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BOOK FAIRS AND OTHER LITERARY EVENTS

A selection of events across the U.S.A. and around the world

A - C

Akron Antiquarian Book Fair
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
phone: 330-865-5831
http://www.nobsweb.org/bookfair.html
Mar or Apr

Alabama Book Festival
Montgomery, AL
phone: 334-844-4946
http://www.alabamabookcenter.org/events/book-festival.html
Apr

Alabama Bound Festival
Birmingham, AL
phone: 205-226-3610
http://www.alabamabound.org/
Apr

Alabama Tale-Tellin' Festival
Selma, AL
http://www.taletellin.selmaalabama.com/
Oct

Alaska Book Festival
Fairbanks, AK
http://www.alaska.edu/uaf/bookfestival/
Summer

Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair
Albuquerque, NM
phone: 505-291-9653
http://www.unm.edu/~alshal/aabf.htm
Apr

Amelia Island Book Festival
Fernandina Beach, FL
phone: 904-261-5845
http://www.bookisland.org/
Sept-Oct

Ann Arbor Book Festival
Ann Arbor, MI
phone: 734-662-7404
http://www.aabookfestival.org/
May

Antiquarian Book Fairs and Other Book Print and Paper Shows - Links
Antiquarian Book Fairs; Book Print & Paper Shows in the US
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America - See book fair listings on side bar

Arizona Book Festival
Phoenix, AZ
phone: 602-257-0335 / fax: 602-257-0392
http://www.azbookfestival.org/
Apr

Arkansas Literary Festival
Little Rock, AR
phone: 501-663-4321
www.arkansasliteraryfestival.org/
April

A[ugusta] Baker's Dozen - A Celebration of Stories Festival
Columbia, SC
phone: 803-929-3474
http://www.myrcpl.com/children/a-baker.cfm
Apr

Autumn Book Festival
Fostoria, OH
email: nlc_tcog7@yahoo.com
http://www.autumnbookfestival.bravehost.com
Sept-Oct

Azalea Storytelling Festival
LaGrange, GA
Call La Grange College at 706-884-8671
http://www.lagrange.edu/azalea/index.html
Mar

Baltimore Book Festival
Baltimore, MD
phone: 1-877-BALTIMORE
http://www.baltimorebookfestival.org/
Sept

Banff Mountain Book Festival
Banff, Alberta, Canada
http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture/festivals/book/
Oct-Nov

Bangor Book Festival
Bangor, ME
email: info@bangorgookfest.org
http://www.bangorbookfest.org/festival.htm
Oct

Banned Books Week
phone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4223
www.ala.org/bbooks
Sept-Oct

Bay Area Storytelling Festival
El Sobrante, CA
phone: 510-869-4946
email:info@bayareastorytelling.org
http://www.bayareastorytelling.org
May

Bellingham Storytelling Festival
Bellingham, WA
phone: 360-650-6446
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~rvohs/festival.htm
Nov

Bethesda Literary Festival
Bethesda, MD
phone: 301-215-6660
Click on Special Events at: http://www.bethesda.org/
Apr

Bologna Children's Book Fair
Bologna, Italy
www.bookfair.bolognafiere.it/
Apr

Book World Prague International Book Fair
Prague, Czech Republic
http://bookworld.cz
Apr-May

BookExpo America
Venue changes each year
phone: 1-800-840-5614
http://bookexpoamerica.com/
May-June

BookMania!
Stuart, FL
phone: 772-221-1403
email:mclsprogram@martin.fl.us
Jan

Books by the Banks
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.booksbythebanks.org/
Nov

Books in Bloom
Eureka Springs, AR
phone: 870-423-5300
http://www.booksinbloom.org/
May

Border Book Festival (New Mexico)
Mesilla, NM
phone: 505-524-3988
email:bbf@zianet.com
http://www.borderbookfestival.org/festival.html
Apr

Boston Globe Children's Book Festival
Boston, MA
email: events@globe.com
http://www.bostonglobe.com/promotions/children
Oct

Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair
Boston, MA
phone: 617-266-6540
http://www.bostonbookfair.com/
Oct

Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
Location changes each convention

2008 Oct. 9-12
Baltimore, MD
www.charmedtodeath.com/
2009 Oct. 15-18
Indianapolis, IN
www.bouchercon2009.com/

Brattleboro Literary Festival
Brattleboro, VT
email: bookfest@brattleboroliteraryfestival.org
http://www.brattleboroliteraryfestival.org/
Sept

