Exciting Book Festivals in 2025 That You Should Attend
For book lovers, nothing compares to the thrill of discovering a story that captures your imagination or the joy of connecting with others who share your passion for the written word. Book festivals (or Literary festivals) take this love of books to the next level, transforming the solitary act of reading into a vibrant celebration of creativity, connection, and storytelling.
These amazing events celebrate books, readers, and authors alike. Whether you attend panel discussions and workshops or simply browse book stalls, you’ll feel right at home.
If you’re as excited as we are about these events, then check out the comprehensive list of literary festivals in 2025 below. Make sure to use our filtering tool to find the most suitable ones for you.
The Hay Festival is celebrating in Colombia with an exceptional program that promises to inspire and delight lovers of literature, art, and culture.
Every year, the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature brings together people from the four corners of the world to Dubai to entertain, captivateو and inspire. Extraordinary writers bring new ideas and different perspectives, promoting dialogue, sharing their works, their thoughts, and their words, and building bridges across cultures. This is a festival full of ideas, conversations, and stories being written, filling us with hope for the future.
The Jaipur Literature Festival is an annual literary festival which takes place in the Indian city of Jaipur. In this five day event, authors and dignitaries from across the world, and especially the South East Asian countries, participate and engage with crowds on various issues and partake in readings, debates, and discussions with them and with each other. The Festival is essentially an event of coming together of some of the world’s greatest minds, historians, humanitarians, sports people, business leaders, and entertainers from all walks of life who share the stage and put forward their ideas and thoughts.
The Hay Festival is celebrating its twentieth edition in Colombia with an exceptional program that promises to inspire and delight lovers of literature, art, and culture.
This book festival is a celebration of learning and literacy that is fun as well as educational, bringing together people of all ages who share a love of reading and who will leave the event inspired by their experiences, and maybe with a free autographed book, as there will be hourly drawings where lucky visitors can win a free copy of a book written by a festival author.
The Rancho Mirage Writers Festival is a world class gathering of writers, thinkers, and people contributing to the intellectual vitality of the time. It can be described as a “Coachella for the brain.”
The Savannah Book Festival hosts national, regional, and local authors for author presentations and book signings at seven venues strewn across three historic squares in downtown Savannah.
The F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival is an engaging weekend of entertainment in the forms of film, books, author presentations, focus groups, and good music. Writers visit F.R.E.S.H to network with fellow authors, meet with readers and fans, and sell books. Moreover, there’s something for every reader’s indulgence.
From children’s books to sports, from romance to self-help, from poetry to historical and contemporary novels, the Williamsburg Book Festival has exceptional offerings from cover to cover.
This Annual Black History Month event was created to celebrate the Power of Black Literature, reinforce the fact that Representation Matters and to proudly Encourage Black Economics. Literacy improves our lives by expanding the capabilities that reduce poverty by increasing the likelihood of success in educational and career endeavors, which have proven to have positive effects on a community’s health and overall quality of life. Literacy empowers and liberates people.
Join the Monroeville Literary Festival in the courtroom made famous by To Kill a Mockingbird for captivating readings, enlightening discussions, amusing conversations and Monroeville’s famous brand of hospitality. Friends, old and new, are welcomed to discover new authors, celebrate favorite writers and share great times with others who love Southern literature.
The Southwest Reading Festival encourages adults, teens, and children to visit and meet popular authors in literature in multiple venues. They promote lifelong learning, public libraries, and school reading readiness by raising awareness of the library’s services and its role in the community’s quality of life.
The Dahlonega Literary Festival is an annual celebration of books that takes place in March. It’s an intimate festival with books and authors on a mission to promote interaction between them and the readers in a relaxed, informal environment. In addition to attending speaking events and book signings, attendees can have lunch with their favorite authors at a local restaurant.
