Festivals

Most Recent

WINTER

Trinity Prep Author Fest

• Date: January 31, 2025
• Location: Trinity Prep School campus + Virtual
• Registration Price: Free

African American Children’s Book Fair

• Date: February 1, 2025
• Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center
• Registration Price: Free

North Texas Teen Book Festival

• Date: March 1, 2025
• Location: Irving Convention Center, Virtual
• Registration Price: Free

Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival

• Date: March 15, 2025
• Location: Rossford Junior/Senior High
• Registration Price: Free

Tucson Festival of Books

• Date: March 15-16, 2025
• Location: University of Arizona Mall
• Registration Price: Free

New Orleans Book Festival

• Date: March 27-29, 2025
• Location: Tulane University
• Registration Price: Free

SPRING

Baltimore’s CityLit Festival

• Date: 2025 TBD
• Location: Virtual
• Registration Price: Free

BLK INK Book Festival

• Date: 2025 TBD
• Location: New Orleans, LA
• Registration Price: Free

Brooklyn Caribbean Book Festival

• Date: 2025 TBD
• Location: Online
• Registration Price: Free

Virginia Festival of the Book

• Date: March 20-23, 2025
• Location: The Omni Charlottesville – Charlottesville, VA
• Registration Price: Free

BAM Festival

• Date: April 5, 2025
• Location: Mandel Public Library – West Palm Beach, FL
• Registration Price: Free

San Antonio Book Festival

• Date: April 12, 2025
• Location: San Antonio, TX
• Registration Price: Free

LA Festival of Books

• Date: April 26-27, 2025
• Location: USC
• Registration Price: Free

The Festival of Literary Diversity

• Date: April 27 – May 4, 2025
• Location: Virtual + In Person (Canada)
• Registration Price: Free

Conyers Book Festival

• Date: April 29, 2025
• Location: The Book Cellar – Conyers, GA
• Registration Price: Free

Decatur Children’s Book Festival

• Date: May 2-4, 2025
• Location: Decatur, GA
• Registration Price: Free

Hudson Children’s Book Festival

• Date: May 3, 2025
• Location: Hudson, NY
• Registration Price: Free

YallWest

• Date: May 3, 2025
• Location: Santa Monica, CA
• Registration Price: General Attendance Free, Keynotes TBD

Books in Bloom

• Date: May 10, 2025
• Location: Columbia, MD
• Registration Price: Free

Gaithersburg Book Festival

• Date: May 17, 2025
• Location: Bohrer Park – Gaithersburg, MD
• Registration Price: Free

Edinburgh First Date Festival

• Date: May 17-31, 2025
• Location: In Person
• Registration Price: Free

Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books

• Date: May 31, 2025
• Location: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
• Registration Price: Free

Cymera Festival

• Date: June 6-8, 2025
• Location: Edinburgh + Virtual
• Registration Price: TBD

Bronx Book Festival

• Date: June 20-21, 2025
• Location: Fordham – Bronx, NY
• Registration Price: Free
• Black YA Authors in Attendance: TBD

Schomburg Center Literary Festival

• Date: June 13, 2025
• Location: In Person
• Registration Price: Free

The American Writers Museum Festival

• Date: Returning 2026
• Location: Chicago, IL
• Registration Price: Free

SUMMER

Lavendar Con

• Date: June 14-15, 2025
• Location: Washington, D.C.
• Registration Price: TBD

Black Writers Weekend

• Date: July 31 – August 2, 2025
• Location: Online / Atlanta, GA
• Registration Price: TBD

FALL

Latinx Kidlit Book Festival

• Date: 2025 TBD
• Location: Online
• Registration Price: Free

FIYAHCON + IGNYTE Awards 

• Date: TBD
• Location: Online
• Registration Price: Fringe Pass – Free / Weekend Pass TBD

Ake Arts & Book Festival

• Date: November 20-22, 2025
• Location: Online
• Registration Price: Free

YALSA Symposium

• Date: 2025 TBD
• Location: Online
• Registration Price: Free

Portland Book Festival

• Date: November 8, 2025
• Location: South Park Portland, OR + Virtual
• Registration Price: Free

YallFest

• Date: 2025 TBD
• Location: Charleston, SC
• Registration Price: Free

Miami Book Fair

• Date: November 16-23, 2025
• Location: Online
• Registration Price: Free