Select Book Conferences, Festivals, and Fairs in 2019
January
New Delhi World Book Fair, New Delhi, Jan. 5–13
ABA Winter Institute, Albuquerque, N.Mex., Jan. 22–25
Angoulême International Comics Festival, Angoulême, France, Jan. 24–27
ALA Midwinter Meeting, Seattle, Jan. 25–29
February
Ekushey Book Fair, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Feb. 1–28
PubWest, Santa Fe, N.Mex., Feb. 7–9
Feria Internacional del Libro La Habana, Havana, Feb. 7–17
Taipei International Book Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan, Feb. 12–17
San Miguel Writers Conference, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Feb. 13–17
Amelia Island Book Festival, Amelia Island, Fla., Feb. 14–16
San Francisco Writers Conference, San Francisco, Feb. 14–18
Foire du Livre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Feb. 14–17
Savannah Book Festival, Savannah, Ga., Feb. 14-17
Vilnius Book Fair, Vilnius, Lithuania, Feb. 21–24
Wizard World Portland, Portland, Ore., Feb. 22–24
March
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, Dubai, U.A.E., Mar. 1–9
Tucson Festival of Books, Tucson, Ariz., Mar. 2–3
Lit & Luz Festival, Mexico City, Mar. 6–9
South by Southwest, Austin, Tex., Mar. 8–17
London Book Fair, London, Mar. 12–14
SleuthFest, Boca Raton, Fla., Mar. 14–17
Palm Beach Book Festival, Palm Beach, Fla., Mar. 15–16
Salon du Livre Paris, Paris, Mar. 15–18
Tech Forum and E-bookcraft, Toronto, Mar. 18–21
Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, Va., Mar. 20–24
Leipzig Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany, Mar. 21–24
Deckle Edge Literary Festival, Columbia, S.C., Mar. 23
Alexandria International Book Fair, Alexandria, Egypt, Mar. 25–Apr. 7
AWP Conference & Bookfair, Portland, Ore., Mar. 27–30
Festival Neue Literatur, New York, Mar. 28–31
Left Coast Crime, Vancouver, Canada, Mar. 28–31
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, New Orleans, Mar. 29–31
WonderCon, Los Angeles, Mar. 29–31
The Write Stuff Writers Conference, Bethlehem, Pa., Mar. N/A
Long Island LitFest, Rockville Centre, N.Y., Mar. N/A
Bangkok International Book Fair, Bangkok, N/A
April
Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Bologna, Italy, Apr. 1–4
UW–Madison’s Annual Writers’ Institute, Madison, Wis., Apr. 4–7
IBPA Publishing University, Chicago, Apr. 5–6
San Antonio Book Festival, San Antonio, Tex., Apr. 6
Association of College & Research Libraries Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, Apr. 10–13
Quebec International Book Fair, Quebec City, Canada, Apr. 10–14
Alabama Book Festival, Montgomery, Ala., Apr. 13
L.A. Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, Apr. 13–14
Texas Library Association Conference, Austin, Tex., Apr. 15–18
Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, Sharjah, U.A.E., Apr. 17–27
Norwescon, SeaTac, Wash., Apr. 18–21
Unbound Book Festival, Columbia, Mo., Apr. 19
North Texas Teen Book Festival, Irving, Tex., Apr. 22–23
Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., Apr. 24–30
Tehran International Book Fair, Tehran, Iran, Apr. 24–May 4
Arkansas Literary Festival, Little Rock, Ark., Apr. 25–28
Idaho Writers Guild Pitchfest, Boise, Idaho, Apr. 25–27
Bogota International Book Fair, Bogotá, Colombia, Apr. 25–May 6
Buenos Aires Book Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Apr. 25–May 13
International Book Festival Budapest, Budapest, Hungary, Apr. 25–28
Newburyport Literary Festival, Newburyport, Mass., Apr. 26–27
Southern Kentucky Book Fest, Bowling Green, Ky., Apr. 26–27
The Self-Publishing Conference, Leicester, England, Apr. 27
ECPA Leadership Summit, Washington, D.C., Apr. 30–May 1
Tulsa Lit Fest, Tulsa, Okla., Apr. N/A
Chicago Humanities Festival Springfest, Chicago, Apr. N/A
May
Geneva Book and Press Fair, Geneva, May. 1–5
YALLWest Book Festival, Santa Monica, Calif., May 3–4
Malice Domestic, Bethesda, Md., May. 3–5
Hudson Children’s Book Festival, Hudson, N.Y., May 4
Bay Area Book Festival, Berkeley, Calif., May 4–5
Nonfiction Writers Conference, online, May 8–10
Miami Writers Institute, Miami, May 8 - 11
Book World, Prague, May 9–12
Turin International Book Fair, Turin, Italy, May 9–13
Gaithersburg Book Festival, Gaithersburg, Md., May 18
Warsaw Book Fair, Warsaw, May 23–26
Hay Festival Wales, Wales, U.K., May 23–June 2
BookExpo, New York City, May 29–31
New York Rights Fair, New York City, May 29–31
Literary Hill BookFest, Washington, D.C., May N/A
Thessaloniki Book Fair, Thessaloniki, Greece, May N/A
Romantic Times Booklovers Convention, Atlanta, May N/A
St. Petersburg International Book Fair, St. Petersburg, Russia, May N/A
Bronx Book Festival, the Bronx, N.Y., May N/A
Hawai‘i Book & Music Festival, Honolulu, TBD
The Prince George’s Book Festival, Landover, Md., TBD
June
BookCon, New York City, June 1–2
Printers Row Lit Fest, Chicago, June 8–19
PePcon: The Print + ePublishing Conference, New Orleans, June 12–13
Nantucket Book Festival, Nantucket, Mass., June 14–16
The Santa Barbara Writers Conference, Santa Barbara, Calif., June 16–21
