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Book Events: Fairs, Festivals, and Conferences (2022 and 2023)

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Note: As a result of the global pandemic, delight check the event's official website for postponements, cancellations, conversion to virtual events.

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Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival
Curtis Hixon Park

600 N Ashley Dr, Tampa, Florida, Tampa, Florida

The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival is an annual, cultural arts & music festival that takes place over the course of 10 days in Tampa Bay, Florida. They host an Author Hamlet for two days during an outdorr festival. Cheque out AALBC.com'due south coverage of the Author Village in 2017

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ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
Diggi Palace Jaipur

Described as the "greatest literary show on World," the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival is a sumptuous feast of ideas.

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Sunshine State Volume Festival
SFC Fine Arts Hall, 3000 NW 83rd St Gainesville, FL 32606

3000 NW 83rd St Gainesville, FL 32606, Gainesville, Florida

"Bringing Readers and Writers Together" for three days of literary enrichment with over 75 authors, half dozen nationally recognized speakers, and a literary heritage tour of sites where Robert Frost, Tennessee Williams, William Bartram, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings lived and wrote in the area.

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ALA Midwinter Meeting

Hosted past: American Library Association
Dates: Fri, Jan 22, 2022 to Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Website: ALA Midwinter Meeting

Description:

ALA Annual Conference is the premier global library result each year, bringing together the newsmakers, innovators, thought leaders, and influencers in the library field, from all over the world. News is made at these events, where important announcements are fabricated, updates are shared, relevant legislation and policy are addressed, and discussions take place that take a major impact on libraries, their office, and their ongoing transformation. This event trends nationally on Twitter and are extensively covered in the media.

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Rancho Delusion Writers Festival

71-100 Hwy 111, Rancho Delusion, California

The Rancho Mirage Writers Festival is a world course gathering of writers, thinkers, and people contributing to the intellectual vitality of our time — "Coachella for the brain."

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F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival
Midtown Cultural and Educational Heart

925 George W. Engram Boulevard, Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona Beach, Florida

Teachers and students with ID are gratis. Seniors are free.

This book festival actually cover three days and features a film festival and author meet and greet in addition to the fair. The F.R.Due east.Due south.H. Book Festival was developed to assist young inspiring authors with their marketing and to introduce them to veterans of the volume concern at the festival.

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Detroit Book Metropolis
Northwest Activities Heart

18100 Meyers Road, Detroit, Michigan

Hosted by: Janeice R. Haynes
Appointment: February 2021 – Dates to be Announced

Website: Detroit Volume City
Phone: 248-993-3844

Clarification:
Detroit Book City: African-American Family Volume Expo is an heady one-24-hour interval issue is designed to preserve literacy in our community — at the family level. Relish a winter afternoon with over 60 talented, Black Indie Authors of adult & children books.

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The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival
Family unit Life Heart 1 Redheart Drive, Hampton, VA 23661

1 Redheart Drive, Hampton, VA 23661, Hampton, Virginia

Upon returning from an out of state book festival, Florenza Denise Lee wondered what would be required to take her very own book festival in her cervix of the woods. This internal dialogue lead to the creation of, The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival and Fundraiser. Wanting to pay life forward, she selected Accomplish, Inc. (Reading Enriches All Children) a 501(c)3 organization that provides literacy programs for homeless and at-gamble children in Hampton Roads.

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Black Book Expo: A Conscious Literary Festival
Elegba Folklore Society's Cultural Center

101 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia

Hosted by: Elegba Folklore Society
Dates: Saturday, February 27, 2022 to Dominicus, February 28, 2021

Website: Black Volume Expo: A Conscious Literary Festival
Phone: 804-644-3900
Email: story1@efsinc.org

Description:
The Black Book Expo, A Conscious Literary Festival is a vast display of literature is featured including topics similar black history, politics, science, wellness, African Diasporic civilization, African spirituality, personal evolution, novels and children'due south books. The public is invited to meet authors, hear their talks and browse and buy books to complement personal collections.

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Virginia Festival of the Volume

145 Ednam Bulldoze, Charlottesville, VA 22903, Charlottesville, Virginia

Produced past the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH), the largest of the 56 land (and territory) humanities councils, the Festival is a programme of the Virginia Heart for the Book, an affiliate of the Center for the Volume in the Library of Congress.

