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2026
FESTIVALS, EXPOS, BOOK FAIRS, EVENTS,
AND OTHER VENDING OPPORTUNITIES​
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October 2026
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October 2 Sothern New Mexico Book Festival (LAS CRUCES, NM)
October 2-3 DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL (DECATUR, GA)
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OCTOBER 3 COLLINGSWOOD BOOK FESTIVAL (COLLINGSWOOD, NJ)
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OCTOBER 9–10 MORRISTOWN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS (MORRISTOWN, NJ)
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OCTOBER 15–18 WISCONSIN BOOK FESTIVAL (MADISON, WI)
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OCTOBER 16–18 BRATTLEBORO LITERARY FESTIVAL (BRATTLEBORO, VT)
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OCTOBER 17–18 SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS (NASHVILLE, TN)
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OCTOBER 17 BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL (BOSTON, MA)
OCTOBER 18 LAS VEGAS BOOK FESTIVAL (LAS VEGAS, NV)​
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October 21-25 Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
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OCTOBER 22–24 NATIONAL BLACK BOOK FESTIVAL (HOUSTON, TX)
OCTOBER 31 LOUISIANA BOOK FESTIVAL (BATON ROUGE, LA)
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November 2026
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November 6-15 Charleston Literary Festival (Charleston, SC)​
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November 7 Buckeye Book Fair (Wooster, OH)
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November 7 Rochester Children’s Book Festival (Rochester, NY)
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November 7 Twin Cities Book Festival (Falcon heights, MN)
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November 10 – 13, 2026 Author Nation
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November 14–15, 2026 Texas Book Festival (Austin, TX)
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November 7 BLK Author Expo Suitland 2026 — Creative Suitland Arts Center
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January 2027
Southern California Writers Conference (San Diego, CA): January 15-17, 2027
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Sunshine State Book Festival (Gainesville, FL): January 22-23, 2027
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February 2027​
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Wild and Windy New Orleans Book Event (New Orleans, LA): February 19-20, 2027
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March 2027
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New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University (New Orleans, LA): March 11-14, 2027
Midwest Bookish Fest (Minneapolis, MN): March 13, 2027
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April 2027
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Read Freely Fest (Columbia, SC): April 2-4, 2027
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New Orleans Poetry Festival (New Orleans, LA): April 15-18, 2027
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Los Angeles Time Festival of Books (Los Angeles, CA): April 17-18, 2027
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May 2027
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Missouri Book Festival (Washington, MO): May 1, 2027
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Wild & Windy Chicago Book Event (Chicago, IL): May 7-8, 2027
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Gaithersburg Book Festival (Gaithersburg, MA): May 15, 2027
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Mountain Words Festival (Crested Butte, CO): May 21-23, 2027
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June 2027
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Bay Area Book Festival (Berkeley, CA): June 4-6, 2027
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July 2027
Pages in the City (Homecoming Edition) (Queens, NY): July 23-24, 2027
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Kinfolk Lit Festival (Indianapolis, IN): July 23-24, 2027
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August 2027
Books Breath: Minneapolis (Minneapolis, MN): August 6-7, 2027
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September 2027
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St. George Smuttastic Book Fair (St. George, UT): September 11-12, 2027
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Dark Pages Book Festival (New Orleans, LA): September 24-25, 2027
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October 2027
Wild and Windy Vegas Book Event (Las Vegas, NV): October 29-30, 2027
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NoirKansas Black Apple Lit Fest (Little Rock, AR): October 22-24, 2027
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To Be Determined (TBD)
The following are events that have already occurred this year
or have been active within the last 2 years.
The last event date is listed for reference.
