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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 | D - K | L - P | Q - Z

LISTING BY STATE


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

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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    Q - Z

    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


    LISTING BY STATE

    Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas| California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming

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

    Alabama
    Alabama Book Festival  | Montgomery  | Apr
    Alabama Bound Festival  | Birmingham | Apr
    Alabama Tale-Tellin' Festival | Selma  | Oct

    Alaska
    Alaska Book Festival  | Fairbanks  | Summer
    Extreme Trail Tales | Anchorage | Feb/Mar
    Reading Rendezvous  | Anchorage | June
    Writing Rendezvous  | Anchorage | Apr

    Arizona
    Arizona Book Festival | Phoenix | Apr
    Cochise Cowboy & Music Gathering | Sierra Vista | Feb
    Northern Arizona Book Festival | Flagstaff  | Mar/Apr

    Arkansas
    Arkansas Literary Festival  | Little Rock   | April
    Books in Bloom  | Eureka Springs  | May
    Folk Humor, Storytelling and Cowboy Gathering Weekend | Mountain View | Aug

    California
    Bay Area Storytelling Festival  | El Sobrante  | May
    California Indian Storytelling Festival  | Venue varies  | March/Nov
    California International Antiquarian Book Fair | San Francisco(odd years) and Los Angeles (even years) | Feb
    Central Coast Book and Author Festival   | San Luis Obispo   | Sept
    Literary Orange  | Garden Grove   | Apr
    LitQuake   | San Francisco   | Oct
    Los Angeles Latino Book and Family Festival   | Los Angeles  | Oct
    Los Angeles Times Festival of Books |Los Angeles | Apr
    Mariposa Storytelling Festival  | Mariposa   | Mar
    Orange County Children's Book Festival  |Costa Mesa | Sept
    Sonoma County Book Festival   | Santa Rosa   | Sept
    Steinbeck Festival | Salinas | Aug
    Village of Tales: Ojai Storytelling Festival   | Ojai   | May
    West Hollywood Book Fair   | West Hollywood   | Sept

    Colorado
    Writers in the Sky   | Telluride   | Oct

    Connecticut
    Connecticut Children's Book Fair  | Storrs   | Nov
    Connecticut Storytelling Festival | New London | Apr
    Rabbit Hill Festival of Literature   | Westport | Oct

    Delaware
    Delaware Book Festival  | Dover  | Nov

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

    Florida
    Amelia Island Book Festival | Fernandina Beach  | Sept-Oct
    BookMania!  |Stuart   | Jan
    Children's BookFest  | Fort Lauderdale | Apr
    Festival of Reading | St. Petersburg | Nov
    Key West Literary Seminar | Key West | Jan
    Literary Feast  | Fort Lauderdale  | Mar
    Miami Book Fair International | Miami | Nov
    Much Ado About Books  |Jacksonville  | Feb
    Ocala Storytelling Festival | Arola | Apr
    Sarasota Reading Festival | Sarasota | Nov
    Southwest Florida Reading Festival  | Fort Myers  | Mar
    Tampa-Hillsborough Storytelling Festival | Tampa | Apr
    Vero Beach Book Festival, Vero Beach, Nov
    ZORA! Festival (Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities | Eatonville | Jan

    Georgia
    Azalea Storytelling Festival | LaGrange | Mar
    Dahlonega Literary Festival  | Dahlonega   | Feb
    Georgia Literary Festival | venue changes each year  |Aug
    Roswell Magnolia Storytelling Festival | Roswell | June
    Savannah Book Festival   | Savannah  | Feb
    Winter Storytelling Festival  | Atlanta  |Jan-Feb

    Hawaii
    Hawaii Book & Music Festival  | Honolulu   | May
    Kindy Sproat Falsetto and Storytelling Contest | Hilo | Sept
    Talk Story Festival  | Honolulu  |Oct

    Idaho

    Illinois
    Chicago Latino Book & Family Festival  |Chicago  | Nov
    Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling | Geneva | Sept
    Illinois Authors Book Fair  | Springfield  | Oct
    Midwest Writers Guild Spring Book Fair   | Evansville   | Mar
    New Salem Storytelling Festival | Petersburg | Aug
    Newberry Library Book Fair | Chicago  | July
    Printers Row Book Fair | Chicago | June
    Storytelling at the Prairie Center | Schaumberg | Mar

    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

    Kentucky
    Cave Run Storytelling Festival | Morehead | Sept
    Corn Island Storytelling Festival | Louisville | Sept
    Kentucky Book Fair | Frankfort | Nov
    Southern Kentucky Book Fest | Bowling Green | Apr

    Louisiana
    Louisiana Book Festival | Baton Rouge | Oct
    New Orleans Book Fair  | New Orleans   | Nov
    Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival | New Orleans | Mar

    Maine
    Bangor Book Festival   | Bangor   | Oct
    Maine Festival of the Book   | Portland   | Spring
    Maine Literary Festival   | Camden   | Nov
    Reading Rumpus, Maine Children's Book Festival   | Gardiner  | Sept

    Maryland
    Baltimore Book Festival | Baltimore | Sept
    Bethesda Literary Festival   | Bethesda  | Apr
    Capital BookFest  | Lanham  | Oct