The Festival is the largest community-based book issue in the Mid-Atlantic region and has attracted audiences of more than than xx,000 for each of the by thirteen years. We have presented a captivating list of authors, ranging from international bestsellers to topical specialists to debut authors. An abbreviated list of by participants includes Rick Atkinson, Edward Ayers, David Baldacci, Maureen Corrigan, Edwidge Danticat, Kate DiCamillo, Rita Dove, Alan Furst, John Grisham, Jan Karon, Jim Lehrer, Frances Mayes, Colum McCann, David McCullough, Alice McDermott, Katherine Paterson, Jon Scieszka, Lisa Scottoline, Pete Seeger, Karin Slaughter, Alexander McCall Smith, Lee Smith, Bryan Stevenson, Elizabeth Strout, Judith Viorst, and Charles Wright. A more than complete list of past participants tin can exist seen here.

Programs range from traditional author readings and book signings to children'due south programs and hands-on workshops. All programs are open up to the public and, with the exception of a few ticketed events, the bulk of Festival programs are costless to attend.

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Black Writers On Bout
Carson Community Heart

801 E. Carson Street, Carson, California 90746 , Los Angeles, California

Purpose: To promote literacy sensation, to give exposure to African-American authors, writers, and to motivate, and develop aspiring new writers and authors. To showcase Blackness Businesses, provide exposure and to increase their sales.

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Southwest Florida Reading Festival
Fort Myers Regional Library Campus

1651 Lee St, Fort Myers, Florida

There actually is something for all ages to experience at the Southwest Florida Reading Festival. Everyone enjoys the multiple stages with the celebrity authors who share 'within scoop' about their latest books or what makes a story idea click for them. You will be able to buy books and have the authors personalize and sign them too! Yous'll find our numerous book and educational vendors offering the latest in services and new ideas. Kids will be mesmerized past the storytellers.

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Tucson Festival of Books
Academy of Arizona Campus

The Tucson Festival of Books debuted March 14-15, 2009, on the campus of The University of Arizona. The Festival featured 450 authors and presenters and welcomed 50,000 regional visitors, all made possible with generous support from our sponsors and the energetic goodwill of 800 volunteers.

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New York Antiquarian Book Off-white
Park Artery Armory

643 Park Avenue (bet 66th and 67th streets), New York, 10065, New York, New York

Hosted by: Antique Booksellers' Association of America & International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (sanctioned by)
Date: March 2021 – Dates to be Announced

Website: New York Antique Book Fair
Phone: 212.777.5218
E-mail: info@sanfordsmith.com

Description:

2020 is the 60th Year

This volume fair is officially sanctioned by the Antique Booksellers' Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. The consumer tin rely upon the experience and professionalism of participating dealers and the authenticity of the items available for buy. All books, manuscripts and related material take been carefully examined for abyss and bibliographic accurateness.

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Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
Blalock Park

The Venice Book Off-white and Writers Festival is a pocket-size, unique program hosting writers pedagogy writers on Friday night, and authors selling and signing their books to the public on Saturday. All proceeds from the Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival go to Venice Heritage Inc., the 501(c) 3 fundraising arm of two historic sites in Venice, the Lord-Higel Business firm, currently under restoration, and the Venice Museum and Athenaeum expansion project.

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Children'south Africana Volume Awards Festival
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

950 Independence Ave SW, Washington, District of Columbia

children can acquire to spin a yarn and weave a story, based on tales from Ghana, Morocco and Ivory Declension. A panel of Current and past CABA winners CABA authors/illustrators is featured from 11:30 – 12:30. Current and past CABA winners will be signing their books subsequently the console word. The museum is also opening its newest exhibit, Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa's Arts. The event is free and open to the public.

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Paris Book Fair
Porte de Versailles, Pavilion 1

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North Texas Teen Volume Festival
Irving Convention Center

500 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD. Irving Texas, 75039, Irving, Texas

The North Texas Teen Book Festival strives to connect our reading customs, adding dimension to the reading experience through diverse author panels and dynamic discussions in a safe and fun environment.

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London Volume Fair
Olympia London

Hammersmith Rd, London, United Kingdom

The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the auction and distribution of content across print, audio, Television receiver, film and digital channels. Next yr, the Fair will take place in Apr at Olympia, West London, covering all aspects of the publishing industry.