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September 2025
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Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
New Orleans, LA September 3-7, 2025
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Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 to Sunday, September 7, 2025 – New Orleans, Louisiana
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Independent Authors Book Expo
Saturday, September 6, 2025 – Roselle, New Jersey
Library of Congress National Book Festival
Saturday, September 6, 2025 – Washington, DC, District of Columbia
Open Book Festival
Sunday, September 7, 2025 – Cape Town, South Africa
Read My World
Thursday, September 11, 2025 to Saturday, September 13, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Trinity River Book Festival
Saturday, September 13, 2025 – Fort Worth, Texas
Behind the Ink
Saturday, September 13, 2025 – Birmingham, Alabama
Latino Book & Family Festival (Sacramento)
Saturday, September 13, 2025 – Sacramento, California
Sacramento BlkLit Book Fest
Saturday, September 13, 2025 – Sacramento, California
Petersburg Book Fest
Saturday, September 13, 2025 – Petersburg, Virginia
Provincetown Book Festival
Friday, September 19, 2025 to Sunday, September 21, 2025 – Provincetown, Massachusetts
Toronto International Festival of Authors
Friday, September 19, 2025 to Monday, September 29, 2025 – Toronto, Canada
Kansas Book Festival
Saturday, September 20, 2025 – Topeka, Kansas
Brooklyn Book Festival
Sunday, September 21, 2025 – Brooklyn, New York
South Dakota Festival of Books
Friday, September 26, 2025 to Sunday, September 28, 2025 – Brookings & Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Books Books Books
Saturday, September 27, 2025 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Albany Book Festival
Saturday, September 27, 2025 – Albany, New York
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
Saturday, September 27, 2025 to Monday, September 29, 2025 – New Orleans, Louisiana
Texas Remainder Expo
Monday, September 29, 2025 to Wednesday, October 1, 2025 – Carrollton, Texas
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October 2025
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Baku International Book Fair
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 – Baku, Azerbaijan
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Black Book Bash
Friday, October 3, 2025 to Sunday, October 5, 2025 – Jacksonville, Florida
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Multicultural Book & Family Festival
Saturday, October 4, 2025 – San Bernardino, California
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Morristown Festival of Books
Friday, October 10, 2025 to Saturday, October 11, 2025 – Morristown, New Jersey
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Black Book Festival
Saturday, October 18, 2025 – London, England
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National Black Book Festival
Thursday, October 23, 2025 to Saturday, October 25, 2025 – Houston, Texas
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Arts Equity Collective Black Book Fair
Saturday, October 25, 2025 – Cincinnati, Ohio
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Steamy Lit Con
Friday, October 31, 2025 to Saturday, November 1, 2025 – Anaheim, California
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October TBD
2024 TBD (October 2023)
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2024 TBD (October 2023)
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Hurston/Wright 2024 Legacy book awards
the Crossover Award for Nonfiction and
the College Awards in Poetry and Fiction
2024 TBD (October 26, 2023)
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The Black Authors & Readers Rock Conference (BARR)
2024 TBD (October 6-7, 2023)
Harborside Hotel, Oxon Hill, MD
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November TBD
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Leimert Park Village Book Fair
2024 TBD (November 11, 2023)
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Falstaff Books Small Business Saturday Festival and Market
2024 TBD (November 2023)
Charlotte, NC
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2024 TBD (November 11, 2023)
https://cmlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/64c17b8e3fca494100644bea
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December TBD
2024 TBD (December 1-3, 2023)
Other TBD
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Black Authors & Readers Rock Conference
2024 TBD
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Black Ink: A Charleston African American Book Festival
Hosted by: Charleston Friends of the Library
2024 TBD
Email: info@charlestonlibraryfriends.org
2024 TBD
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Bluffton Book Festival
2024 TBD
Phone: 843-410-9555
Email: blufftonbookfestival@gmail.com
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January TBD
2025 TBD (January 15-17, 2024)
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ALA LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience (LLX)
2025 TBD (January 19-22, 2024)
Baltimore, MD
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Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Fine Arts and Humanities
TBD (January 2024)
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April TBD
Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Main Library, Columbus, Ohio
