Updated 11/01/2024

Use this calendar of recurring events and cultural emphases in Texas to plan ahead in your bookish life. We'll add dates for each year as we learn of them.

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November

• Native American Heritage Month
• National Novel Writing Month
• Dobie Dichos, Oakville, November 1, 2024
• MexAmeriCon, Austin, November 2, 2024
• Jewish Book & Arts Festival, Houston, November 3-16, 2024
• Indie Author Day, November 4, 2024
• Flair Symposium 2024, Austin, November 7-9, 2024
• Black Heritage Arts Festival, Houston, November 9, 2024
• University Press Week, November 13-17, 2024
• Waco Arts Fest, November 15-17, 2024
• Read to Me Picture Book Festival, The Woodlands, November 16, 2024
• Nerd Con, Mont Belvieu, November 16, 2024
• Texas Book Festival, Austin, November 16-17, 2024
• Shop Small: Small Business Saturday, November 25, 2024

December

• East Texas Book Bash, Canton, December 7, 2024
• Boozy Book Tour, Houston, December 14, 2024
• Winter Words Book Fair, Humble, TBA
• San Anto Zine Fest, San Antonio, TBA

2024 DTBD

• El Paso Community College Literary Fiesta, TBA
• Houston Indiepalooza, TBA
• SCBWI Houston Conference, TBA
• League of Romance Writers Fall Conference, TBA
• The Author Encounter Indie Author Day, TBA
• Wittliff Collections Festival, Austin, TBA
• Annual Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair, Austin, TBA
• Austin Edible Book Festival, Austin, TBA

January 2025

• 3rd Annual TXPOE EXPO, Galveston, TBA, 2025
• Far West Literacy Symposium, El Paso, TBA, 2025
• San Angelo Comic Con, San Angelo, TBA, 2025
• Roanoke Annual Writer's Conference, TBA, 2025

February 2025

• Black History Month
• Lone Star Literary Life 10th Birthday, February 2, 2025
• FenCon XX, Dallas, February 14-16, 2024
• Windhover Writers’s Festival, Belton, February 19-21, 2025
• FESTIBA (International Festival of Books & Arts), Edinburg, February 21-22, 2025
• Bookworm Festival for Young Readers, Houston, TBA, 2025
• Romance Readers' Social, Pflugerville, TBA, 2025
• Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Alpine, TBA, 2025
• Central Texas Teen & Kids Comic Con, Round Rock, TBA, 2025
• All the Books Author Event, Houston, TBA, 2025
• Highland Park Literary Festival, TBA, 2025
• People's Literary Festival, Corpus Christi, TBA, 2025
• FenCon XIX, Dallas, TBA, 2025
• LibraryPalooza, San Antonio, TBA, 2025
• Teen Bookfest by the Bay, Corpus Christi, TBA, 2025
• San Antonio African American Book Festival, TBA, 2025
• 2025 South Texas Literacy Symposium, Edinburg, TBA, 2025
• Angelo State University Writers’ Conference, San Angelo, TBA, 2025

March 2025

• Women's History Month
• Bulls, Books, Boots, & Bling, Mesquite, March 14-16, 2025
• Tejas Storytelling Festival, Denton, TBA, 2025
• Comic Conroe, TBA, 2025
• Little BIPOC Book Fest, Houston, TBA, 2025
• Patchouli Joe's Independent Author Festival, Denton, TBA, 2025
• Ghoulish Book Festival, San Antonio, March 14, 2025
• Freedom of Information Day (March 16, annually)
• Teen Book Con, Houston, TBA, 2025
• Home Run Author Event, Arlington, TBA, 2025
• Mid-Cities Teen Book Fest, North Richland Hills, TBA, 2025
• Southside Book Fair, San Antonio, TBA, 2025
• Children's Picture Book Day (March 28 annually)

April 2025

• National Poetry Month
• D.E.A.R., "Drop Everything and Read" Month
• REELpoetry, Houston, TBA, 2025
• International Children's Book Day (April 2 annually)
• Beall Poetry Festival, Waco, TBA, 2025
• Books and Bees Festival, Bee Cave, April 12, 2025
• 10th Annual Viva Poesía: Palabras, Música, y Cultura, San Antonio, TBA, 2025
• Copperfield's Books 10th Annual Local & Indie Author Fair, TBA, 2025
• National Library Week, April 7-13, 2025
• Books on the Green, The Woodlands, TBA, 2025
• San Antonio Book Festival, TBA, 2025
• CenTex Teen Book Fest on the Brazos, TBA, 2025
• Chautauqua Festival, Longview, TBA, 2025
• Lubbock Art Festival, TBA, 2025
• Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Austin, TBA, 2025
• Poetry at Round Top, TBA, 2025
• World Book Day (Shakespeare's birthday, April 23 annually)
• River City Rumble Poetry Slam, San Antonio, TBA, 2025
• 16th annual Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, McAllen, TBA, 2025
• North Texas Teen Book Festival,  Las Colinas, TBA, 2025
• Houston Poetry and Arts Festival, Houston, TBA, 2025
• Rockport Fulton Book Festival, Fulton, TBA, 2025
• Independent Booksellers Day, April 27, 2025
• Children's Book Day, El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Día) (April 30 annually)

