10 Literary Festivals to Put On Your 2025 Calendar
Well-Read Black Girl Festival
A literary festival that celebrates of the limitless possibilities within Black creativity and storytelling.
https://www.wellreadblackgirl.org/festival-onsale
2. Festival of faith & literature
Encourage a love of literature as it relates to faith, and to create a thoughtful and relaxing space in which to consider works of literature and their religious and moral themes. It's for anyone who is interested in the big questions of life.
https://faithandliterature.hymnsam.co.uk/
3. Printers Row Lit Fest Chicago
The Printers Row Lit Fest, the largest free outdoor literary showcase in the Midwest, is a community-based celebration for book lovers presented by the not-for-profit Near South Planning Board.
More than 100,000 visitors are expected over the two-day festival, which will feature carefully selected offerings from over 100 booksellers; everything from the tattered to the rare to ‘hot off the press,’ newly published works.
https://printersrowlitfest.org/
4. Brooklyn Book Fest
New York City’s largest free literary festival and connects readers with local, national and international authors and publishers during the course of a celebratory literary week.
The Festival presents original programming and enthusiastically welcomes New York City’s cross cultural book readers as well as national and international attendees. The Festival is known for fostering creative dialogue among the authors, presenting new literary voices as well as established authors, and for serving the literary community by providing a highly visible platform for the work of authors and publishers.
https://brooklynbookfestival.org/
5. Iowa City Book Festival
The Iowa City City of Literature offers a week of one-of-a-kind, free, literary programming. It's organized by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature, which manages the Iowa City area’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature.
https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/icbf/
6. Detroit Book Fest
Detroit Festival of Books (aka: Detroit Bookfest) is dedicated to promoting the joy of reading and the rich culture surrounding it.
7. Boston Book Festival
Celebrating the power of words to stimulate, agitate, unite, delight, and inspire, the Boston Book Festival presents year-round events culminating in an annual festival that promotes a culture of reading and ideas and enhances the vibrancy of our city.
8. Portland Book Festival
The festival will feature on-stage author discussions with over 100 authors and interviewers, drop-in writing workshops, pop-up readings, an extensive book fair, and local food trucks in this city-wide celebration of books and stories.
9. Texas Book Festival
Texas Book Festival connects authors and readers through experiences that celebrate the culture of literacy, ideas, and imagination. Our annual Festival features more than 250 authors of the year’s best books and attracts 40,000 book lovers, and we also produce impactful programs across the state year-round.
https://texasbookfestival.org/
10. The Book Fairy
Shanique's lifelong dream is to introduce everyone, regardless of age or background, to the profound joys of reading. Her focus extends beyond personal enjoyment; she envisions a positive change in the reading culture of Jamaica and aspires to influence the literary landscape across the Caribbean. The Book Fairy Festival, under her dedicated leadership, stands as a testament to this dream, bringing together book lovers, authors, and educators to celebrate the magic of storytelling.
