Updated 4/1/2024

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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April 

• National Poetry Month
• D.E.A.R., "Drop Everything and Read" Month
• REELpoetry, Houston, April 1-7, 2024
• International Children's Book Day (April 2 annually)
• Beall Poetry Festival, Waco, April 3-5, 2024
• Books and Bees Festival, Bee Cave, April 6, 2024
• 10th Annual Viva Poesía: Palabras, Música, y Cultura, San Antonio, April 6, 2024
• Copperfield's Books 10th Annual Local & Indie Author Fair, April 6-7, 2024
• National Library Week, April 7-13, 2024
• Books on the Green, The Woodlands, April 12-14, 2024
• San Antonio Book Festival, April 13, 2024
• CenTex Teen Book Fest on the Brazos, Waco, April 13, 2024
• Chautauqua Festival, Longview, April 13, 2024
• Lubbock Art Festival, April 13-14, 2024
• Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Austin, April 16-19, 2024
• Poetry at Round Top, April 19-21, 2024
• World Book Day (Shakespeare's birthday, April 23 annually)
• River City Rumble Poetry Slam, San Antonio, April 24, 2024
• 16th annual Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, McAllen, April 25-28, 2024
• North Texas Teen Book Festival,  Las Colinas, April 27, 2024
• Houston Poetry and Arts Festival, Houston, April 27, 2024
• Rockport Fulton Book Festival, Fulton, April 27-28, 2024
• Independent Booksellers Day, April 27, 2024
• Children's Book Day, El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Día) (April 30 annually)

May

• Texas Writers Month 
• Children's Book Week, May 1-7, 2024
• Texas Institute of Letters Annual Meeting, The Woodlands, May 3-4, 2024
• Winnsboro Festival of Books, May 4, 2024
• Bookspring Fest, Austin, May 4, 2024
• Austin SCBWI Writers & Illustrators Working Conference, May 4-5, 2024
• O. Henry Pun-off, Austin, May 11, 2024
• Dallas is Lit, May 13-19, 2024
• Boldface Conference, Houston, May 20-24, 2024
• Comicpalooza, Houston, May 24-26, 2024

June

• LGBTQ Books Month
• Lone Star Festival, Seguin, June 1, 2024
• Book Bonanza, Grapevine, June 13-15, 2024
• CALF (Children's Art & Literacy Festival), Abilene, June 13-16, 2024
• Writers' League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference, Austin, June 21- 23, 2024
• Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, June 27- July 28, 2024
• Austin African American Book Festival, Austin, June 29, 2024

July

• WLT Summer Writing Retreat, Virtual, Month of July
• Greater Austin Comic Con, July 20-21, 2024
• Macondo Writers Workshop, San Antonio, July 23-28, 2024
• Texas Author Con, Richardson, July 26-27, 2024
• Literacy Texas Annual Conference, San Marcos, July 29-31, 2024
• Poetry Society of Texas Annual Conference, Allen, TBA July 2024

August

• KillerCon, Austin, August 9-11, 2024
• Sultry in the City, Houston, August 23-24, 2024
• Fort Worth Book & Paper Show, August 24-25, 2024
• Lone Star Writers Roundup, New Braunfels, August 31- September 1, 2024
• North Texas Book Festival, Denton, POSTPONED
• Tulisoma Book Fair, Dallas, TBA August 2024

September

• Armadillo Con, Austin, September 6-8, 2024
• Jaipur Festival, September 6-8, 2024
• Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15 annually)
• FenCon XVIII, September 23-25, 2024
• Texas Word Wrangler Book Festival, Giddings, September 27-28, 2024
• Banned Books Week (last week of September annually)
• Trinity River Book Festival, Fort Worth, September 14, 2024

October     

• National Book Month
• LGBTQ History Month
• The Traveling Bookshelf Author Signing, Grand Prairie, October 5, 2024
• Boerne Book & Arts Festival, October 5, 2024
• Dallas-Fort Worth Writers Conference, Hurst, October 5-6, 2024
• Women Writing the West Conference, Denver, October 10-12, 2024
• Big Texas Comicon, San Antonio, October 11-13, 2024
• Wanderlust San Antonio, October 12, 2024
• National Black Book Festival, Houston, October 17-19, 2024
• Lone Star Zine Fest, Austin, October 19-20, 2024
• Teen Read Week (third week of October annually)
• National Friends of Libraries Week (late October annually)
• Authorpalooza Extravaganza Conference, TBA
• Wimberly Storyfest, TBA
• Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, TBA
• Will Rogers Medallion Awards, Fort Worth, TBA
• Tweens Read Book Festival, Houston,TBA
• Buns and Roses Romance Tea for Literacy, Richardson, TBA
• South Texas Book Festival, McAllen, TBA
• FESTIBA (International Festival of Books & Arts), Edinburg, TBA

November

• Native American Heritage Month
• National Novel Writing Month
• Dobie Dichos, Oakville, November 1, 2024
• Indie Author Day, November 4, 2024
• University Press Week, November 13-17, 2024
• Texas Book Festival, Austin, November 16-17, 2024
• Shop Small: Small Business Saturday, November 25, 2024
• Waco Arts Fest, TBA
• Lubbock Book Festival, TBA
• Jewish Book & Arts Festival, Houston, TBA
• Readers & 'ritas, Plano, TBA
• League of Romance Writers Fall Conference, TBA
• Roanoke Annual Writer's Conference, TBA
• National Book Awards Festival, Huntsville, TBA
• Fort Bend County Libraries Book Fest, TBA
• 7th Annual Black Heritage Festival, Houston, TBA

December

• East Texas Book Bash, Canton, December 7, 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

February 2025

• Black History Month
• Lone Star Literary Life 10th Birthday, February 2, 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, TBA, 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)

Bulls, Books, Boots, & Bling, Mesquite, March 14-16, 2025

FUTURE DATES

• Historical Novel Society North America Conference, Las Vegas, June 26-28, 2025
• Houston Book Show, TBA 
• Dallas Literary Festival, TBA 2025
• NETWO Spring Conference, Mount Pleasant, TBA