A festival directory for authors and publishing professionals.
Welcome to the Literary Family Reunion Kinfolk Lit Fest is three full days of Black books, conversations and community in Indianapolis. Across eight tracks, readers can spend the weekend in conversation with the storytellers behind the books they love, learn from the people shaping the business of books and experience a literary festival built to feel like family.
Join booklovers from around Texas in Boerne for a day of author discussion panels, book signings, and a lot more literary fun. Our panel discussions with featured authors are by invitation; if you are an author and would like to be on hand at the festival, you can approach these fine writing organizations about being on hand at their tent for the day: SCBWI, Writers’…
Four jam-packed days of pop culture, film and TV studios, studio and brand activations, comics, celebs, authors, voice actors, panels, and geeky goodness right here in NYC. And most importantly, we’ve been home for heroes, villains, and nerds to be accepted and embraced for the last 20 years.
Weeklong horror themed camp featuring a variety of horror authors as “counselors.”
Held in beautiful Harbor Springs, Michigan, the Festival is a three-day celebration of readers, writers, books, and the literary craft. We feature up to 50 nationally published authors and illustrators in sessions including eight genres: fiction, nonfiction, mystery/thriller, poetry, cookbook, picture book/early reader, middle grade, and young adult.
Come meet your new favorite author, get books signed, enter prize drawings, and browse, buy, and binge your next favorite read. This event is free and open to the public.
Each summer, some of the world’s best writers and thinkers—including fiction and nonfiction writers, journalists, playwrights, poets, historians, and filmmakers—descend upon the small town of Sun Valley, Idaho, for a week-long literary celebration. During the event, SVWC hosts mind-expanding talks and performances, intimate dinners, book signings, lawn talks, and dazzling exhibitions—as well as free community events in partnership with local bookstores, libraries, and schools. Sun Valley…
THE LITERARY CAPITAL OF THE LAKES MEET HUNDREDS OF AUTHORS ENTIRELY FREE AROUND GRAND HAVEN
Bookmarks hosts the largest annual Book Festival in North and South Carolina, drawing 20,000 attendees from 30+ states. The Festival showcases 50+ authors from around the country through a variety of events, with a focus on diverse programming that appeals to readers of all ages.
Join us for several free literary events in Wausau, Stevens Point, and Wisconsin Rapids. Events consist of author readings, book talks, workshops, panel discussions, and more!