Updated 5/1/2025

Use this calendar of recurring events and cultural emphases in Texas to plan ahead in your bookish life. We'll add dates for each year as we learn of them.

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May 2025

• Texas Writers Month 
• Winnsboro Festival of Books, May 2-3, 2025
• Bookspring Fest, Austin, May 3, 2025
• BIPOC Bookfest, Houston, May 3, 2025
• Children's Book Week, May 5-11, 2025
• O. Henry Pun-off, Austin, May 10, 2025
• Dallas is Lit, Dallas, May 15-18, 2025
• Boldface Conference, Houston, May 19-23, 2025

June 2025

• LGBTQ Books Month
• Lone Star Festival, Austin, June 7-8, 2025
• CALF (Children's Art & Literacy Festival), Abilene, June 12-15, 2025
• Comicpalooza, Houston, June 20-22, 2025
• Kiss & Tell 2025, Dallas, June 21, 2025
• Roaring Lambs Writer's Conference, Dallas, June 21, 2025
• Historical Novel Society North America Conference, Las Vegas, June 26-28, 2025
• Austin African American Book Festival, Austin, June 28, 2025
• Writers' League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference, Austin, TBA, 2025
• Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, TBA, 2025

July 2025

• WLT Summer Writing Retreat, Virtual, Month of July
• Texas Author and Reader Con, Irving, July 19-20, 2025
• Greater Austin Comic Con, TBA, 2025
• Macondo Writers Workshop, San Antonio, TBA, 2025
• Literacy Texas Annual Conference, San Marcos, TBA, 2025

August 2025

• Lubbock Book Festival, August 23, 2025
• Bell County ComicCon, Belton, TBA, 2025
• KillerCon, Austin, TBA, 2025
• McKinney Literary Fest, McKinney, TBA, 2025
• Sultry in the City, Houston, TBA, 2025
• Eastern Rim Funny Book & Vintage Con, TBA, 2025
• Fort Worth Book & Paper Show, TBA, 2025
• North Texas Book Festival, Denton, TBA, 2025

September 2025

• Armadillo Con, Austin, September 12-14, 2025
• Austin SCBWI Writers & Illustrators Working Conference, September 27, 2025
• Jaipur Festival, TBA, 2025
• NETWO Annual Writing Conference, Mount Pleasant, TBA, 2025
• Trinity River Book Festival, Fort Worth, TBA, 2025
• Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15 annually)
• Texas Word Wrangler Book Festival, Giddings, TBA, 2025
• Banned Books Week (last week of September annually)

October 2025     

• National Book Month
• LGBTQ History Month
• Beaumont Comic Con, Beaumont, October 18-19, 2025
• National Book Awards Festival, Huntsville, TBA, 2025
• AuthorPalooza Conference with Houston Writers Guild, TBA, 2025
• The Traveling Bookshelf Author Signing, Grand Prairie, TBA, 2025
• Boerne Book & Arts Festival, TBA, 2025
• Dallas-Fort Worth Writers Conference, Hurst, TBA, 2025
• Women Writing the West Conference, Denver, TBA, 2025
• Big Texas Comicon, San Antonio, TBA, 2025
• Wanderlust San Antonio, TBA, 2025
• Wimberly Storyfest, TBA, 2025
• National Black Book Festival, Houston, TBA, 2025
• Will Rogers Medallion Awards, Fort Worth, TBA, 2025
• Lone Star Zine Fest, Austin, TBA, 2025
• Buns and Roses Romance Tea for Literacy, Richardson, TBA, 2025
• El Paso Community College Literary Fiesta, TBA, 2025
• Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, TBA, 2025
• Tulisoma Book Fair, Dallas, TBA, 2025
• Tweens Read Book Festival, Houston, TBA, 2025
• Cowtown ComicCon, Fort Worth, TBA, 2025
• South Texas Book Festival, McAllen, TBA, 2025
• Teen Read Week (third week of October annually)
• National Friends of Libraries Week (late October annually)

November 2025

• Native American Heritage Month
• National Novel Writing Month
• Dobie Dichos, Oakville, TBA, 2025
• MexAmeriCon, Austin, TBA, 2025
• Jewish Book & Arts Festival, Houston, TBA, 2025
• Indie Author Day, November 4, 2025
• Flair Symposium, Austin, TBA, 2025
• Black Heritage Arts Festival, Houston, TBA, 2025
• University Press Week, November 13-17, 2025
• Waco Arts Fest, TBA, 2025
• Read to Me Picture Book Festival, The Woodlands, TBA, 2025
• Nerd Con, Mont Belvieu, TBA, 2025
• Texas Book Festival, Austin, TBA, 2025
• Shop Small: Small Business Saturday, November 25, 2025

