Major Book Events by Month
Updated 12.1.2023
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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December
- East Texas Book Bash, Canton, December 9, 2023
- Winter Words Book Fair, Humble, December 9, 2023
- San Anto Zine Fest 2023, San Antonio, December 9, 2023
- Annual Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair, Austin, December 9, 2023
January
- San Angelo Comic Con, San Angelo, January 26-28, 2024
- Houston Book Show, TBA January, 2024
February
- Black History Month
Lone Star Literary Life 9th Birthday, February 2, 2024- Romance Readers' Social, Pflugerville, February 10, 2024
- Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Alpine, February 15-17, 2024
- Central Texas Teen & Kids Comic Con, Round Rock, February 17, 2024
- All the Books Author Event, Houston, February 17, 2024
- People's Poetry Fest, Corpus Christi, February 23-24, 2024
- LibraryPalooza, San Antonio, February 24, 2024
- Teen Bookfest by the Bay, Corpus Christi, February 24, 2024
- San Antonio African American Book Festival, February 24, 2024
- Angelo State University Writers’ Conference, San Angelo, February 29- March 1, 2024
- 2023 South Texas Literacy Symposium, TBA
- CenTex Teen Book Fest on the Brazos, Waco, TBA
- REELpoetry, Houston, TBA
March
- Women's History Month
- Texas Storytelling Festival, Denton, March 7-10, 2024
- Comic Conroe, March 8-10, 2024
- Freedom of Information Day (March 16, annually)
- Teen Book Con, Houston, March 23, 2024
- Children's Picture Book Day (March 28 annually)
- Highland Park Literary Festival, TBA
- Dallas Literary Festival, TBA
- FESTIBA (International Festival of Books & Arts), Edinburg, TBA
- Little BIPOC Book Fest, Houston, TBA
- 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)
October
- National Book Month
- LGBTQ History Month
- Lone Star Zine Fest, Austin,
- Authorpalooza Extravaganza Conference,
- Big Texas Comicon, San Antonio
- Boerne Book & Arts Festival,
- Dallas-Fort Worth Writers Conference, Hurst,
- Women Writing the West Conference, 23
- Wimberly Storyfest,
- Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference,
- Will Rogers Medallion Awards, Fort Worth
- Tweens Read Book Festival, Houston
- Buns and Roses Romance Tea for Literacy, Richardson
- National Black Book Festival,
- South Texas Book Festival, McAllen
- Teen Read Week (third week of October annually)
- National Friends of Libraries Week (late October annually)
November
- Native American Heritage Month
- National Novel Writing Month
- Dobie Dichos, Oakville,
- Waco Arts Fest,
- Indie Author Day, November 4, 2024
- Lubbock Book Festival,
- Jewish Book & Arts Festival, Houston,
- Readers & 'ritas, Plano,
- League of Romance Writers Fall Conference,
- Roanoke Annual Writer's Conference,
- Texas Book Festival, Austin,
- University Press Week, November 13-17, 2024
- National Book Awards Festival, Huntsville,
- Lone Star Festival, Seguin,
- Fort Bend County Libraries Book Fest,
- 7th Annual Black Heritage Festival, Houston,
- Shop Small: Small Business Saturday, November 25, 2024
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