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AWP Conference
Kansas City Convention Center

The AWP Briefing & Bookfair is an essential almanac destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers. Each year more than 12,000 attendees join our customs for four days of insightful dialogue, networking, and unrivaled access to the organizations and opinion-makers that thing most in contemporary literature. The 2022 briefing featured over 2,000 presenters and 550 readings, panels, and craft lectures. The book fair hosted over 800 presses, journals, and literary organizations from around the globe. AWP is now the largest literary conference in North America.

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Dahlonega Literary Festival
Celebrated Square of Dahlonega, GA

The Dahlonega Literary Festival is an annual celebration of books that takes place in March. Situated in Historic Downtown Dahlonega, the festival continues to grow and become more delightful as the years go on. Ours is an intimate festival about books and authors with a mission to promote interaction between readers and writers in a relaxed, breezy environment. Visitors have an opportunity to meet and interact with the authors. In add-on to attending speaking events and book signings, attendees can have luncheon with their favorite authors at a local eating house.

Past featured authors include: Frances Mayes, Diana Gabaldon, Terry Kay, Deanna Raybourn, Joshilyn Jackson, and many more. Where else can you see, have conversations with, and even dine with bestselling authors while surrounded by the beautiful North Georgia Mountains.

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Southern Kentucky Bookfest

The Southern Kentucky Volume Fest is one of the state's largest literary events. Held in Bowling Light-green, Kentucky each April, Book Fest draws thousands of readers of all ages who welcome the occasion to run across their favorite authors and purchase signed copies of their books.

The Southern Kentucky Book Fest partnership consists of Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Warren County Public Library, and WKU Libraries. These entities interact throughout the year on a variety of literary events designed to fulfill the mission of the partnership: to encourage reading and the love of books, and to be a positive forcefulness in promoting literacy in our region and state.

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National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium
Medgar Evers College

1650 Bedford Ave., Founders Auditorium, Brooklyn, NY 11225, Brooklyn, New York

The 2022 Biennial Symposium volition exist Held via Zoom

Purchase the Books past the Authors Featured in this Symposium

The 2022 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium, "They Cried I Am: The Life and Work of Paule Marshall and John A. Williams, Unsung Blackness Literary Voices," will celebrate the life and works of the late Paule Marshall and John A. Williams.

Featured programme highlights will include a keynote address, roundtable discussions, and dramatic readings. Confirmed speakers include Carole Boyce-Davies, Edwidge Danticat, Keith Gilyard, Maryemma Graham, Michael Anthony Green, Lawrence Jackson, Evan Marshall, Liza Jessie Peterson, Ishmael Reed, Linda Villarosa, Mary Helen Washington, and Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch.

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Alabama Book Festival
Former Alabama Town, in Downtown Montgomery

301 Columbus Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 , Montgomery, Alabama

With over lots of authors, vendors and exhibitors, this gratis public event is the state's premier literary outcome. Thousands of people from around the state and the Southeast get together at the festival each twelvemonth to meet their favorite authors and scholars. A fun activity area for children makes this a day of fun for the unabridged family!

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Newburyport Literary Festival

Newburyport is located at the mouth of the Merrimack River, in the far northeast corner of Massachusetts. It is 35 miles northward of Boston and 18 miles south of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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Oxford Conference for the Volume

The Oxford Briefing for the Volume brings together fiction and nonfiction writers, journalists, poets, publishers, teachers, and students for three days of readings, lectures, panels, workshops, and social events that celebrate the written give-and-take.

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Ohioana Book Festival
Sheraton Columbus Hotel at Capitol Square

75 Eastward. State St., Columbus, OH 43215, Columbus, Ohio

Since its inception in 2007, the Ohioana Book Festival has given readers the opportunity to connect with their favorite Ohio writers. Held each spring, the Festival welcomes roughly 100 authors and more than than 3,000 visitors every yr.

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Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Off-white
Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts

The 2d almanac Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair was held in April of 2022 with events highlighting and celebrating literature's role in civilization and society. World-renowned author Salman Rushdie will be this yr's keynote speaker. Other highlighted guests include authors Jamaica Kincaid, Elizabeth Nunez and Earl Lovelace. Meet our Announcements folio for updates and a list of featured authors.

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The Festival of Literary Diverseness (FOLD)
Various Locations

The Festival of Literary Multifariousness (FOLD) celebrates diversity in literature by promoting diverse authors and stories in Brampton, Ontario—one of Canada&rsquos nearly culturally diverse cities.