December 2025

• East Texas Book Bash, Canton, TBA, 2025
• Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair, Austin, TBA, 2025
• Boozy Book Tour, Houston, TBA, 2025

January 2026

• San Angelo Comic Con, San Angelo, TBA, 2026
• Roanoke Annual Writer's Conference, TBA, 2026
• Annual TXPOE EXPO, Galveston, TBA, 2026
• Fredericksburg Book Festival, Fredericksburg, TBA, 2026
• Far West Literacy Symposium, El Paso, TBA, 2026

February 2026

• Black History Month
• Lone Star Literary Life 11th Birthday, February 2, 2026
• Bookworm Festival for Young Readers, Houston, TBA, 2026
• The Muses of Romance Texas Author Con, Houston, TBA, 2026
• Romance Readers Social, Pflugerville, TBA, 2026
• FenCon XX, Dallas, TBA, 2026
• Windhover Writers’ Festival, Belton, TBA, 2026
• Highland Park Literary Festival, TBA, 2026
• Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Alpine, TBA, 2026
• FESTIBA (International Festival of Books & Arts), Edinburg, TBA, 2026
• San Antonio African American Book Festival, TBA, 2026
• Central Texas Teen & Kids Comic Con, Round Rock, TBA, 2026
• LibraryPalooza, San Antonio, TBA, 2026
• Teen Bookfest by the Bay, Corpus Christi, TBA, 2026
• 2025 South Texas Literacy Symposium, Edinburg, TBA, 2026
• North Texas Teen Book Fest, TBA, 2026
• CenTex Teen Book Fest on the Brazos, TBA, 2026

March 2026

• Women's History Month
• North Texas Teen Book Festival,  Las Colinas, March 7, 2026
• The Mayor Joe V. Sanchez Memorial Book Festival, Weslaco, TBA, 2026
• Angelo State University Writers’ Conference, San Angelo, TBA, 2026
• People's Literary Festival, Corpus Christi, TBA, 2026
• Tejas Storytelling Festival, Denton, TBA, 2026
• Little BIPOC Book Fest, Houston, TBA, 2026
• Hill Country Literary Festival, Bulverde, TBA, 2026
• Ghoulish Book Festival, San Antonio, TBA, 2026
• Bulls, Books, Boots, & Bling, Mesquite, TBA, 2026
• Beall Poetry Festival, Waco, TBA, 2026
• Patchouli Joe's Independent Author Festival, Denton, TBA, 2026
• Freedom of Information Day (March 16, annually)
• Children's Picture Book Day (March 28 annually)

April 2025

• National Poetry Month
• D.E.A.R., "Drop Everything and Read" Month
• Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Dallas, TBA, 2026
• Dallas Literary Fest, Dallas, April 2-3, 2025
• Annual Viva Poesía: Palabras, Música, y Cultura, San Antonio, TBA, 2026
• REELpoetry, Houston, April 5-6, 2025
• Copperfield's Books Annual Local & Indie Author Fair, TBA, 2026
• National Library Week, TBA, 2026
• Books on the Green, The Woodlands, TBA, 2026
• International Children's Book Day (April 2 annually)
• Books and Bees Festival, Bee Cave, TBA, 2026
• Teen Book Con, Houston, TBA, 2026
• Southside Book Fair (San Antonio Book Festival / SABF), San Antonio, TBA, 2026
• Chautauqua Festival, Longview, TBA, 2026
• Austin Texas Book Trail, Austin, TBA, 2026
• Lubbock Art Festival, TBA, 2026
• World Book Day (Shakespeare's birthday, April 23 annually)
• 16th annual Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, McAllen, TBA, 2026
• Poetry at Round Top, TBA, 2026
• Greater Austin Book Fest, Austin, TBA, 2026
• Houston Poetry and Arts Festival, TBA, 2026
• Rockport Fulton Book Festival, Fulton, TBA, 2026
• River City Rumble Poetry Slam, San Antonio, TBA, 2026
• Independent Booksellers Day, TBA, 2026
• Children's Book Day, El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Día) (April 30 annually)

Future Dates

• Mid-Cities Teen Book Fest, North Richland Hills, TBA, 2026