    Massachusetts
    Boston Globe Children's Book Festival | Boston | Oct
    Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair | Boston | Nov
    Martha's Vineyard Book Festival   | Chilmark   | Aug
    Newburyport Literary Festival   | Newburyport  | Apr
    Three Apples Storytelling Festival | Harvard | Sept

    Michigan
    Detroit Story League Storytelling Festival | Livonia | Sept
    Essence of Motown Literary Jam   | Detroit   | Nov
    Grand Haven Area Book Festival   | Grand Haven   | Aug
    Michigan Storytellers Festival | Flint | July

    Minnesota
    Minnesota Book Awards | St. Paul | Apr

    Mississippi
    Fay B. Kaigler Internationsl Children's Book Festival | Hattiesburg | Mar
    Eleventh Moon Storytelling Festival | Natchez | Jan
    Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference  | Oxford   | July
    Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration | Natchez | Feb
    Oxford Conference for the Book  | Oxford   | Apr
    Tennessee Williams Festival | Clarksdale | Oct

    Missouri
    Children's Literature Festival | Warrensburg | Mar
    Mid Missouri Storytelling Festival   | Jefferson City  | Apr
    Missouri River Storytelling Festival   | St. Charles   | Oct
    St. Louis Storytelling Festival | St. Louis | May

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

    Nebraska
    Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival | McCook  | May/June
    Kearney Storytelling Festival | Kearney | Jan
    Nebraska Book Festival | Venue changes each festival | Sept
    Nebraska Storytelling Festival  | Omaha | June

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

    New Hampshire
    Children's Literature Festival | Keene | Oct

    New Jersey
    Collingswood Book Festival  | Collingswood  | Oct
    Dodge Poetry Festival | Hillsborough | /Sept (even years)
    New Jersey Storytelling Festival | Hamilton | July

    New Mexico
    Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair | Albuquerque | Apr
    Border Book Festival | Las Cruces | Mar
    Four Corners Storytelling Festival  |Farmington  |Oct
    Taos Storytelling Festival | Taos | Sept

    New York
    Harlem Book Fair  | New York  | July
    Independent and Small Press Book Fair | New York | Dec
    Mohegan Colony Storytelling Festival   | Crompound  | Aug
    New York Antiquarian Book Fair | New York | Apr
    Queens Book Fair, Jamaica, Sept
    Riverway Storytelling Festival  | Albany  | Apr
    Rochester Children's Book Festival  | Rochester  | Nov
    Rockland County Storytelling Festival  | Rockland County | Sept

    North Carolina
    Carolina Mountains Literary Festival   | Burnsville  | Sept
    Fall Storytelling Festival | Raleigh | Sept
    Great Smoky Mountain Book Fair  |Sylva  | Nov
    NC Literary Festival  | Venue changes each festival  | Apr (even years)
    North Carolina Storytelling Festival | Venue changes | Nov
    Novello Festival of Reading | Charlotte | Oct

    North Dakota

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

    Ohio
    Akron Antiquarian Book Fair  | Cuyahoga Falls  | Apr
    Autumn Book Festival  | Fostoria  | Sept - Oct
    Books by the Banks  | Cincinnati  | Nov
    Buckeye Book Fair | Wooster | Nov
    Spring Literary Festival  | Athens  | May

    Oklahoma
    Festival of Books  | Norman  | Oct
    Oklahoma Book Awards | Oklahoma City | Mar
    WinterTales Storytelling Festival | Oklahoma City | Feb

    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 Carolina
    A(ugusta) Baker's Dozen: A Celebration of Stories Festival | Columbia | Apr
    South Carolina Book Festival and Antiquarian Book Fair  | Columbia  | Feb
    Patchwork Storytelling Festival | Rock Hill | May

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

    Tennessee
    ETSU Celebration of Books and Authors  | Johnson City, TN  | Apr
    Ocoee Story Fest   | Cleveland  | Mar
    Smoky Mountain Storytelling Festival | Pigeon Forge | Feb
    Southern Festival of Books | Nashville | Oct

    Texas
    George West Storyfest  | George West  |Nov
    Houston Storytelling Festival   | Houston  | Apr
    Squatty Pines Storytelling Festival | Tyler  |Mar
    Texas Book Festival | Austin | Nov
    Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering | Alpine | Mar
    Texas Storytelling Festival | Denton | Mar
    West Texas Book & Music Festival  | Abilene  | Sept

    Utah
    Utah Humanities Book Festival | Salt Lake City | Oct
    Timpanogos Storytelling Festival | Orem | Aug
    Weber State University Storytelling Festival  | Ogden  |Nov

    Vermont
    Brattleboro Literary Festival  | Brattleboro | Sept 

    Virginia
    Fall for the Book  | Fairfax | Sept
    Lex Allen Annual Literary Festival (Hollins University) | Roanoke | Mar-Apr
    Virginia Book Festival | Charlottsville | Mar
    Virginia Storytelling Gathering | Richmond | Mar - Apr 

    Washington
    Bellingham Storytelling Festival  | Bellingham  | Nov
    Forest Storytelling Festival | Port Angeles | Sept
    Get Lit!  |Spokane and Cheney  | Apr
    Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair  | Seattle  | Oct

    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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