The 2018 Arkansas Literary Festival was held from April 26 to April 29 at the Central Arkansas Library system’s Main Library and other venues in Little Rock. The festival featured readings, panel discussions, performances, and workshops, as well...
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The 43rd annual Aspen Summer Words Writing Conference and Literary Festival was held from June 16 to June 21 at the Gant, a resort in the mountains of Aspen, Colorado. The conference featured workshops, panels, and readings, as...
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The 2018 Austin International Poetry Festival was held from April 5 to April 8. The festival featured readings, workshops, open mics, and poetry slams in various venues throughout Austin, Texas. Participating poets included Roja Chamankar, Robin...
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The 2018 Boston Book Festival was held on October 13 at various venues in Boston. The festival featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as readings and panels. Most events were free and open to the public. Visit the...
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The 18th annual Brattleboro Literary Festival will be held from October 17 to October 20 at various venues in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont. The festival features readings, panels, and special events. Participants include poets Richard Blanco,...
read more Event Date: October 17, 2019
The 14th annual Brooklyn Book Festival was held from September 16 to September 23 at various venues in New York City. The festival featured readings, panels, and a book fair. Participants included poets Jericho Brown, Tina Chang, Rigoberto...
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The 2018 Florida Heritage Book Festival was held on September 22nd on the campus of Flagler College in Saint Augustine, Florida. The festival, which celebrated Florida’s culture and heritage by honoring authors who lived in or wrote about the...
read moreThe Get Lit! Festival was held from April 22 to April 28 at various venues in Spokane, Washington. The festival featured readings, panel discussions, craft classes, poetry slams, happy hours, and a book fair for poets, fiction writers, and...
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The 2019 Kentucky Book Festival, presented by Kentucky Humanities, will be held from November 10 to November 16 at various venues in Lexington. The Kentucky Book Fair, the convention-style event that is the festival’s cornerstone, will be held on...
read more Event Date: November 10, 2019
The 2018 Library of Congress National Book Festival was held on September 1 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The program featured readings and presentations by more than a hundred poets, fiction writers, and...
read moreThe Massachusetts Poetry Festival was held from May 4 to May 6 in downtown Salem. The festival featured workshops, panels, readings, music, visual arts presentations, and a book fair featuring small presses and literary magazines. Participating...
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The 36th annual Miami Book Fair will be held from November 17 to November 24 at the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College in downtown Miami. The festival features readings in English, Spanish, French, and Haitian Creole by more than 500 authors...
read more Event Date: November 17, 2019
The Ohioana Book Festival was held on April 14 at the Sheraton Columbus at Capitol Square in Columbus, Ohio. The program featured readings, panels, a book fair, and book signings with more than 120 Ohio authors. Participating writers included...
read moreThe 2018 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature will be held from April 16 to May 22 at various venues in New York City. The festival features readings, performances, and panel discussions for poets, fiction writers, and creative...
read moreThe 2019 Portland Book Festival, hosted by Literary Arts, will be held on November 9 at the Portland Art Museum and neighboring venues in downtown Portland, Oregon. The festival features writing workshops, panel discussions, a book fair, and pop-...
read more Event Date: November 9, 2019
The 2018 Printers Row Lit Fest was held from June 9 to June 10 in the Printers Row neighborhood of Chicago. The festival featured readings, author conversations, book signings, a poetry slam, and a book fair. All events were...
read moreThe 15th annual Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was held from May 23 to May 25 in various venues in New Orleans. The festival, which "brings the LGBT literary community together to celebrate the literary arts," featured readings, panels,...
read moreThe 2019 Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival was held from April 26 to April 28 on the campus of Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, located 30 minutes by train from New York City. The festival featured workshops...
read moreThe 10 biennial Skagit River Poetry Festival was held from May 17, 2018, to May 20, 2018, at various venues in...
read moreThe 2018 Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word was held from October 12 to October 14 at the War Memorial Plaza and the Nashville Public Library in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Sponsored by Humanities Tennessee, the...
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The 2018 Split This Rock Poetry Festival was held from April 19 to April 21 in venues located in the Farragut Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The biennial festival, which “celebrates the many ways poetry can act as an agent for social...
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The 2019 Texas Book Festival will be held from October 26 to October 27 on the State Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas. The festival features panels, book signings, and discussions with more than 300 nationally and critically recognized authors,...
read more Event Date: October 26, 2019
The 10th annual Tucson Festival of Books was held from March 10 to March 11 on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson. The festival featured workshops in fiction and creative nonfiction, as well as readings, author talks, panels, and a book...
read moreThe 24th annual Virginia Festival of the Book was held from March 21 to March 25, 2018, in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, to celebrate books and promote literacy. The festival featured readings, panels, discussions with writers...
read moreThe 2018 Word of South Festival was held from April 13 to April 15 at Cascades Park in downtown Tallahassee, Florida. The festival, which celebrates the connection between music and literature, featured onstage performances and discussions with...
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