Kidlit Events in VA, MD & Beyond

(C) Lauren Mann

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Kidlit Events
in
Virginia, Maryland & Beyond

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January

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• Roanoke Regional Writers Conference at Hollins University

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March

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• ​Annapolis Comic-Con, MD
• Children’s Africana Book Awards & Festival, DC
• CityLit Festival, Baltimore, MD
• Lex Allen Literary Festival, Hollins University Roanoke, VA
• Nova Teen Book Festival, Arlington, VA
• Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators MD/DE/WV Conference
• Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA
• Virginia State Reading Association Conference
• Women’s Storytelling Festival, VA  ​​​

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April

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• African American Book Festival
• Annapolis Book Festival at Key School, MD
• Fall for the Book, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA  
• Frostburg University Spring Children’s Literature Festival, MD
• Royal Book Bash in the DMV
• Sound of the Mountain Storytelling Festival, Fincastle, VA  
• YAVA Awards & Celebration, Richmond, VA​

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May

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• Gaithersburg Book Festival, Gaithersburg, MD   
• Literary Hill Book Fest, DC
• Penguin Random House Book Fair, Carroll Community College, MD  
• Tidewater Comicon

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June & July

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• ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition, DC
• Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival
• ​Hollins University Kidlit Summer Symposium
• Shenandoah University Children’s Literature Conference
• Washington DC Awesome Con, DC

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September

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• Carolina Mountains Literary Festival, Burnsville, NC
• Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival
• Hampton Roads Writer’s Conference

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October

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• Baltimore Comic Con, MD
• Black Authors and Readers Rock Conference (BARR), MD
• James River Writer's Conference, Richmond, VA
• Old Dominion University Literary Festival, Norfolk, VA
• Richmond VA Book Lovers Festival
• ​Mid-Atlantic Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Conference
• Virginia Children’s Book Festival, Longwood University, Farmville VA
• Virginia Literary Festival, Richmond VA
• West Virginia Book Festival, Charleston, WV
• Williamsburg Book Festival, VA  

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November

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• Baltimore Book Festival, MD
• ​YALLFest Charleston, SC
• NCTE Annual Convention

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