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BOOK FAIRS, STORYTELLING FESTIVALS AND OTHER
LITERARY EVENTS
ACROSS THE U.S.A. AND AROUND THE WORLD
The Book Events Calendar represents a sampling/selection of book fairs and other literary events and observances - national, regional,
state, and local and a few international. We have tried to be certain the events are either free to the public, charge a nominal
fee, or have a substantial component like an exhibition that is free to the public. We regret that we are not able to accommodate
every request that we receive for listing in the Book Events calendar. At the end of the calendar, we provide a list of other
resources for book and literary events with links to their Web sites.
JANUARY | FEBRUARY
| MARCH | APRIL | MAY
| JUNE
JULY | AUGUST | SEPTEMBER
| OCTOBER | NOVEMBER
| DECEMBER
10 - 20
Key West, FL
Key West Literary Seminar
phone: 1-888-293-9291
http://keywestliteraryseminar.org/
11 - 16
Philadelphia, PA
American Library Association
midwinter meeting/exhibition
Contact the ALA at 312-280-5044 or 1-800-545-2433
25 - 26
Kennesaw, GA
Winter StoryFest
phone: 404-329-9950
http://www.southernorderofstorytellers.org/
26
Stuart, FL
BookMania!
Sponsored by the Martin County Library
System
phone: 772-221-1403 / email: mclsprogrm@martin.fl.us
26
Natchez, MS
Eleventh Moon Storytelling Festival
phone: 601-446-6502 / email: gvni@mdah.state.ms.us
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JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2008
January 24 - February 3
Eatonville, FL.
ZORA! Festival (Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities)
Contact N.Y. Nathiri by phone at 407-647-3307/ fax: 407-647-3959
email: apec@cfl.rr.com
http://www.zoranealehurstonfestival.com/
January 26 - February 2
Elko, NV
Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Sponsored by the Western Folklife Center.
Contact Tara McCarty, Executive Director, at 775-738-7508
http://www.westernfolklife.org/
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1 - 3
Vancouver BC Canada
Vancouver International Storytelling Festival
phone: 604-876-2272
http://www.vancouverstorytelling.org/
1 - 3
Sierra Vista, AZ
Cochise Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering
Call 520-459-3868 / email: gathering@cowboypoets.com
http://www.cowboypoets.com/
2
Savannah, GA
Savannah Book Festival
phone: 912-897-9600 or email: mattprickett@savannahbookfestival.org
http://www.savannahbookfestival.org/
3 - 4
National African American Read In
Sponsored by the Black Caucus of the NCTE and by the National
Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
www.ncte.org/prog/readin
7 - 9
Pigeon Forge, TN
Smoky Mountain Storytelling Festival
phone: 865-429-7350
http://www.mypigeonforge.com/winterfest-storytelling.asp
8 - 9
Panama City, FL
Books Alive!
For information - email: gvickery@nwrls.lib.fl.us
http://www.booksalive.net/
9
Schaumberg, IL
Storytelling at the Prairie Center
phone: 847-923-3608 / fax: 847-923-2346 / email: iflodin@ci.schaumberg.il.us
http://www.prairiecenter.org/ and click on Events
9
Charleston, WV
West Virginia Center for the Book Celebrates Black History Month
Contact: Lori Smuthkochorn, West Virginia Library Commission, phone: 304-558-2534, email: lori@wvlc.lib.wv.us
15 - 17
Oklahoma City, OK
WinterTales Storytelling Festival
A program of the Arts
Council of Oklahoma City
Contact Peter Dolese, Director, at 405-270-4848
email: info@artscouncilokc.com
http://www.artscouncilokc.com/WinterTales/p/3410/Default.aspx
15 - 17
Los Angeles, CA
California International Antiquarian Book Fair
Sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers'
Association of America
Alternates each year between Los Angeles and San Francisco
phone: 415-551-5190
www.labookfair.com/
15 - 17
Dahlonega, GA
Dahlonega Literary Festival
phone: 706-864-0161
email: info@literaryfestival.org
www.literaryfestival.org/
21 - 24
Natchez, MS
Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration
phone: 1-866-296-6522
http://www.colin.edu/nlcc/default.htm
22 - 24
Columbia, SC
The South Carolina Book Festival and Antiquarian Book Fair
Sponsored by the South Carolina Humanities Council
For information phone: 803-771-2477 or email: bookfest@schumanities.org
http://www.scbookfestival.org/
25 - 28
Ogden, UT
Weber State University Storytelling Festival
General information: 801-626-7171
http://www.weber.edu/storytelling
next: February 2009
Jerusalem
Jerusalem International Book Fair
phone: 972 2 629 6415
http://www.jerusalembookfair.com/
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FEBRUARY - MARCH 2008
February 25 - March 1
Cleveland, TN
Ocoee Story Fest
Contact Sylvia Idom at 423-476-6305; email: clevelandtellers@hotmail.com
www.tntellers.org/osf/
February 29 - March 2
Alpine, TX
Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering
phone: 432-364-2490 or 432-294-1576 or email: committee@cowboy-poetry.org
http://www.cowboy-poetry.org/index2.html
February 29 - March 2
Tyler, TX
Squatty Pines Storytelling Festival
phone: 817-308-1938
http://www.easttexastellers.homestead.com/squatty.html
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NATIONAL SMALL PRESS MONTH
Cosponsored by the New York Center for Independent Publishing (formerly
Small Press Center) and others
phone: 212-764-7021
For information, click on events at: http://www.nycip.org/
1
Anchorage, AK
Extreme Trail Tales: An Iditarod Event
Sponsored by the Storytellers' Guild of Anchorage
2
READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY
Contact the National Education Association at 1-888-747-READ
email: readacross@nea.org
http://www.nea.org/readacross
6 - 8
Rock Hill, SC
Patchwork Tales Storytelling Festival.
