• Harbor Springs Festival of the Book—Harbors Springs, Michigan

    A three-day celebration of readers, writers, books, and the literary craft, featuring up to 50 nationally published authors and illustrators in sessions including such genres as fiction, nonfiction, mystery/thriller, poetry, cookbook, and children's.

    South Dakota Festival of Books—Spearfish, South Dakota

    The state’s premier literary event, celebrating literature in South Dakota and beyond by connecting the very best regional and national writers with the  state’s readers for conversations, presentations, panel discussions, book signings, and special events.

    This annual fall festival features bestselling authors, panel discussions, book-signing sessions, online workshops for aspiring writers, and areas dedicated to young-adult and children's books. Regional authors and poets join in open mic sessions. Dozens of authors, bookstores, publishers, and literary organizations will be featured online.

    There's real magic in meeting the people behind the stories your family loves and learns from. Meet authors and illustrators, enjoy live storytimes with authors, learn from author talks, and have a ton of fun at the Family Fun Zone.

    Book lovers, start preparing your reading lists for the second annual Jackson Hole Book Festival, free for all who attend. Meet nationally acclaimed and award winning authors, participate in spirited conversations, buy Festival books from our local bookstore, JH Book Trader, and have the books signed by the authors.

    Six Bridges Book Festival

    Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

    An event celebrating reading, literacy, stories, and wordsmithing. Scores of nationally known authors converge on the city to offer panels on a wide variety of topics, from cooking demonstrations to award-winning comedy. Authors also venture into the community for efforts such as Writers in the Schools (WITS), bringing the joy of writing to hundreds of […]

  • Key West Literary Seminar—Key West, Florida

    The Key West Literary Seminar is a four-day literary celebration that explores a different theme each year. In January 2026, we’ll focus on the novel. In particular, we’re interested in how the novel, as one of the slowest art forms, is working now in a world of shortened attention spans. And the varied strategies novelists […]

    Albuquerque Comic Con—Albuquerque

    New Mexico's premiere pop culture event, combining the brightest Comic and Media talent for the weekend. Organizers plan to make Albuquerque Comic Con 2026 even bigger, promising more celebrity guests, a larger cosplay contest, and new interactive experiences.