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San Antonio Book Festival
Central Library and the Majestic Theatre

600 Soledad Street, San Antonio, Texas

The Festival is a day-long effect that unites readers and writers alike. Writer presentations are held indoors while outdoors the Festival grounds are active with book sales, signings, children'southward story time and learning projects, family activities, and a engineering science area. Food trucks offer a multifariousness of eats; special tents feature alive music and recipe demonstrations by cookbook authors. The large Festival Marketplace offers a lively setting for booksellers, publishers, literary-minded nonprofits, and local artists and craftmakers.

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Annapolis Volume Festival
The Central School

534 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis, Doctor 21403, Annapolis, Maryland

Hosted by: The Key School
Date: April 2021 – Dates to exist Announced

Website: Annapolis Volume Festival
Phone: 410-263-9231

Description:

The Annapolis Book Festival is one of the premier community events in the region. Every year more than 3,000 people attend this costless customs Festival that celebrates the beauty, power, passion, and excitement of the written give-and-take. The Annapolis Book Festival brings nationally renowned authors to The Fundamental School in Annapolis, Maryland, to discuss their books and the craft of writing. The Festival also features children'southward activities, alive music, refreshments, and new and used book sales.

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OE Book Fair
Oxford Exchange

420 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, Florida

"It is our mission at Oxford Exchange to continually foster human engagement, spark meaningful dialogue and establish Tampa'south place as a cultural destination. We launched the OE Book Fair in 2022 to provide an open platform for local authors to connect with their community face to face up. A broad array of genres and interests are represented, complimented by discussions and workshops throughout the day of the fair. We hope you'll bring together u.s.a. the discovery of local literary talent!"

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Florida Antiquarian Book Fair
Leningrad's Celebrated Coliseum

535 4th Ave N, Leningrad, Florida

Hosted by: Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Date: April 2021 – Dates to be Appear

Website: Florida Antique Book Off-white
Electronic mail: FloridaBookFair@gmail.com

Description:
The volume off-white is the tertiary largest in the country and features more than than ane hundred specialized booksellers from all over the United States.

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Sydney Writers' Festival
Carriageworks

Each year, Sydney Writers&rsquol Festival presents more than 400 events, attracting audiences of 100,000 plus for a calendar week-long conversation of books and ideas.

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Six Bridges Volume Festival
Master Library, Little Stone, Arkansas

Previously known for 16 years as the Arkansas Literary Festival, the four-day event in April celebrates reading, literacy, stories and wordsmithing including musical lyrics.

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National Hispanic Cultural Eye Children's Bilingual Book Festival

1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102, Albuquerque, New United mexican states

National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is the only one of its kind in the U.S. that features children'south books in Castilian and English language and Native languages and English. The festival features writer readings, student storytelling, a book fair, workshops for parents and teachers, and creative and book-related activities for young readers (Chiliad-6) and their families.

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Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo

5508 N. 50th St., Tampa, FL 33610, Tampa, Florida

Hosted past: WoW Book and Toy Store
Date: April 2021 – Dates to be Announced

Website: Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo
Telephone: 228-229-6873
Electronic mail: info@wowbookandtoy.com

Description:
The TBBAE grew from a want to showcase the diverse literary talent that is live and well in the greater Tampa Bay area. By creating the merely expo defended to authors of colour here in the Bay area, nosotros've created a platform for some of this area's most creative minds to get together, network and share their stories with their community.

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Bologna Children's Volume Fair

Founded in 1964 The Bologna Children's Book Fair is the virtually important international upshot dedicated to the hildren'due south publishing and multimedia industry.

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Black Pack Party
The Frying Pan, Pier 66 at Hudson River Park, 207 12th Ave

Rain or Shine! The venue is outdoors, on the h2o, but can be completely enclosed if necessary.

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Book Expo America
Javitz Center

Hosted by: Clan of American Publishers, Association of Authors Representatives, Inc., and the American Booksellers Association
Date: May 2021 – Dates to be Announced

Website: Book Expo America
Phone: 1-800-840-5614
Email: inquiry@bookexpoamerica.com

Description:

BookExpo America (BEA) is the leading book and author event for the Northward American publishing industry. It's the all-time place to find new titles and authors, comport business organization and network, and larn the latest trends.

BEA is the largest gathering of booksellers, librarians, retailers, publishers, rights, licensing, and book manufacture professionals in North America.