Organized and sponsored by the York County Library
phone : 803-324-7624 / email: dianejjj@hotmail.com
http://www.patchworktales.org/
7 - 8
Huntington, WV
Ohio River Festival of Books
phone: 304-528-5700 / email: orfob@cabell.lib.wv.us
http://www.ohioriverbook.org/
7 - 9
LaGrange, GA
Azalea Storytelling Festival
phone: 706-882-7784
http://www.lagrange.edu/azalea/index.html
7 - 9
Mariposa, CA
Mariposa Storytelling Festival
phone: 209-966-3155 / email: info@arts-mariposa.org
http://arts-mariposa.org/storytelling.html
8
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma Book Awards Ceremony
Sponsored by the Oklahoma Center for the Book
Contact Glenda Carlile at 405-521-2502
http://www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb/obaward.htm
8
Roanoke, VA
Lex Allen Literary Festival
Location: Hollins University
For more information, call 540-362-6317 or email: creative.writing@hollins.edu
http://www.hollins.edu/news-events/litfest/litfest.htm
9 - 11
Warrensburg, MO
Children's Literature Festival
phone: 660-543-4306
email: williamson@libserv.ucmo.edu
http://library.ucmo.edu/childlit/clf/
14 - 15
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Literary Feast
Sponsored by the Broward Public Library Foundation
Contact Olivia Wakeling at 954-357-7381 / fax: 954-357-7856 /email:
owakeling@bplfoundation.org
http://www.broward.org/library/foundation_feast.htm
14 - 19
Paris, France
Salon du Livre-Paris
phone: +33 (0)1 44 41 40 50
http://www.salondulivreparis.com/
15
Fort Myers, FL
Southwest Florida Reading Festival (formerly: Lee County Reading Festival)
phone: 239-461-2924 / email: kscholz@leegov.com
http://www.lee-county.com/library/ReadingFestivalHome.htm
15
Evansville, IN
Midwest Writers Guild Spring Book Fair
http://midwestwg.com/
16
NATIONAL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION DAY
Contact First Amendment Center, phone: 615-727-1600 or email: info@fac.org
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/press/information/topic.aspx?topic=FOI_Day
21 - 22
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Akron Antiquarian Book Fair
Sponsored by the Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, Inc. (NOBS)
phone: 330-865-5831 / email: thebooksellerinc@neo.rr.com
http://www.nobsweb.org/bookfair.html
25 - 29
Grand Forks, ND
University of North Dakota Writer's Conference
phone: 701-777-2703
email: eharrisbehling@und.nodak.edu
www.und.edu/org/writers
26 - 30
Charlottesville, VA
Virginia Festival of the Book
phone: 434-924-6890 / email: vabook@virginia.edu
http://www.vabook.org
26 - 30
New Orleans, LA
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Festival
phone: 504-581-1144 / email: info@tennesseewilliams.net
http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/
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MARCH - APRIL 2008
March 28 - April 6
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Toronto Festival of Storytelling
phone: 416-656-2445 / email: admin@storytellingtoronto.org
http://www.storytellingtoronto.org/Pages/Festival.html
March 29 - April 5
Leesburg, FL
Festival of Reading
Contact: Judy Buckland, email: jbucklan@lakeline.lib.fl.us, phone: 352-253-6167
http://www.lakeline.lib.fl.us/news_and_events/annual_events/festival_of_reading/default.aspx
March 31 - April 3
Bologna, Italy.
Bologna Children's Book Fair
phone: +39 051 28 21 11 / fax: +39 051 28 23 33
email: bookfair@bolognariere.it
http://www.bookfair.bolognafiere.it/
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NATIONAL
POETRY MONTH
Contact the Academy of
American Poets at 212-274-0343
April
Hartford, CT
World of Words Celebration.