Bristol Hills Storytelling Festival
Bristol, IN
phone: 219-533-6103 (MaryAnn Hunsberger)
Sept

Buckeye Book Fair
Wooster, OH
phone: 330-262-3244
email: bbfmgr@woosterbook.com
http://www.buckeyebookfair.com
Nov

Buenos Aires International Book Fair
Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://www.el-libro.com.ar
Apr-May

Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival
McCook, NE
phone: 1-800-657-2179 or 308-345-3200
http://www.buffalocommons.org
May or June

California Indian Storytelling Festival
Venue varies
http://www.cistory.org/
Nov

California International Antiquarian Book Fair
alternates between Los Angeles (even years) and San Francisco (odd years)
Feb

Cape Clear Island International Storytelling Festival
Cape Clear Island, Skibbereen, County Cork, Republic of Ireland
email:stories@indigo.ie
http://indigo.ie/~stories/
Aug - Sept

Capital BookFest
Lanham, MD
phone: 301-552-7300 / email: can@capitalbookfest.com
http://www.capitalbookfest.org/
Oct

Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
Burnsville, NC
http://www.cmlitfest.com/
Sept

Cave Run Storytelling Festival
Morehead, KY
phone: 606-780-4342 or 1-800-654-1944
http://caverunstoryfest.org/
Sept

Central Coast Book and Author Festival
San Luis Obispo, CA
phone: 805-546-1392
http://www.ccbookfestival.org/
Sept

Children's Book Festival (Hattiesburg, MS) See Fay B. Kaigler International Children's Book Festival

Children's Book Week
The Children's Book Council
phone: 212-966-1990 / fax: 212-966-2073
http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbw

2008: May 12 - 18

2009: May 11 - 17

2010: May 10 - 16

2011: May 2 - 8

2012: May 7 - 13

Children's BookFest
Fort Lauderdale, FL
phone: 954-357-7406
Apr

Children's Literature Festival
Keene, NH
email: dwhite@keene.edu
http://www.keene.edu/clf
Oct - Nov

Children's Literature Festival
Warrensburg, MO
http://library.ucmo.edu/childlit/clf/
Mar

Cochise Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering
Sierra Vista, AZ
phone: 520-459-3868
email: gathering@cowboypoets.com
http://www.cowboypoets.com/
Feb

Collingswood Book Festival
Collingswood, NJ
http://www.collingswoodbookfestival.com/
Oct

Connecticut Children's Book Fair
Storrs, CT
phone: 1-800-U-READ-IT / email: coopbks@uconnvm.uconn.edu
http://bookfair.uconn.edu/
Nov

Connecticut Storytelling Festival
New London, CT
phone: 860-439-2764 / fax: 860-439-2895
email:csc@conncoll.edu
http://www.connstorycenter.org/festival.html
Apr

Corn Island Storytelling Festival
Louisville, KY
phone: 502-245-0643
email:cornislandstorytelling@msn.com
http://www.cornislandstorytellingfestival.org/
Sept

Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Elko, NV
phone: 775-738-7508
http://www.westernfolklife.org/
Jan - Feb

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D - K

Dahlonega Literary Festival
Dahlonega, GA
phone: 706-864-0161, email: info@literaryfestival.org
http://www.literaryfestival.org
Feb

Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Medora, ND
phone: 701-872-4746
Fri/Sat of Memorial Day weekend

Delaware Book Festival
Dover, DE
email: Patty Langley (Delaware Division of Libraries, Delaware Center for the Book) at patty.langley@state.de.us
http://www.debookfestival.lib.de.us/
Nov

Detroit Story League Storytelling Festival
Livonia, MI
phone: 734-761-5118
Sept

Eatonton Literary Festival see Georgia Literary Festival

Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland
phone: 44 131 228 5444
email: admin@edbookfest.co.uk
http://www.edbookfest.co.uk
Aug

Eleventh Moon Storytelling Festival
Natchez, MS
phone: 601-446-6502 (Grand Village of the Natchez Indians)
Jan

Essence of Motown Literary Jam
Detroit, MI
http://essenceofmotown.com/
Nov

ETSU Celebration of Books and Authors
Johnson City, TN
fax: 423-439-8430
email: etsulib@etsu.edu
Apr- biennial- even years

Extreme Trail Tales: An Iditarod Event
Anchorage, AK
phone: 907-566-6252 (Storytellers' Guild of Anchorage)
http://www.storytellersguildofanchorage.org/
Mar (first weekend)

Fall for the Book Festival
Fairfax, VA
email:writing@gmu.edu
http://www.fallforthebook.org/
Sept./Oct.

