(C) Courtney Pippin-Mathur Illustration from MAYA WAS GRUMPY (Flashlight Press, 2013)
Try on these annual book events of DC & Maryland to satisfy your kidlit itch!
Washington, DC
MARCH
Children’s Africana Book Awards & Festival
NEA’s National Read Across America Day Kickoff
APRIL
DC Author Festival
MAY
Literary Hill Book Fest
Washington DC Awesome Con
JUNE
African Literature Association Conference
ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
AUGUST
Library of Congress National Book Festival
OCTOBER
East of the River Book Festival
NOVEMBER
National Press Club Book Fair & Authors' Night
DECEMBER
University Club Book Fair
Children’s Africana Book Awards & Festival
NEA’s National Read Across America Day Kickoff
APRIL
DC Author Festival
MAY
Literary Hill Book Fest
Washington DC Awesome Con
JUNE
African Literature Association Conference
ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
AUGUST
Library of Congress National Book Festival
OCTOBER
East of the River Book Festival
NOVEMBER
National Press Club Book Fair & Authors' Night
DECEMBER
University Club Book Fair
(C) Courtney Pippin Illustration from MAYA WAS GRUMPY (Flashlight Press, 2013)
Maryland
MARCH
MD/DE/WV Society of Children's Book Writer's & Illustrators Conference
Penguin Random House Book Fair at Carroll Community College
APRIL
Annapolis Book Festival
Annual CityLit Festival in Baltimore
Kensington’s Day of the Book
Salisbury University Children’s Literature Festival
Frostburg University Spring Festival of Children’s Literature
MAY
African American Children's Book Fair at the Reginald Lewis Museum
Gaithersburg Book Festival
JUNE
Books in Bloom in Columbia
Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival
OCTOBER
Baltimore Comic Con
Black Authors and Readers Rock Weekend (BARR)
NOVEMBER
Baltimore Book Festival
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention
Southern Maryland Comic-Con
Takoma Park Book Fair
MD/DE/WV Society of Children's Book Writer's & Illustrators Conference
Penguin Random House Book Fair at Carroll Community College
APRIL
Annapolis Book Festival
Annual CityLit Festival in Baltimore
Kensington’s Day of the Book
Salisbury University Children’s Literature Festival
Frostburg University Spring Festival of Children’s Literature
MAY
African American Children's Book Fair at the Reginald Lewis Museum
Gaithersburg Book Festival
JUNE
Books in Bloom in Columbia
Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival
OCTOBER
Baltimore Comic Con
Black Authors and Readers Rock Weekend (BARR)
NOVEMBER
Baltimore Book Festival
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention
Southern Maryland Comic-Con
Takoma Park Book Fair
Please, leave a comment about which event you love attending! For additions or corrections, drop me a line via Contact Me. Illustrations used with permission.