For more information, contact the Connecticut Center for the Book at 860-695-6320
2 INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S BOOK DAY
Sponsor: The International Board on Books for Young People
2 - 4
Hattiesburg, MS
Fay B. Kaigler InternationalChildren's Book Festival (formerly Children's Book Festival)
Sponsored by the School of Library and Information Science, University of Southern
Mississippi
http://www.chidrensbookfestival.org/
3 - 5
Oxford, MS
Oxford Conference for the Book.
Contact the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, The University of Mississippi
phone: 662-915-5993 / fax: 662-915-5814
email: cssc@olemiss.edu
http://www.oxfordconferenceforthebook.com/
4 - 5
Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair
For information, phone: 505-291-9653 or email: AIShal@unm.edu
http://www.unm.edu/~alshal/aabf.htm
4 - 6
Richmond, VA
Virginia Storytelling Gathering
phone: 757-428-8501 or email Norris Spencer at tellspence@cox.net
Click on Gathering at: http://www.vastorytelling.org/
4 - 6
Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Literary Festival
phone: 501-663-4321
http://www.arkansasliteraryfestival.org/
4 - 6
New York, NY
New York Antiquarian Book Fair
Sponsored by the Mid Atlantic Chapter of the Antiquarian Bookseller's
Association of America
http://www.sanfordsmith.com/antiquarian_info.html
5
Garden Grove, CA
Literary Orange
For information, email: literaryorange@ocpl.org, phone: 714-566-3000
http://www.literaryorange.org/
10 - 13
Denton, TX
Texas Storytelling Festival
For information call the Tejas Storytelling Association at 940-387-8336
http://www.tejasstorytelling.com/
12
Tampa, FL
Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival
phone: 813-931-2106 / email: info@tampastory.org
www.tampastory.org/tsf_fest.htm
12
Birmingham, AL
Alabama Bound (Celebrating Books and Authors).
Sponsored by the Birmingham Public Library
For information, contact Linda Wilson, phone: 205-226-3746, email:
lwilson@bham.lib.al.us
http://www.alabamabound.org
12
Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Book Awards
phone: 651-222-3242 or email: mnbookawards@thefriends.org
http://www.thefriends.org/mnbookawards.html
13 - 19
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
Sponsored by the American Library
Association
phone: 312-280-5044 or 1-800-545-2433
http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/natlibraryweek/nlw.htm
16 - 18
London, England
London Book Fair
http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk
16 - 19
Spokane/Cheney, WA
Get Lit! annual literary arts festival
http://www.ewu.edu/getlit/
18 - 19
Columbia, SC
A[ugusta] Baker's Dozen - A Celebration of Stories Festival
Sponsored by the USC College of Library and Information Science and the Richland County Public Library
phone: 803-929-3472
http://www.myrcpl.com/children/a-baker.cfm
18 - 19
Ocala, FL
Ocala Storytelling Festival
phone: 352-629-1785
http://www.ocalastorytellingfestival.com/
18 - 20
Mesilla, NM
Border Book Festival
phone: 505-524-3988
email: bbf@zianet.com
http://www.borderbookfestival.org/festival.html
18 - 20
Bethesda, MD
Bethesda Literary Festival
Organized by Bethesda Urban Partnership
phone: 301-215-6660 / fax: 302-215-6664
http://www.bethesda.org/
and click on Special Events
19
Bowling Green, KY
Southern Kentucky Book Fest
Contact Jayne Pelaski at 270-745-5263
http://www.sokybookfest.org/
19
Montgomery, AL
Alabama Book Festival
Organized and sponsored by the Alabama Center for the Book
19
Milladore, WI
Wisconsin Literary Bash
Wisconsin Center for the Book in coordination with the Golden Sands Resource Conservations & Development Council, Inc.(phone: 715-343-6221)
Contact: Casey Martin, casey@homebrewpress.com; or Sharon Schwab, SchwabS@co.portage.wi.us
21 - 27
Albany, NY
Riverway Storytelling Festival
phone: 518-383-4620/email: Kate Dudding
http://www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.org/
23
WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY
Contact UNESCO at (33) 1 45 68 43 13
www.unesco.org/culture/bookday/
24 - 27
Prague, Czech Republic
Book World Prague International Book Fair
http://www.svetknihy.cz/en/bookworld/
25 - 26
Jacksonville, FL
Much Ado About Books
phone: 904-630-1995
http://www.muchadoaboutbooks.com/
25 - 26
Flagstaff, AZ
Northern Arizona Book Festival.