Fall Storytelling Festival
Raleigh, NC
phone: 919-250-1200
http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/programs/storytelling.htm
Sept

Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference
Oxford, MS
phone: 601-232-5993
http://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/events/faulkner/
Jul

Fay B. Kaigler International Children's Book Festival formerly Children's Book Festival
Hattiesburg, MS
phone: 601-266-4228 (Rosemary Chance)
email:Book.Festival@usm.edu
http://www.childrensbookfestival.org/
Mar - Apr

Festival at the Edge
Shropshire, England
http://www.festivalattheedge.org/
July

Festival of Books for Young People
Norman, OK
phone: 405-325-3921
email:klatrobe@ou.edu (Kathy Latrobe)
Oct

Festival of Reading
St. Petersburg, FL
phone: 727-892-2358
http://www.festivalofreading.com/
Oct

Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Torino
Turin, Italy
http://www.fieralibro.it/
May

Folk Humor, Storytelling and Cowboy Gathering
Mountain View, AR
phone: 870-269-3851 / email:ofcmusic@mvtel.net
http://www.ozarkfolkcenter.com - Click on Events calendar
Aug

Forest Storytelling Festival
Port Angeles, WA
phone: 360-417-5031
http://www.dancingleaves.com/storypeople/index.html
Oct

Four Corners Storytelling Festival
Farmington, NM
phone: 505-599-1270
Go to http://www.infoway.org/ and click on Storytelling Festival on side bar
Oct

Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival
Geneva, IL
phone: 630-897-3655
http://members.aol.com/fvfolk/
Sept

Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt, Germany
http://www.frankfurt-book-fair.com
Oct

George West Storyfest
George West, TX
phone: 361-449-2481 or 888-600-3121 (toll free)
email:storyfest@georgewest.org
http://www.georgeweststoryfest.org/
Nov

Georgia Literary Festival
Venue changes each festival
Georgia Center for the Book, phone: 404-370-8450, ext. 2225 or email:
gcb@dekalblibrary.org
http://www.georgialiteraryfestival.org
Sept - Oct

Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival
New Jersey (venue changes each festival)
http://www.grdodge.org/poetry/main.htm
Sept(even years)

Get Caught Reading Month
Association of American Publishers (AAP)
http://www.getcaughtreading.org/
May

Get Lit! (annual literary arts festival)
Spokand and Cheney, WA
http://www.ewu.edu/getlit/
Apr

Göteborg International Book Fair
Göteborg, Sweden
phone: +46 (0) 31 708 8400
email: info@goteborg-bookfair.com
http://www.bok-bibliotek.se/index.asp?lang=EN
Sept

Grand Haven Area Book Festival
Grand Haven, MI
phone: 616-842-5560, ext. 212 (Loutit District Library)
Aug

Great Salt Lake Book Festival SEE Utah Humanities Book Festival

Great Smoky Mountain Book Fair
Sylva, NC
http://www.gsmbookfair.org/
Nov

Guadalajara International Book Fair
Guadalajara, Mexico
http://www.fil.com.mx/
Nov.-Dec.

Harlem Book Fair
New York, NY (W. 135th St.)
For more information about this and other Harlem Book Fairs, visit http://www.qbr.com
July

Hawaii Book & Music Festival
Honolulu, HI
http://www.hawaiibookandmusicfestival.org/
May

Hoosier Storytelling Festival
Indianapolis, IN
phone: 317-576-9848
http://www.storytellingarts.org/festivaltemp.html
Oct

Illinois Authors Book Fair
Illinois Center for the Book
Springfield, IL
phone: 217-558-2065, email:Bonnie Matheis
Nov

Independent and Small Press Book Fair (formerly Small Press Book Fair)
New York, NY
phone: 212-764-7021 / email: info@nycip.org
For more information, visit http://www.nycip.org/
Dec

International Children's Book Day
International Board on Books for Young People
http://ibby.org/index.php?id=269
April 2

International Literacy Day
International Reading Association, phone:202-624-8818
http://www.reading.org/association/meetings/literacy_day.html
Sept. 8

Iowa Storytelling Festival
Clear Lake, IA
phone: 641-357-6134(Jean Casey)
email: clplib@netins.ncl
July

Jerusalem International Book Fair
Jerusalem 91007
phone: 972 2 629 7922 or 629 6412
fax: 972 2 624 3144
email:jer_fair@netvision.net.il
http://www.jerusalembookfair.com
Feb