Hosted by: The Ohioana Library Association
2025 TBD (April 20, 2024)
Phone: 614.466.3831
Email: ohioana@ohioana.org
2025 TBD (April 27, 2024)
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CITYLIT Festival: Lifting as we Climb
2025 TBD (April 20, 2024)
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May TBD
Yallwest Santa Monica Book Festival
2025 TBD (May 4, 2024)
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Books in Bloom Literary Festival
2025 TBD (May 11, 2024)
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2025 TBD (May 18, 2024)
June TBD
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In Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley, California
2025 TBD (June 1-2, 2024)
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Charlotte African American Book Festival
2025 TBD (June 8, 2024)
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Austin African American Book Festival
2024 TBD (June 2023)
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Past Events (2026)
January 2026
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Jaipur Literature Festival
Thursday, January 15, 2026 to Monday, January 19, 2026 – Jaipur, India
Sunshine State Book Festival
Saturday, January 24, 2026 – Gainesville, Florida
F.R.E.S.H. Book Film Festival
Thursday, January 29, 2026 to Saturday, January 31, 2026 – Daytona Beach, Florida
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February 2026
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Savannah Book Festival
Thursday, February 5, 2026 to Sunday, February 8, 2026 – Savannah, Georgia
African American Childrens Book Fair
Saturday, February 7, 2026 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Winter Institute
Monday, February 23, 2026 to Thursday, February 26, 2026 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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AWP Conference & Bookfair
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 to Saturday, March 7, 2026 – Baltimore, Maryland
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April 23–25, 2026: Las Vegas Writers Conference (Las Vegas, NV)
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April 24–26, 2026: Newburyport Literary Festival (Newburyport, MA)
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April 30 – May 2, 2026: Oklahoma Writers Federation Conference (Oklahoma City, OK)
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May 2026
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April 30 – May 2, 2026: Oklahoma Writers Federation Conference (Oklahoma City, OK)
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May 1-2: Atlanta Writers Conference—Atlanta, GA
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May 1-3: Sonoma Valley Authors Festival—Sonoma, CA
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May 2: DSM Book Festival—Des Moines, IA
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May 2: 15th Annual Hudson Children’s Book Festival—Hudson, NY
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May 2: Annapolis Book Festival—Annapolis, MD
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May 2-3: A Day or Two of Wine, Romance, and More!—Columbia, NJ
May 2-9: Montclair Literary Festival—Montclair, NJ
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May 3: Arizona Author Book Festival—Phoenix, AZ
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VIRTUAL May 6-8: The Nonfiction Writers Conference, 16th Annual Event
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May 14-16: IBPA Publishing University—Portland, OR
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May 15-17: Santa Fe Literary Festival—Santa Fe, NM
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May 16: Gaithersburg Book Festival—Gaithersburg, MD
May 21-24: Mountain Words Literary Festival—Crested Butte
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May 23 The Power of The Pen The Author's Expo
Delta Hotels Baltimore NorthBaltimore, MD
May 30-31: Bay Area Book Festival—Berkeley
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May 30: Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books—Pittsburgh
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​June 2026
June 13, 2026 Sunbelt Book & Art Expo
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July 1 – June 30, 2026 Southwest Florida Reading Festival​
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July 25- When I See Me BIPOC Children’s Book Fair
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July 2026
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July 1 – June 30 Southwest Florida Reading Festival
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July 31- August 2nd at the Westin Buckhead Atlanta 0 National Book Club Conference
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JULY 31 - AUGUST 2, 2026 AUBURN AVENUE. RESEARCH LIBRARY & LOUDERMILK CONFERENCE CENTER
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Thursday July 30 - Sunday August 2- Atlanta Georgia National Book Club Conference
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Past Events (2025​)
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February 2025
2025 Rancho Mirage Writers Festival
February 5-7, 2025
Rancho Mirage, California
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March 2025
2025 Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Bologna, Italy
Hosted by: BolognaFiere Viale della Fiera
March 31- April 3, 2025