Adelaide Writers’ Week is a free literary festival that takes place every year in March in the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden in Adelaide, Australia. It features six days of panel sessions with local and international authors, as well as special events and activities for young readers. It is part of the Adelaide Festival, one of the world’s major arts festivals.
The North Texas Teen Book Festival strives to connect the reading community, adding dimension to the reading experience through diverse author panels and dynamic discussions in a safe and fun environment.
Let the best of local and national storytelling talent captivate you at this festival, with concurrent sessions featuring keynote presentations and panels across popular and emergent genres.
The Ennis Book Club Festival focuses mainly on readers and book lovers. It attracts a host of national and international writers and speakers. The festival includes author readings and discussions. It also offers a diversity of events each year, including debates on topical affairs, workshops, poetry readings, theatre, music, bookclub quizzes, and walking tours through Ennis’ historic streets.
The Brimbank Writers & Readers Festival (BWRF) is an annual event that encourages a love of reading and literature, celebrates creativity and diversity, and promotes lifelong learning in Brimbank. The ten day program of workshops, author talks, panel discussions, creative & professional writing, storytelling and more is free of charge for the community.
This is a unique event, featuring writing and publishing workshops, and a special day when local and national authors sell and sign books at a festival market in a beautiful downtown park.
Tucson Festival of Books will be held on the University of Arizona campus. So mark your calendars and save the date for the in-person return of this community-wide celebration of literature. As always, the festival is free-of-charge for all attendees.
This festival is the largest community-based book event in the Mid-Atlantic region and has attracted audiences of more than 20,000 for each of the past thirteen years. They have presented a captivating list of authors, ranging from international bestsellers to topical specialists to debut authors.
The DSM Book Festival celebrates authors, writers, readers, and everything in between. With headlining authors, hands-on workshops, children’s activities, live music, local food and drink, and much more.
Running from dawn to dusk in the historic township of Clunes in Regional Victoria, this two day festival is full of author and artist talks, workshops and live entertainment for the whole family. Discover the outdoor book bazaar with over a hundred stall holders and immerse yourself in Clunes from cover to cover.
Mark your calendars and make your plans now to attend five days of literary revelry, including writing workshops, theatre events, literary panels, scholars conference, literary walking tours, music events, culinary and cocktail events, and much more.
The New Orleans Book Festival, which is held annually, will feature both fiction and nonfiction works. It will host readings, panel discussions, symposia, and keynote speeches. The festival will also provide a venue for publishers, authors, and readers to interact with each other in one of the world’s most vibrant and culturally diverse cities.
Get ready to immerse yourself in a literary extravaganza like no other! Their festival, nestled in historic downtown Pensacola, is a haven for book enthusiasts of all ages. Join them for a day brimming with activities that celebrate the magic of storytelling and the written word.
The Lehigh Valley Book Festival is a celebration of books and the strong connections they forge – bringing published authors, illustrators, and readers together, through thoughtful, approachable, and inclusive programming. Their mission is based on the notion that reading is for everybody – and that people of all ages and interests can find something to spark their imagination, broaden their perspective, and nourish their spirit in a book.
This is a festival of storytelling for the whole family. It features events with writers, filmmakers, poets and songwriters on the Gold Coast, Queensland.
The Woodstock Bookfest is a vibrant literary festival that celebrates the joy of reading and writing. It features a diverse lineup of authors, book signings, panel discussions, story slams, and various engaging activities for book lovers of all ages. The festival aims to foster a love for literature and provide a platform for both established and emerging writers to connect with their audience.
The Newcastle Writers Festival is an annual event that features more than 150 writers who participate in panel discussions, readings, book launches, interviews, and workshops. The festival aims to inspire, entertain, and challenge readers of all ages and interests.
The festival has grown over the last 27 years from a single day of readings to a week-long celebration of literature. The four-day festival includes full days of readings, writing workshops, craft classes, panel discussions, literary happy hours, virtual events, a book fair, and more.