Kansas Book Festival
Wichita, KS
Contact by email: Cyndi Hughes
http://www.kansasbookfestival.ks.gov/
Sept - Oct

Kearney Storytelling Festival
Kearney, NE
phone: 308-468-6476
http://www.nebraskastoryarts.org/kearney_festival.html
Jan

Kentucky Book Fair
Frankfort, KY
phone: 502-564-8300
http://www.kybookfair.org/
Nov

Key West Literary Seminar
Key West, FL
phone: 1-888-293-9291
http://keywestliteraryseminar.org
Jan

Kindy Sproat Falsetto and Storytelling Contest
Hilo, HI
phone: 808-885-1244, email: info@alohafestivals.com
Sept

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L - P

Latino Book & Family Festivals
phone: 713-236-1073
email: jims@latinofestivals.com
http://www.lbff.us/
Chicago (Nov), Dallas/Fort Worth (July), Houston (Sept), Los Angeles (Oct)

Lex Allen Annual Literary Festival(Hollins University)
Roanoke, VA
phone: 540-362-6317 / email:creative.writing@hollins.edu
http://www.hollins.edu/news-events/litfest/litfest.htm
Mar

LIBER, International Book Fair
Barcelona, Spain
phone: 34 902 233 200
http://www.salonliber.com/
Oct

Literary Feast
Fort Lauderdale, FL
phone: 954-357-7381 / fax: 954-357-7856
email: wakeling@bplfoundation.org
Mar

Literary Orange
Garden Grove, CA
phone: 714-998-0862
http://www.ocpl.org/literaryorange
Apr

LitQuake: San Francisco's Literary Festival
phone: 415-557-4295
http://litquake.org/
Oct

London International Book Fair
London, England
http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/
Mar

Los Angeles Latino Book and Family Festival
Los Angeles, CA
phone: 323-255-9206
http://www.lbff.us/
Oct

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Los Angeles, CA
phone: 1-800-LATIMES, ext. 7BOOK
http://www.latimes.com/festivalofbooks
Apr

Louisiana Book Festival
Baton Rouge, LA
phone: 225-219-9503
Oct.
www.louisianabookfestival.org/

Maine Festival of the Book
Portland, ME
phone: 207-871-9100 (Maine Reads)
http://www.mainereads.org/MaineFestivaloftheBook.htm
Spring

Maine Literary Festival
Camden, ME
phone: 207-837-2827
http://maineliteraryfestival.com/
Nov

Malice Domestic
Washington, DC area
phone: 301-261-5728 / email: info@malicedomestic.org
http://www.malicedomestic.org/
May

Mariposa Storytelling Festival
Mariposa, CA
phone: 209-966-3155 / info@arts-mariposa.org
http://arts-mariposa.org/storytelling.html
Mar

Martha Vineyard's Book Festival
Chilmark, MA
http://mvbookfestival.com/
Aug

Miami Book Fair International
Miami, FL
phone: 305-237-3258
http://www.miamibookfair.com/
Nov/weekend before Thanksgiving

Michigan Storytellers Festival
Flint, MI
phone: 810-232-7111,ext.2173
http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/msf/index.shtml
July

Mid Missouri Storytelling Festival
Jefferson City, MO
phone: 573-634-6064, ext. 235
http://www.mrrl.org
Apr

Midwest Writers Guild Spring Book Fair
Evansville, IL
Go to http://midwestwg.com/ for further information
March

Minnesota Book Awards
Friends of St. Paul Public Library and others
St. Paul, MN
phone: 651-222-3242
http://www.thefriends.org/mnbookawards.html
Apr

Missouri River Storytelling Festival
St. Charles, MO
phone: 636-928-7984
Oct

Mohegan Colony Storytelling Festival
Crompound, NY
phone: 914-528-5830
Click on the festival at: http://www.timesunion.com/communities/hvstoryall/
Aug

Montana Festival of the Book
Missoula, MT
phone: 406-243-6022 / fax: 406-243-4836
http://www.bookfest-mt.org/
Sept

Montana Storytelling Roundup
Cut Bank, MT
phone: 406-336-3253
Apr

Monterrey International Book Fair
Monterrey, Mexico
http://fil.mty.itesm.mx/
Oct

Much Ado About Books
Jacksonville, FL
phone: 904-630-1995 / email: maab@cog.net
http://www.muchadoaboutbooks.com/
Apr

Multicultural Children's Book Festival
Washington, DC
phone: 202-467-4600
www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/bookfestival/
Nov

Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration
Natchez, MS
phone: 1-866-296-6522
http://www.colin.edu/nlcc/default.htm
Feb

National African American Read In
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
http://www.ncte.org/prog/readin
Feb (first Sun, Mon)

National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference
Venue changes each festival
http://www.NABSinc.org/
Nov

NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL
Washington, DC
phone: 1-888-714-4696
email:bookfest@loc.gov
http://www.loc.gov/bookfest
Sept

National Family Literacy Day
National Center for Family Literacy
http://www.famlit.org/site/c.gtJWJdMQIsE/b.2149665/k.F0C5/National_Family_Literacy_November_1.htm
Nov. 1

National Freedom of Information Day (National FOI Day)
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/press/information/topic.aspx?topic=FOI_Day
March 16 (James Madison's birthday)

National Library Week
American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/pio/campaign/nlw/nationallibraryweek.htm

2008 - April 13-19

2009 - April 12-18

2010 - April 4 -10

2011 - April 10-16

National Literacy Day
http://focusonliteracy.org/literacyday.html
July 2

National Poetry Month
Academy of American Poets
http://www.poets.org/npm
April

National Small Press Month
New York Center for Independent Publishing (formerly Small Press Center)
Visit http://www.nycip.org/ for more information.
March

National Storytelling Festival
Jonesborough, TN
phone: 1-800-952-8392 or 423-753-2152
http://www.storytellingcenter.com/festival/festival.htm
Oct

National Young Reader's Day
Sponsor: Pizza Hut BOOK IT!
www.bookitprogram.com/teachers/nyrd.asp
Nov

NC Literary Festival
Venue changes each festival
http://www.ncbook.org/
Apr / biennial/ even years (As of 2008, future of the festival is uncertain)

Nebraska Book Festival
Sponsor: Nebraska Center for the Book
Venue changes each festival
http://www.unl.edu/NCB/festival.html
Oct

New Jersey Storytelling Festival
Hamilton, NJ
phone: 862-268-4989
email:storytelling@folkproject.org
http://www.folkproject.org/fp_storytelling.html
Sept

New Orleans Book Fair
New Orleans, LA
phone: 504-598-4685
http://www.nolabookfair.com/
Nov

New York Antiquarian Book Fair
phone: 212-777-5218
http://www.sandfordsmith.com/antiquarian_info.html
Apr

Newberry Library Book Festival
Chicago, IL
phone: 312-255-3553
http://www.newberry.org/ and Click on Events
July (last weekend, Th-Sun)

Newburyport Literary Festival
Newburyport, MA
phone: 978-465-1257
http://www.newburyportliteraryfestival.org/
Apr

Nigeria International Book Fair
Lagos, Nigeria
phone: 234 (1) 4823402
email:info@nibf.org
http://www.nibf.org/
May

North Carolina Storytelling Festival
NC venue changes each festival
phone: 919-286-7995
http://www.ncstoryguild.org/events.htm
Nov

Northern Arizona Book Festival
Flagstaff, AZ
phone: 928-380-8682 / email:info@nazbookfest.com
http://www.nazbookfest.com/
Mar-Apr

Norwegian Literature Festival(Norsk Litteraturfestival)
Lillehammer, Norway
phone: 47-61-28-8991
email:littfest@maihaugen.no
http://www.litteraturfestival.no
May-June

NOVELLO Festival of Reading
Charlotte, NC
phone: 704-336-2945
email:novello@plcmc.lib.nc.us
http://www.novellofestival.net/
Oct

Ocala Storytelling Festival
Ocala, FL
phone: 352-288-3979
email:donleonard@hotmail.com
Apr

Ocoee Story Fest
Cleveland, TN
Contact Sylvia Idom at 423-476-6305
email: clevelandtellers@hotmail.com
www.tntellers.org/osf/
March

Ohio River Festival of Books
Huntington, WV
phone: 304-528-5700 (Cabell County Public Library)
email: orfob@cabell.lib.wv.us
http://www.ohioriverbooks.org
late March - Apr (every two years)

Oklahoma Book Awards
Oklahoma City, OK
phone: 405-521-2502
http://www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb/obaward.htm
Mar

Orange County Children's Book Festival
Costa Mesta, CA
email: barry@kidsbookfestival.com
http://www.kidsbookfestival.com
Sept

Oxford Conference for the Book
Oxford, MS
phone: 662-915-5993 / email: cssc@olemiss.edu
http://www.oxfordconferenceforthebook.com/
Apr

