Monday, March 27, 2017

Writers' Conferences & Book Festivals, 2017

APRIL

Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair || St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
April 2017 – Dates to be Announced

Ohioana Book Festival || Columbus, Ohio
Saturday, April 8, 2017

San Antonio Book Festival || San Antonio, Texas
Saturday, April 8, 2017

Annapolis Book Festival || Annapolis, Maryland
Saturday, April 8, 2017

Southern Kentucky Bookfest || Bowling Green, Kentucky
Friday, April 21, 2017 to Saturday, April 22, 2017

Bethesda Literary Festival || Bethesda, Maryland
Friday, April 21, 2017 to Sunday, April 23, 2017

Alabama Book Festival || Montgomery, Alabama
Saturday, April 22, 2017

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books || Los Angeles, California
Saturday, April 22, 2017 to Sunday, April 23, 2017

The Bocas Lit Fest || Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 to Sunday, April 30, 2017

Arkansas Literary Festival || Little Rock, Arkansas
Thursday, April 27, 2017 to Sunday, April 30, 2017

Newburyport Literary Festival || Newburyport, Massachusetts
Friday, April 28, 2017 to Saturday, April 29, 2017

Dayton Book Expo || Dayton, Ohio
Saturday, April 29, 2017

Dallas Book Festival || Dallas, Texas
Saturday, April 29, 2017

The Sistahs On Lit Book Festival || Sliver Spring, Maryland
Sunday, April 30, 2017

MAY

PEN World Voices Festival || New York, New York
Monday, May 1, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017

RT Booklovers Convention || Atlanta, Georgia
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017

Greater St. Louis Book Fair || St. Louis, Missouri
Thursday, May 4, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017

The Festival of Literary Diversity || Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Thursday, May 4, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017

The Bronx Book Fair || Bronx, New York
Saturday, May 6, 2017

Anguilla Literary Festival || Venue TBD, Anguilla
Thursday, May 18, 2017 to Sunday, May 21, 2017

Gaithersburg Book Festival || Gaithersburg, Maryland
Saturday, May 20, 2017

Books in Bloom Literary Festival || Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Queens Book Festival || Queens, New York
Saturday, May 27, 2017 to Sunday, May 28, 2017

Book Expo America || New York, New York
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 to Friday, June 2, 2017

JUNE

BookCon || New York, New York
Saturday, June 3, 2017 to Sunday, June 4, 2017

Bay Area Book Festival || Berkeley, California
Saturday, June 3, 2017

Printers Row Lit Fest || Chicago, Illinois
Saturday, June 10, 2017 to Sunday, June 11, 2017

Ann Arbor Book Festival || Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thursday, June 15, 2017 to Saturday, June 17, 2017

American Library Association Conference || Chicago, Illinois
Thursday, June 22, 2017 to Tuesday, June 27, 2017

JULY

Community Book Center Homefest || New Orleans, Louisiana
July 2017 – Dates to be Announced

National Book Club Conference || Atlanta, Georgia
Friday, July 28, 2017 to Sunday, July 30, 2017

AUGUST

Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair || Denver, Colorado
Friday, August 4, 2017 to Saturday, August 5, 2017

Leimert Park Village Book Fair || Los Angeles, California
Saturday, August 19, 2017

Mississippi Book Festival || Jackson, Mississippi
Saturday, August 19, 2017

Onyxcon || Atlanta, Georgia
Saturday, August 26, 2017 to Sunday, August 27, 2017

SEPTEMBER

Utah Humanities Council Book Festival || Salt Lake City, Utah
September 2017 – Dates to be Announced

Burlington Book Festival || Burlington, Vermont
September 2017 – Dates to be Announced

AJC Decatur Book Festival || Decatur, Georgia
Friday, September 1, 2017 to Sunday, September 3, 2017

Library of Congress National Book Festival || Washington, DC
Saturday, September 2, 2017

Hobart Festival of Women Writers || Hobart, New York
Friday, September 8, 2017 to Sunday, September 10, 2017

BWABC Literacy Festival || Memphis , Tennessee
Friday, September 15, 2017 to Saturday, September 16, 2017

Brooklyn Book Festival || Brooklyn, New York
Sunday, September 17, 2017

Baltimore Book Festival || Baltimore, Maryland
Friday, September 22, 2017 to Sunday, September 24, 2017

Jaipur Literature Festival || Boulder, Colorado
Saturday, September 23, 2017

OCTOBER

Fall for the Book || Fairfax, Virginia
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017

Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Ceremony || Washington, DC
October 2017 – Dates to be Announced

Ashland Literary Festival || Ashland, Oregon
October 2017 – Dates to be Announced

SCIBA Trade Show || North Hollywood, California
October 2017 – Dates to be Announced

Alaska Book Week || Statewide, Alaska
Sunday, October 1, 2017 to Saturday, October 7, 2017

New York Comic Con || New York, New York
Thursday, October 5, 2017 to Sunday, October 8, 2017

High Desert Book Festival || Victorville, California
Saturday, October 7, 2017

Brattleboro Literary Festival || Brattleboro, Vermont
Thursday, October 12, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017

Fort Worth BookFest || Fort Worth, Texas
Thursday, October 12, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017

The Cavalcade of Authors || Chicago, Illinois
Friday, October 13, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017

Black Authors & Readers Rock Weekend || Bowie, Maryland
Friday, October 13, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017

Twin Cities Book Festival || Minneapolis, Minnesota
Friday, October 13, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017

Vancouver Writers Fest || Vancouver, Canada
Monday, October 16, 2017 to Sunday, October 22, 2017

International Festival of Authors || Toronto, Canada
Thursday, October 19, 2017 to Friday, October 20, 2017

National Black Book Festival || Houston, Texas
Thursday, October 26, 2017 to Saturday, October 28, 2017

Vegas Valley Book Festival || Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday, October 21, 2017

West Virginia Book Festival || Charleston, West Virginia
Friday, October 27, 2017 to Saturday, October 28, 2017

Louisiana Book Festival || Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Saturday, October 28, 2017

Boston Book Festival || Boston, Massachusetts
Saturday, October 28, 2017

Books by the Banks || Cincinnati, Ohio
Saturday, October 28, 2017

NOVEMBER

Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading || St. Petersburg, Florida
November 2017 – Dates to be Announced

Wisconsin Book Festival || Madison, Wisconsin
Thursday, November 2, 2017 to Sunday, November 5, 2017

Kentucky Book Fair || Frankfort, Kentucky
Friday, November 10, 2017 to Saturday, November 11, 2017

Wordstock: Portland’s Book Festival || Portland, Oregon
Saturday, November 11, 2017

Bluffton Book Festival || Bluffton, South Carolina
Friday, November 17, 2017 to Saturday, November 18, 2017

Miami Book Fair International || Miami, Florida
Saturday, November 18, 2017 to Sunday, November 19, 2017

Mosaic Literary Conference || Bronx, New York
Saturday, November 18, 2017

DECEMBER

Magical Mirrors Book Fair || Washington, DC
December 2017 – Dates to be Announced