Publisher’s Weekly just published their fall book festival schedule saying, “Fall’s coming, and so are book festivals around the country which will celebrate authors, community, creativity and literacy.” They’re a great time to see what’s new in books and speak with some of the authors. The article includes a list of 42 locations including city, dates, website information, and contacts for publishers and booksellers. Here are just a few of the earliest sites:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival
Atlanta, Georgia – Aug. 31 to Sept. 2
Central Coast Book and Author Festival
San Luis Obispo, California – Sept. 8
Montana Festival of the Book
Missoula, Montana – Sept. 13 to 15
Wyoming Book Festival
Cheyenne, Wyoming – Sept. 15
Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn, New York – Sept. 16
Fall for the Book Literary Festival
Fairfax, Virginia – Sept. 23 to 28
West Texas Book & Music Festival
Abilene, Texas – Sept. 25 to 29
Baltimore Book Festival
Baltimore, Maryland – Sept. 28 to 30
Georgia Literary Festival
Blue Ridge, Georgia – Sept. 28 to 30
South Dakota Festival of Books
Deadwood, South Dakota – Sept. 28 to 30
National Book Festival
Washington, D.C. – Sept. 29
Santa Barbara Book & Author Festival
Santa Barbara, California – Sept. 29
The Latino Book & Family Festivals
Houston, Texas – Sept. 29 to 20
Los Angeles, California – Oct. 12 to 14
Chicago, Illinois – Nov. 10 to 11
Orange County Children's Book Festival
Costa Mesa, California – Sept. 29 to 30
West Hollywood Book Fair
Los Angeles, California – Sept. 30
See the Publishers Weekly article for the rest of the locations and festival details.
2 comments:
Bummer! None here in my area!
None in my area, either. I guess we're lucky to have bookstores! I often interact with authors via the e-mail addresses they publish in their bios on the back jacket leafs or on their websites. Most will write back.
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