May 2025

• Texas Writers Month 
• Children's Book Week, TBA
• Texas Institute of Letters Annual Meeting, The Woodlands, TBA, 2025
• Winnsboro Festival of Books, TBA, 2025
• Bookspring Fest, Austin, TBA, 2025
• BIPOC Bookfest, Houston, TBA, 2025
• Austin SCBWI Writers & Illustrators Working Conference, TBA, 2025
• O. Henry Pun-off, Austin, TBA, 2025
• Dallas is Lit, TBA, 2025
• Boldface Conference, Houston, TBA, 2025
• Comicpalooza, Houston, TBA, 2025

June 2025

• LGBTQ Books Month
• Kiss & Tell 2025, Dallas, June 21, 2025
• Historical Novel Society North America Conference, Las Vegas, June 26-28, 2025
• Lone Star Festival, Seguin, TBA, 2025
• Book Bonanza, Grapevine, TBA, 2025
• CALF (Children's Art & Literacy Festival), Abilene, TBA, 2025
• Writers' League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference, Austin, TBA, 2025
• Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, TBA, 2025
• Austin African American Book Festival, Austin, TBA, 2025

July 2025

• WLT Summer Writing Retreat, Virtual, Month of July
• Greater Austin Comic Con, TBA, 2025
• Macondo Writers Workshop, San Antonio, TBA, 2025
• Texas Author Con, Richardson, TBA, 2025
• Literacy Texas Annual Conference, San Marcos, TBA, 2025

August 2025

• Lubbock Book Festival, August 23, 2025
• Bell County ComicCon, Belton, TBA, 2025
• KillerCon, Austin, TBA, 2025
• McKinney Literary Fest, McKinney, TBA, 2025
• Sultry in the City, Houston, TBA, 2025
• Eastern Rim Funny Book & Vintage Con, TBA, 2025
• Fort Worth Book & Paper Show, TBA, 2025
• North Texas Book Festival, Denton, TBA, 2025

September

• Armadillo Con, Austin, TBA, 2025
• Jaipur Festival, TBA, 2025
• NETWO Annual Writing Conference, Mount Pleasant, TBA, 2025
• Trinity River Book Festival, Fort Worth, TBA, 2025
• Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15 annually)
• Texas Word Wrangler Book Festival, Giddings, TBA, 2025
• Banned Books Week (last week of September annually)

October     

• National Book Month
• LGBTQ History Month
• National Book Awards Festival, Huntsville, TBA, 2025
• AuthorPalooza Conference with Houston Writers Guild, TBA, 2025
• The Traveling Bookshelf Author Signing, Grand Prairie, TBA, 2025
• Boerne Book & Arts Festival, TBA, 2025
• Dallas-Fort Worth Writers Conference, Hurst, TBA, 2025
• Women Writing the West Conference, Denver, TBA, 2025
• Big Texas Comicon, San Antonio, TBA, 2025
• Wanderlust San Antonio, TBA, 2025
• Wimberly Storyfest, TBA, 2025
• National Black Book Festival, Houston, TBA, 2025
• Will Rogers Medallion Awards, Fort Worth, TBA, 2025
• Lone Star Zine Fest, Austin, TBA, 2025
• Buns and Roses Romance Tea for Literacy, Richardson, TBA, 2025
• El Paso Community College Literary Fiesta, TBA, 2025
• Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, TBA, 2025
• Tulisoma Book Fair, Dallas, TBA, 2025
• Tweens Read Book Festival, Houston, TBA, 2025
• Cowtown ComicCon, Fort Worth, TBA, 2025
• South Texas Book Festival, McAllen, TBA, 2025
• Teen Read Week (third week of October annually)
• National Friends of Libraries Week (late October annually)

FUTURE DATES

• Houston Book Show, TBA 
• Dallas Literary Festival, TBA 2025
• NETWO Spring Conference, Mount Pleasant, TBA
• Poetry Society of Texas Annual Conference, Allen, TBA July 2025
• Lone Star Writers Roundup, New Braunfels, TBA August-September 2025