In 2025, the Paris Book Festival invites you to experience its fourth edition in its original setting: the Grand Palais. Under the majestic glass roof, prepare to immerse yourself in a celebration of the book, “in all its forms”. With an enriched program, this festival is the literary event of the year. It invites you to explore exciting bridges between literature and cinema, the performing arts, the visual arts and music.
The Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, Missouri, celebrates literature of all kinds. Nationally recognized and bestselling authors across many genres will come to mid-Missouri to discuss their work and participate in various stimulating events and environments.
The Sorrento Writers Festival is a four-day literary event that celebrates the written word and fosters creative conversations. It features more than 45 Australian writers, journalists, academics, and musicians who share their stories, insights, and ideas through various sessions, workshops, and performances.
Poetry at Round Top is an annual festival presenting the nation’s most exciting and prominent poets over three days of readings, workshops, and conversations on craft. Located on the gorgeous Festival Hill campus between Austin and Houston, in Round Top, Texas, Poetry at Round Top presents an immersion experience like no other poetry conference or festival in the country.
The Guernsey Literary Festival brings some of the world’s greatest writers, speakers, and thinkers to Guernsey. With events for all interests and ages, the festival is a unique opportunity to come together to celebrate the written word. It attracts speakers from a wide range of disciplines, from literature to politics, from history to sport, from the environment to food, and from biography to travel. There is also a full education and community programme, together with workshops for local writers with renowned visiting authors.
A vibrant community of readers and writers come together each year to bask in the love of reading. A celebration of literature, from fiction to poetry to non-fiction and biography, the festival features author readings, panel discussions, and book signings held in venues across historic Newburyport, Massachusetts. This year, the festival opens at the Firehouse Center for the Arts, hosting authors Peter Orner in conversation with Andre Dubus.
Since 1996, The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books has gathered writers, poets, artists, filmmakers, musicians and emerging storytellers. Now in its 30th year, it is the largest event of its kind in the United States.
The Montclair Literary Festival is a community-wide event that aims to exchange ideas, inspire future literary works and engage with different points of view. Working closely with the Montclair Public Library, Watchung Booksellers and a team of local volunteers, the festival will also generate lasting connections between arts institutions, the schools and the community, benefiting a broad cross-section of participants and attendees.
The AZ Author Book Festival is a free public event celebrating Arizona authors across various genres. It features book signings, author talks, food, music, giveaways, and activities for all ages. The festival aims to build community, champion literacy, and support local authors and businesses.
The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) celebrates Canadian and international authors every year at its flagship festival. Festival events include panels, discussions, workshops, and interactive events that allow guests from across Canada and around the world to participate in the festival.
The Ottawa International Writers Festival celebrates ideas and imagination! The program includes a poetry cabaret, town-hall style discussion, and fiction and nonfiction readings.
The annual Hexham Book Festival presents bestselling writers, thinkers, politicians, journalists, broadcasters, and up-and-coming writers and writers from the North-East region. The festival is supported by numerous local businesses and private sponsors with outreach projects benefiting from Trusts and Foundations’ support.
The Sonoma Valley Authors Festival brings people together to hear authors from a variety of literary genres, and speakers who discuss advances being made in science, technology, and medicine. With so many voices vying for attention, people are receptive to well-informed speakers and eager for thoughtful conversation and discussion of ideas.
Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival is a literary event that showcases local, national and international authors, journalists, illustrators, poets and storytellers. The festival aims to inspire, inform and entertain audiences with a variety of talks, panels, workshops, performances and activities.
The Ohioana Book Festival is held each spring to celebrate Ohio writers and their books. This year, over 140 authors participate in book signings, panel discussions, children’s readings, and more during the festival. The festival features books by authors, illustrators, publicists, or other publishing professionals from the following genres: fiction, non-fiction, literature (young adult and children’s literature), graphic novels, academic press titles, and more.
This Festival will celebrate its 22st year in 2025, bringing nationally renowned authors to the community to discuss their books and the craft of writing and featuring a day filled with children’s activities, live music, food, and a huge used book sale.