phone: 928-380-8682 / email: info@nazbookfestival.org
http://www.nazbookfest.com/
25 - 26
Cut Bank, MT
Montana Storytelling Roundup
phone: 406-336-3253 or 406-873-2295
email: lenoir@northerntel.net
http://www.northerntel.net/~cbchambe/storytel/
25 - 27
New London, CT
Connecticut Storytelling Festival
Sponsored by the Connecticut Storytelling Center, Connecticut
College.
phone: 860-439-2764 / fax: 860-439-2895 / email: csc@conncoll.edu
http://www.connstorycenter.org/festival.html
25 - 27
Newburyport, MA
Newburyport Literary Festival
Contact: skye@newburyportliteraryfestival.org, phone: 978-465-1257
http://www.newburyportliteraryfestival.org/
25 - 27
Arlington, VA
Malice Domestic
Contact Malice Domestic, Ltd, P.O. Box 31137, Bethesda, MD 20824-1137
phone: 301-261-5728 / email: info@malicedomestic.org
http://www.malicedomestic.org/
26
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Children's BookFest
http://www.browardlibrary.org/web/bookfest/index.htm
26 - 27
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
phone: 1-800-LATIMES, ext.7BOOK
http://www.latimes.com/festivalofbooks
27
Kensington, MD
The International Day of the Book
http://www.dayofthebook.com
Plans to return Fall 2008 or Spring 2009
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona Book Festival
phone: 602-843-7532 / email: info@azcurrentevents.com
http://www.azbookfestival.org/
APRIL - MAY 2008
April 21 - May 4
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires International Book Fair (Feria del Libro
de Buenos Aires)
http://www.el-libro.com.ar
April 30 - May 3
St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Storytelling Festival
phone: 314-516-5960 / email: beckyw@umsl.edu
http://www.umsl.edu/~conted/storyfes/
April 30 - May 4
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival
phone: +1 514 932 8073 / email: info@blue-met-bleu.com
www.blue-met-bleu.com
April 30 - May 4
Lausanne, Switzerland
Salon International du Livre et de la Presse
phone: +41 21 312 10 88 / email:info@salondulivre.ch
http://www.salondulivre.ch/
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GET CAUGHT READING MONTH
Contact the Association of
American Publishers at 212-255-0200, ext. 257
1 - 4
Ojai, CA
Village of Tales (The annual Ojai Storytelling Festival)
phone/fax: 805-646-8907 / email: bbemel@sbcglobal.net
Listed at www.ptgo.org/home.htm
4
Eureka Springs, AR
Books in Bloom
phone: 870-423-5300
http://www.booksinbloom.org/
5 - 10
Lagos, Nigeria
Nigeria International Book Fair
phone: 234-1-4823402 / email: info@nibf.org
www.nibf.org/
7 - 9
Athens, OH
Spring Literary Festival
Contact the Office of Special Programs at: 740-593-4181
http://www.english.ohiou.edu/sp/slf/
8 - 12
Turin, Italy
Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Torino
info@fieralibro.it
http://www.fieralibro.it/
12 - 18
CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK
Contact the Children's Book Council at 212-966-1990
15 - 18
Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor Book Festival
phone: 734-662-7404
www.aabookfestival.org
17 - 18
Honolulu, HI
Hawaii Book & Music Festival
http://www.hawaiibookandmusicfestival.org/
17 - 18
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Book Festival
phone: 215-567-4341
http://www.philadelphiabookfestival.org/
17 - 18
San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Storytelling Festival.
Project of Storytelling Association of Alta California.
phone: 650-952-3397 or 510-869-4946
email: tim@storyteller.zzn.com
http://www.bayareastorytelling.org/
24 - 25
Medora, ND
Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering
phone: 701-872-4746
Go to May events at: http://www.cowboypoetry.com/
25 - 26
Jacksonville, FL
Much Ado About Books
The Jacksonville Public Library Foundation, phone: 904-630-1995, email: maab@coj.net
http://www.muchadoaboutbooks.com/
30 - 31
McCook, NE
Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival
phone: 1-800-657-2179 or 308-345-3200
http://www.buffalocommons.org/docs/festival/current-fest.html
MAY - JUNE 2008
May 27 - June 1
Lillehammer, Norway
Norwegian Literature Festival
phone: 47 61 28 8991 / email: littfest@maihaugen.no
http://www.litteraturfestival.no/
May 29 - June 1
Anaheim, CA
BookExpo America
phone: 1-800-840-5614
http://bookexpoamerica.com/
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7 - 8
Chicago, IL
[Chicago Tribune] Printers Row Book Fair
phone: 312-527-8280 / email: bookfair@tribune.com
http://www.printersrowbookfair.org
27 - 28
Roswell, GA
Roswell Magnolia Storytelling Festival
phone: 770-640-3253 or 1-800-776-7935
http://www.cvb.roswell.ga.us/storytelling.html
JUNE - JULY 2008
June 26 - July 2
Anaheim, CA
American Library Association
Annual Conference
Contact the ALA at 312-280-5044 or 1-800-545-2433
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2
NATIONAL LITERACY DAY
Contact Focus on Literacy, Inc.by phone at 856-629-7989, fax:
856-629-1222
http://focusonliteracy.org/literacyday.html
10 - 13
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo International Book Fair
http://web.reedexpo.com.jp/tibf/english
18 - 19
Flint, MI
Michigan Storytellers Festival
phone: 810-249-2173
email: c_stilley@yahoo.com
http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/msf/index.shtml
18 - 20
Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England
Festival at the Edge
phone: 44-1743-357140 / email: info@festivalattheedge.org
http://www.festivalattheedge.org/
19
New York, NY
Harlem Book Fair (W. 135th St.)
