The year's not over yet, and there are still plenty of fall festivals and events ahead! While book festivals do require an investment of time and resources, they can be invaluable for self-published authors looking to expand their readership, network with industry professionals, and gain valuable insights into the publishing world.

Below, you'll find a list of festivals and events (big and small, national and international) scheduled for the remainder of 2024, organized by date, that celebrate all things books! Consider attending an event in your area to maximize visibility of both you and your book, and visit the festivals' websites to look into how to book your visit/spot for 2025!

U.S. Book Festivals & Events

SEPTEMBER

September 7: Beyond the Book Festival—Starke County, Indiana

September 7-8: Printer's Row Lit Fest—Chicago, Illinois

September 8: Kansas Book Festival—Topeka, Kansas

September 8: Los Angeles Kids Book Festival—West Hollywood, California

September 14: Mississippi Book Festival—Jackson, Mississippi

September 14: North Georgia Regional Book Fair—Dahlonega, Georgia

September 14: Trinity River Book Festival—Fort Worth, Texas

September 14-15: Hawai'i Book & Music Festival—Honolulu, Hawaii

September 18-22: Novelists, Inc. (NINC)—St. Pete Beach, Florida

September 20-22: South Dakota Festival of Books—Deadwood, South Dakota

September 20-22: Provincetown Book Festival—Provincetown, Massachusetts

September 21: Festival of Books in the Alleghenies—Edensburg, New York

September 21: Albany Book Festival—Albany, New York

September 21: Back to Back Books: A Book Lovers Festival—Bowling Green, Kentucky

September 21: LitUp Fest—Kansas City, Missouri

September 21: Books, Books, Books—Lancaster, Pennsylvania

September 22: Orange County Children's Book Festival—Costa Mesa, California

September 22-29: 2024 Six Bridges Book Festival—Little Rock, Arkansas

September 22-30: Brooklyn Book Festival—Brooklyn, New York

September 26-28: Central Wisconsin Book Festival—Wausau, Wisconsin

September 26-29: Sleuthfest—St. Petersburg, Florida

September 27-29: History Book Festival—Lewes, Delaware

September 28: F. Scott Fitzgerald Festival—Rockville, Maryland

September 28: Chappaqua Children's Book Festival—Chappaqua, New York

September 28: Bookmarks' Festival of Books and Authors—Winston-Salem, North Carolina

September 28: Kansas Book Festival—Topeka, Kansas

September 28-29: Fright Reads Book Festival—Millersville, Maryland

OCTOBER

October 4-5: Decatur Book Festival—Decatur, Georgia

October 4-5: Fall in Love with New England—Marlborough, Massachusetts

October 5: Collingswood Book Festival—Collingswood, New Jersey

October 5: Princeton Children's Book Festival—Princeton, New Jersey

October 5: African American Literary Awards Show—New York, New York

October 5: Boerne Book Festival—Boerne, Texas

October 5: Deep Valley Book Festival—Mankato, MN

October 5-6: The Saratoga Book Festival—Saratoga Springs, New York

October 6: Literary Hill BookFest—Washington, D.C.

October 6-9: The Heartland Fall Forum—Milwaukee, Wisconsin

October 9-13: Harrisburg Book Festival—Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

October 10-26: Litquake—San Francisco, California

October 11-13: Bookmarked Literary Arts Festival—Lander, Wyoming

October 12: Rocky Mountain Literary Festival—Golden, Colorado

October 12: Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival—Fredericksburg, Virginia

October 12: Heartland Book Festival—Kansas City, Missouri

October 12, 15-18: Fall for the Book Festival—Fairfax, Virginia

October 13: Warwick Children's Book Festival—Warwick, New York

October 14-20: Iowa City Book Festival—Iowa City, Iowa

October 16-18: Virginia Children's Book Festival—Farmville, Virginia

October 17-19: National Black Book Festival—Houston, Texas

October 17-20: Writer's Digest Conference—Cincinnati, Ohio*

October 17-20: New York Comic Con—New York, New York

October 17-20: Wisconsin Book Festival—Madison, Wisconsin

October 17-22: Chippewa Valley Book Festival—Eau Claire, Wisconsin

October 18-19: Louisville Book Festival—Louisville, Kentucky

October 18-19: Morristown Festival of Books—Morristown, New Jersey

October 18-20: Brattleboro Literary Festival—Brattleboro, Vermont

October 19: 11th Annual Independent Authors Book Expo—Union, New Jersey

October 19: Las Vegas Book Festival—Las Vegas, Nevada

October 19: Desert Foothills Book Festival—Scottsdale, Arizona

October 19: Twin Cities Book Festival—Falcon Heights, Minnesota

October 19: Rhode Island Festival of Children's Books & Authors—Providence, Rhode Island

October 20: Maplewood—South Orange Book Festival—Maplewood, New Jersey

October 26: Boston Book Festival—Copley Square and Roxbury

October 26: Jackson Hole Book Festival—Jackson, Wyoming

October 26-27: Southern Festival of Books—Nashville, Tennessee

October 27-November 21: Ann Arbor Jewish Book Festival—Ann Arbor, Michigan (Also virtual)