The Hudson Children’s Book Festival hosts over 75 authors and illustrators each year since 2009. It aims to create, sustain, and nurture a literacy culture in partnership with their community and schools. Families will meet and greet world-class creators of books for children of all ages.
MWF is a high-profile, much-loved organization that plays an important and influential role in the local arts ecology. For more than three decades, the organization has enjoyed the loyalty of hundreds of thousands of Melbourne’s readers. Each year, across over 300 events and working with around 200 partners, MWF brings together the diverse talent of 500 writers from across Australia and the world-creating moments of connection, discussion, and inspiration with the public.
The Franschhoek Literary Festival aims to bring together a broad cross-section of mostly South African English-speaking writers and a few distinguished authors from overseas. It focuses on presenting quality events that inspire and inform, and raise funds for local communities and school libraries. There are also literary and publishers’ dinners, book launches, writing workshops, a school spelling bee, and much more.
Bookstock showcases literary luminaries and cross-cultural voices, including Pulitzer Prize winners, Poets Laureate, National Book Award winners, plus debut and best-selling authors from Vermont and beyond.
The Gaithersburg Book Festival is a celebration of the written word and its power to enrich the human experience. Since its inception in 2010, the fair’s mission is to foster an interest in reading, writing, and literary conversation. The Gaithersburg Book Festival always attracts hundreds of award-winning and best-selling authors, poets, and songwriters from across the country to its beautiful park setting.
The Hay Festival is celebrating in Wales with an exceptional program that promises to inspire and delight lovers of literature, art, and culture.
In this book fair, authors will come from all over the world: from the Middle East, Africa, South America, and Europe—not to mention dozens of authors from throughout the United States and from right there in the Bay Area. They’ll bring the world—and its best contemporary literature—to Berkeley.
Lit Fest is an eight-day celebration of writers and readers, an extravaganza of weeklong and weekend advanced workshops, craft seminars, readings, salons, business panels, agent meetings, and parties.
Imaginarium Book Festival (IBF) is a book festival for all kinds of readers, where incredible worlds can be discovered and explored. Its goal is to bring together authors and readers who share a love for the fantastical. Whether you are a newcomer to the SFF and paranormal genres, or a longtime fan, you’ll surely find the story that makes you feel at home.
The Books By the Beach festival brings the bestselling authors to Scarborough from all diverse genres for everyone to enjoy.
The Bellingen Readers & Writers Festival is an annual literary event that features a diverse range of events, including author talks, workshops, book launches, poetry slams, and more. The festival aims to celebrate the power of words and stories, and to inspire and engage readers and writers of all ages and backgrounds.
The Nantucket Book Festival features award-winning authors from around the world, representing genres of fiction, poetry, history, journalism, politics, and memoir.
The Borders Book Festival is a free entry event with more than 100 events for all ages. The festival has grown over the years to feature more than just books. Discover health and wellbeing classes and drop-in sessions, film, opera, comedy, workshops, youth theatre, and fine food and drink from the Borders and Scotland in the Orchard.
Brighton Book Festival is a series of over 20 events across independent bookshop week to celebrate the power of books with the community. The programme includes activities for children and adults across generations such as a family festival, workshops and poetry nights.
The Bronx Book Festival promotes literacy and the love for reading and covers a wide range of topics relevant to the Bronx community through panels, workshops, and more with award-winning and bestselling authors, illustrators, and creators. This literacy program seeks to create an interest for reading among young people. All while also promoting reading and writing skills through engaging author visits, reading group guides from publishers, and new books for children.
Ledbury Poetry Festival is an inclusive, international and inspirational celebration of poetry and spoken word over ten fabulously busy days, live in Ledbury and online to the world. Surrounded by woods, orchards and hills, poets from all over the world gather to perform, write, read and listen to poetry. Contemporary literary titans stand alongside upcoming talents to illuminate a thrillingly electric mix of events, from readings, performance poetry, masterclasses, walks, talks and films through to breakfasts, music, exhibitions and bike rides.
