Each year we’ve been fortunate to see wonderful community organizers and institutions bring together their communities and readers and writers from across the globe at book festivals. Sahtu Press has had the privilege of being able to attend many and to meet our fellow writers and creators there, finding inspiration and good connections in many instances. Thanks to Bryan Thao Worra, we have recently been able to put together a list of many interesting festivals, book fairs, conventions and gatherings that you might want to make time out for if you’re in the region. Some events haven’t announced their 2024 dates so we’ve included their most recent convening date to get an approximate month it might occur if it is funded again. We hope you find this resource helpful!
January
Delhi Literature Festival January 19-21, 2024; Delhi, India
Cairo International Book Fair January 25-February 6, 2023; Cairo, Egypt
Hyderabad Literature Festival January 26-26, Hyderabad, India
Movable Feast Weekend January 27-28, 2024; Winston-Salem, NC
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature January 31-February 6, 2024, Dubai, UAE
February
Amelia Island Book Festival February 2024; Amelia Island, FL
Fort Collins Book Fest February 2024; Fort Collins, CO
Jaipur Literature Festival, February 1-5, 2024, Jaipur, India
African American Children’s Book Fair February 3, 2024; Philadelphia, PA
Perth Festival: Literature and Ideas, February 9-March 3, 2024; Perth, Australia
Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival February 9-11, 2024; Kolkata, India
Savannah Book Festival February 15-18, 2024; Savannah, GA
Taipei Book Fair February 20-25, 2024; Taipei, Taiwan
F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival February 22-24, 2024, Daytona Beach, FL
Williamsburg Book Festival February 24, 2024, Williamsburg, VA
San Antonio African American Book Festival, February 24, 2024, San Antonio, TX
Words Out West February 28-March 22, 2024, Dalby, Australia
March
Monroeville Literary Festival, March 1-2, 2024, Monroeville, AL
Children’s Literature Festival, March 1-2, 2024, Redlands, CA
Ennis Book Club Festival, March 1-3, 2024, Ennis, Ireland
Southwest Florida Reading Festival March 2, 2024; Fort Myers. FL
Dahlonega Literary Festival March 2, 2024; Dahlonega. GA
Adelaide Writers Festival, March 2-7, 2024, Adelaide, Australia
Cairns Tropical Writers Festival, March 8-10, 2024; Cairns, Australia
Literary Festival of Women Authors March 9, 2024; Long Beach, CA
Tucson Festival of Books March 9-10, 2024; Tucson, AZ
Vientiane Book Festival 2023 March 9-12, 2023; Vientiane, Laos
New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane March 14-16, 2024; New Orleans, LA
Brimbank Readers and Writers Festival, March 14-23, 2024; Brimbank, Australia
Palm Beach Book Festival, March 15-17, 2024; Palm Beach, FL
Rosemount Writers Festival and Book Fair March 16, 2024; Rosemount, MN
Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival March 20-24, 2024; New Orleans, LA
Virginia Festival of the Book March 20-24, 2024; Charlottesville, VA
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival March 22-23, 2024; Venice, FL
Lehigh Valley Book Festival March 22-24, 2024; Lehigh Valley, PA
Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival, March 22-24, 2024, New Orleans, LA.
Books by the Bay March 23, 2024; Pensacola, FL
Clunes Booktown March 23-24, 2024; Victoria, Australia
Woodstock Book Fest March 30-April 2, 2023; Woodstock, NY
April
Malaysia Bookfest April 6-14; 2024; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Get Lit! Literary Arts Festival, April 11-14, 2024, Spokane, WA
Paris Book Festival April 12-14, 2024; Paris, France
A Rally of Writers, April 13, 2024, Lansing, MI
San Antonio Book Festival, April 13, 2024; San Antonio, TX
Unbound Book Festival April 18-21, 2024; Columbia, MO
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books April 20-21, 2024; Los Angeles, CA
Conyers Book Festival April 20, 2024; Conyers. GA
Midwest Literary Walk April 20, 2024; Chelsea. MI
Ohioana Book Festival April 20, 2024; Columbus, OH
Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day, April 21; Vietnam
Annapolis Book Festival April 27, 2024; Annapolis, MD
Word of South Festival of Literature and Music, April 26-28, 2024; Tallahassee, FL
Montclair Literary Festival April 27-May 4, 2024; Montclair, NJ
Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) April 28-May 5, 2024; Ontario, Canada
May
Ottawa International Writers Festival May 2-5, 2024; Ontario, Canada
Hudson Children’s Book Festival May 4, 2024; Hudson, New York
Melbourne Writers Festival May 6-12, 2024; Melbourne, Australia
Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books May 11, 2024, Pittsburgh, PA
Santa Fe International Literary Festival May 17-19, 2024; Santa Fe, NM
Franschhoek Literary Festival May 17-19, 2024; Cape Town, South Africa
Sydney Writers Festival May 20-26, 2024; Sydney, Australia
Asian Festival of Children’s Content May 23-26, 2024, Victoria Street, Singapore
Norwegian Festival of Literature May 27-June 2, 2024; Lillehammer, Norway
Words on the Waves May 29-June 3, 2024; Central Coast, Australia
Brisbane Writers Festival May 30-June 2, 2024; Brisbane, Australia
June
Essex Book Festival June 1-30, 2024; Essex, United Kingdom
Bay Area Book Festival June 1-2, 2024; Berkeley, CA
Orcas Island Lit Fest June 2-3, 2023; Eastsound, WA
Bronx Book Festival June 5-9, 2024; Bronx, New York
Imaginarium Book Festival June 7-8, 2024; Washington DC
LITFEST 2024 June 7-14, 2024; Denver, CO
Nantucket Book Festival June 13-16, 2024; Nantucket, MA
Borders Book Festival June 13-16, 2024; Melrose, United Kingdom
Willy Lit Fest June 14-16, 2024; Victoria, Australia
Brighton Book Festival June 18-23, 2024; Brighton, UK
Bookstock Literary Festival June 21-23, 2024; Woodstock, VT
Seoul International Book Fair June 26-30, 2024; Seoul, Korea
Ledbury Poetry Festival June 28-July 7, 2024; Ledbury, England
July
Readercon, July 11-14, 2024, Boston Quincy Marriott, Quincy, MA.