For more information go to:http://www.qbr.com/
20 - 24
Oxford, MS
Faulkner & Yoknapawtapha Conference
http://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/events/faulkner/
24 - 27
Chicago, IL
Newberry Library Book Fair
phone: 312-255-3510
http://www.newberry.org/ and click on
Public Programs.
25 - 26
Clear Lake, IA
Iowa Storytelling Festival
Contact the Clear Lake Public Library by phone: 641-357-6133 or by email: clplib@netins.net
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7 - 10
Salinas, CA
Steinbeck Festival
Sponsored by the Steinbeck Festival Association.
phone: 831-775-4721
email: info@steinbeck.org
http://www.steinbeck.org/
TBA
Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, MA
The Martha's Vineyard Book Festival
Chilmark Community Center and Chilmark Free Public Library
email: info@mvbookfestival.com
http://www.mvbookfestival.com
8 - 9
Pittsburgh, PA
Three Rivers Storytelling Festival
phone: 412-366-8100 / email: mccarthy@einetwork.net
http://home.comcast.net/~3rstf/
8 - 9
Mountain View, AR
Folk Humor, Storytelling & Cowboy Gathering
phone: 870-269-3851 / email: ozarkfolk@arkansas.com
http://www.ozarkfolkcenter.com and click on Calendar.
9
Crompond, NY
Mohegan Colony Storytelling Festival
Contact Judith Heineman at 773-288-7217/ email: JulteStories@aol.com
Click on the Festival at: http://www.timesunion.com/communities/hvstoryall/
9 - 25
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh International Book Festival
phone: 44 131 228 5444 / email: admin@edbookfest.co.uk
http://www.edbookfest.co.uk
14 - 17
Sechelt, BC, Canada
Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts
phone: 800-565-9631 / email: info@writersfestival.ca
http://www.writersfestival.ca/
28 - 30
Orem, UT
Timpanogos Storytelling Festival
phone: 801-229-7436 / email: storyteller@timpfest.org
http://www.timpfest.org/
30
Jamaica, Queens, NY
Queens Book Fair
phone: 718-591-4525
http://www.queensbookfair.com/
30 - 31
Los Angeles, CA
The Los Angeles Latino Book and Family Festival
For more information, call 323-255-9206 or 760-434-7474
http://www.lbff.us/
TBA
Grand Haven, MI
Grand Haven Area Book Festival
For details, contact the Loutit District Library, phone: 616-842-5560, ext 212
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2008
August 31 - September 2
Skibbereen, County Cork, Republic of Ireland
The Cape Clear Island International Storytelling Festival
email: stories@indigo.ie
http://indigo.ie/~stories/
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LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH
Contact the Public Information Office of the
American Library Association at 1-800-545-2433
www.ala.org/librarycard
TBA
Geneva, IL
Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival
phone: 630-897-3655 / email: juelu@aol.com
http://www.foxvalleyfolk.com/
TBA
Louisville, KY
Corn Island Storytelling Festival
email: cornisland@insightbb.com
phone: 502-245-0653
http://www.cornislandstorytellingfestival.org/
8 INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY
Contact the International Reading Association at 202-624-8818
12 - 13
Bristol, IN
Bristol Hills Storytelling Festival
phone: 574-533-6103
http://www.bristolhills.net/
12 - 13
Burnsville, NC
Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
email: cmlitfest@gmail.com
http://www.cmlitfest.com
20 - 21
Houston, TX
Houston Latino Book and Family Festival
phone: 760-434-7474 / email: jims@latinofestival.com
http://www.lbff.us/
21 - 26
Fairfax, VA
Fall for the Book
Contact: Fall for the Book, 4400 University Dr., MSN 3E4, Fairfax,VA 22030-4444
email: writing@gmu.edu
http://www.fallforthebook.org/
25 - 28
Hillsborough, NJ
Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival
http://www.grdodge.org/poetry/main.htm
26 - 27
Morehead, KY
Cave Run Storytelling Festival
phone: 606-784-6221
email: cfanzin@rowan.k12.ky.us
http://www.caverunstoryfest.org/
26 - 27
Clarksdale, MS
Tennessee Williams Festival
Contact: Coahoma Community College Public Relations Dept., phone: 662-621-4157
http://www.coahomacc.edu/twilliams
26 - 28
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Book Festival
phone: 410-752-8632
http://www.baltimorebookfestival.org/
26 - 28
Bedford, MA
Three Apples Storytelling Festival
phone: 617-499-9529/ email: info@threeapples.org
http://www.threeapples.org/
26 - 28
Sioux Falls, SD
South Dakota Festival of Books
http://sdhc.sdstate.org/festival
27
Washington, DC
NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL
http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/
27
Lawrence, KS
River City Reading Festival
email: info@RiverCityReadingFestival.org
http://www.rivercityreadingfestival.org
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Fostoria, OH
Autumn Book Festival
email: nlc_tcog7@yahoo.com
http://www.autumnbookfestival.bravehost.com/
28
West Hollywood, CA
West Hollywood Book Fair
phone: 323-848-6400 / email: RHelfand@weho.org
http://www.westhollywoodbookfair.org/
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Hilo, HI
