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Major Book Events by Month

Updated 09.4.2023

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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September

National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration, Lubbock, September 9-11, 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15 annually)
Jaipur Festival, September 15-17, 2023
Trinity River Book Festival, Fort Worth, September 16, 2023
Texas Word Wrangler Book Festival, Giddings, September 29-30, 2023
Banned Books Week (last week of September annually)

October

National Book Month
LGBTQ History Month
Lone Star Zine Fest, Austin, October 1, 2023
Houston Writers Guild Authorpalooza Extravaganza Conference, October 6-8, 2023
Big Texas Comicon, San Antonio, October 6-8, 2023
Boerne Book & Arts Festival, October 7, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth Writers Conference, Hurst, October 7-8, 2023
Women Writing the West Conference, Virtual, October 12-14, 2023
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, October 13-14, 2023
Will Rogers Medallion Awards, Fort Worth, October 20-21, 2023
Tweens Read Book Festival, Houston, October 21, 2023
Border Regional Library Association (BRLA) Fall Conference, October 21, 2023
Buns and Roses Romance Tea for Literacy, Richardson, October 22, 2023
National Black Book Festival, October 26-28, 2023
South Texas Book Festival, McAllen, October 26-31, 2023
Harvest Moon Festival of the Arts, Granbury, October 28-29, 2023
Teen Read Week (third week of October annually)
National Friends of Libraries Week (late October annually)
7th Annual Black Heritage Festival, Houston, TBA October 2023

November

Native American Heritage Month
National Novel Writing Month
Dobie Dichos, Oakville, November 3, 2023
Waco Arts Fest, November 3-5, 2023
Lubbock Book Festival, November 4-5, 2023
Children's Book Week, November 6-12, 2023
League of Romance Writers Fall Conference, November 10-11, 2023
Texas Book Festival, Austin, November 11-12, 2023
Jewish Book & Arts Festival, Houston, November 15, 2023
National Book Awards Festival, Huntsville, November 15, 2023
Lone Star Festival, Seguin, November 18, 2023
Shop Small: Small Business Saturday, November 26, 2023
Southside 2nd Annual Book Fair, TBA November 2023
Readers & 'ritas, Plano, TBA November 2023
Fort Bend County Libraries Book Fest, TBA November 2023
University Press Week, TBA November 2023
The Author Encounter Indie Author Day, TBA November 2023

December

East Texas Book Bash, Canton, December 9, 2023
Annual Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair, Austin, TBA

2023 DTBD

El Paso Community College Literary Fiesta, TBD

January

Wimberly Storyfest, TBA January, 2024
Houston Book Show, TBA January, 2024
San Angelo Comic Con, San Angelo, TBA January, 2024
10th Annual Roanoke Writers Conference, TBA January, 2024
Jaipur Literature Festival Houston, TBA January, 2024

February

Black History Month
Lone Star Literary Life 9th Birthday, February 2, 2024
Teen Bookfest by the Bay, Corpus Christi, February 24, 2024
LIT Waco Presents CenTex Teen Book Fest on the Brazos, Waco, TBA
Romance Readers' Social, Pflugerville, TBA
Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Alpine, TBA
Central Texas Teen & Kids Comic Con, Round Rock, TBA
People's Poetry Fest, Corpus Christi, TBA
REELpoetry, Houston, TBA
LibraryPalooza, San Antonio, TBA
All the Books Author Event, Houston, TBA
San Antonio African American Book Festival, TBA
2023 South Texas Literacy Symposium, TBA

March

Women's History Month
Comic Conroe, March 8-10, 2024
Highland Park Literary Festival, TBA
Angelo State University Writers’ Conference, San Angelo, TBA
Dallas Literary Festival, TBA
FESTIBA (International Festival of Books & Arts), Edinburg, TBA
Texas Storytelling Festival, Denton, TBA
Little BIPOC Book Fest, Houston, TBA
Freedom of Information Day (March 16, annually)
Teen Book Con, Houston, TBA
Children's Picture Book Day (March 28 annually)
Beall Poetry Festival, Waco, TBA

April

National Poetry Month
D.E.A.R., "Drop Everything and Read" Month
8th Annual Viva Poesía: Palabras, Música, y Cultura, San Antonio, TBA
Austin Edible Book Festival, Austin, TBA
East Texas Book Fest, Tyler, TBA
Books and Bees Festival, Bee Cave,TBA
International Children's Book Day (April 2 annually)
Ghoulish Book Festival, San Antonio, TBA
Books on the Green, The Woodlands, TBA
Chautauqua Festival, Longview, TBA
San Antonio Book Festival, TBA
Lubbock Art Festival, TBA
Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Austin, TBA
16th annual Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, McAllen, April 18-21, 2024
North Texas Teen Book Festival, Las Colinas, April 27, 2024
World Book Day (Shakespeare's birthday, April 23 annually)
National Library Week, TBA
River City Rumble Poetry Slam, San Antonio, TBA
Texas Institute of Letters Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, TBA
Poetry at Round Top, TBA
Independent Booksellers Day, TBA
The Poetry Society of Texas Spring Fling, Jefferson, TBA
NETWO Spring Conference, Mount Pleasant, TBA
Austin SCBWI Writers & Illustrators Working Conference, TBA
Children's Book Day, El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Día) (April 30 annually)
Writefest Weekend Festival, Houston, TBA

May

Texas Writers Month
Children's Book Week, May 1-7, 2024
Winnsboro Festival of Books, TBA
Dallas is Lit, TBA
Asia Society of Texas's BIPOC Book Festival, TBA
O. Henry Pun-off, Austin, TBA
Bookspring Fest, Austin, TBA
Copperfield's Books 9th Annual Local & Indie Author Fair, Spring, TBA
Boldface Conference, Houston, TBA
Comicpalooza, Houston, TBA

June

LGBTQ Books Month
BookLoversCon, Houston, TBA
Historical Novel Society North America Conference, San Antonio, TBA
CALF (Children's Art & Literacy Festival), Abilene, June 13-16, 2024
Book Bonanza, Grapevine, TBA
Austin African American Book Festival, Austin, TBA
Greater Austin Comic Con, TBA
Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, TBA

July

WLT Summer Writing Retreat, Virtual, Month of July
Texas Author Con, Richardson, July 26-27, 2024
Poetry Society of Texas Annual Conference, Allen, TBA July 2024
Macondo Writers Workshop, San Antonio, TBA July 2024

August

Literacy Texas Annual Conference, College Station, TBA August 2024
Armadillo Con, Austin, TBA August 2024
KillerCon, Austin, TBA August 2024
North Texas Book Festival, Denton, POSTPONED
Tulisoma Book Fair, Dallas, TBA August 2024
Wanderlust San Antonio, TBA August 2024
Sultry in the City, Houston, TBA August 2024
Fort Worth Book & Paper Show, TBA August 2024
Lone Star Writers Roundup, New Braunfels, TBA August 2024