Association of Jewish Libraries 53rd Annual Conference, Woodland Hills, Calif., June 17–19
ALA Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., June 20–25
Chuckanut Writers Conference, Bellingham, Wash., June 21–22
Sarah Lawrence College Writing Institute, Bronxville, N.Y., June 22
ABA Children’s Institute, Pittsburgh, June 26–28
Why Reading Matters, Brooklyn, June N/A
Queens Book Festival, Queens, N.Y., June N/A
Seoul International Book Fair, Seoul, June N/A
Bookapalooza, a Book and Literary Craft Fair, Sacramento, Calif., June N/A
Feira do Livro de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, TBD
July
ThrillerFest, New York City, July 9–13
Comic-Con International, San Diego, Calif., July 18–21
Hong Kong Book Fair, Hong Kong, July 18–24
Fiction at Its Finest Festival, London, July N/A
Pennsylvania Writers Conference, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., N/A
Northwest Book Festival, Portland, Ore., TBD
Read Up, Greenville, Greenville, S.C., TBD
August
Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference, Corte Madera, Calif., Aug. 8–11
Writers at Woody Point, Woody Point, Canada, Aug. 14–19
Mississippi Book Festival, Jackson, Miss., Aug. 17
Beijing International Book Fair, Beijing, Aug. 21–25
Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference, Corte Madera, Calif., Aug. 22–25
Killer Nashville, Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 22–25
Writer’s Digest Conference, New York City, Aug. 23–25
Dragon Con, Atlanta, Aug. 29–Sept. 2
AJC Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, Ga., Aug. 30–Sept. 1
National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., Aug. 31
September
Digital Book World Conference + Expo, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 10–12
Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Discovery Show, New Orleans, Sept. 13–15
Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Discovery Show, San Francisco, Sept. 20–21
The Village Trip, New York, Sept. 26–29
Göteborg Book Fair, Göteborg, Sweden, Sept. 26–29
History Book Festival, Lewes, Del., Sept. 27–28
Harbor Springs Festival of the Book, Harbor Springs, Mich., Sept. 27–29
Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Trade Show, San Gabriel, Calif., Sept. 27–28
Open Book Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Sept. N/A
Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors, Winston-Salem, N.C., Sept. N/A
Kerrytown BookFest, Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. N/A
Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. N/A
Kentucky Women Writers Conference, Lexington, Ky., Sept. N/A
Transylvanian Book Festival, Richis, Romania, Sept. N/A
Unicorn Writers Conference, Purchase, N.Y., Sept. N/A
Burlington Book Festival, Burlington, Vt., TBD
Word on the Street, Toronto, TBD
October
The Heartland Fall Forum, Lombard, Ill., Oct. 2–4
New England Independent Booksellers Association Fall Conference, Providence, R.I., Oct. 2–4
New York Comic Con, New York City, Oct. 3–6
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Tradeshow, Portland, Ore., Oct. 6–8
Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association, Denver, Oct. 10–12
Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany, Oct. 16–20
Brattleboro Literary Festival, Brattleboro, Vt., Oct. 17–20
Vancouver Writers Fest, Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 21–27
Helsinki Book Fair, Helsinki, Oct. 24–27
Bouchercon, Dallas, Tex., Oct. 31–Nov. 3
RomCon, Denver, Oct. N/A
Texas Teen Book Festival, Austin, Tex., Oct. 26 - 27
Dublin Book Festival, Dublin, Oct. N/A
Litquake, San Francisco, Oct. N/A
Bucks County Book Festival, Doylestown, Pa., Oct. 12-13
Florida Writers Association Annual Conference, Altamonte Springs, Fla., Oct. N/A
International Belgrade Book Fair, Belgrade, Oct. N/A
Texas Book Festival, Austin, Tex., Oct. 26-27
Alternative Press Expo, San Jose, Calif., TBD
Boston Book Festival, Boston, TBD
Feira do Livro do Porto, Porto, Portugal, TBD
Liber International Book Fair, Barcelona, Spain, TBD
Twin Cities Book Festival, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn., TBD
November
Sharjah International Book Fair, Sharjah, U.A.E., Nov. 6–16
Shanghai Children’s Fair, Shanghai, Nov. 15–17
Salon du Livre de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, Nov. 20–25
NCTE Annual Convention, Baltimore, Md., Nov. 21–24
Guadalajara International Book Fair, Guadalajara, Mexico, Nov. 30–Dec. 4
PoetryFest, New York City, Nov. N/A
ECPA Publishing University and Art of Writing Conference, Nashville, Tenn., Nov. N/A
YALLFest, Charleston, S.C., Nov. N/A
Miami Book Fair, Miami, Nov. N/A
Festival Albertine, New York City, TBD
International Fair of Intellectual Literature, Moscow, TBD
Istanbul Book Fair, Istanbul, TBD
Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading, Tampa Bay, Fla., TBD
Wordstock: Portland’s Book Festival, Portland, Ore., TBD
Editor’s Note: For events that have not yet released their dates for this year’s fair, we have placed the meeting in roughly its usual time period.