Kindy Sproat Falsetto and Storytelling Contest
phone: 808-885-1244 / email: info@alohafestivals.com
Click on Events, Big Island
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Gardiner, ME
Reading Rumpus / Maine Children's Book Festival
phone: 207-582-3100
http://www.readingrumpus.org/
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Wichita, KS
Kansas Book Festival
Produced by the Governor's Cultural Affairs Council and the Kansas Center for the Book in cooperation with state and local organizations
http://www.kansasbookfestival.ks.gov
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Abilene, TX
West Texas Book & Music Festival
For information, email:
judithkph@cox.net or phone: 325-676-6328
http://www.abilenetx.com/apl/book_music_fest.html
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Minneapolis, MN
"Signifyin' & Testifyin'" Storytelling Festival
Contact Nothando Zulu - phone: 612-529-5864
email: nzulu@mn.rr.com
Click on the festival at: http://www.blackstorytellers.com/
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Livonia, MI
Storytelling Festival (Detroit Story League Festival)
phone: 734-761-5118 or email: contact@yhealy.com
http://www.detroitstorytelling.org/html/festival.html
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Raleigh, NC
Fall Storytelling Festival (Oakview)
Sponsored by Wake
County Public Libraries and Wake County Parks, Recreation,
and Open Spaces.
phone: 919-250-1013
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Brattleboro, VT
Brattleboro Literary Festival
http://www.brattleboroliteraryfestival.org
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Hamilton, NJ
New Jersey Storytelling Festival
For information, phone: 973-868-8556 or email: storytelling@folkproject.org
http://www.njstorynet.org/events.htm
Next: 2009
Cheyenne, WY
Wyoming Book Festival
http://www.wyomingbookfestival.org/
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2008
September 27 - October 4
BANNED BOOKS WEEK
phone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4223
email: oif@ala.org
http://www.ala.org/bbooks
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NATIONAL BOOK MONTH
Contact the National Book
Foundation at 212-685-0261
3 - 5
Amelia Island, FL
Amelia Book Island Festival
For information, call 904-491-8176
http://www.bookisland.org/
3 - 5
Jonesborough, TN
National Storytelling Festival
Contact the Storutelling Foundation International at 1-800-952-8392 or 423-753-2171
http://www.storytellingcenter.com/festival/festival.com
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Collingswood, NJ
Collingswood Book Festival
Contact Jean Brennan, Book Festival Chair by phone: 856-854-6528 or email: jbren61222@aol.com
www.collingswoodbookfestival.com
4
Lanham, MD
Capital BookFest
phone: 301-552-7300 / email:can@capitalbookfest.org
http://www.capitalbookfest.org/
4 - 11
San Francisco, CA
Litquake: San Francisco's Literary Festival
phone: 415-557-4295
http://litquake.org/
5
Costa Mesta, CA
Orange County Children's Book Festival
email: barry@kidsbookfestival.com
www.kidsbookfestival.com
9 - 12
Baltimore, MD
Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
http://www.charmedtodeath.com/
10 - 11
Selma, AL
Alabama Tale Tellin' Festival
phone: 334-875-7241 or 1-800-457-3562
http://www.taletellin.selmaalabama.com/
10 - 12
Nashville, TN
Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written
Word
phone: 615-320-7001, ext. 15 or email: staff@tn-humanities.org
http://www.tn-humanities.org/festival/index.php
11 - 12
Seattle, WA
Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
phone: 206-323-3999 / email: bookfair@seattlebookfair.com
http://www.seattlebookfair.com/
11 - 12
Charleston, WV
West Virginia Book Festival
Contact Pam May by phone at 304-343-4646 or by email:
pam.may@kanawha.lib.wv.us
www.wvhumanities.org/bookfest/bookfest2.htm
12 - 18
TEEN READ WEEK
Contact the Young Adult Library
Services Association at 800-545-2433, ext. 4391
http://www.ala.org/teenread
15 - 19
Madison, WI
Wisconsin Book Festival
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Humanities Council
email: info@wisconsinbookfestival.org
www.wisconsinbookfestival.org
15 - 19
Frankfurt, Germany
Frankfurt Book Fair
http://www.frankfurt-book-fair.com
15 - 30
Charlotte, NC
NOVELLO Festival of Reading
phone: 704-336-2945 / email: novello@plcmc.lib.nc.us
http://www.novellofestival.net/
17 - 18
Lincoln, NE
Nebraska Book Festival
Sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book
http://www.unl.edu/NCB/festival.html
21 - 26
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival
phone: 604-681-6330 / email: viwf@writersfest.bc.ca
http://www.writersfest.bc.ca/
23 - 25
Missoula, MT
Montana Festival of the Book
Presented by the Montana Committee for the Humanities and the Montana Center for the Book
phone: 406-243-6022
http://www.bookfest-mt.org/
24 - 25
Taos, NM
Taos Storytelling Festival
phone: 505-758-0081 / email: somos@laplaza.org
http://www.somostaos.org/ - Click on Special Events.