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PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
Diverse Venues

PEN World Voices is America'southward only international literary festival, attracting the best-known writers from across the globe. Since its founding, they have presented more than 1,500 writers and artists from 118 countries speaking 56 languages in venues across New York City in a weeklong serial of literary events with a human rights focus. The Festival was founded by Salman Rushdie, Esther Allen, and Michael Roberts in the aftermath of September eleven, 2001, with the aim of broadening channels of dialogue betwixt the United States and the world—a mission that, today, has never been more than relevant.

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Books in Flower Literary Festival

The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa

Hosted past:

Presented by the Carroll and Madison Public Library Foundation

Date: May 2021 – Dates to be Announced

Website: Books in Bloom Literary Festival
Email: jean@booksinbloom.org

Clarification:

Books in Bloom Literary Festival: a Commemoration for Writers and Readers was established in 2005 by the Carroll and Madison Public Library Foundation as its signature effect to promote the value of books and reading. The Books in Bloom Co-chairs are Jean Elderwind, Jennifer Hudspeth, and Lin Wellford, directors on the Public Library Foundation Board.

The Festival provides an opportunity for the public to come across accomplished authors, and to hear them read from or speak about their work. Aspiring writers learn nearly various aspects of writing and publishing, and avid readers are introduced to authors working in a wide variety of genres.

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Yallwest Santa Monica Book Festival
Santa Monica High School

601 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405, Santa Monica, California

Over 113 authors including New York Times Bestsellers along with local and acclaimed young developed and heart class writers, plus notable Hollywood directors and creators.

2 days of panels, book signings, food trucks, bad jokes, stone 'n' roll, killer photo ops & general geeky immoderacy

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Gaithersburg Book Festival
Gaithersburg Urban center Hall Grounds

31 Due south Summit Ave., Gaithersburg, Doc 20877, Gaithersburg, Maryland

The festival will feature more than 100 best-selling and award-winning authors who will participate in talks, console discussions and book signings throughout the mean solar day.

The Gaithersburg Book Festival is a celebration of the written word and its ability to enrich the human experience. Our mission is to foster an interest in reading, writing and literary conversation.

Since its inception in 2010, the Festival has quickly become one of the nation's top literary events, attracting hundreds of award-winning and all-time-selling authors, poets, and songwriters from across the country. Other festival highlights include exhibiting authors, a Children's Hamlet, literary exhibitors, the Brew & Vine Buffet featuring alive performances past singer/songwriters and poets, Friends of the Library used book sale, and onsite new book sales by Politics & Prose. Visitors of all ages also accept the opportunity to participate in free interactive, hands-on writing workshops for children and adults/teens on a variety of topics.

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BookCon
Javitz Eye

BookCon is the event where storytelling and popular culture collide. Consumers and brands volition experience the origin of the story in all its forms by interacting with the authors, publishers, celebrities and creators of content that influence everything we read, hear and see. BookCon is an immersive experience that features interactive, frontwards thinking content including Q&Equally with the hottest talent, autographing sessions, storytelling podcasts, special screenings, literary quiz shows and then much more. BookCon is the ultimate celebration of books, where your favorite stories come up to life.

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Bay Surface area Book Festival
In Downtown Berkeley

The Bay Area Book Festival is the primary project of the Foundation for the Future of Literature and Literacy, a 501(c)(iii) nonprofit organization incorporated in California. FFLL's Tax ID number is 47-3955286. Its business organisation accost is 1569 Solano Ave. #635, Berkeley, CA 94707.

FFLL is governed by a Board of Directors. Members include Cherilyn Parsons (Berkeley, CA), Peter Richardson (San Francisco, CA), Mal Warwick (Berkeley, CA), Brooke Warner (Berkeley, CA), and Igor Zagatsky (Berkeley, CA).

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Great American Book Festival
Master Street Square

526 Main Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, Rapid Urban center, Due south Dakota

The Not bad American Volume Festival was created by the founders of Literary Classics Volume Awards & Reviews

In an attempt to support the literary arts, Literary Classics Book Awards and Reviews has created the Great American Book Festival. To be held annually, this upshot has become home to the Literary Classics Book Awards and related events, and will be held in conjunction with a volume festival. The Bully American Volume Festival is slated to be held each yr on Labor Day weekend. The festival is open to the public and authors from all regions and genres are invited to participate along with related vendors and food purveyors.

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LitUp Festival
North Independence Branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library

Hosted by: North Independence Branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library
Date: May 2021 – Dates to be Announced

Website: LitUp Festival
Email: litupfest@mymcpl.org

Description:
LitUp is a book festival for teenagers and immature adults. There volition be complimentary books and food, illustrating and writing clinics, author interviews, amazing keynote speakers, and a poetry slam.