Throughout the weekend, invited guests and audience members intermingle freely, sharing an experience that provides thoughtful and challenging ideas about writing and literature in general. Providing much needed cultural enrichment for remote and regional audiences, it’s little wonder this inspiring Festival attracts return visitors year after year.
The Lakefield Literary Festival is a cherished annual event that honours the magic of literature in Canada. For almost 30 years, it has provided a platform for Canadian writers and readers to connect and exchange ideas.
The Write Women Book Fest was created to lift up and amplify women authors and publishing professionals. The festival welcomes all literary organizations and publishing professionals that are either owned or run by women or believes in lifting up women publishing professionals.
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is a distinctive international showcase celebrating the written word, literature, and ideas. It brings leading and emerging international, British and Scottish authors and thinkers together to inspire each other and audiences in an extensive programme of public events.
Bendigo Writers Festival is an annual weekend festival for readers and writers. The festival features a diverse program of events, panel discussions, workshops, and entertainment, with local and national talent, as well as book lovers from all walks of life.
The Dunkeld Writers Festival is an annual event that celebrates the works and insights of various Australian writers in the scenic town of Dunkeld, Victoria. The festival features themed sessions, panel discussions, book signings, and tours of the local attractions. The festival aims to inspire, educate, and entertain visitors with the rich literary culture of Australia.
Festivaletteratura is one of Italy’s most anticipated annual events. Since its inception in 1997, this five-day festival of gatherings with authors, readings, guided tours, performances and concerts has seen artists come from all four corners of the globe to come together in Mantua, getting first-hand experience of the truly unforgettable festive atmosphere.
FestivaLetteratura is one of Italy’s most anticipated annual literary festivals, held in Mantua since 1997. This five-day event features gatherings with authors, readings, guided tours, performances, and concerts. It attracts world-famous writers, poets, essayists, musicians, artists, and scientists from around the globe. The festival emphasizes engaging young people through specially designed events, performances, and workshops.
Appledore Book Festival has established itself as one of the UK’s most highly regarded literary festivals. Welcoming world-class renowned authors, newcomers and local authors, it ensures there is something for everyone.
Since 2015, this festival has welcomed writers each year to learn, network and improve their craft. Their mission is to help writers excel and to provide opportunities for them to network, enjoy Dublin, and learn from key industry professionals.
The 2025 Festival will bring an amazing line up of 50 authors. Their presentations cover fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s fiction. The festival will also feature outdoor performances, a book-art exhibit, food trucks, and exhibitor tents with 35 publishers, nonprofits, and individual authors.
The Harbor Springs Festival of the Book is a three-day celebration of readers, writers, books, and the literary craft. It features nationally published authors and illustrators across eight genres. Most of the festival sessions are held in venues in downtown Harbor Springs and are free to the public.
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) is an annual literary event that celebrates books, writers, and ideas. It features a diverse and dynamic program of panel discussions, workshops, performances, and special events.
The Ottawa International Writers Festival is Canada’s largest independent literary celebration. It brings together a diverse range of authors, poets, journalists, and public intellectuals to explore ideas, share stories, and engage in meaningful conversations with audiences.
Buch Vienna is the largest literary festival in Austria. It is an extensive program for adults, adolescents and children. There will be an exhibition of the classic of children The Little Polar Bear. It will exhibit products and services that will include different publication houses, libraries, printing press, software companies, latest technologies and animation and illustration companies.
The Hay Festival is celebrating in Wales with an exceptional program that promises to inspire and delight lovers of literature, art, and culture.
If you’ve never been to a book festival before, then try one out this year! Not only will you get to bring home new books, but you can also meet your favorite authors and attend panel discussions about their work. It’s the perfect event to celebrate your love for books with other readers.
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