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Tellurie, CO
Writers in the Sky
phone: 970-728-4519, x23 / email: mwright@telluride.lib.co.us
http://www.telluridelibrary.org/wits.html
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Indianapolis, IN
The Hoosier Storytelling Festival
phone: 317-576-9848
Latest information located here.
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Farmington, NM
Four Corners Storytelling Festival
phone: 505-599-1270
Go to http://www.infoway.org/storytelling/2007/index.asp
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Monterrey, Mexico
Monterrey International Book Fair
phone: (52-81) 8328-4282 / email: filmty@fil.mty.itesm.mx
http://fil.mty.itesm.mx/
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Rockland County, NY
Rockland County Storytelling Festival
Contact Camille Liftin by phone: 845-359-5018, ext. 14
See listing at: http://www.timesunion.com/communities/hvstoryall/
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Port Angeles, WA
Forest Storytelling Festival
phone: 360-417-5031
http://www.dancingleaves.com/storypeople/index.html
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Westport, CT
Rabbit Hill Festival of Literature
Contact Joan Hume, Westport Public Library by phone: 203-291-4818 or email: jhume@westportlibrary.org
http://www.rabbithillfestival.com/
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Salt Lake City, UT
The Great Salt Lake Book Festival
Presented by the Utah Humanities Council.
Contact Jean Cheney, Special Projects Coordinator, at 801-359-9670
or email: cheney@utahhumanities.org
http://www.utahhumanities.org/BookFestival.htm
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St. Petersburg, FL
Festival of Reading
Sponsored by the St. Petersburg Times
For more information, call 727-892-2358
http://www.festivalofreading.com/
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Honolulu, HI
Talk Story Festival
Contact Jeff Gere, director by email: jgere@honolulu.gov or phone: 808-692-5751
http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/parks/programs/talkstory/index.htm
OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2008
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Banff, AB, Canada
Banff Mountain Book Festival
phone: 403-762-6347 or 1-800-298-1229
www.banffmountainfestivals.ca/festivals/book/
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NATIONAL FAMILY LITERACY DAY
Contact the National Center for
Family Literacy at 502-584-1133
http://www.famlit.org/Resources/NFLD.cfm
1
Dover, DE
Delaware Book Festival (formerly Delaware Book Fair & Authors Day)
Sponsored by the Delaware Center for the Book
phone: 302-577-5044
www.debookfestival.lib.de.us
1
Keene, NH
Children's Literature Festival
For information write: Dr. David White, Festival Director
Keene State College, 229 Main Street, Keene, NH 03455-2611
email: dwhite@keene.edu
http://www.keene.edu/clf/festival.cfm
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Cincinnati, OH
Books by the Banks: Cincinnati USA Book Festival
Email: phyllis.hegner@cincinnatilibrary.org
http://www.booksbythebanks.org
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Austin, TX
Texas Book Festival
Contact the Texas Book Festival at 512-477-4055 or email:bookfest@worldnet.att.net
http://www.texasbookfestival.org/
1 - 2
George West, TX
George West Storyfest
phone: 361-449-2481 or 1-888-600-3121
email: info@georgeweststoryfest.org
http://www.georgeweststoryfest.org/
7 - 9
Portland, OR
Wordstock (Portland's Annual Festival of the Book)
www.wordstockfestival.com/
8 - 9
Storrs, CT
Connecticut Children's Book Fair
For information, phone: 1-800-U-READ-IT (8-7323-48)
email: coopbks@uconnvm.uconn.edu
http://bookfair.uconn.edu/
8 - 9
Chicago, IL
Chicago Latino Book & Family Festival
For information, e-mail Katharine Diaz at kathy@latinobooksfestival.com
http://www.lbff.us/
14 - 16
Miami, FL
Miami Book Fair International
phone: 305-237-3258 / fax: 305-237-3645 / email: wbookfair@mdcc.edu
http://www.miamibookfair.com/
14 - 16
Boston, MA
Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair
Sponsored by the New England chapter of the Antiquarian
Booksellers' Association of America
For information, email: info@bostonbookfair.com
http://www.bostonbookfair.com/
15
Frankfort, KY
Kentucky Book Fair
phone: 502-875-8687 / email: kybookfair@ky.org
www.kybookfair.org
15
Brevard, NC
North Carolina Storytelling Festival
phone: 919-286-7995