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Greensboro Leap Literary Festival
Various locations in downtown Greensboro, NC

304 S. Elm Street , Greensboro, N Carolina

Greensboro Bound celebrates writers and readers of all ages every bit essential to vibrant cities. The non-turn a profit organisation, in its third year, offers programming throughout the year with an annual literary festival held in May at various locations in downtown Greensboro.

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Go along Girl! Volume Social club Author Awards Weekend
The L.A. Thousand Hotel - Downtown

333 Southward. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90071, Los Angeles, California

The first Author Awards were presented in 1992 as a minor upshot held in Brooklyn, New York to recognize those authors and publishers that made significant contributions in the writing and publication of quality books for and about people of African descent. That yr we honored Gloria Naylor for Bailey'southward Café and New Authors of the Year Barbara Neely for Blanche on the Lam and Barbara Summers for Nouvelle Soul. Nosotros gave a publishing accolade to Buoy Press for their work in publishing authors of color. We were delighted when they all showed up to take their awards. That was the first of a GOG tradition. The almanac Author Awards event has traveled the Usa from eastward to west as well as outside the U.S. to Jamaica, Westward Indies and Toronto, Canada.

Starting time in 1993, the one-night event became a 3-day weekend where capacity meet and take care of business issues and celebrate the winning authors. Information technology's also an opportunity for members to see and reconnect with their literary sisters from all over the country.

Each year winning authors are selected from our reading listing based upon votes from each Go On Girl! Volume Club chapter for Author of the Year and New Author of the Twelvemonth. They are then invited to receive their awards in person at the annual Awards Ceremony. GOG members and guests accept had the award of awarding in person to Pearl Cleage, Bebe Moore Campbell, Walter Mosely, Jill Nelson, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Diane McKinney Whetstone, Lawrence Hill, Daniel Black, Isabel Wilkerson to name a few.

This flagship event is i of the ways of expressing our deep authentic respect for Black literature and authors, reinvigorating our literary sisterhood, and providing a platform for new literary talent to emerge.

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Greater St. Louis Book Off-white
Greensfelder Recreation Complex in Queeny Park

Greater St. Louis Book Fair is i of the nation'due south oldest, largest and virtually popular charity volume sales. For over 60 years, book lovers and collectors take enjoyed deal prices on a diverse and quality option of new, gently-used and rare books. Fair gain benefit local non-profit pedagogy and literacy programs.

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The Bronx Book Festival
Fordham Plaza in the Bronx

The commencement traditional book festival geared toward all ages to hit the Bronx! #TheBronxisReading

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Nantucket Book Festival
Cultural District

Main Street, Nantucket, MA 02554, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Nantucket Book Festival celebrates its 9th yr in 2020. They feature a line-upward of award-winning authors and local and regional talent. They have center stage, representing genres fiction, poetry, history, journalism, politics, and memoir. Attendees bask writer presentations Thursday-Sunday, too featured in the garden are storytimes for children. Almost events are free to the public.

Learn more than about Nantucket Book Festival on AALBC.com.
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Austin African American Book Festival
George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center

1165 Angelina St, Austin, TX 78702, Austin, Texas

Now [2021] in its fifteenth year, the Austin African American Book Festival is a community-focused upshot that invites some of the greatest literary talent of our generation to engage directly with readers to foster creativity, activism, and positive change.

Learn more nigh Austin African American Book Festival on AALBC.com.
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Due south Florida Book Festival
African-American Research Library and Cultural Middle

2650 Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Learn more well-nigh South Florida Book Festival on AALBC.com.
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International Imperial Music & Fine art Festival
The Beltway Regulators Barn

636 Trammel Fresno Route, Fresno, Texas 77545

The 2022 International Majestic Music & Fine art Festival is gear up to be an acclaimed cross-genre experience inspired past the historic Woodstock Festival, SXSW and Glastonbury.

Our Literary Pavilion'southward featured guest is Troy Johnson, the founder of the AALBC (African American Literary Volume Society), the oldest, largest, and nearly popular online bookstore dedicated to African-American and Black literature from around the world.

Larn more about International Majestic Music & Art Festival on AALBC.com.
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Black Paperback Volume Off-white
Iroquois Park

2120 Rundill Rd, Louisville, Kentucky 40214

Hosted past: Louisville Black Writer Association, Shajuanda Barrow, Event Coordinator
Date: Saturday, July 24, 2021
Fourth dimension: x a.k. – three p.m.

