georgia
black writers weekend  JULY 31- AUGUST 2 2025; Atlanta

Decatur Book Festival. October 3-4, 2025; Decatur. 

Florida
Miami Book Fair. November 16-23, 2025; Miami. 

Illinois

Printer's Row Lit Fest. September 6-7, 2025; Chicago.

Indiana

Beyond the Book Festival. September 6, 2025; Starke County.

Iowa

Iowa City Book Festival. October 6-12, 2025; Iowa City.

Kansas

Kansas Book Festival. September 20, 2025; Topeka.

Kentucky

Louisville Book Festival. October 11, 2025; Louisville.

Louisiana

Louisiana Book Festival. November 1, 2025; Baton Rouge

Massachusetts

Boston Book Festival. October 25, 2025; Copley Square and Roxbury.

List of Book Fairs and Book Festivals by State

Book fairs and festivals are great events for writers and readers to meet up and celebrate books of all genres. Here’s a list of book fairs and book festivals that we’ve compiled and will continue to update.

Robert Lee Brewer

Published Oct 21, 2019 9:00 AM EDT

It should come as no surprise that everyone on the Writer's Digest team loves books. As such, we love all the same things other readers and writers love: well-stocked libraries, over-stuffed bookstores, and vibrant book fairs and festivals.

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Readers love book fairs, because, well, books! But writers can gain a lot from book fairs and festivals as well. Of course, there's the whole promotion and sales angle, but it's a great venue for connecting with readers, writers, and publishers. Plus, it's becoming more and more common that book fairs and festivals host speakers.

The following list of book fairs and festivals is broken up by state. The name of the event links to the event's website to get the most current information about it.

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Arizona

Arizona Book Festival. April 27, 2025; Phoenix.

Desert Foothills Book Festival. October 19, 2024; Scottsdale.

Tucson Festival of Books. March 15-16, 2025; Tucson.

Arkansas

Six Bridges Book Festival. September 25-October 1, 2023; Little Rock. (Soliciting submissions for 2025.)

California

Bay Area Book Festival. May 31-June 1, 2025; Berkeley.

Literary Festival of Women Authors. April 5, 2025; Long Beach.

LitLit: The Little Literary Fair. November 2, 2024; Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. April 26-27, 2025; Los Angeles.

Orange County Children's Book Festival. September 22, 2024; Costa Mesa.

Yallwest Book Festival. May 3, 2025; Santa Monica.

Colorado

Fort Collins Book Fest. February 2025; Fort Collins.

Margins Book Festival. September 21-22, 2024; Denver.

Connecticut

RomantiConn. July 25-26, 2025; Trumbull.

Delaware

History Book Festival. September 26-28, 2025; Lewes.

Delaconn. November 2, 2024; Newark.

District of Columbia

ApollyCon. April 10-13, 2025.

Imaginarium Book Festival. June 6-7, 2025.

National Book Festival. September 6, 2025.

Florida

Amelia Island Book Festival. February 28, 2025; Amelia Island.

BAM! Festival. April 5, 2025; West Palm Beach.

Books by the Bay. March 29, 2025; Pensacola.

F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival. February 21-22, 2025; Daytona Beach.

Miami Book Fair. November 16-23, 2025; Miami.

Small Press Fair. November 9-10, 2024; Dania Beach.

Southwest Florida Reading Festival. March 1, 2025; Fort Myers.

Word of South Festival of Literature and Music. April 4-6, 2025; Tallahassee.

Georgia

Decatur Book Festival. October 3-4, 2025; Decatur.

Illinois

Printer's Row Lit Fest. September 6-7, 2025; Chicago.

Indiana

Beyond the Book Festival. September 6, 2025; Starke County.

Iowa

Iowa City Book Festival. October 6-12, 2025; Iowa City.

Kansas

Kansas Book Festival. September 20, 2025; Topeka.

Kentucky

Louisville Book Festival. October 11, 2025; Louisville.

Louisiana

Louisiana Book Festival. November 1, 2025; Baton Rouge.

Maryland

Book Fair at Bel Air. August 23, 2025; Bel Air.

Massachusetts

Boston Book Festival. October 25, 2025; Copley Square and Roxbury.

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi
Mississippi Book Festival. September 13, 2025; Jackson. 

              New Jersey

                   Collingswood Book Festival. October 4, 2025; Collingswood.

                   Morristown Festival of Books. October 10-11, 2025, Morristown. 

              New york

                    Brooklyn Book Festival. September 21, 2025; Brooklyn.

                    The Chappaqua Children's Book Festival. September 27, 2025; Chappaqua.

                     Rochester Children's Book Festival. November 8, 2025; Rochester.

                     Saratoga Book Festival. October 2-5, 2025; Saratoga Springs.

            North Carolina

      Bookmarks' Festival of Books and Authors. September 25-28, 2025; Winston-Salem.

              Ohio

             Books by the Banks. November 15, 2025; Cincinnati.

                   Buckeye Book Fair. November 1, 2025; Wooster.

                   Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo. August 9, 2025; Grove City.

             Oregon

               Portland Book Festival. November 8, 2025; Portland.

Pennsylvania 

Harrisburg Book Festival. October 2025; Harrisburg.

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Charleston Literary Festival. November 7-16, 2025; Charleston

South Dakota

South Dakota Festival of Books. September 26-28, 2025; Deadwood.

Tennessee

Southern Festival of Books. October 18-19, 2025; Nashville.

Texas

National Black Book Festival. October 23-25, 2025; Houston.

Virginia

Fall for the Book. October 7-11, 2025; Fairfax.

Virginia Children's Book Festival. October 15-17, 2025; Farmville. 

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Book Festival. October 23-26, 2025; Madison.

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