Watch for at: http://www.ncstoryguild.org/events.htm
20 - 23
Cincinnati, OH
National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference
Contact National Association of Black Storytellers, Inc., P.O. Box 67722, Baltimore, MD 21215
phone: 410-947-1117; email: questions@nabsinc.org
http://www.NABSinc.org/
21 - 22
Vero Beach, FL
Vero Beach Book Festival
http://www.verobeachbookfest.com/
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TELLEBRATION
The annual storytelling celebration day (traditionally the Saturday before Thanksgiving)
Visit the Tellebration Web site at: http://www.tellabration.org/
to view events across the U.S.A.
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Las Vegas (Arts District), NV
Vegas Valley Book Festival
phone: 702-895-1878 / email: info@vegasvalleybookfest.org
http://www.vegasvalleybookfest.org
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Camden, ME
Maine Authors Series and Literary Festival
phone: 207-837-2827 / email: info@maineliteraryfestival.com
http://www.maineliteraryfestival.com/
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Sarasota, FL
Sarasota Reading Festival
Contact Debbie Engleson, Festival Director, at 941-308-7325 (office)
email: sarasotareadingfestival@comcast.net
http://www.sarasotareadingfestival.com/
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Rochester, NY
Rochester Children's Book Festival
Contact Carol Johmann (email:cjohmann@rochester.rr.com or phone:585-671-0441) or Gail Bouk (email: gbouk@monroecc.edu or phone: 585-292-3385)
http://www.rochesterchildrensbookfestival.org/index.html
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Washington, DC
Multicultural Children's Book Festival
Project of the Kennedy Center Education Dept.
phone: 202-467-4600
www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/bookfestival/
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Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Book Festival
Presented by the Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library
of Louisiana.
Contact Robert Smith, phone: 225-219-9503
http://www.louisianabookfestival.org/
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Wooster, OH
Buckeye Book Fair
phone: 330-262-3244 / email: bbfmgr@woosterbook.com
http://www.buckeyebookfair.com
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Detroit, MI
Essence of Motown Literary Jam
Contact: Sylvia Hubbard, 313-289-8614, email:essenceofmotown@yahoo.com
http://essenceofmotown.com/
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New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Book Fair
phone 504-598-4685
http://www.nolabookfair.com/
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Sylva, NC
Great Smoky Mountain Book Fair
For more information, call 828-586-9499 or email: more@citylightsnc.com
http://www.gsmbookfair.org/
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Bellingham, WA
Bellingham Storytelling Festival
phone: 360-650-6446
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~rvohs/festival.htm
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NATIONAL YOUNG READER'S DAY
Contact the BOOK IT! Program by phone: 412-688-7435 or by fax:
412-688-9121
www.bookitprogram.com/teachers/nyrd.asp
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San Juan, PR
Puerto Rico International Book Fair
Contact Jose Carvajal, president of Feria Internacional del Libro-Puerto
Rico
phone: 787-721-0844 / fax: 787-725-0861
email: feriapr@gmail.com
http://www.filpuertorico.org/convocatoria.html
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Portland, OR
Tapestry of Tales: A Family Storytelling Festival
Contact Alison Kastner at 503-988-5382 / email: alisonk@multcolib.org
http://www.multcolib.org/events/tales/
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San Leandro, CA
California Indian Storytelling Festival
phone: 510-793-8208; email: cistory@cistory.org
http://www.cistory.org/events.htm
NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2008
JEWISH BOOK MONTH / November 22 - December 22
Contact the Jewish
Book Council at 212-201-2920
November 29 - December 7
Guadalajara, Mexico
Guadalajara International Book Fair
http://www.fil.com.mx/
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New York, NY
Small Press Book Fair
Contact the The New York Center for Independent Publishing (formerly the Small Press Center)
at 212-764-7021 / email: info@nycip.org
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