2024 Book Festivals in the United States

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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Western

Arizona

Tucson Festival of Books Saturday, March 9 & Sunday, March 10, 2024

Northern Arizona Book Festival Saturday, April 5 - Monday, April 15, 2024

Arkansas

Six Bridges Book Festival TBD

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

 

Link to Ava in Lost Pines | A Novella

 

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

Kentucky Book Festival TBD

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

Boston Book Festival TBD

Nantucket Book Festival Thursday, June 13 - Sunday, June 16, 2024

 

Link to Into the Fracking Fields - A Novel

 

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

Nebraska Book Festival TBD

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

 

Link to Red as Apple | A Novella

 

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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