October 29-November 2: South Texas Book Festival—McAllen, Texas

NOVEMBER

November 1-2: Green Mountain Book Festival—Burlington, Vermont

November 1-2: Pat Conroy Literary Festival—Beaufort, South Carolina

November 1-10: Charleston Literary Festival—Charleston, South Carolina

November 2: Delaconn—Newark, Delaware

November 2: Kentucky Book Festival—Lexington, Kentucky

November 2: Portland Book Festival—Portland, Maine

November 2: Rochester Children's Book Festival—Rochester, New York

November 2: Buckeye Book Fair—Wooster Ohio

November 2: Louisiana Book Festival—Baton Rouge, Louisiana

November 2-3: Bay Area Kids' Book Fair—Clayton, California

November 2-17: Book Festival of the MJCCA—Dunwoody, Georgia

November 2-17: St. Louis Jewish Book Festival—St. Louis, Missouri

November 3: A2 Community Bookfest—Ann Arbor, Michigan

November 8-9: The Twentynine Palms Book Festival—Twentynine Palms, California

November 11-15: AuthorNation Live 2024—Las Vegas, Nevada*

November 15-16: YALLfest Book Festival—Charleston, South Carolina

November 16: Books by the Banks—Cincinnati, Ohio

November 16-17: Texas Book Festival—Austin, Texas

November 17-24: Miami Book Fair—Miami, Florida

November 23: Written in the Northwest Book Fair—Lynnwood, Washington

November 22-23: Writerfest Nashville—Nashville, Tennessee

DECEMBER

December 8: New York Jewish Book Festival—New York, New York

International Festivals & Events

September

September 5-18: International Literature Festival—Berlin, Germany

September 6-15: São Paulo International Book Fair 2024—São Paulo, Brazil

September 11-13: Write Around the Murray—Albury Wodonga, Australia

September 11-15: Manila International Book Fair—Manila, Philippines

September 11-18: Chiswick Book Festival—Stapleford Abbotts, UK

September 13-15: Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival—Stirling, UK

September 13-22: Appledore Book Festival—Appledore, England

September 19-29: Toronto International Festival of Authors—Toronto, Canada

September 20-22: International Dublin Writers' Festival—Dublin, Ireland

September 20-22: Macondo Literary Festival—Nairobi, Kenya

September 20-29: Jersey Festival of Words—Jersey

September 21-22: Cliveden Literary Festival—Berkshire, England

September 25-29: Indonesia International Book Fair—Jakarta, Indonesia

September 25-29: Nairobi International Book Fair—Nairobi, Kenya

September 26-29: Göteborg Book Fair—Gothenburg, Sweden

September 27-28: Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival—Edinburgh, Scotland*

September 27-29: Northern Beaches Readers' Festival—Sydney, Australia

September 27-October 6: Colombo International Book Fair—BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka

September 27-October 6: Bath Children's Literature Festival—Bath, England

October

October 1-3: LIBER International Book Fair—Barcelona, Spain

October 2-8: Baku International Book Fair—Azerbaijan, Asia

October 4-6: Turku International Book Fair—Turku, Finland

October 4-13: Cheltenham Literature Festival—Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

October 5: Black British Book Festival—London, England*

October 9-13: Paraty International Literary Festival (FLIP)—Paraty, Rio de Janeiro,Brazil

October 10-13: The Coast Is Queer—Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

October 11: Author Expo Australia—Melbourne, Australia

October 11-13: MISS READ: Berlin Art Book Festival—Berlin, Germany

October 16-20: Frankfurt Book Fair—Frankfurt, Germany*

October 18-27: Queenscliffe Literary Festival—Victoria, Australia

October 19-20: SelfPubCon—Online Only

October 19-27: Belgrade Book Fair—Belgrade, Serbia

October 23-27: Ottawa International Writers Festival—Ontario, Canada

October 23-November 3: London Literature Festival—London, England

October 24-27: Kraków International Book Fair—Kraków, Poland

October 24-27: Helsingin Kirjamessut—Helsinki, Finland

October 25-27: MCM Comic Con London—London, England*

October 26-November 3: Boektopia/Kortrijik Book Fair—Belgium, 

November

November 2-3: Book Fair Australia—Sydney, Australia

November 2-10: Istanbul Book Fair—Istanbul, Turkey

November 6-10: Malta Book Festival—Malta

November 6-10: Dublin Book Festival—Dublin, Ireland

November 6-17: Sharjah International Book Fair—Sharjah, UAE*

November 8-10: Katowice Book Fair—Katowice, Poland

November 9-12: Bibliotéka Bratislava—Bratislava, Slovakia

November 12-17: Interliber—Zagreb, Croatia

November 15-17: The China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair—Shanghai, China

November 20-23: Aké Arts & Book Festival—Ikeja, Nigeria

November 20-24: Buch Wein Literary Festival—Vienna, Austria

November 27-December 1: The Montréal Book Fair—Montréal, Canada

November 29-December 8: Kochi International Book Festival—Kochi, India

November 30-December 8: Guadalajara International Book Fair—Guadalajara, Mexico*

December

December 4-8: Più libri più liberi—Rome, Italy

* We'll be at all starred events. Stop by our booth and discuss your publishing journey!