2024 Kidlit Events
Virginia, Maryland, DC & Beyond
January
February
March
Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA
Virginia State Literacy Association Conference, Norfolk, VA
Washington DC Awesome Con, DC
Women’s Storytelling Festival, VA
April
Annapolis Comic-Con, MD
Color of Children’s Literature Conference
Black Child Book Fair, Charlotte, NC
Frostburg University Spring Children’s Literature Festival, MD
State of Maryland Literacy Association Conference
Royal Book Bash in the DMV, Woodbridge, VA
Sound of the Mountain Storytelling Festival, Fincastle, VA
YAVA Awards & Celebration, Richmond, VA
May
Gaithersburg Book Festival, Gaithersburg, MD
Maryland Librarian Association Conference
Tidewater Comicon
June
Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival
Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival
Hollins University Kidlit Summer Symposium
Shenandoah University Children’s Literature Conference
July
August
September
Capital Book Fest
Carolina Mountains Literary Festival, Burnsville, NC
Latinx Virtual Kidlit Book Festival
Literary Hill Book Fest, DC
October
Children’s Africana Book Awards & Festival, DC
Fall for the Book, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
James River Writer's Conference, Richmond, VA
Old Dominion University Literary Festival, Norfolk, VA
Virginia Children’s Book Festival, Longwood University, Farmville VA
Virginia Literary Festival, Richmond VA
West Virginia Book Festival, Charleston, WV
November
NCTE Annual Convention, Boston, MA
Texas Book Festival
Virginia Association of School Librarians (VAASL) Annual Conference
YALLFest Charleston, SC

Find a comprehensive list of Book Festivals compiled by Publishers Archive HERE.