Festival
Date: April 10
Website: https://sabookfestival.org

New York, NY: BookCon
Dates: April 10-11
Website: https://www.bookcon.com

Conyers, GA: Conyers Book Festival
Dates: April 10-11
Website: https://www.conyersbookfestival.org

East Hampton, NY: Hamptons Whodunit
Dates: April 15-18
Website: https://www.hamptonswhodunit.com

New York, NY: New York International Antiquarian Book Fair
Dates: April 15-18
Website: https://www.nyantiquarianbookfair.com

Columbia, MO: Unbound Book Festival
Dates: April 15-18
Website: https://www.unboundbookfestival.com

Chelsea, MI: Midwest Literary Walk
Date: April 17
Website: https://midwestliterarywalk.org

Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Dates: April 17-18
Website: https://www.latimes.com/events/festival-of-books

Newburyport, MA: Newburyport Literary Festival
Dates: April 23-25
Website: https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org

Tallahassee, FL: Word of South: A Festival of Literature & Music
Dates: April 23-25
Website: https://wordofsouthfestival.com

Sonoma, CA: Sonoma Valley Authors Festival
Dates: April 30 – May 2
Website: https://svauthorsfest.org

May 2027

Annapolis, MD: Annapolis Book Festival
Date: May 1
Website: https://www.keyschool.org/community/annapolis-book-festival

Columbia, NJ: A Day or Two of Wine, Romance, and More!
Dates: May 1-2
Website: https://www.adayofwineromanceandmore.com

Knoxville, TN: Knoxville Book Festival
Dates: May 1-2
Website: https://knoxvillebookfestival.com

Santa Fe, NM: Santa Fe Literary Festival
Dates: May 14-16
Website: https://www.sfinternationallitfest.org

Gaithersburg, MD: Gaithersburg Book Festival
Date: May 15
Website: https://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org

New Orleans, LA: Book Lovers Con
Dates: May 27-30
Website: https://www.bookloverscon.com

June 2027

Washington, DC: The Imaginarium Book Festival
Dates: June 4-5
Website: https://www.imaginariumbookfestival.com

Pittsburgh, PA: StokerCon
Dates: June 10-13
Website: https://www.stokercon.com

Denver, CO: Lit Fest
Dates: June 11-18
Website: https://lighthousewriters.org/lit-fest