Patchwork Tales Storytelling Festival
Rock Hill, SC
phone: 803-324-7624
email:dianew@lyon.york.lib.sc.us
http://www.patchworktales.org/
Mar

Philadelphia Book Festival
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.philadelphiabookfestival.org/
May

Printers Row Book Fair
Chicago, IL
Sponsor: Chicago Tribune in association with Chicago Public Library
phone: 312-527-8280 / email: bookfair@tribune.com
http://www.printersrowbookfair.org/
June

Puerto Rico International Book Fair
San Juan, PR
phone: 787-721-0844 / fax: 787-725-0861 / email: feriapr@caribe.net
http://www.filpuertorico.org
Nov

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Queens Book Fair
Jamaica, Queens, NY
phone: 718-591-4525
http://www.queensbookfair.com/
Sept

Rabbit Hill Festival of Literature
Westport, CT
http://www.rabbithillfestival.com/
Oct

Read Across America
Sponsor: National Education Association
phone 1-888-747-READ; email: readacross@nea.org
http://www.nea.org/readacross/
March 2 (Birthday of Dr. Seuss)

Reading Rendezvous
Anchorage, AK
Alaska Center for the Book
fax: 907-278-8839
email: akctrbk@aonline.com
June

Reading Rumpus, Maine's Children's Book Festival
Gardiner, ME
http://www.readingrumpus.org/
Sept

Rhode Island Festival of Children's Books and Authors
Providence, RI
phone: 401-331-9696 or email: mienihan@lincolnschool.org
Oct (second Saturday)

Rhode Island Storytelling Festival
Newport, RI
phone: 1-800-538-3034 (Cindy Killwvey)
email:storyri@mcm.com
Nov

River City Reading Festival
Lawrence, KS
http://www.rivercityreadingfestival.org/
Oct

Riverway Storytelling Festival
Albany, NY
phone: 518-383-4620
http://www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.org/
Apr

Rochester Children's Book Festival
Rochester, NY
http://www.rochesterchildrensbookfestival.org/index.html
Nov

Rockland County Storytelling Festival
Rockland County, NY
phone: 845-359-5018, ext. 14
See listing at: http://www.timesunion.com/communities/hvstoryall/
Sept-Oct

Roswell Magnolia Storytelling Festival
Roswell, GA
phone: 770-640-3253
email:info@cvb.roswell.ga.us
http://www.cvb.roswell.ga.us/storytelling.html
June

Salon du Livre-Paris
Paris, France
phone: +33 (0) 1 44 41 40 50
email:livre@reedd-oip.fr
http://www.salondulivreparis.com/
Mar

Sarasota Reading Festival
Sarasota, FL
phone: 941-906-1773
email: sarasotareadingfestival@comcast.net
http://www.sarasotareadingfestival.com
Nov

Savannah Book Festival
Savannah, GA
phone: 912-897-9600 or email: mattprickett@savannahbookfestival.org
http://www.savannahbookfestival.org/
Feb

Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
Seattle, WA
phone: 206-323-3999
http://www.seattlebookfair.com/
Oct

Signifying' & Testifyin' Storytelling Festival
Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN
Click on festival at: http://www.blackstorytellers.com/
Sept

Smoky Mountain Storytelling Festival
Pigeon Forge, TN
phone: 865-429-7350
http://www.mypigeonforge.com/winterfest-storytelling.asp
Feb

Sonoma County Book Festival
Santa Rosa, CA
phone: 707-527-5412
http://www.socobookfest.org/
Sept

South Carolina Book Festival and Antiquarian Book Fair
Columbia, SC
phone: 803-691-4100
email:bookfest@schumanities.org
http://www.schumanities.org/bookfestival.htm
Feb

South Dakota Festival of Books
Venue changes each festival
phone: 605-688-6113
http://sdhc.sdstate.org/festival/
September

Southern Festival of Books; A Celebration of the Written Word
Nashville, TN
phone: 615-320-7001
http://tn-humanities.org/festival/current.php
Oct (second full weekend)

Southern Kentucky Book Fest
Bowling Green, KY
phone: 270-745-5263
http://www.sokybookfest.org/
Apr

Southwest Florida Reading Festival (formerly: Lee County Reading Festival)
Fort Myers, FL
phone: 239-461-2914 / email:ksloan@leegov.com
http://www.lee-county.com/library/ReadingFestivalHome.htm
Mar

Spring Literary Festival
Athens, OH
phone: 740-593-4181
http://www.ohiou.edu/sp/slf/
May

