Mid-Atlantic Book Festivals

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Last Update:Oct. 14, 2024 (Horror on Main, Harrisburg added)
Previous Update: Sept. 29, 2024 (general update)

This page lists the mid-Atlantic book festivals (and some beyond the mid-Atlantic) that I know of. A listing does not mean I endorse it. We update this page four times a year, and sometimes in between if I come across fresh information. Click on the link to the festival’s page to get the latest information.

Many festivals don’t update their pages until about six months before, and if no information is on their page now, I write “no details.” Click on their link to receive the latest information.

Looking for more festivals?

Check the Facebook group Author Events Around the U.S. It’s private; you have to apply, but all you have to do is promise not to self-promote. Most of the events are for romance writers, but there are some for other genres. Bonus: In their Files folder, they link to a Google Docs spreadsheet containing an updated list of all events, so you can search that by location.

A public website to visit for more book festivals around the 50 states can be found at Book Marketing Bestsellers.

Here’s a link to more book festivals outside the mid-Atlantic region, particularly for African-American authors.

Plus, we have these for your consideration:

Book Publicist’s Calendar

Publishers Archives calendar

AALBC’s calendar

Book Reporter’s calendar

Publisher’s Weekly’s calendar

Promote your event here

If you want an festival listed that we don’t know about, email us at peschel -at- peschelpress.com

If you’re planning to apply as a featured author or to sell books as a vendor, get in touch with the festival as soon as possible. Some accept applications more than eight months before the date.

Connecticut

WRITE WOMEN BOOKFEST 2025RomantiConn, Trumbull: July 25-26, 2025 TICKETS ON SALE NOV. 16 at 8 AM.

Delaware

Harrington Book FestivalFriends of the Library Book Fest, 114 E. Liberty St., Harrington, DE: Oct. 5, 2024.

History Book Festival, Lewes: Sept. 27-29, 2024.

DelaConn 2024, Newark: Nov. 2, 2024.

District of Columbia

ApollyCon: April 9-13, 2025.

Malice Domestic: April 25-27, 2025.

Imaginarium Book Festival June 6-7, 2025.

National Book Festival: Aug. 24, 2024.

Maryland

Annapolis Book Festival: May 3, 2025

Balticon: May 23-25, 2025.

Baltimore Book Festival: No date set for 2025.

Book Fair at Bel Air: Aug. 10, 2024.

WRITE WOMEN BOOKFEST 2025Write Women Book Festival, Bowie TERESA PESCHEL WILL ATTEND: Oct. 19-20, 2025.

Capclave (sci-fi short fiction): Sept. 27-29, 2024.

Chessiecon (sci-fi/fantasy): CANCELLED FOR 2024.

Gaithersburg Book Festival: May 17, 2024.

Fright Reads, Millersville, Md.: Sept. 28-29, 2024.

Charm City Romanticon, Ellicott City, Md.: April 4-6, 2025.

Kensington Day of the Book Festival, Kensington, Md.: April 27, 2025.

F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival, Rockville, Md.: Sept. 28, 2024.

New Jersey

Collingswood Book Festival: Oct. 5, 2024

Montclair Literary Festival: April 27-May 4, 2024

Morristown Festival of Books: Oct. 18-19, 2024

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Princeton Children’s Book Festival: Oct. 5, 2024

New York

New York International Antiquarian Book Fair: April 3-6, 2025

New York City, Bronx Book Fair: No info for 2025

New York City, Brooklyn Book Festival: Sept. 22-30, 2024

New York City, Harlem Book Fair: Sept. 7, 2024

Woodstock Bookfest: April 4-6, 2025

Pennsylvania

American Library Association Conference, Philadelphia: June 26-30, 2025.

Lehigh Valley Book Festival: March 29-30, 2025

Easton Book Festival: Oct. 13-20, 2024

Harrisburg Book Festival: October 9-13, 2024.

Hershey ArtFest: May 2025.

Hershey Chocolate Town Book Festival: (Facebook Page) Oct. 5, 2024

Horror on Main, Harrisburg, Pa.: (Facebook Page) June 27-29, 2025

Lancaster, Books Books Books: Sept. 21, 2024

Lancaster, Once Upon A Con (Fantasy/Romance): Aug. 14-17, 2025

Latrobe, Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival: July 3-6, 2025

Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books: May 11, 2024.

Indies Invade Philly: Nov. 9, 2024.

Ebensburg, Pa., Festival of Books in the Alleghenies: Sept. 21, 2024.

State College BookFest: July 13, 2024

Virginia

Fall for the Book, Fairfax, Va. (no dealers room): Oct. 12, 15-18, 2024

Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, Va.: March 20-23, 2025

Farmville; Virginia Children’s Book Festival: Oct. 16-18, 2024

Fredericksburg; Book Festival: Oct. 12, 2024

Mechanicsville, Hanover Book Expo: Nov. 9, 2024

Martinsville-Henry County is for Book Lovers, Spencer, Va.: Sept. 20, 2025

Williamsburg Book Festival: Feb. 22, 2024

Other Book Festivals

Louisville, Ky.; Louisville Book Festival: Oct. 18-19, 2024

Ohioana Book Festival, Columbus, Ohio: April 20, 2024 (Ohio writers only)

Ohio, Grove City; Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo: Aug. 9, 2024

Ohio, Wooster; Buckeye Book Fair: Nov. 2, 2024 (Ohio writers only)

Tennessee, Nashville; Southern Festival of Books: Oct. 26-27, 2024.

West Virginia Book Festival, Charleston, W.Va. (Facebook page): Oct. 19, 2024