Updated 09.02.2022

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, 2022
• Jaipur Literature Festival Houston, September 9-10, 2022
• Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15 annually)
• FenCon XVIII, September 16-18, 2022
• Wanderlust San Antonio, September 17, 2022 
• 8th Annual Roanoke Writers Conference, September 30-October 1, 2022
• Waco WordFest, September 30-October 2, 2022
• Banned Books Week (last week of September annually)

October     

• National Book Month
• LGBTQ History Month
• National Friends of Libraries Week (late October annually)
• Teen Read Week (third week of October annually)
• Boerne Book & Arts Festival, October 1, 2022
• O. Henry Pun-off, Austin, October 8, 2022
• Tweens Read, Houston, October 8, 2022
• Permian Basin Writers' Workshop, October 8-9, 2022
• Writers in the Field, Mansfield, October 8-9, 2022
• Dallas-Fort Worth Writers Conference, Hurst, October 8-9, 2022
• Harvest Moon Festival of the Arts, Granbury, October 14-16, 2022
• Mid Cities Teen Book Fest, North Richland Hills, October 15, 2022
• Lubbock Book Festival, October 15-16, 2022
• National Black Book Festival, October 20-22, 2022
• Women Writing the West Conference, October 20-22, 2022
• Buns and Roses Romance Tea for Literacy, Virtual, October 21-23, 2022
• Jewish Book & Arts Festival, Houston, October 22-November 5, 2022
• East Texas Booktacular, Canton, October 22, 2022
• South Texas Book Festival, McAllen, October 27-31, 2022
• Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, October 28-29, 2022
• Big Texas ComiCon, San Antonio, October 28-30, 2022
• Will Rogers Medallion Awards, Fort Worth, October 29, 2022

November

• Native American Heritage Month
• National Novel Writing Month
• University Press Week 
• Shop Small: Small Business Saturday 
• Dobie Dichos, Oakville, November 4, 2022
• Border Regional Library Association (BRLA) Fall Conference, November 5, 2022
• Texas Book Festival, Austin, November 5-6, 2022
• Children's Book Week, November 7-13, 2022
• Readers & 'ritas, Plano, November 12, 2022
• Texas Word Wrangler, Giddings, November 18-19, 2022
• Fort Bend County Libraries Book Fest, TBA

December

• East Texas Book Bash, Canton, December 10, 2022
• Border Book Bash: Celebrating Teens & Tweens of the RGV, TBD

January

• The International Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guy Book Club Girlfriend Weekend, TBA 2023
• 3rd Annual East Texas Spokenword Contest, Tyler, TBA 2023
• Fifth Annual Diverse Literary Voices of Texas, TBA 2023

February

• Black History Month
• Bookworm Festival, Houston, January 31 - TBA 2023
• Lone Star Literary Life Birthday, February 2
• All the Books, Houston, February 25, 2023
• Romance Readers' Social, Pflugerville, TBA, 2023
• Wimberly Storyfest, TBA, 2023
• Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Alpine, February 17-18, 2023
• San Angelo Comic Con, San Angelo, TBA, 2023
• Teen Bookfest by the Bay, Corpus Christi, TBA, 2023
• Central Texas Teen & Kids Comic Con, Round Rock,TBA, 2023
• Highland Park Literary Festival,TBA, 2023
• People's Poetry Fest, Corpus Christi, TBA, 2023
• REELpoetry, Houston, TBA, 2023
• LibraryPalooza, San Antonio, TBA, 2023
• San Antonio African American Book Festival, TBA, 2023

March

• Women's History Month
• FESTIBA (International Festival of Books & Arts), Edinburg, TBA, 2023
• Angelo State University Writers’ Conference, San Angelo, TBA, 2023
• All the Books Author Event, Houston, TBA 2023
• North Texas Teen Book Festival,  Las Colinas, TBA, 2023
• Texas Storytelling Festival, Denton, TBA, 2023
• Freedom of Information Day (March 16 annually)
• Dallas Literary Festival, TBA 2023
• Texas Literature & Language Symposium, Austin, TBA, 2023
• 8th Annual Viva Poesía: Palabras, Música, y Cultura, San Antonio, TBA, 2023
• Children's Picture Book Day (March 28 annually)
• National Book Awards Festival, Huntsville, TBA, 2023

April 

• National Poetry Month
• D.E.A.R., "Drop Everything and Read" Month
• Beall Poetry Festival, TBA, 2023
• Mega Corazón spoken-word marathon, TBA, 2023
• International Children's Book Day (April 2 annually)
• National Library Week, April 3-9
• Austin International Poetry Festival, TBA, 2023
• Wimberley Book Festival, TBA, 2023
• Lubbock Art Festival, TBA, 2023
• Teen Book Con, TBA, 2023
• Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, McAllen, TBA, 2023
• Texas Institute of Letters Annual Meeting, TBA, 2023
• Poetry at Round Top, POSTPONED to April, 2023
• Chautauqua Festival, Longview, TBA, 2023
• BIPOC Book Fest, Houston, TBA, 2023
• World Book Day (Shakespeare's birthday, April 23 annually)
• Texas Library Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TBA, 2023
• Independent Booksellers Day, TBA, 2023
• NETWO Spring Conference, Mount Pleasant, TBA, 2023
• Children's Book Day, El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Día) (April 30 annually)
• Writefest Weekend Festival, Houston, TBA, 2023
• Austin Writers & Illustrators Working Conference,TBA, 2023

May

• Texas Writers Month 
• Writefest Weekend Festival, Houston, TBA, 2023
• Austin Writers & Illustrators Working Conference, TBA, 2023

• Children's Book Week, TBA, 2023
• Winnsboro Festival of Books, TBA, 2023
• Lone Star Writer's Roundup, New Braunfels, TBA, 2023
• Kilgore Geekend, TBA, 2023
• San Antonio Book Festival, TBA, 2023
• Boldface Conference, Houston, TBA, 2023
• Lone Star Book Festival, Seguin, TBA, 2023

June

• LGBTQ Books Month
• Fortress Literacy Carnival, Fort Worth, June 4, 2022
• CALF (Children's Art & Literacy Festival), Abilene, June 9-11, 2022
• West Texas Writers' Academy, Canyon, June 13-18, 2022
• Book Bonanza, Grapevine, June 23-24, 2023
• Writers' League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference, Austin, June 24-26, 2022
• Kaotic Freedom Celebration Comic Con, Lake Jackson, June 25-26, 2022
• African American Book Festival, Austin, June 25, 2022
• Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, June 30 - July 31, 2022

July

• WLT Summer Writing Retreat, Virtual, Month of July
• Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, Month of July
• Book Bonanza, Grapevine, TBA, 2023
• Greater Austin Comic Con, TBA, 2023
• Poetry Society of Texas Annual Conference, Allen, TBA, 2023
• Comicpalooza, Houston, TBA, 2023
• Macondo Writers Workshop, San Antonio, TBA, 2023
• Granbury Books & Arts Festival, TBA, 2023

August

• Literacy Texas Annual Conference, College Station, August 1 & 2, 2022
• Armadillo Con, Austin, August 5-7, 2022
• Tulisoma Book Fair, Dallas, August 19-20, 2022
• North Texas Book Festival, Denton, August 20, 2022
• Sultry in the City, Houston, August 26-27, 2022
• Comic Conroe, August 26-28, 2022
• Fort Worth Book & Paper Show, August 27-28, 2022
• Delightfully Dirty in Dallas, cancelled

DATES TO-BE-DETERMINED

• Houston Writers Guild Annual Conference, TBA
• Langdon Review Weekend, 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
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