Squatty Pines Storytelling Festival
Tyler, TX
phone: 817-308-1938
http://www.easttexastellers.homestead.com/squatty.html
Feb - Mar

St. Louis Storytelling Festival
St. Louis, MO
phone: 314-516-5960
http://www.umsl.edu/~conted/storyfes/
May

Steinbeck Festival
Salinas, CA
phone: 831-796-3833
http://www.steinbeck.org/
Aug

Stories by the Sea Storytelling Festival
Newport, OR
phone: 503-466-1894
http://www.olaweb.org/csd/stories.html
Sept

Storytelling at the Prairie Center
Schaumberg, IL
phone: 847-923-3608 / fax: 847-923-2346 / email: lflodin@ci.schaumberg.il.us
http://www.prairiecenter.org/ and click on Events.
Feb - Mar

Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts
Sechelt, BC, Canada
phone: 604-885-9631 or 1-800-565-9631
email: written_arts@sunshine.net
http://www.writersfestival.ca
Aug

Talk Story Festival
Honolulu, HI
phone: 808-692-5751 / email:jgere@honolulu.gov
http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/parks/programs/talkstory/index.htm
Oct

Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival
Tampa, FL
phone: 813-931-2106
email: info@tampastory
http://www.tampastory.org/tsf_fest.htm
April

Taos Storytelling Festival
Taos, NM
phone: 1-877-758-7343, ext.2
email:somos@laplaza.org
http://somostaos.org/ (Click on special events)
Oct

Tapestry of Tales: A Family Storytelling Festival
Portland, OR
Contact Alison Kastner at 503-988-5382 / email: alisonk@multcolib.org
http://www.multcolib.org/events/tales/
Nov

Teen Read Week
Young Adult Library Services, American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/teenread/
Oct (third full week, Sun-Sat)

Tennessee Williams Festival
Clarksdale, MS
phone: 662-627-7337
http://www.coahomacc.edu/twilliams/about.html
Oct (second Fri, Sat)

Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
New Orleans, LA
phone: 504-581-1144 / email: tennesseewilliams.net
http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/
Mar-Apr

Texas Book Festival
Austin, TX
phone: 512-477-4055
http://www.texasbookfestival.org/
Nov

Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Alpine, TX
phone: 432-364-2490 or 432-294-1576
http://www.cowboy-poetry.org/index2.html
Feb

Texas Storytelling Festival
Denton, TX
phone: 940-387-8336
http://www.tejasstorytelling.com/
Mar

Three Apples Storytelling Festival
Harvard, MA
phone: 617-499-9529
email:threeapples_2000@yahoo.com
http://www.threeapples.org/
Sept

Three Rivers Storytelling Festival
Pittsburgh, PA
phone: 412-366-8100
http://home.comcast.net/~3rstf/
Aug

Timpanogos Storytelling Festival
Orem, UT
phone: 801-229-7436
email:storyteller@timpfest.org
http://www.timpfest.org/
Aug-Sept

Tokyo International Book Fair
Tokyo, Japan
http://web.reedexpo.co.jp/tibf/english
July

Toronto Festival of Storytelling
Toronto, ON, Canada
phone: 416-656-2445
email: admin@storytellingtoronto.org
http://www.storytellingtoronto.org/Pages/Festival.html
Mar-Apr

University of North Dakota Writer's Conference
Grand Forks, ND
phone: 701-777-2768 / e:mail: jmckenzi@badlands.nodak.edu
http://www.undwritersconference.org/
Mar

Utah Humanities Book Festival
Salt Lake City, UT
phone: 801-359-9670
http://www.utahhumanities.org/BookFestival.htm
Oct

Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival
Vancouver, BC, Canada
phone: 604-681-6330
email: viwf@writersfest.bc.ca
http://www.vancouverstorytelling.org/
Oct

Vancouver International Storytelling Festival
Vancouver, BC, Canada
phone: 604-876-2272
email: info@vancouverstorytelling.org
For more information, go to http://www.vancouverstorytelling.org/
Feb

Vegas Valley Book Festival
Las Vegas (Arts District), NV
Nevada Humanities Committee
phone: 702-229-5431
http://www.vegasvalleybookfest.org/
Nov

Vero Beach Book Festival
Vero Beach, FL
phone: 772-569-6718 or email: info@verobeachbookfest.com
http://www.verobeachbookfest.com/
Nov

Village of Tales: Ojai Storytelling Festival
Ojai, CA
phone: 805-646-8907
http://www.villageoftales.org/
May