Email: bookfair@bolognafiere.it
2025 AWP Conference & Bookfair
March 26-29, 2025
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Convention Center
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​April 2025
2025 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
April 26-27, 2025
Phone: 424-652-1948
Email: eventinfo@latimes.com
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May 2025
The Key School, Annapolis, Maryland
Hosted by: The Key School
May 3, 2025
Phone: 410-263-9231
2025 Gaithersburg Book Festival
May 17, 2025
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2025 Calabash International Literary Festival
May 23-25, 2025
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2025 Beijing International Book Fair
June 18-22, 2025
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November 2025
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Texas Book Festival
Saturday, November 8, 2025 to Sunday, November 9, 2025 – Austin, Texas
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Past Events (2024)
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September 2024
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September 12-14, 2024
Tolhuistuin Amsterdam
2024 Six Bridges Book Festival
September 23-29, 2024
Central Arkansas Library System Main Library
100 S Rock St, Little Rock, AR, 72201
Phone: 501-918-3098
2024 International Festival of Authors
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
Hosted by: IFOA
September 19-29, 2024
2024 Bouchercon, The World Mystery Convention
Nashville, TN August 28-September 1, 2024
September 26- October 4, 2024
2024 Carolina Mountains Literary Festivals
September 5-7, 2024
Location: Burnsville, North Carolina
2024 The Allegheny Regional Festival of Books
September 21, 2024
September 27-29, 2024
September 22-30, 2024
Phone: 570-362-6657
Email: lkoch@brooklynbookfestival.org
September 25-29, 2024
Email: info@kingstonwritersfest.ca
2024 South Dakota Festival of Books
September 20-22, 2024
Phone: 605-688-6113
September 3-6, 2024
Email: kybookfair@ky.gov
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October 2024
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October 5, 2024
Phone: 404-666-2112
September 26- October 4, 2024
Javits Center, New York, New York
October 17-20, 2024
Location: Javits Center, NYC
2024 The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Seattle, Washington
Hosted by: Louis Collins & Bill Wolfe
October 26-27, 2024
Phone: 206-323-3999
Email: visitor@seattlebookfair.com
2024 Twin Cities Book Festival
Minnesota State Fairgrounds, Minneapolis, Minnesota
October 19, 2024
2024 Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair)
Hosted by: Frankfurter Buchmesse
October 16-20, 2024
Email: contact@book-fair.com
2024 Vegas Valley Book Festival
Las Vegas, Nevada,
October 19, 2024
2024 Vancouver Writers Festival
Virtual and In-person in Vancouver, Canada
October 21-27, 2024
Phone: 604-681-6330
2024 The Christian Book Lover’s Retreat
Charlotte, NC
October 3-6, 2024
Email: info@christianbookloversretreat.com
Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts
October 26, 2024
Phone: 857.259.6999
Email: info@bostonbookfest.org
2024 Children’s Africana Book Awards Festival
October 26, 2024
2024 The 2024 National Black Book Festival
October 17-19, 2024
Houston, TX
2024 Cavalcade Book Club Summit
October 11-13, 2024
Phone: 888.854.8823
2024 West Virginia Book Festival
October 19, 2024
Email: WVBookFestival@kanawhalibrary.org
2024 Collingswood Book Festival
October 5, 2024
Email: nfo@collingswoodbookfestival.com
2024 Fall for the Book Festival
October 12,15-18 2024
2024 Virginia Children’s Book Festival
October 16-18, 2024
Email: info@vachildrensbookfestival.org
October 17-20,2024
2024 Brattleboro Literary Festival
October 18-20, 2024
Phone: 802-365-7673
Email: info@brattleborolitfest.org
2024 National Black Book Festival
October 17-24, 2024
Phone: 1-800-340-5454
Email: info@nationalblackbookfestival.com
October 26, 2024
Phone: 857.259.6999
Email: info@bostonbookfest.org
2024 Frankfurt International Book Fair
Oct 16, 2024 - Oct 20, 2024
Frankfurt, Germany
November 2024
2024 Green Mountain Book Festival
November 1-2, 2024
2024 Ake Arts and Book Festival
November 20-23,2024
2024 Mosaic Literary Conference
November 2024
November 17-24, 2024
November 16, 2024
Email: contact@booksbythebanks.org
November 16-17, 2024
Phone: (512) 477-4055
2024 Sharjah International Book Fair
November 6-17, 2024
Email: info@sibf.com
2024 Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading
November 16, 2024
November 1, 2024
Phone: 225.219.9503
Email: lbf@state.lib.la.us
November 2, 2024
Phone: 503.227.2583
Email: la@literary-arts.org
2024 New York Library Association Annual Conference
Nov 06, 2024 - Nov 09, 2024
Syracuse, NY
2024 Sharjah International Book Fair
Nov 06, 2024 - Nov 17, 2024
Sharjah, UAE
2024 Guadalajara International Book Fair
Nov 30, 2024 - Dec 08, 2024
Guadalajara, Mexico
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​​December 2024
2024 Guadalajara International Book Fair
Nov 30, 2024 - Dec 08, 2024
Guadalajara, Mexico
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BOOK CLUBS AND OTHER REVIEWERS
-Yes, Black Men Read
NBCC Foundation, Inc.,
245 N. Highland Avenue NE,
Suite 230-171,
Atlanta, GA 30307
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-Sistahs of Urban Literature Book Club
Contact: Karen Bowman
*If you contributed books in April 2019, they saw your book at their 10th Anniversary Event!
