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Annapolis Book Festival
The Annapolis Book Festival is one of the premier community events in the region. Join the Key School for activities, music, refreshments, and more. Every year thousands of people enjoy this free community Festival that celebrates the beauty, power, passi...
Ends: 2024-04-27   [Read More]

Orlando Book Festival
The Orlando Book Festival is a day-long celebration of books at the Orlando Public Library. Join us for panels and talks from bestselling authors from all over the state....
Ends: 2024-04-27   [Read More]

Plunkett Poetry Festival
The Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival, held in April each year, was established in 2002 to honor the memory and accomplishments of Terry Plunkett, an English professor at the University of Maine at Augusta for nearly thirty years. ...
Ends: 2024-04-27   [Read More]

North Texas Teen Book Festival
The NTTBF is a free book festival created to celebrate teen literature, from both Middle Grade and YA authors. Authors and readers come together for a full day of conversation, book signings, panels and readings....
Ends: 2024-04-27   [Read More]

Interracial Romance Authors’ Expo
A three-day weekend bringing together and celebrating readers and authors of interracial romance. ...
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Wrexham Carnival of Words
A week-long annual event with a mixture of Thriller, Horror, Historical, Romance and more, the Wrexham Carnival of Words has become a fixture in the literary calendar in Wales and the borderlands attracting a diverse range of well-known authors. ...
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Towers and Tales
Towers and Tales is an annual festival, held in Lismore Castle, celebrating the magic of contemporary children’s literature and illustration....
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English Riviera Literature Festival
The English Riviera Literature Festival offers a packed programme of literary-themed events, creative activities for children and adults, fascinating author talks and readings as well as a chance to meet published and aspiring writers....
Ends: 2024-04-27   [Read More]

Ridges & Rivers Book Festival
Celebrate reading, writing, creativity, and community in Viroqua, Wisconsin. Brought to you by the Driftless Writing Center and the McIntosh Memorial Library, we have something fun planned for everyone. If you love reading or writing, you won’t want to ...
Ends: 2024-04-27   [Read More]

Southwest Michigan Writers' Conference
The Southwest Michigan Writers’ Conference provides instruction and information to aspiring authors in the areas of writing skills, publishing, and marketing. ...
Ends: 2024-04-27   [Read More]

Festival News

Michael Crummey and Sharon Bala among writers at 2024 Frye Festival in Moncton
... Festival, Atlantic Canada’s largest literary festival. Inaugurated in 1999, Frye Festival is a English-French bilingual celebration of books ...
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Margaret Atwood joins other authors at upcoming Nantucket Book Festival
... literary causes and promote Nantucket Island as an oasis and haven for the literary arts," according to the festival’s mission statement.
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Our Voices: Festival of Words
By celebrating literature and uplifting literacy, the event aims to provide the Fort Lauderdale community with an annual space to engage with books ...
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The Decatur Children’s Book Festival Makes Its Star-Studded Debut
The Children’s Book Festival is a celebration of reading and children’s literature. With feature 25 exhibitors on display, kids will have a blast ...
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Banff Film and Book Festival returns to the Pablo Center - The Spectator
The Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival returned to Eau Claire on April 21 at the Pablo Center. The event showcased multiple ...
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Upcoming Events

Annapolis Book Festival
The Annapolis Book Festival is one of the premier community events in the region. Join the Key School for activities, music, refreshments, and mo...
Starts: 2024-04-27   [Read More]

Orlando Book Festival
The Orlando Book Festival is a day-long celebration of books at the Orlando Public Library. Join us for panels and talks from bestselling authors...
Starts: 2024-04-27   [Read More]

Plunkett Poetry Festival
The Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival, held in April each year, was established in 2002 to honor the memory and accomplishments of Terry Plunkett, a...
Starts: 2024-04-27   [Read More]

Colonsay Book Festival
The Colonsay Book Festival is one of the smallest and most remote literary events in the UK, held on the beautiful island of Colonsay in glorious...
Starts: 2024-04-27   [Read More]

Towers and Tales
Towers and Tales is an annual festival, held in Lismore Castle, celebrating the magic of contemporary children’s literature and illustration....
Starts: 2024-04-27   [Read More]

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Book Awards News

2024 Tähtifantasia Award Shortlist
presented by the Helsinki Science Fiction Society for the best Finnish fantasy book published in the previous year.
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Complex stories of migration are among the finalists for the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Australia’s Kate Grenville, a previous Women’s Prize winner, makes the list with her eighth novel, historical adventure "Restless Dolly Maunder." U.S. ...
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For the Aspen Words Literary Prize, a jury of renowned writers identify books that are ’a ...
This year’s longlist features novels and story collections that explore race, identity, climate and other themes. Aspen Words will announce the winner ...
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Los Angeles Times Book Prizes winners for 2024 announced at USC
L.A. Times Book Prize winners named in a ceremony filled with support for USC valedictorian Asna Tabassum. A woman in a black T-shirt and black jacket ...
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In ’Temple Folk,’ Aspen Words Literary Prize finalist Aaliyah Bilal pursues ’the practice of ...
The book is one of five finalists for this year’s Aspen Words Literary Prize, which recognizes works of fiction with a social impact. But Bilal says ...
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Upcoming Award Deadlines

Lane Anderson Award
The Lane Anderson Award honours the very best science writing in Canada in two categories: adult and young reader. Jury panels drawn from the Canadia...
Deadline: 2024-04-30

Iowa Poetry Prize
The Iowa Poetry Prize, open to new as well as established poets, is awarded for a book-length collection of poems written originally in English. Prev...
Deadline: 2024-04-30

Toronto Book Awards
The Toronto Book Awards honour authors of books of literary or artistic merit that are evocative of Toronto. Authors are only eligible if their submi...
Deadline: 2024-04-30

Hugo Awards
The Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1955, are science fiction’s most prestigious award. They were first awarded in 1953, and have been awarde...
Deadline: 2024-04-30

Berkshire Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry
The Berkshire Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry is open to anyone writing in the English language, whether living in the United States or abr...
Deadline: 2024-04-30

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