2024 Book Festivals in the United States
Discover new authors, meet your favorites, and connect with fellow book lovers at a festival near you. Most events are free to the public and have activities for all ages. Here are the book festivals that are active in 2024.
See book festivals by region with additional details:
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Arizona
Tucson Festival of Books Saturday, March 9 & Sunday, March 10, 2024
Northern Arizona Book Festival Saturday, April 5 - Monday, April 15, 2024
Arkansas
California
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2024 Saturday, April 20 & Sunday, April 21, 2024
Bay Area Book Festival Saturday, June 1 & Sunday, June 2, 2024
Colorado
Fort Collins Book Fest Thursday, February 1 - Monday, February 19, 2024
Rocky Mountain Literary Festival October 12, 2024
Connecticut
Connecticut Book Festival Saturday, October 26, 2024
Delaware
History Book Festival Thursday, September 27 - Sunday, September 29, 2024
Florida
Southwest Florida Reading Festival Saturday, March 2, 2024
Books By the Bay Saturday, March 23, 2024
Word of South Saturday, April 26 & Sunday, April 27, 2024
Miami Book Fair TBD
Georgia
The Savannah Book Festival Thursday, February 15 - Sunday, February 18, 2024
Dahlonega Literary Festival Saturday, March 2, 2024
Hawai'i
Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival TBD, September or October, 2024
Illinois
Printers Row Lit Fest Saturday, September 7 & Sunday, September 8, 2024
Indiana
Beyond the Book Festival Saturday, September 7, 2024
Iowa
Beaverdale Books | DSM Book Festival Saturday, October 19, 2024
Kansas
Kansas Book Festival Saturday, September 28, 2024
Kentucky
Louisville Book Festival Friday, October 18 & Saturday, October 19, 2024
SOKY Book Fest (WCPL Book Fest) Saturday, September 21, 2024
Louisiana
New Orleans Book Festival Thursday, March 14 - Saturday, March 16, 2024
Maine
Maine Authors Book Festival Saturday, August 24, 2024
Maryland
Annapolis Book Festival Saturday, April 27, 2024
Massachusetts
Nantucket Book Festival Thursday, June 13 - Sunday, June 16, 2024
Michigan
Midwest Literary Walk Saturday, April 20, 2024
Detroit Book Fest Sunday, July 21, 2024
Harbor Springs Festival of the Book Friday, September 27 - Sunday, September 29, 2024
Minnesota
Rosemount Writers Fest Saturday, March 16, 2024
Mississippi
Mississippi Book Festival Saturday, September 14, 2024
Missouri
Unbound Book Festival Thursday, April 18 - Sunday, April 21, 2024
Nebraska
Nevada
Las Vegas Book Festival Saturday, October 19, 2024
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Book Festival Friday, October 4 & Saturday, October 5, 2024
New Jersey
Morristown Festival of Books Saturday, October 18 & Sunday, October 19, 2024
New Mexico
Santa Fe International Literary Festival Friday, May 17 - Sunday, May 19, 2024
New York
Woodstock Bookfest Thursday, March 21 - Sunday, March 24, 2024
Brooklyn Book Festival Saturday, September 28 & Sunday, September 29, 2024
Saratoga Book Festival Saturday, October 5 & Sunday, October 6, 2024
North Carolina
Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors Saturday, September 28, 2024
Ohio
Columbus Book Festival Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14, 2024
Buckeye Book Fair Saturday, November 2, 2024
Oregon
Portland Book Festival Saturday, November 2, 2024
Pennsylvania
Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books Saturday, May 11, 2024
Rhode Island
We Are All Readers Saturday, April 6, 2024
South Carolina
Charleston Literary Festival Friday, November 1 - Sunday, November 10, 2024
South Dakota
Festival of Books Friday, September 20 - Sunday, September 22, 2024
Tennessee
Southern Festival of Books <Saturday, October 26 & Sunday, October 27, 2024
Texas
San Antonio Book Festival Saturday, October 26 & Sunday, October 27, 2024
Texas Book Festival Saturday, November 16 & Sunday, November 17, 2024
Utah
Utah Humanities Book Festival TBD
Vermont
Brattleboro Literary Festival TBD
Virginia
Virginia Festival of the Book Wednesday, March 20 & Sunday, March 24, 2024
Washington
Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair Saturday, October 26 & Sunday, October 27, 2024
Washington DC
National Book Festival Saturday, August 24, 2024
West Virginia
West Virginia Book Festival Saturday, October 19, 2024
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Book Festival October 17-20, 2024
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