Each year more than 12,000 attendees join our community for four days of insightful dialogue, networking, and unrivaled access to the organizations and opinion-makers that matter most in contemporary literature. Children, parents, grandparents, book collectors, and interested members of the public are welcome to attend. The festival is produced by the Calabash International Literary Festival Trust (the Trust), which also produces publishing seminars and writing workshops. Events take place at George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus, the festival’s base, and at other locations throughout Northern Virginia, DC, and Maryland. The 501c3 nonprofit is the recipient of a prestigious 2019 California Humanities For All Quick Grant for its project on Exploring the Literature of the California Desert. Let's talk story, characters, endings....let's have fun and talk books! The list also includes an honorable mention: children’s book, “For 125 years, the Library has uniquely sparked, supported, and fostered a true love of reading in the people of New York City and beyond,” said, “At the end of the day, though, it’s all about the story, and it is absolutely brilliantly told,” Medlar said. We EDUTAIN! Hurston/Wright programs, awards, special events and literary resources aim to impact the literature community and those who contribute to the enrichment of it. The African American Children’s Book Fair is one of the oldest and largest single-day events for children's books in the country. Since its inception in 2010, the Festival has quickly become one of the nation’s top literary events, attracting hundreds of award-winning and best-selling authors, poets, and songwriters from across the country. Our goal is to raise awareness of the transformative power of literacy through the BookFest platform to showcase the wealth of talent among all cultures that call Fort Worth and the southwest region (our marketing area – TX, NM, OK, AR, and LA) home. Hosted by: Greensboro BoundDate: May 2021 – Dates to be AnnouncedWebsite: Greensboro Bound Literary FestivalPhone: 336-392-5213Email: jessica@greensborobound.comDescription: Greensboro Bound celebrates writers and readers of all ages as essential to vibrant cities. The New York Public Library is a 501(c)(3) | EIN 13-1887440, The top 10 list kicks off the Library’s year-long 125th anniversary celebration, library card and MetroCard to celebrate the Library’s most checked out book. The first Festival took place at the Capitol in November 1996. All books, manuscripts and related material have Aspiring writers can sign up for free writing workshops. Book FestivalEmail: freshbookfestivals@gmail.comPrice: $5Description: Teachers and students with ID are free. This list tells us something about New Yorkers over the last 125 years—what moves them, what excites them, what stands the test of time. Date: October 2020 – Dates to be AnnouncedWebsite: Wisconsin Book FestivalEmail: bookfest@mplfoundation.orgDescription: The Wisconsin Book Festival is Wisconsin's premier literary event. 2018 is the 25th anniversary of the fair. Since its launch, more than 1,000 world-class authors and hundreds of thousands of festival-goers have crowded the historic downtown Decatur square. Several of the books on the list are Caldecott winners, for example. Dates: Friday, September 18, 2020 to Sunday, September 20, 2020 Website: The Bocas Lit FestEmail: info@bocaslitfest.comDescription: Boca is the Spanish word for mouth — the organ of speech and song and storytelling. Where else can you see, have conversations with, and even dine with bestselling authors while surrounded by the beautiful North Georgia Mountains. Hosted by: Saraciea Fennell, FounderDate: June 2021 – Dates to be AnnouncedWebsite: The Bronx Book FestivalEmail: BronxBookFest@gmail.comDescription: The first traditional book festival geared toward all ages to hit the Bronx! Seniors are free. Our Group has attracted broad support throughout the community among individuals, organizations, elected officials, and institutions. Our mission is to foster an interest in reading, writing and literary conversation. Hosted by: Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of MississippiDate: April 2021 – Dates to be AnnouncedWebsite: Oxford Conference for the BookPhone: 662.915.3374Email: jgthomas@olemiss.eduDescription: The Oxford Conference for the Book brings together fiction and nonfiction writers, journalists, poets, publishers, teachers, and students for three days of readings, lectures, panels, workshops, and social events that celebrate the written word.