Nashville is one of the BEST places to attend very fun festivals; from bacon to of course music, Nashville has never steered me wrong with the amount of summer festivals that they have each year. I was super happy to find out that we also have an annual book festival that promotes authors, book signings and also book readings. One of my 2018 goals is to attend more than one book festival this year! I know that all my readers aren’t from Nashville so below are a list of popular festivals from around the US that you may enjoy!
NOTE: Because it is so early in the year, some festivals don’t have definite 2018 dates, therefore I have provided websites for each festival if available! In addition, these dates may be subject to change.
March
Southwest FL Reading Festival Fort Myers, FL: March 3, 2018
Literary Women Festival of Authors Long Beach, CA: March 10, 2018
New York Antiquarian Book Fair New York, NY: March 8-11, 2018
April
Bayou City Book Festival Houston, TX: April 2018
Ohioana Book Festival Columbia, OH: April 14, 2018
Arkansas Literary Festival Little Rock, AR: April 26-29, 2018
May
Chicago Zine Fest Chicago, IL: May 18-19, 2018
Literary Hill BookFest Washington, DC: May 6, 2018
Gaithersburg Book Festival Gaithersburg, MD: May 19, 2018
June
Printers Row Lit Fest Chicago, IL: June 10-11, 2018
African American Book Festival Austin, TX: June 23, 2018
August
Escape Into Books Atlanta, GA: August 2018
AJC Decatur Book Festival Decatur, GA- August 2018
North FL Literacy Festival Tallahassee, FL: August 24-25, 2018
September
Library of Congress National Book Festival Washington, DC: September 1, 2018
Winston- Salem Festival of Books Winston- Salem, NC: September 6-9, 2018
Kansas Book Festival Topeka, KS: September 8, 2018
Baltimore Book Festival Baltimore, MD: September 28-30, 2018
October
Morristown Festival of Books Morristown, NJ: October 12-13, 2018
The Southern Festival of Books Nashville, TN: October 12-14, 2018 (whoop, whoop HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!)
Wisconsin Book Festival Madison,WI: October 11-14, 2018
November
Miami Book Fair International Miami, FL: November 16-18, 2018
Festival of Reading Tampa Bay, FL: November 2018
December
Words and Music Festival New Orleans, LA: December 2018
New York Pitch Conference New York, NY: December 21, 2018
#happy reading!
Oh wow! I didn’t know there were so many book festivals, I’m gonna have to start planning my travels around them! I’ve been trying to go to my local book festival for the last five years but something always came up; this year I’m determined to go no matter what. Thank you for the list!
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So we are going to attend 5 of these right? 🙂
Keep up the great work babe. Love you
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I live in D.C., so three of these are in my area! I missed the Library of Congress one last year – I went on vacation the wrong week! – but I’ll definitely make a point to go this year. Thanks for sharing!
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Awesome! Thanks for stopping by!
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