Updated 10.1.2023

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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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

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

September

• National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration, Lubbock, TBA September 2024
• Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15 annually)
• Jaipur Festival, TBA September 2024
• Trinity River Book Festival, Fort Worth, TBA September 2024
• FenCon XVIII, September 23-25, 2024
• Texas Word Wrangler Book Festival, Giddings, TBA September 2024
• Storytellers & Legends Convention, San Antonio, TBA September 2024
• Banned Books Week (last week of September annually)

2023 DTBD

• Fortress Literacy Carnival, Fort Worth, TBA
• El Paso Community College Literary Fiesta, TBD
• Houston Indiepalooza, TBD
• SCBWI Houston Conference, TBD
• League of Romance Writers Fall Conference, TBA
• The Author Encounter Indie Author Day, TBA
• Wittliff Collections Festival, Austin, TBA

FUTURE DATES

• Writers' League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference, Austin, TBA, 2024