Literary Festival - North America

North America

• AJC Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, Georgia, September 1–3, 2006
• Antigua and Barbuda International Literary Festival, since 2006, Antigua, West Indies, Nov. 7-9, 2008
• Aspen Summer Words, since 1976, Aspen, Colorado, June 20-25, 2010
• Augusta Literary Festival, Augusta, Georgia, First Saturday in March (annual)
• Baltimore Book Festival, since 1996, Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 25-27, 2009
• Banff Mountain Book Festival, October 31–November 2, 2007
• Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, April 18 - 23, 2012
• Brattleboro Literary Festival, October 1-3, 2010
• Burlington Book Festival, September 15–17 2006
• Calabash International Literary Festival, since 2001, Jamaica
• The Curwood Festival celebrates the life and writings of James Oliver Curwood the first weeekend of June in Owosso, MI.
• Edmonton International Literary Festival, since 2002, Canada’s only Creative Non-fiction Festival
• The Frye Festival, Moncton, New Brunswick, April 22 - 28 2013. Honouring Northrop Frye. International cast.
• Greater Reading (PA) Literary Festival "Reading Reads," October, 2009,
• Greater Toronto Area Stellar Literary Festival, annually since 2007 http://www.stellarliteraryfestival.com
• Guadalajara International Book Fair, November 27-December 05 2010
• Hollywood Book Festival, July 28, 2007
• Toronto International Festival of Authors, annually in October
• Litquake, since 2002, San Francisco, annually in October
• Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, late April/early May
• Maine Literary Festival, since 2006, Camden, Maine, November 7-9, 2008
• Miami Book Fair International, Downtown Miami, Florida- November
• Midwest Literary Festival, Aurora, Illinois, 2nd weekend of September
• National Book Festival, produced by the Library of Congress, September www.loc.gov
• Ohioana Book Festival, Columbus, Ohio, held in May, since 2007
• Ottawa International Writers Festival, since 1997, twice annually since 2004, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• PEN World Voices, the New York Festival of International Literature, New York
• Saskatchewan Festival of Words annually since 1997, Moose Jaw, SK, Canada (July 15-18, 2010)
• Savannah Book Festival annually in February since 2009
• Spring Literary Festival, Ohio University, three days, held in May, since 1986
• Tennessee Williams/ New Orleans Literary Festival, New Orleans, annually in March.
• Twin Cities Book Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota, annually in October
• Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival, annually in October
• Victoria Writers Festival, annually in October in Victoria, BC
• Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 26–30, 2008
• Winnipeg International Writers Festival, annually in September
• Women Writers Conference, The, Lexington, Kentucky, September 11-13, 2008
• Words Alive Literary Festival, since 2007, Sharon, Ontario at the Sharon Temple National Historic Site and Museum. Next event: September 18, 2010 (corrected date).
• Wordstock, in downtown Collingwood, Ontario. Inaugural event: September 11, 2010.