​How to use this info:
Contact them directly using the info above.
Mention Tonya Joyner of TJS Publishing House (your publisher) attended on your behalf
and you’d like to submit your book for review to their group.
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-Black Authors Book Club
https://www.facebook.com/groups/140182616328178/about/
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-African American Literature Book Club
https://aalbc.com/?fbclid=IwAR0F3FAzeIV62QRP-f1eeZcHs0FiYhH2g3Y5P6P8zQouYxNAFVkmG2LT6oQ
(347) 692-2522
-Black Urban Book Club
https://www.facebook.com/pg/blackurbanbookclub/about/?ref=page_internal
How to use this info:
Like the page and post your product.
They will share it to the group for everyone to enjoy.
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-Imani Book Club
(954) 357-7073
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Imani-Book-Club-102169193184025/about/?ref=page_internal
Team member: Kristine Hollis
How to use this info:
contact them directly using the info above.
-Black Book Releases
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-Black Book Club
https://www.facebook.com/groups/673035316159782/
-African American Authors (Book Club)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/110315165721/
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Book Club Central Participating Book Clubs
Brownstone Book Club, Houston, TX
Chronicles Book Club @ Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, Houston, TX
Coffee, Tea, and Read Book Club, Houston, TX
Cushcity Book Club, Houston, TX
(The) Elite Reading Group, Los Angeles, CA
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Fallbrook Church Reading Group, Houston, TX
Go On Girls Book Club Texas 1, Houston, TX
M&M Read-A-Roos, Houston, TX
Mind, Body & Soul Book Club, Austin, TX
Mommy Network, Houston, TX
Sisters Who Like to Read Book Club, Austin, TX
Sisters Who Like to Read Too Book Club, Austin, TX
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BOOKSTORES, LIBRARIES, AND BUSINESSES
​Greensboro Public Library
Beth Sheffield
Adult Programming and Book Clubs
Greensboro Public Library
City of Greensboro
Phone: 336-373-3617
PO Box 3178, Greensboro, NC 27402-3178
www.greensboro-nc.gov
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The Golden Doors Conference and Events Venue
2025 Brentwood Street
High Point, NC 27263
(336) 324-2442
​May Library
Melissa Kammerer
Programming Librarian
Alamance County Public Libraries
(336) 229-3588 x239
mkammerer@alamancelibraries.org
342 S Spring St, Burlington, NC 27215
Telephone: 336-229-3588
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BlackBabyBooks.com
​Macedonia Family Resource-Center
401 Lake Ave
High Point, North Carolina 27260
(336) 883-0300
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Young, Black & Lit
C/o Derrick Ramsey
226 N Clinton St., Apt 221
Chicago, IL 60661
Author Feature
Scuppernong Books
304 S Elm St, Greensboro, NC 27401
https://www.scuppernongbooks.com/
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Mebane Public Library
Katherine Arends, MLIS
Branch Manager
Katherine.Arends@alamance-nc.com
101 S 1st St, Mebane, NC 27302
(919) 563-6431