Columbus Book Festival July 13-14, 2024; Columbus, OH
Lakefield Literary Festival July 19-20, 2024; Ontario, Canada
Payson Book Festival July 20, 2024; Payson, AZ
Mildura Writers Festival July 18-21, 2024; Mildura, Australia
Detroit Festival of Books, July 21, 2024; Detroit, MI
August
Edinburgh International Book Festival August 10-26, 2024; Edinburgh, UK
Bendigo Writers Festival August 16-18, 2024; Bendigo, Australia
Phillipine Bookfest August 18-20, 2023; Manila, Philippines
Dunkeld Writers Festival August 23-25, 2024; Dunkeld Australia
Library of Congress National Book Festival August 24, 2024; Washington D.C.
Helsinki Comics Festival August 31-September 1, 2024; Helsinki, Finland
September
Festivaletteratura September 4-8, 2024; Mantua, Italy
Carolina Mountains Literary Festival September 5-7, 2024, Burnsville, NC
Berlin International Literature Festival September 5-14, 2024; Berlin, Germany
Beyond the Book Festival September 7, 2024, Starke County, IN
Printers Row Lit Fest 2024, September 7-8, 2024; Chicago, IL
Appledore Book Festival September 13-22, 2024; Appledore, England
Mississippi Book Festival, September 14, 2024; Jackson, MS
Jersy Festival of Words September 15-24, 2024; St Helier, Jersey
Toronto International Festival of Authors September 19-29, 2024; Ontario, Canada
International Dublin Writers’ Festival September 20-22, 2024; Dublin, Ireland
South Dakota Festival of Books September 20-22, 2024; Deadwood, SD
Southern Kentucky Book Fest September 21, 2024; Bowling Green, KY
Indonesia International Book Fair September 25-29, 2024; Jakarta, Indonesia
Gothenburg Book Fair September 26-29, 2024; Goteborg, Sweden
International Book Festival Budapest September 26-29, 2024; Budapest, Hungary
Harbor Springs Festival of the Book September 27-29, 2024; Harbor Springs, MI
Kansas Book Festival September 28, 2024; Topeka, KS
Bookmarks’ Festival of Books and Authors September 28, 2024; Winston-Salem, NC
Transylvania International Book Festival September 28-October 1, 2023; Transylvania, Romania
Brooklyn Book Festival September 29, 2024; Brooklyn, NY
Bangkok Book Festival September 30-October 31, 2023; Bangkok, Thailand
October
Twin Cities Book Festival October 2024; Falcon Heights MN
Six Bridges Book Festival September 25-October 1, 2023; Little Rock, AR
Liber International Book Fair October 4-6, 2024; Madrid, Spaid
Saratoga Book Festival October 5-6, 2024; Saratoga Springs, NY
Virginia Children’s Book Festival October 11-13, 2023; Farmville, VA
Brattleboro Literary Festival October 13-15, 2023; Brattleboro, VT
Boston Book Festival October 14, 2023; Copley Square and Roxbury, MA
Wisconsin Book Festival October 17-20, 2024; Madison, WI
National Black Book Festival October 17-19, 2024; Houston, TX
Louisville Book Festival October 18-19, 2024; Louisville, KY
Morristown Festival of Books October 18-19, 2024, Morristown, NJ
Desert Foothills Book Festival October 19, 2024; Scottsdale, AZ
DSM Book Festival. October 19, 2024; Des Moines, IA
Las Vegas Book Festival, October 19, 2024; Las Vegas, NV
Southern Festival of Books October 20-22, 2023; Nashville, TN
West Virginia Book Festival October 21, 2023; Charleston, WV
Ubud Writers Festival October 23-27, 2024; Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Ottawa International Writers Festival October 23-27, 2024, Ontario, Canada
Jimbocho Book Festival October 28-29, 2023; Tokyo, Japan
Louisiana Book Festival October 28, 2023; Baton Rouge, LA
November
Charleston Literary Festival, November 1-10, 2024; Charleston, SC
Kentucky Book Festival. November 2, 2024; Lexington, KY
Buckeye Book Fair November 2, 2024; Wooster, OH
Portland Book Festival November 2, 2024; Portland, OR
Rochester Children’s Book Festival November 4, 2023; Rochester, NY
Books by the Banks November 4, 2023; Cincinnati, OH
Singapore Writers Festival November 8-17, 2024; Singapore
VERB Readers and Writers Festival November 9-12, 2023; Wellington, New Zealand
Small Press Fair November 11-12, 2023; Dania Beach, FL
Miami Book Fair November 12-19, 2023; Miami, FL
Texas Book Festival November 16-17, 2024; Austin, TX
Buch Wein Literary Festival November 20-24, 2024; Vienna, Austria
Ake Arts and Book Festival November 22-25, 2023; Lagos, Nigeria
Written in the Northwest Book Fair November 23, 2024; Lynnwood, WA
Irawaddy Literary Festival (Defunct since 2020 but usually in November in Myanmar)
December
Cambodia Book Fair December 9-11; 2022; Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Bangalore Literature Festival December 14-15, 2024; Bangalore, India
Karachi International Bookfair December 14-18, 2024; Karachi, Pakistan