Website: Black Paperback Volume Fair
Phone: 502-262-6382
E-mail: scbarr03@gmail.com

Clarification:
Black Paperback Book Off-white highlights and supports blackness writers in Louisville Ky. The issue is hosted in Iroquois Park and provides a nurturing infinite for black writers that is virtually barrier free, inviting all writers to sell their books. The event consist of writer booths, food trucks, and a variety of behemothic games and lounging space.

Learn more most Black Paperback Book Off-white on AALBC.com.
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Elm City LIT Fest

Check out the Elm City LIT Fest Podcast, held every other Sunday.

The Elm City LIT Fest is an annual celebration of books, LITerature and LITerary artists with the purpose of enhancing LITeracy while promoting awareness of local, regional and global artists of the African Diaspora. Created in the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance for the Greater New Haven region and beyond.

Learn more about Elm City LIT Fest on AALBC.com.
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Black Authors & Readers Rock
Harborside Hotel

6400 Oxon Colina Rd, Oxon Hill, MD 20745, Oxon Hill, Maryland

BARR is a two day literary conference that offers readers the opportunity to meet and mingle with new, emerging and nationally recognized African American authors from all writing genres, and offers authors the opportunity to greet onetime friends, run into new readers and sell their works.

Though BARR's focus is on authors of color, because they are traditionally underserved by the publishing industry, the conference is open to everyone.

BARR brings value to the community by providing attendees the opportunity to larn about the arts and crafts of writing, and other related topics, through workshops and console discussions focused on triggering an exchange of knowledge and ideas. BARR was founded past Sharon Lucas

AALBC's Founder and Webmaster, Troy Johnson, will be giving a workshop this year!

Learn more about Blackness Authors & Readers Rock on AALBC.com.
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Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn Borough Hall and Vicinity

209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201

The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest complimentary literary issue in New York Metropolis, presenting an array of national and international literary stars and emerging authors. 1 of America's premier book festivals, this hip, smart diverse gathering attracts thousands of volume lovers of all ages to enjoy authors and the festival's lively literary market place.

The Brooklyn Book Festival is actually more than than a week of events which culminates on "Festival Twenty-four hour period."

Learn more about Brooklyn Book Festival on AALBC.com.
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Fall for the Book
George Bricklayer Academy's Fairfax Campus

4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia 22030

What began as a 2-twenty-four hour period literary event in 1999, organized by George Bricklayer Academy and the Metropolis of Fairfax, has expanded into a week-long, multiple-venue, regional festival that brings together people of all ages and interests, thanks to growing community interest and generous supporting partners.

Events take place at George Mason University's Fairfax Campus, the festival's base, and at other locations throughout Northern Virginia, DC, and Maryland.

Learn more nearly Fall for the Volume on AALBC.com.
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The New Orleans Volume Festival at Tulane University
Tulane University

6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana

Learn more nearly The New Orleans Volume Festival at Tulane University on AALBC.com.
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African American Children'south Volume Fair
Community Higher of Philadelphia

17th Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Check out our photos from the 2022 Festival

The African American Children'south Book Fair is one of the oldest and largest single-day events for children's books in the state. It features nationally known bestselling authors and illustrators, many of whom have won some of the most prestigious literary awards including the American Library Clan Coretta Scott King Award. These authors and illustrators have produced some of the best books of our generation.

Parents, caregivers and educators are very supportive of the African American Children's Volume Off-white because they understand that children who read outside of their normal school grade piece of work tend to make more than responsible decisions nigh their lifestyles.

The fun-filled afternoon is packed with activities that promote the Ability and JOY OF READING. Authors and illustrators will make presentations and sign their books. The Literary Row will distribute book-related promotional materials gratis of accuse. Our Educator'southward Book Giveaway volition also distribute brand new books to teachers and librarians for use in their schools. In addition there will be a wide selection of affordable literature bachelor to purchase.

The African American Children's Book Fair is a part of the African American Children'southward Volume Project's initiative to promote and preserve multicultural children's literature.

The organization is leading a campaign entitled PRESERVE A LEGACY, Buy A Book. Its goal is to put books back into children's homes. Yous tin can't tell a child to read at home if there are no books. Read an interview the event's organizer, Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati

The event is free and opened to the public.

Learn more well-nigh African American Children'south Book Off-white on AALBC.com.
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