Sirens – October – Sirens is a conference dedicated to the diverse, remarkable women of fantasy literature: readers and authors, certainly, but just as importantly, scholars, librarians, educators, publishing professionals, and even characters. InD’Scribe Con – October – “Filled with fun and informative workshops and panels for everyone, a book signing room open throughout the day, parties and socials at night and prizes everywhere!” Ontario Teen Book Fest – March – Featuring fifteen young adult authors in a series of panels, break-out sessions, and keynote presentations, hosted by the Ontario City Library. Northern Arizona Book Festival – October – “A weeklong literary extravaganza filled with readings, workshops, and book signings.”īooks in Bloom Literary Festival – May – A celebration of writers and readers in the “gracious garden setting of the 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.” ![]() ![]() Preference was also granted to events with longer histories and more enthusiastic social media posts from attendees/authors. I also only included book events with a reader audience, as opposed to a writer audience. To be included on this list, the book events must be annual or biennial and held in the same state every year. Though I love the huge, well-known book events like RT Convention, Book Expo America, Miami Book Fair, LA Times Festival of Books, etc, I really adore smaller, more intimate events, so preference was granted to those. Since I couldn’t even choose a favorite in my own state, I definitely wasn’t able to choose between two events I haven’t been to yet. I started this article planning on featuring only one book event per state, but I received ringing endorsements of multiple events in a couple of states. My love for the awesome book events I attend every year prompted me to start looking at similar events around the country. Find them on Twitter All posts by Sarah NicolasĪs a huge book nerd and a hardcore extrovert, book events are my Shangri-la. ![]() When not writing, they can be found playing volleyball or drinking wine. Sarah writes YA novels as Sarah Nicolas and romance under the name Aria Kane. Sarah Nicolas is a recovering mechanical engineer, library event planner, and author who lives in Orlando with a 60-lb mutt who thinks he’s a chihuahua.
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