Book Fairs by State

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

Alabama | Alaska | American Samoa | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Guam | 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 | Northern Mariana Islands | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Puerto Rico | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virgin Islands | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming

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
• Kingman Area Books Are Magical Festival  | Kingman | May 2012
• 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  | Los Angeles (even years) | Feb
• California International Antiquarian Book Fair | San Francisco (odd 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 | Oct.
• 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 Storytelling Festival  | New London | Apr
• Connecticut Children's Book Fair  | Storrs | Nov
• Rabbit Hill Festival of Literature | Westport | Oct

Delaware

• Delaware Book Festival  | Dover | Nov

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District of Columbia

• Multicultural Children's Book Festival | Washington | Nov
• National Book Festival | Washington | Sept

Florida

• Amelia Island Book Festival  | Fernandina Beach | Sept-Oct
• BookMania!  | Jensen Beach | Jan 2012
• 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 | March 2012
• 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 | Nov
• 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

Illinois

• Chicago Latino Book & Family Festival | Chicago | Nov
• Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling  | Geneva | Sept
• 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

• 2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival  | Gaithersburg | May 18, 2013
• Baltimore Book Festival  | Baltimore | Sept
• Bethesda Literary Festival  | Bethesda | Apr
• Capital BookFest  | Largo | Oct

Massachusetts

• Annual Pioneer Valley Book & Ephemera Fair  | Northampton | Oct
• Boston Book Festival  | Copley Square | Oct. 2011
• 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

• Eleventh Moon Storytelling Festival | Natchez | Jan
• Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference | Oxford | July
• Fay B. Kaigler Internationsl Children's Book Festival | Hattiesburg | Mar
• 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
• The LeRue Book Blast | Reno | October 2012
• Vegas Valley Book Festival  | Las Vegas (Arts District) | Nov

New Hampshire

• Children's Literature Festival  | Keene | Oct
• Star Island Literary Festival  | Portsmouth | August

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 2012
• Border Book Festival  | Las Cruces | Mar
• Four Corners Storytelling Festival | Farmington | Oct
• Taos Storytelling Festival | Taos | Sept

New York

• Brooklyn Book Festival  | Brooklyn Borough Hall | Sept 2011
• Harlem Book Fair | New York | July
• Hudson Chidlren's Book Festival  | Hudson (Hudson Junior and Senior High Schools) | May 7
• 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 | Sep
• Riverway Storytelling Festival | Albany | Apr
• Rochester Children's Book Festival  | Rochester | Nov
• Rockland County Storytelling Festival | Rockland County | Sept

North Carolina

• Blue Ridge Book Festival | Flat Rock | June
• Bookmark's Literary Festival | Winston-Salem | Sept
• Carolina Mountains Literary Festival | Burnsville | Sept
• Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming  | Greenville | Sept 23-24, 2011
• Fall Storytelling Festival | Raleigh | Sept
• NC Literary Festival | Venue changes each festival | Apr (even years)
• North Carolina Storytelling Festival  | Venue changes | 2012
• On the Same Page: Ashe County's Literary Festival | W. Jefferson | Sept
• Poetry GSO | Greensboro | April 1-30, 2011
• Western Carolina University, North Carolina State University | Sylva | April 3-7, 2011

North Dakota

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

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
• Patchwork Storytelling Festival  | Rock Hill | May
• South Carolina Book Festival and Antiquarian Book Fair  | Columbia | Feb

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

• ETSU Celebration of Books and Authors | Johnson City, TN | Apr
• National Youth Storytelling Showcase  | Pigeon Forge | Jun
• Ocoee Story Fest | Cleveland | Mar
• Southern Festival of Books  | Nashville | Oct
• Tennessee Antiquarian Book Fair  | Cowan | July 21 & 22

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

• Timpanogos Storytelling Festival  | Orem | Aug
• Utah Humanities Book Festival  | Salt Lake City | Oct
• 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

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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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