Virginia Festival of the Book
Charlottesville, VA
phone: 434-924-6890 / email: vabook@virginia.edu
http://www.vabook.org
Mar

Virginia Storytelling Gathering
Richmond, VA
phone: 757-428-8501
Click on The Gathering at: http://www.vastorytelling.org/
Mar-Apr

Weber State University Storytelling Festival
Ogden, UT
http://www.weber.edu/storytelling
Feb-Mar

West Hollywood Book Fair
West Hollywood, CA
phone: 323-848-6400
http://www.westhollywoodbookfair.org/
Sept

West Texas Book and Music Festival
Abilene, TX
phone: 325-665-2424 / email:judithkph@suddenlink.net
http://www.abilenetx.com/apl/book_music_fest.html
Sept

West Virginia Book Festival
Charleston, WV
For information, contact Pam May by phone: 304-343-4646 or
email:pam.may@kanawha.lib.wv.us
http://www.wvhumanities.org/bookfest/bookfest2.htm
Oct

Winter Storytelling Festival
Kennesaw, GA
phone: 404-329-9950 / email: sosmailcmt@aol.com
Jan -Feb

WinterTales Storytelling Festival
Oklahoma City, OK
phone: 405-270-4848 / email: info@artscouncilokc.com
http://www.artscouncilokc.com/WinterTales/p/3410/Default.aspx
Feb

Wisconsin Book Festival
Madison, WI
http://www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/
Oct

Wordstock
Portland, OR
http://www.wordstockfestival.com/
Nov

World Book and Copyright Day
http://www.unesco.org/culture/bookday/
April 23

Writers in the Sky
Telluride, CO
Wilkinson Public Library, phone: 970-728-4519, email: mwright@telluride.lib.co.us
Click on Programs & Events at: http://www.telluride.lib.co.us/
Oct

Writing Rendezvous
Anchorage, AK
fax: 907-278-8839 / email:akctrbk@online.com
http://www.alaskacenterforthebook.org/
Apr

Wyoming Book Festival
Cheyenne, WY
http://www.wyomingbookfestival.org/
Sept

Zimbabwe International Book Fair
Zimbabwe, Africa
phone: 263 4 70 2104/8
fax: 263 4 70 2129
email:zibf@samara.co.zw
http://www.zibf.org.zw/bf/bf.html
Jul-Aug

ZORA! Festival (Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities)
Eatonville, FL
phone: 407-647-3307 / fax: 407-647-3959
email: apec@cfl.rr.com
http://www.zoranealehurstonfestival.com/
Jan/last weekend

Entries under each state are arranged by: Name of event | Location of Event |Time of year event takes place

Colorado
Writers in the Sky | Telluride | Oct

Delaware
Delaware Book Festival | Dover | Nov

District of Columbia
Multicultural Children's Book Festival | Nov
National Book Festival | Sept

Idaho

Indiana
Bristol Hills Storytelling Festival |Bristol | Sept
The Hoosier Storytelling Festival | Indianapolis | Oct

Iowa
Iowa Storytelling Festival | Clear Lake | July

Kansas
Kansas Book Festival | Wichita | Sept - Oct
River City Reading Festival | Lawrence | Oct

Minnesota
Minnesota Book Awards | St. Paul | Apr

Montana
Montana Festival of the Book | Missoula | Sept
Montana Storytelling Roundup | Cut Bank | Apr

Nevada
Cowboy Poetry Gathering | Elko | Jan
Vegas Valley Book Festival | Las Vegas (Arts District) | Nov

New Hampshire
Children's Literature Festival | Keene | Oct

North Dakota

Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering | Medora | May
University of North Dakota Writer's Conference | Grand Forks | Mar

Oregon
Stories By the Sea Storytelling Festival | Newport | Sept
Tapestry of Tales |Portland | Nov

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Book Festival | Philadelphia | May
Three Rivers Storytelling Festival | Pittsburgh | Aug

Rhode Island
Rhode Island Festival of Children's Books and Authors | Providence | Oct
Rhode Island Storytelling Festival | Newport | Nov

South Dakota
South Dakota Festival of Books | Venue changes each festival | Sept

Vermont
Brattleboro Literary Festival | Brattleboro | Sept

West Virginia
Ohio River Festival of Books | Huntington | Mar - April (every 2 years)
West Virginia Book Festival | Charleston |Oct

Wisconsin
Wisconsin Book Festival | Madison | Oct

Wyoming
Wyoming Book Festival | Cheyenne | Sept

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